Way too low insane 22 eurofighter typhoons landing at RAF coningsby 17 th June 2023

[@Rob-hc5ry]

Part of the training is that it’s necessary to get really low to land an aircraft … it helps to get the wheels to touch the runway .

[@JohnSmith-uy7sv]

that was part of what I said. Maybe they are practicing for aircraft landing. read mine above.

[@1wordtroll]

Your humour was too subtle clearly.

[@Rob-hc5ry]

@@1wordtroll I think it was….

[@andrewb2475]

You don't say Sherlock!

[@Rob-hc5ry]

@@andrewb2475 🕵️‍♂️. 🔎😎

[@ShaunBakerUK]

My Dad was stationed at Coningsby in the late 60's. Me and my mates used to sit on the crash gates, just yards from the runway, We were only eight year olds. We would watch Vulcans, Victors, Lightnings and Phantoms landing and taking off. Just imagine being 100 feet away from a Vulcan taking off. As mischievous lads we would sneak around the base and go places we shouldn't go. What an adventure. I will never forget my childhood in the RAF.

[@Buggsy61]

Can relate to that. Same experiences at RAF Akrotiri in the early 70’s plus a U2 that wasn’t really there. Great memories.

[@kwalts88]

My dad was RAF. We have Tornados on our base - I miss the roar of those planes. When they moved on, we had Harriers.

[@ShaunBakerUK]

@@Buggsy61 Hi. Yes they are great memories. I'm 63 yers old. I remember many little adventures we had as children in the RAF. ....Yet I can't remember where put my keys. !!

[@ShaunBakerUK]

@@kwalts88 Hi. You're lucky. I never saw the Harrier. The most modern fighter we had at Coningsby in the 60's was the Phantom. For me it is the most beautiful aircraft I have ever seen. I too miss the roar.

[@ukqwerty999]

@@ShaunBakerUK Nice story, Lightning is pretty impressive taking off :)

[@stevemercer952]

I'm not an expert, but I think you have to get pretty low to land. If you stand at the runway threshold, then that's you way too close, not the plane way too low.

[@basdebruin2355]

I think you’re spot on. It might be handy that landing a plane always have to finish with contact on ground/surface/whatever. The parachutes pilots are using seems to be for emergency, not for regular landing. In case of using these parachutes, the plane, at the end, be ‘to low’ as well for his well-being. So, one might consider, the ‘to low’ aspect of this all might be matter of circumstances. 😊

[@charlestaylor9424]

​@@pepwaverley2185possibly it was deliberate to discourage the spectators. I've seen a Harrier used for that. Some travellers set up camp next to the airfield at Farnborough, next week was the airshow so every couple of hours a Harrier turned up and hovered for a while. They lasted two days.

[@jamesmaybury7452]

Better to overrun the runway 100m at taxi speed than to underrun it 100m at landing speed !

[@charlestaylor9424]

@@jamesmaybury7452 depends, at the end of the runway at Heathrow there is a sewage farm. You might survive the crash but nobody is coming to get you.

[@darylb5564]

I’m a pilot. One of the most important part of any textbook landing is you have to come in low😂

[@67theavatar]

Saw Typhoon at Blackpool airshow last year and it was awesome. The sound of it made me emotional. It was totally mind blowing. The speed the thunder the manoeuvres. I am envious of the people who got to be there to experience so many coming in to land. Outstanding post. Thank you

[@philclark7346]

I don't know what is more shocking the planes or that guys cow shorts.

[@venumx9521]

🤣😂🤣😂

[@alexbarham6606]

Definitely the shorts!!!

[@Europeancars1337]

Lol i saw tht too

[@keshatton2334]

Shocking,

[@TheSquigg1]

Worse shorts I’ve seen, to small, to tight, to gay

[@ericwilliams2317]

"Way too low" & "Insane eh".........That's the one thing I've always noticed about aircraft, just how insanely low they have to get 'TO LAND'!🙄🙄

[@gazza2933]

Insane alright but it's not the jets!

[@Fip999]

Best thing is to keep aircraft no lower than 30,000ft upon landing. Just need a big step ladder

[@LIBERTYCAP2612]

😂😂😂

[@johncameron6853]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@andrewcox5145]

Surely getting low is a pre requisite to landing, getting quite low I’d imagine is pretty useful otherwise you are never going to land.😂

[@marcfleischmann9911]

This demonstrates excellence in flight training! Every one of those planes executed their approach exactly the same way!

[@Barrybullthiefpouters]

Don't think it does ..simple landing conditions are good to fine . So nothing majorly excellent about any of the approaches tbf

[@jimreilly6933]

Computers !

[@ericwilliams2317]

As you would hope, and expect.

[@cidertom5140]

@@jimreilly6933 not always it can be skill too.

[@cidertom5140]

@@BarrybullthiefpoutersI think it does as there could be an emergency - not saying it is, but if you get it wrong…

[@NealGutierrez]

Such an elegant and deceptively simple design. Love the Typhoon.

[@PeterOtoole-bj3gm]

Sarah talk to me please are you OK peter😅

[@mariokrings]

oh..... i thought you were talking about those cow shorts! 😛

[@Exploringcornwall1]

I was at Coningsby 88-90…best feeling ever was being sat in my little mini metro at the threshold with the Tornado F3s taking off or landing. The resonance though the car was immense! Will never forget that feeling.

[@subtyrant]

I remember standing there 50 years ago watching Phantoms do the same thing, but a bit less gracefully. That was the year I saw German F104s on a squadron swap at RAF Wattisham. It was quite a sight to see Lightnings and F104s flying in formation. And, of course, in those pre-digital days I'd run out of film.

[@sarahhall738]

Phantoms were noisy things give me a jolly green giant helicopter any day.

[@LeeW553]

I used to stand at that very spot when I was younger and Coningsby was a Tornado base. It's the approach to the runway and as other people have commented, usually as a plane lands it has to fly pretty low at some point preferably near the runway. The pilots know people are there to get a buzz, so they buzz them.

[@markfox1545]

They're not buzzing them, they're landing.

[@rogertoaster9385]

The pilots are not landing any different than they would always land. Making a more shallow approach than usual just to "buzz" watchers would add a lot of unnecessary risk for a really dumb reason.

[@neilcunningham8938]

​@@rogertoaster9385 true also the police have to move these people away from this spot quite often as that fence is where the guidance lights are

[@arturo468]

That's not too low - a perfect approach and landing.

[@cidertom5140]

@dougaldouglas8842telling someone to know their place is bang out of order. Uploaded?

[@venumx9521]

perfect everytime on approach

[@ericwilliams2317]

Yeah, I was being sarcastic.

[@BLACKWOLF-1911]

Those typhoons are beautiful air planes.

[@typhoon2827]

In the next episode we'll learn how aircraft have to actually leave the ground to take off.

[@lindaj5492]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@neddyseagoon9601]

Surprising just how close the ground they get on take off...

[@ericwilliams2317]

Ah, so that's how they do it then?🤔

[@paulwhenderson6050]

😂😂😂

[@scottcutler7749]

Reminds me of when my Dad used to take us up to the end of the runway at Boscombe down, just for the thrill!.. mid/late eighties/early nineties. Dad stuff !!! 😁 R.I.P Dad.❤

[@deckiecurry9893]

Once in lifetime experience right there

[@HM2SGT]

*I see Beau Brummell setting another fashion trend with dress shoes, calf length socks, two tone bovine pattern shorts & oxford shirt...*

[@majorlaff8682]

Yes, quite the trend-setter. But he still got his 3:05 minutes of fame. So looking forward his next fashion statement.

[@SlabISO]

You can see how good these guys are. No corrections, 100% stable, controlled approach.

[@Aereaux]

Please define "way too low." I believe that way to low would be trying to land below the level of the runway.

[@ossian108]

😂

[@fourbeepaws]

They are coming in to land, its the people who are insane to stand so close to the end of the runway😮

[@Rocky-y8f8q]

I'll never forget the first time I heard the Euro fighter. Especially when the pilot put the afterburner on. The sound was insane! You had to hear it to believe it. The only way I can describe it, is it felt like the sky was ripping apart 😅

[@k.Newbbie]

Brilliant post ❤

[@Planespotter518]

Thank you glad you enjoyed the video 👍👍

[@DougBrighTan_o7]

My goodness that is incredibly liw approach and great video!! 😁😊

[@georgebiddle9554]

Awesome footage 👍👍

[@johncamp2567]

That is remarkable on video….I can only image how it looked, felt, and sounded in person!!

[@awhisperinthewind4253]

must be one hell of a buzz

[@loadapish]

Yummy spent jet fuel

[@louisebell8005]

Love this video. One for my bucket list.

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

That's all of the RAF, right there.

[@TheTimelord62]

It's not it all as there are typhoons based in Scotland that are there for rapid response. Every day for weeks there out playing games with Russian jets that come far to close to Scottish air space. With a bunch of monitoring planes.

[@only1thatmakessense]

LOL they used to fly round the midlands when i was younger, never see them anymore

[@davediamond7228]

they are also flying the f-35 b

[@krashd]

Attacking your own is nothing to be proud of.

[@only1thatmakessense]

@@krashd humour is useful for all sorts of reasons personally I dont think that was an attack , more of an observation

[@Eccles_Hall]

As impressive as this is…it doesn’t come close to that fella’s cow print shorts 👍🏻

[@lindaj5492]

Had to rewind to see those shorts! 😂

[@iJulioRocha]

Damn, this is actually my dream to watch it in person

[@hornplayer1228]

They have to be low in order for the wheels to contact the runway before they get to the other end.

[@davidslater9713]

Good point!

[@ericwilliams2317]

Spot on! You could be a pilot yourself I reckon😉

[@baphomet66and6]

Great video.

[@JohnMcMahon.]

Great footage and an amazing experience for the kids. Once in a lifetime thing that. 👍😉

[@noellealissa2206]

WOW! Awesome! Thanks!😂❤🎉

[@alanthomson1227]

Hey if you’ve ever played golf at Lossiemouth , the bases landing lights extend onto the course .

[@christopherx7428]

If anyone thinks the planes are passing over them too low, then they shouldn't be standing there! Looks like a perfectly normal approach for landing to me.

[@oxcart4172]

I remember a quote from a documentary called 'Airplane!" Pilot: "We're gonna have to come in pretty low to land this thing" Stewardess: "Is that difficult?" Pilot;: "it's just something that you have to do when you land!"

[@roobarb8463]

What an extraordinary pair of shorts that chap is wearing. Most odd

[@brhbrh6326]

Given the state of the the UK's armed forces after years of cutbacks one was pleasantly surprised to see so many aircraft on finals!

[@sarahhall738]

If you are in line with the runway which I think you are there you should not be surprised if they come in that low!!

[@PHPJN7]

Love the ground effect these delta wings are generating

[@josemoreno3334]

That looks like fun.😁

[@grahamthebaronhesketh.]

Do you think there is a reason planes fly really low when landing?

[@Harolddespui]

I was waiting for that one pilot who was thinking "okay, let's scare those folks by going REALLY low. 😎

[@KurzGefasstTV]

Hey great catch mate! Can i feature this in one of my upcoming episodes? Of Course you will get credit for it! Thanks

[@joangalt6270]

How are they "way too low"?? They're making their LANDING RUNS! It looks like they've cordoned off a little spot for people to stand while this process is happening; mighty nice of the RAF! I was in the USAF and our govt. would NEVER allow civilians to stand this close to the flight line!

[@sleepyrasta420]

The typhoon is a great plane but my favourite will always be the tornado i was in the cadets when i was younger we used to go to RAF leuchars for flying and i remember loads of tornados lined up near the runaway while i was taking off. Great memories.

[@cidertom5140]

Mines the spitfire, pure beauty. easy to fly. Not much to go wrong either no electronic gubbins .

[@SeanE1978]

What was 'way too low' or 'insane' about this? Absolutely standard landings at Coningsby......🙄

[@garyfobrien]

Clickbait

[@only1thatmakessense]

Touch and gos apparently

[@barrytaylor760]

The young lads faces , loving it

[@ginobragoli1448]

Wow what an experience

[@meirionowen5979]

That's the coolest vid !

[@Ebutuoymaii]

These kids have never seen Concorde take off from Heathrow. Now that sound will rip your heart out and depress your lungs. RIP Concorde.

[@jimbo4377]

All aircraft get insanely low when they are LANDING ! doh.

[@ericwilliams2317]

Who'd have thought eh?

[@petcatznz]

The only insane thing here is placing yourself (and kids) that close to the path of the most dangerous flight phase of any aircraft.

[@ossian108]

Indeed.

[@DaveTaste]

And that twat on the fence.

[@Sodonewithchaos]

🤣👍🫡

[@spuff1984]

I wouldn't trust my kids running with a spoon but I trust a highly trained pilot with a multi million pound jet. The odds of them making a fatal error is slim at most.

[@dougaltolan3017]

Snowfkake

[@paullaw3382]

Didn't even know we had 22 operational aircraft.

[@alistairhackney]

We have more than 22 operational aircraft.

[@CutTheBestBits]

How often do the jets go out in training?

[@josephppopp7493]

Like really, really Cool 😊

[@cdnmetelhead4013]

My dad would pack the car with kids and take us to YYZ to watch planes take off and land. It is one of my most cherished memories with my dad.

[@martinhoare9525]

Such a shame to use clickbait titles to attract views.

[@donepearce]

I've never heard of a landing being too low before. What do you suggest? Maybe a couple of hundred feet above the ground - and then a ladder to get out of the plane?

[@tomatoes3]

Love the fact that no body worries about their hearing , they will in years to come though.

[@majorlaff8682]

'What? What did you say. Can't hear you. Speak up! No, louder!' Me, fifty years later after my misspent youth on the range without ear protection.

[@alistairhackney]

Same here

[@simons.2948]

Looks like normal approach to me as threshold looks close

[@peterwoods5048]

Try the West Beach at Lossiemouth. Just great flying.

[@daleclarke4317]

Strange that each of the planes had their landing gear down...maybe its a requisite for landing safely, just like flying low

[@U2QuoZepplin]

Don't get me wrong ,The Typhoon Euro Fighter is a nice plane. But it doesn't beat my favourite , which is still the Harrier Jump Jet which they were still using up until surprisingly recently. Then there's everyone's favourite the good ol' Spitfire too. One other thing which occurs to me is how much these planes remind me of Concorde .

[@majorlaff8682]

Feel free to correct me, Quo, but the last time I looked, a while back, India, Spain, Italy and America were still refining them and using them. I remember seeing one take off at a Catterick military display in the 70's. My favourite, too.

[@sophieaustin3982]

You'd have loved the matador display at Riat (Royal International Air Tattoo)

[@wesbrit630]

Am a huge fan also. Something dodgy went on when we sold all our harriers to US marines for nothing like what they worth and US used them for years, probably still do we upgrades.

[@johnaldred6864]

Fantastic....what spectacle...👍

[@Scaleyback317]

Those kids will never forget that experience.

[@EZapar]

That is awesome!!!!!!

[@zigman8550]

That's cool that you can stand that close to the end of the runway. That would be verboten in the U.S.

[@MrSpanks]

It blows my mind how LOUD these things are when doing maneuvers!

[@MrSpanks]

Ghosts of The London Underground Part 2@dougaldouglas8842 Same here - I've seen them twice at airshows. I can't understand how something can be that LOUD!!! 🤣

[@oscoe]

Is there better/worse days to go to this spot? How do you know when there is going to be this kind of action????

[@ivor1957]

Incredible !!!!! 😮

[@barrygrav3004]

Wow that's awesome, how many was there, 12 - 14... Seen similar at Lossiemouth when I was working on their TFST project. But not as many as that. Seen alot of performance take offs. Does the pilot see all these folk hanging around I wonder??

[@Planespotter518]

It was The king’s birthday parade in London 17th June 2023 22 typhoons left raf coningsby to fly in formation over London 👍👍👍

[@passkat]

To see one land like that must be cool but to see 22 is special. love them jets

[@SavinelliMike]

Mate, the fucking state of those shorts.

[@nancywhitten2585]

What are those shorts?

[@robpri]

Too disturbed by the bloke by the fence wearing faux cowhide shorts to enjoy this video.

[@mavericktriple9488]

At least we still got a few planes left, A impressive sight watching the typhoon land, but a deadly weapon when they are used in anger.

[@davehines2397]

Wow, we've been coningsby a few time when staying at Tattershall lakes ,where abouts is this spot? Thanks

[@KatsCats2619]

Awesome😊

[@jaguar3248]

I have never understood spotters that stand in the undershoot, directly under approaching aircraft. I had to move one at Lossie who got most upset when i said standing on a double ladder directly in the path of approaching aircraft was a really dumb idea.

[@craigfeltham3318]

I can’t stop seeing those cow shorts!! 😂😂

[@mariokrings]

😂😂😂

[@tommarino69]

What in crikey feck is that dude in the cow shorts/long sleeve button down shirt doing leaving the house in that state? Astonishing.

[@jujubeans173]

😂😂😂 I was wondering the same thing🐮🐮🐮

[@paulmuir9088]

Brilliant stuff

[@zozoa1]

Incredible how they have to get so low to land. It’s beyond me, I mean is it really necessary.

[@tonyradmilovich3154]

So where is the insanely too low part? Those final approaches were on a perfectly fine glidepath. If people chose to put themselves near the boundary fence, that's their prerogative, but don't put shade on competent pilots doing their job.

[@SchmerzUndFeuer]

The dudes up front wearing shorts like they’re members of Wham!

[@jennybrewer7193]

Pure beauty ❤️

[@piglex1]

Ideally they should be at 0 feet when they touch down.

[@only1thatmakessense]

​@@DIRTYdeeds613i think he means radar

[@hb1338]

@@DIRTYdeeds613 AGL.

[@mikemalone9404]

Planes are cool.....but where the hell did that guy get those shorts!! 😆

[@majorlaff8682]

Recycled barn curtains. Those girlie cows are fussy about their internal decor.

[@mikemalone9404]

😂😂

[@mitseraffej5812]

All the planes are passing overhead the spectators at the same height so I’m guessing they are on the correct glide path.

[@helenholmes4098]

Wowsa. Where was i

[@dondee5439]

What kind of climate catastrophe is happening to have that many typhoons in one day at one place?

[@thephilpott2194]

Great precision. Good fun for the kids but i'd still be inclined to stand slightly to one side. Not much, even as little as 40 foot or so helps. That way you're all certain of which way to run if the engine note changes.

[@donaldkepple4927]

If I lived by coningsby I'd load an SD card fast

[@thomasbeavon6485]

How low do you expect it it to get before it lands.

[@TransoceanicOutreach]

2:13 'Ridiculously gorgeous' you mean 🙂

[@Buckblacket]

I didn't realise we had that many Typhoons unless they were just pretending to land and go around in a constant loop.

[@sticky70]

It’s the typhoons from the trooping the colour fly past I think? All 18 of them. 👍

[@paulefc1971]

Think we have about 100 operational typhoon aircraft

[@pamelascuderi2855]

Where is this place please can I have the post code??

[@richardboughton8338]

The guy in the foreground did he dress himself or did he have help from Coco the Clown?!

[@0666alf]

I can remember watching Phantoms in that same spot many years ago.

[@stevecommons3822]

And, in 1963/64, I remember standing near the runway threshold on the Dogdyke side as Vulcans came in at night. Now that really was dramatic! Incidentally, on quiet Sunday mornings I recall learning to drive on that runway.

[@ronaldneves2711]

Way too low... Are you an expert Typhoon pilot?