Typhoon (near miss 2005 )

[@spikegy07]

The aircraft is flown manually throughout the display. However, the Typhoon's avionics in this instance, intervened before it was too late. Its even published on the Eurofighter website. In the event of pilot disorientation OR in the event of a potential crash, the aircraft will recover at full military thrust WITHOUT reheat (for safety reasons) and remain in a steady climb until the pilot is able to regain control. So special thanks to modern avionics and an immense thrust to weight ratio.

[@TOx1CC]

yes, something close to the F16's GCAS (ground collision avoidance system)

[@paulm125]

Nice to hear Fentons owner on the audio tho

[@Ginnes]

OH MY FUCKING GOD

[@CGDubz87]

LOL I did not expect this kind of comment, holy shit A+

[@Warbirdguy1]

@@CGDubz87 Same lmao FENTTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON

[@xCharjx]

Was fenton flying the jet??? LMAO

[@brandspro]

😂

[@CollectWithRyan]

Public: SHIT SHIT Pilot: haha afterburners go brrr

[@jwboll]

tower- "typhoon 1, check your shorts" typhoon- " Roger! bomb has been dropped"

[@TijuasPlay]

Wey no entendi

[@jwboll]

@@TijuasPlay Escribí una discusión imaginaria entre el piloto que volaba el tifón y la torre de control. El controlador le pidió al piloto que revisara su ropa interior. El piloto respondió que lanzó sus bombas. (Se hizo caca en los pantalones)

[@christopherjc]

Guy on the ground: "Shit! Shit!!" Jet: "Psyche!"

[@johngoncalves9114]

Sike*

[@rovercoupe7104]

Station Commander?

[@bcask61]

I’m pretty sure the pilot was doing just that.

[@grubber7]

@@rovercoupe7104 Doubt it - that is RAF Fairford set up for RIAT. Judging by the relatively empty grandstand in the background as the Jaguar taxis along it was a rehearsal day.

[@TheAidanodian]

His reaction gets me every time XD Shit! SHIT!!!

[@lesliepeart2047]

I was part of the show rescue team we were stunned by how close he was to the runway

[@WhrsTheMoneyLabowski]

thats the first vid on here that actually was a near miss. close call, cameraman was in the flight path too...lucky people

[@jonny96]

@richieh1980 The aircraft FCS (flight control system) has a built in recovery system that will recover the aircraft to straight and level and a 300kt shallow climb if it detects no response to warning callouts. The Seat is a Martin Baker Mk.16A ejection seat. It will never automatically punch out a pilot and does not have the capability to do so. The only automatic ejections are on fighters with 2 seats. If the pilot punches out then the back seater will normally automatically follow.

[@12345fowler]

I very highly doubt that such automation is in place for low level aerobatics.

[@fablewalls]

F'kn Hell...! I know this video was shot 16 years ago but I bet that pilot remembers those few seconds forever.

[@AdmiralCrunch01]

Thank God for the ground effect

[@stuartw312000]

I remember seeing that. Think he was told over the radio to finish his display soon after that.

[@erikslot7023]

I am pretty sure he immediately got red flagged. You hear him powering down his engines to just more than idle, and was cleared for a direct approach and landing. Must have been one hell of debrief...

[@SilenceSlayer224]

Be you he can't do that again.

[@johncunningham4820]

Nor would he WANT to I assure you . He would have got a B I G please explain over that .

[@ClioSportRS]

1:32----- AFTERBURNERS!!! LOL

[@tlcjudge]

Vapour is G not stall dude, When a wing is generating lift it causes a vortex to form at each wingtip, and sometimes also at the tip of each wing flap. These wingtip vortices persist in the atmosphere long after the aircraft has passed. The reduction in pressure and temperature across each vortex can cause water to condense and make the cores of the wingtip vortices visible. This effect is more common on humid days. It was humid that day

[@judgejefferys3768]

@MrEreda Its a BAE typhoon with a BAE test pilot in as the eurofighter didnt enter service with the RAF until 2008

[@abcxyz820]

Incorrect. I shall correct you. • This pilot was Squadron Leader Matt Elliott. • Typhoon entered RAF service in 2003 under "Case White". • In 2004, RAF Typhoons deployed to Singapore. Cheers,

[@Waggelelvis]

hoOOoOoOOw .... this turns your heartbeat up VERY much. 8o lucky pilot

[@jonathanfenton]

If you look there are a lot of videos of this perticular display and every angle posted shows that this is either a total disrigard for the rules or a near miss/miscalculation.

[@MapleLeafAce]

I think the pilot also miscalculated the required altitude required for the Split-S manuevre he was performing. I believe it's between 6,000ft and 10,000ft needed to pull that move without endangering yourself, and he seemed below 6,000ft to me. Also, what that guy said about thrust management :P

[@chazwalk]

what does the pilot fly now? transport???

[@Madpilot86]

That's an extremely lucky pullout.

[@pulsejet1]

No, 'ground effect' is when the wingtip vorticies are destroyed by contact with the groung. The wing then becomes more efficient. It begins to occur at an altitude that of the craft's wingspan. Proggresively better the lower the craft is from there.

[@Aaron1906]

I have read the report into it thank you very much!

[@BobH809]

Hey, Paxhockey, got your reply. As it almost hit the runway, on reheat most likely, as it passes your position I reckon they were off. Take a look on the vid at 1.44, doesn't look like they are on. I'm not doubting that afterburner was used, just that at that point I mention, there is no flame out the arse end. I would love to have been there though to see that. All the displays of the Typhoon I have seen were crap in comparison. No arse twitching/puckering moments. :-)

[@Knallfrosch1984]

a very good pilot and a very close o.O crazy guy

[@VAHOSS]

Pilot was like..... Afterburners don't fail me now

[@stretchrgj]

I was working for RIAT at the time of this, was on the airfield with 612 Sqn. Believe me, it was NOT planned! People panicking everywhere, and some good scorch marks on the grass where he had to full power it outta there!!!

[@julianmartin8356]

Bet there were a few skid marks too! Fresh underwear.

[@lee2831]

was he planning to drop so low or do you think he had one hand on the "eject" button?????

[@droc9999]

by the way euro's, have the most precise control at low altitudes with those front wings. pilot prob. had 95% control over the aircraft at that time. no near miss, just a way to get crowd jaked

[@jobu88]

There are other videos out there of French pilots doing the same thing at sea....coming down to within 20 feet of the waves like they're going to crash, then pulling the nose back up. Crazy as hell.

[@Sterlingjob]

Considering they have just spent alot of money and time training this guy what do you think??

[@gun_nerds]

@PotionsOnAMonday since when counts stall as fully under control?

[@BobH809]

What afterburners? From what I can see in the vid, I don't think he was using them at the point where the cameraman and pilot discovered that adrenaline is in fact brown. Nice video though.

[@foden34ke12]

There is another video of this at Warton Aerodrome I assuming that was a practice run. Search Near Miss Warton and you'll get it. I think its part of the routine designed to turn heads. Good skills and balls from the pilot. And for all those having the F22 Eurofighter argument please remember they are two different types of planes built for different contracts on different budgets. The F22 is a great and plane and so is the Eurofighter. There are goods and bads for both.

[@bowser515]

LimitlessSkyz, this certainly wasn't an intended part of the display and i would imagine he did more than break a sweat ;) He must have been close to reaching for that ejection lever? nerves of steel!!

[@rvfharrier]

Bet he's glad he was flying the Typhoon that day instead of, say, the Jaguar. The Typhoon is one of very few aircraft that could have pulled out of that. Best thrust to weight ratio of any plane in service was what saved that guy's life.

[@ioaircraft]

It's sort of an illusion. He already has the lift, but once the ground effect in flight dynamics enter into the equation it's like he's hovering for a half second until it climbs out again.

[@Chain145]

Pretty close! With a delta wing you cant just pull up, because it will stall - ('Stall' being a result of relavent airflow, not speed). I think he did amazingly well to control what could have been a fatal mistake. Any untrained pilot would've just pulled back hard, nosing up but inadvertadly stalling the wing until impact.

[@tlcjudge]

This is the third time i have seen this happen in display practise and yes i would bet my RAF Pension on it, he's 15ft above the deck and showing the power he has, granted showing of but none the less can be done, has been done, will be done again.

[@Swedester]

Holy shit those video exists, I saw it years ago and could never find it until now

[@pg1000000]

pilot error, but typhoon is a great aircraft cannot wait to see one in real action.

[@MrEreda]

@roshawn1111 No, it's not, but if you are a pilot and you CAN save the plane - why not? All i was pointing out was how well trained he was to know when/when not to bail out - imagine how much training it takes to gain the confidence to do that. Thats all i meant, sorry if you took any offence.

[@nor0845]

He should have styled it out with a cheeky wee Barrel Roll as he went overhead.

[@bigknee1]

Ha Ha gotta love the guys screaming from the porta potty in the background while all of this was going on.

[@steverowlands338]

All goes deathly quiet on the drop..... Spectator..."Shit....Shit..." Typhoon laughs....."Hear me roar!!!!!...." 😎🖒

[@JohnHill-qo3hb]

There was a magazine in the Canadian Air Force with a section called "I Learned About Flying From That", I wonder how this pilot's story would read, t'would be interesting to say the least.

[@12345fowler]

Just one of the countless split s prangs having occured during demos for decades. The lesson are there for a long time what you need is to understand it and practise it.

[@gearfinger]

Shamoly! Was it a BAE pilot or RAF?

[@lozzatolli]

The amazing thing about planes such as the Typhoon, Gripen, Su33 etc are the plane is able to do so much more if it wasnt for the human inside the cockpit. I belive the Typhoon's structural strength is cappable of exceeding higher + \ - g pressures than any other combat aircraft in the world.

[@MovieMad007]

@rankinmania did you know "HAL" existed in the movie 2001 Space Odyssey - years before IBM became powerful as a corporate entity. The thinking behind "HAL" was that the computer was trying to take over the world....the analogy of a company like IBM which did just do about that. And HAL was related to IBM...look at the spelling "I" comes after "H", "B" comes after "A" and "M" comes after "L"..amazing futurist Arthur C Clarke!!

[@STANLIZ4]

Are you allowed to continue flying in a plane of that type after an incident like that I wonder?

[@pokes404]

Any pilots here, what exactly did he do wrong? Did he simply not pull up quickly enough? Was it his air speed? Man, that was close. Good thing he was in a Typhoon, a lot of other planes might not have been able to pull out of that in time.

[@mustanglead]

He still had a fair bit of room and stacks of power to spare but I don't think he would have got clearance for that one. Great plane I'm glad he didn't stack it.

[@stevebroughton4787]

Iirc...the early Typhoons were powered by RB199's from the Tornado....less power than the EJ2000 engines ?.

[@anglonig1]

Only the very early BAE prototype , the RAF always had EJ200

[@jonny96]

@richieh1980 That's rubbish, it doesn't have an automatic ejection system! No pilot would ever sit in a jet with an automatic ejection system! It has an automatic recovery system when it detects loss of control or no reaction to warnings where the FCS takes over and will aim to go wings level at a gentle climb depending on altitude. This was a mistake and a full investigation took place. He started the manoeuvre too low basically.

[@1981rocketman1981]

I wonder how many skid marks the ground crew spotted in the seat after he brought it down!...

[@flashgrim]

That looked so close!!!

[@harveydog2006]

holy cow where was this filmed????

[@diljithayre9379]

I reckon Afterburner and his front canards save the day I must admit looking at the video I thought game over but this was 2005 aircraft have been upgraded since then

[@wjp255]

Time to check your shorts!

[@Techy111]

Yeah i was there and jesus it was close.....It was an RAF pilot who has since been taken off display flying :)

[@GustavG10]

Brown trouser moment!

[@9k111]

This comment is ahead of its time

[@AeroMad91]

This is the second time this has happend, first one technically as the second one was at the farnborough airshowin 2006.

[@sbkenn1]

Why did take 30 years to (apparently) emulate Saab's designs ?

[@suburbia2050]

Delta wing aircraft are hardly a SAAB design

[@rjwohlman]

I think I heard my reaction out loud!

[@Felonator]

I am sure too that the pilot had it in control, But it is said that the only thing that stopped it hitting the ground was the ground effect from the aircraft! That said I still think it was a mistake to let it go that low! But like many people have commented! The UK forces have the BEST pilots in the world! :)

[@undertake782]

but this is not allowed in airshows. The pilot was forced to end his show early and land.

[@IamWAHID]

this is why they wear brown uniform.

[@thetribble]

So if it nearly missed did it hit? I didn't see any contact.

[@millzi88]

That was some class flying lol

[@hectiky]

Yup. Don't know if the other vid's just a different angle, but here it's clear what happened. He *almost* descends slow enough that one he see how the untrained eye wouldn't think too much. But as others have said, there's no way he meant to come out THAT low. Tl;dr : Thrust saved his ass.

[@MrEreda]

I hope this pilot didn't get sacked. He just saved millions of pounds of equipment, didn't shit himself and lastly showed how well trained the RAF are. We all know an American pilot would have pushed that eject button faster than he can eat a quarter pounder.

[@TheAidanodian]

MrEreda haha bitch we got thrust vectoring

[@jonathanfenton]

thats if it isnt the same airshow but at different angles.... i have noticed that.

[@jarlmaster47]

the cleanup possibly? what if he spills tons of maple syrup?

[@unapro3]

Definately a near miss. No defence airshow pilot plans to get that close to the ground.

[@daniellewis91]

keen as on the nose up attitude pulled soo hard it kept going down, looked sweet tho. a real test of ur nerves

[@memerun1496]

Doesn't he mean "Near Hit"?

[@DepakoteMeister]

No. It was a miss, but very near. Near miss. Stop trying to reinvent English.

[@Fiinniinnii]

@tlcjudge what do u talkin about? about that video? dream on man. u are so cool for leaving ur comment.. that was not more then 5meters... and it looked like a risky manover.. no matter what u say... and it dont helps that u say ur pilot

[@linedriver1]

@BowtechBandit So where`s the near miss! Had kites in the mess lunching!

[@tlcjudge]

@natsplit What fucking stall?

[@Dakers11]

Either the video is scratchy, or those are FOO's @ 1:27. Remarkable pilot

[@jarlmaster47]

He's demonstrating the plane's amazing delta wing which is very good at preventing pancakes and providing lift.

[@iainet]

If you nearly miss something surely that means you hit it doesn't it?

[@djnormalnorman6590]

Wow 1.27 UFO I beet he looked at it for a split second and took his eye off the ball

[@macieksoft]

Actually more like UFB (Unexpected F****** Bird)...

[@djnormalnorman6590]

Who knows what I do know is he's flight suits needed cleaning after

[@zambonicorse84]

NO NO NO This is the best fighter in the world...The EF2000 LIKE AS Eurofighter 2000 !!!

[@1littlelee]

thats close but under control

[@jonny96]

@richieh1980 Yep trust me! No jet can punch out a pilot without any input from the pilot!

[@ronnonyabizness5240]

Yeah, he was honking back on that stick pretty hard. Pucker factor 10, required a wench to pry the pilot from his seat. 😂

[@Finbar79]

The pilot didnt have it in control it was only the power of the engines that saved his ass!!

[@TR0X3N]

Guy: shit... Shit... SHIT!!! jet: nah I’m just playin

[@leethomas3772]

To this day the pilot is still trying to clean his underwear...

[@browntuka]

Im sure that was AGENT OSO flying that jet! Hes in there saying "its all part of the Plan"

[@Shanelee33]

I must say, I totally disagree. I am not disputing your argument or statement. I am not familiar with this aircraft. I am familiar with airspeed, and weight and gravity. I do think this was a near miss. The bystanders were lucky too as this aircraft was generally pointed towards them. Like the crash that occurred in Ukraine in 2002.

[@hectiky]

Lineswine is correct. And people need to stop saying, "if there was any trouble he would have ejected". A lot of times they wait till the very last second trying to save the jet/crowd, or not realize exactly HOW out of control they are, etc. People aren't perfect and last time I checked, pilots are people.

[@lozzatolli]

Its my understanding that the computer took over at the 1.26 mark. (when the plane's roll was corrected) The pilot's cockpit would have been lit up with warnings because of the low alltitude\angle of attack\low air speed but the onboard computers will correct the plane's course regardless of G pressures on the pilot if the plane is in danger of collision with the ground... No doubt the G forces on the pilot at 1.33 would have made his internal organs pop out of his arse, not a manouvre to enjoy

[@Aaron1906]

Its definately not a fake, The pilot got it very wrong and Air Traffic and the directing staff aborted his show for it on the grounds of safety

[@singleproppilot]

How much money are you putting on that? There is such a thing as minimum safe altitudes, which he clearly violated. Also notice the vapor trails coming off the leading edges of the wings, indicating that the wing was on the edge of a stall. If I was putting money on it, I'd bet the pilot had one hand on the stick pulling back with all his might, and the other hand on the eject lever. Close call.

[@BBGBITW]

I agre to last comments. The pilot surely got a serious talk with his bosses after that show, perhaps he is not demo flying any more (hope so) ...

[@StoneCoolds]

but i have seen rafale pilots doing this kind of dangerous move many times, r you shure it was a mistake???

[@elvis7735]

nice one man, i loved that comment, loughed my fkin ass of when i read that.lol

[@alanstarkie2001]

I would have thought such a low pass with little margin for error would = severe arse kicking! Put it this way - I would have been getting ready to hit the deck!