RAF Hawk Low Level Windermere

A 100 Sqn Hawk trip flying through the Lakes and over Windermere. Starting off with some formation flying before streaming and going low level.

[@oktup]

3:38 Windermere 4:25 Bowness on Windermere 4:55 Ambleside 5:06 Rydal Water 5:14 Grasmere 5:28 Dunmail Raise 5:46 Thirlmere 6:37 Derwent Water 6:47 Keswick 7:10 Bassenthwaite Lake

[@pure_awareness]

Was mach loop at the end also

[@tombradshaw2000]

They call the lakes low flying area LFA17. Can’t believe it took them less than 4 minutes to complete a 1.5hr drive!

[@mickeymunkchunk4512]

Wow ! The feeling must be fantastic, unbelievably exhilarating.

[@nicholasdavies8795]

The BAE Hawk - nippy little " bastards " beautiful aircraft !

[@MikeB-Nemesis]

These guys are what it's all about! Very proud!!

[@rduff1999]

Love those 90 degree banks.

[@christineengland9160]

WOW no words just awesome sound. Thank you. Power thrust burn!?!

[@andywhite40]

Amazing video!!! I've always wanted to see what it's like to fly low level up over Windermere, Dunmail Raise and Thirlmere. Interesting route via St Johns in the Vale then turning over Derwent Water and Bassenthwaite. Brilliant stuff which I'll watch many more times!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@airzulu2733]

Just seen this , would love a trip around this neck of the woods . Apart from the flying skills the views of some of the most beautiful countryside and hills this is amazing . Maybe one day flips around the mach loop and windermere areas for joe public will be available in the back of a Hawk . But excellent to watch .

[@cornellkirk8946]

There is literally nothing cooler on this planet than doing this!! ❤️❤️

[@LanceRomanceF4E]

Flew F-111F lower and faster all over the UK in the 80’s. Loch runs in N.Scotland were particularly fun 👍

[@brianmac7036]

Out of Heyford?

[@MeTube3]

Hi Todd, you interrupted our school class lessons for a few seconds every day when you transit over around 1000 feet. Love see the Aards.

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

Did this a few times in Hawks when I was in, over the Lake District and Wales. You can certainly hear the cold air unit, that is right behind the rear seat, on the top of the fuselage, winding up and down.

[@musoseven8218]

I wondered what the noise was that fluctuated - thanks for explaining, everyday is a school day. How low, do you reckon they were, over the lakes, relative to the 500' rule (does that apply to military aircraft?)? All looked like a lot of fun✌️👍😊

[@jjsmallpiece9234]

@@musoseven8218 In places down to 250ft nut usually 500ft, Its low

[@SimDeck]

What a brilliant video.

[@patrickibex]

Nice, keep up the good work

[@buffplums]

Fabulous flight

[@Pat14922]

I was in the lakes one weekend , walking up the side of a valley, and a jet flew down the valley, and we were higher up, looking down on the jet

[@markwaters7215]

Who is noisy twit ?

[@philipjones9458]

Same in Snowdonia

[@moonbaby6134]

Tatty Ton hawk. Great squadron. Great aeroplane. Back seat is an even better view than the front.

[@rgthomson100]

Can i book my turn in the back seat now, and where do i pay

[@TR6Telos]

£50,000 please

[@johnwilson2367]

Where do I pay as well..:)

[@davidmuir6849]

Get yourself a vr headset and the just flight hawk for mfs2020 😊

[@sharonreeder1958]

I just wish i could win the lottery coz thats the 1st thing i'd do.

[@Markknightexeter]

Ah tell me about it!

[@nevsmate8663]

I've done this from Valley in a T1, loved it............ ;-)

[@Derry_Aire]

It's nice they've put a "This Way Up" sign on the cockpit windscreen to aid the pilot.

[@andrewganley9016]

Hellfire! top of my bucket list

[@thebagfather4633]

i love seeing these flying over in the summer. i work in one of the pubs in Ambleside and the guests always ask where you take off from i say somewhere in Wales i think. keep up the good work love the vid

[@exup35]

RAF Valley I would think

[@davidwaite9122]

Looks like 100 Squadron from RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire.

[@chembleton]

I play DCS so much and using a head tracker. When I watch videos like this I find myself turning my head to look around but forgetting it won't work here haha

[@noisytwit]

You're not alone. I do that when watching other people's DCS videos too!

[@jamalahmedkhan9219]

Perfect office space

[@webrambler88]

What if someone was flying a drone when the fighter jets flew so low?

[@alanjones6359]

They fly over great carrs fell where a Halifax bomber crashed in WW2 on a training sortie low cloud caused them to crash , wreckage can be still seen , undercarriage and molten aluminium fused to the rocks , sad sight but still remembered people leave poppies at the site

[@cjtathome]

Always wanted to fly in a fast jet …. Had plenty of low level in the back of a C130 with a parachute on BUT one day ……

[@pure_awareness]

I like to see these fly around they have a cool look about them in black, I wonder if they have operational capability.

[@UncleBoratagain]

Not bad look out either...keep it up!

[@gofres]

I feel that my F15 DCS flights after 8 pints of beer are pretty compatible to this 😂 Seriously though, I would sell an organ or family member to fly this for real.

[@tac-cobserver3788]

Awesome 🤙

[@kevinbaskin9489]

I see you guys going over Grasmere

[@andysatch9150]

Done something similar in an F18 on DCS......I'm ready!

[@simstudios6989]

Is that the Kernow Flag on The pilots Helmet?

[@dsrduff]

Fantastic video, thanks for posting. How do 2 aircraft fly at the same speed? Does each aircraft have different power settings depending on weight?

[@nvstewart]

Throttle modulation. If you drive a vehicle at the same speed as the vehicle in front of you, do you worry about what throttle setting you have, and the weight differential between you and the other vehicle? Same thing.

[@ballisticaeros]

lead aircraft sets direction, roc, speed etc. 2nd aircraft focuses on a location say left rear 50feet @45degrees and maintains that no matter what.

[@richardneagle3177]

Excellent work 👏.. more head roll and observation would be beneficial

[@zamboody6425]

Hi my dad was Wg Cdr Darren Legg, I was wondering if you ever flew or have footage of him?

[@nicky-pn3pj]

Passion . Look Amazing. Are they still in the game when you talk about air to air combat.

[@redratmtb9942]

Are you a pilot ? Please can you post some more Eurofighter or Hawk videos, I love the aircraft but I'm sadly living in a country that has no jets. Are you still in service with the RAF ?

[@jorgeestrada5713]

What speed is it? In km/hr. Please.

[@Sonny-ho1tx]

What are this thing on the hod ? Is it deice ??

[@steveaustin6467]

top show guys

[@northeastlower]

Leeming Hawks 100 squadron. The best!!

[@petebuck9889]

151F Sqn mate RAF Chivenor late 1980s I think you will find were the best

[@freeflycoffey]

Nice😎

[@scarter9447]

Good to know my house is protected by Hawks :-)

[@taelius2663]

① I love the username. Does it really represents you or is it one you just came up with? ② The takeoff was quite precise. The second plane pulled up left of you, you both started rolling at the same time, and you both lifted off at the same time.

[@timhancock6626]

All T1s retired and gone from RAF Leeming now 😥

[@johnrainer8996]

Hawk is single engined isn't it? Don't you worry about engine failure when at 200ft and going like hell?! What fun, though.

[@noisytwit]

The Hawk is single engine yes, but very reliable! There are procedures should the worst happen though.

[@strippins]

Immediately pull the nose up gaining altitude and glide to nearest available runway I believe

[@dorsetdumpling5387]

Trade speed for altitude then consider your options! If all else fails, pray to your Lord(s) but put your faith in Martin Baker.

[@torch8922]

@@dorsetdumpling5387: jets don’t glide very well. No gliding to the nearest runway - you’d only option would be a dead stick landing which requires a lot of height to set up. To carry out a dead stick landing, there are 2 keys (position and height above the runway) - high key and low key. If you miss either of those keys, a Martin-Baker letdown is in the cards.

[@stephenauty2402]

No where to land in the Lakes apart from a lake. Pilot would pull up to gain height , look for the best place to ditch the plane without killing anyone on the ground and then eject after the co-pilot

[@eduardof.8117]

Quase quebrou o trem de pouso.

[@Cam_Mac80]

But did you deliver a pizza and no doz?

[@mike9347]

Low level? Ever driven an F111?

[@kevwitt9010]

May God Bless ALL the armed forces - Men and Women x

[@sa22fc7kk4ap1ep90gcr]

これは？マックloop！パイロット目線の動画は初めて見ました。(*^▽^*)

[@stephenauty2402]

Hard landing

[@SopwithTheCamel]

So when do they do the low level bit?

[@bogman7474711]

400mph at 200feet is plenty low for training! First timers usually have little brown marks on their underpants🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@Brian-om2hh]

And this is precisely why drones should not be flown in the Lake District..........These guys can come through anytime, without notice. And have been doing so for decades......

[@jacobprescott396]

Is the base there taking off from RAF leeming ?

[@minecraftbanana3799]

yes

[@moonbaby6134]

It is now. Since 95. Finningley and Wyton prior to that.

[@artyfingers4488]

I can't think what the Red Arrows are going to replace this with as it's just a perfect all round aircraft for them, both technically and aesthetically. Today's jets are so ugly with no character, just flying computers. Gone are the Phantom, Buccaneer, Jaguar and the Hawk won't be far behind and now we have the soulless Typhoon and F-35's

[@bonbondonk8389]

How the lovley after burner of the typhoon and the vtol f35 yes the older one's are nice but these are not soulless all with their character did the phantom or jaguar do vtol? no only the harrier which is not in service but the f35 is still just stating my opinion by the way

[@kurtbarker3303]

That’s not low! I’ve been so low in a Hawk over Windermere I had to raise the seat to stop my feet getting wet! 2002….

[@thelmaviaduct]

TrackIR looks a bit jerky.

[@tyroniousyrownshoolacez2347]

trainers

[@stately1967]

raf leeming

[@allkapine_v_2497]

Недосамолет

[@bettyna4624]

Good video, except for the death's head skulls on the tail - the same ones SS had on their caps during the second war. Yuck

[@noisytwit]

The Sqn was formed in 1917, and used that emblem from its formation. A long time before that specific German unit started or was even thought about.

[@davidtams1218]

Don't forget Captain Pugwash used it too. He was an evil bastard.

[@speedhornetsdiamonds8920]

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