I'd rather be flying
I'd rather be flying
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Flight in Lancaster Bomber. Bomb Aimers Seat 7 May 2023
I was privileged enough to be selected to fly in the Bomb aimers seat of the BBMF Lancaster.
I took my GoPro, here's the footage.
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Видео

Landing G-CHAR Grob 109b at RAF Halton
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Landing G-CHAR Grob 109b at RAF Halton
Donington Park track day Focus ST Powertrain Developments Stage 2
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Little footage of my Focus ST at Donington.
Focus ST Donington Track day chasing Lotus Exige
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Track day at Donington where I ended up gaining on a Lotus Exige. It completely out performed my car in the bends but I kept at it and he let me past in the end.
Donington Trak day Focus ST nearly crashed.
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This was my last session and id been held up by a few people that just weren't checking their mirrors. I got a bit flustered and lost my cool. Nearly ended up in the gravel. Went home after this as It was too close to all going wrong.
Focus ST at Donington. 08/02/2015
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Was chasing my mate in a VX220 who I could see was held up in traffic. Unfortunately I got held up too and had to move over for 2 race spec M3's which then lost me time. Just after this video I had got so pissed off that the mini and alpha took so long to let me past that I nearly binned my car at redgate corner. I will upload that video separately.
Landing at RAF Cosford PA28 Warrior
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Bit of footage my daughter recorded whilst sat in the back whilst I landed at RAF Cosford
niamh goggles
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niamh goggles
Saab 93 turbo Powertrain Developments stage 2 remap V's Mitsubishi legnum 2.5 twin turbo
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Me and my mate at crail thrash, I'm in the Saab being filmed from the legnum

Комментарии

  • @stanleydomalewski8497
    @stanleydomalewski8497 11 дней назад

    ❤ Magnificent ❤

  • @xfire7
    @xfire7 27 дней назад

    Lucky git !

  • @f18tom56
    @f18tom56 Месяц назад

    awesome! one in Coningsby and one at Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum...both flying timepieces

  • @AJDISCO-mb5pp
    @AJDISCO-mb5pp Месяц назад

    My wife’s uncle was a”Tail Gun Charlie” in a Lancaster bomber , unfortunately the gentleman of the family passed away 2yrs ago but his memory lives on with his gloves , flight log book , medals & other memorabilia now to be displayed at RAF Duxford . RAF bomber command at last have been recognised as hero’s and now the memorial to commemorate their bravery is at last on show for future generations to pay their respects. God Bless Tail Gun Charlie “ Lesley Slasher King “

  • @Jim-i2y
    @Jim-i2y Месяц назад

    Doesnt look old tech from inside compared to 80s military aircraft.

  • @jayson1979
    @jayson1979 Месяц назад

    No wonder so many crew were lost in the war trying to get out while going down looks impossible

  • @ianeverett1560
    @ianeverett1560 Месяц назад

    How romantic was that, brilliant 😍👍

  • @robertbate5790
    @robertbate5790 Месяц назад

    11/10/24. Just found this. Absolutely incredible. What a great experience. I went to see the film The Dambuster in 1966 at a friends birthday treat, aged 10. Ive had a private love affair with the Lanc ever since. I've seen it a air displays a number of times, and even ocassionally just passing by. I've read aircrew biographies and histories, built models over the years. I did consider once upon a day writing to a tv programe of the time to arrage a flight, but never did. I have seen news items of cockpit experiences for special occassions a number of times too. I could sense the sheer thrill just watching this video. Absolutely brilliant. Thank you for sharing such a thrill 👍👍👍 🇬🇧

  • @CarlDraper458
    @CarlDraper458 Месяц назад

    EPIC!

  • @mikeymike5395
    @mikeymike5395 Месяц назад

    Amazing

  • @796andy2
    @796andy2 Месяц назад

    doesn't have to be aerodynamic when you have 4 merlins 😂

  • @roconnor01
    @roconnor01 Месяц назад

    Like a symphony !

  • @geetee7154
    @geetee7154 Месяц назад

    Oh Wow 👍

  • @richardmitchell2274
    @richardmitchell2274 Месяц назад

    Just wow thanks for showing us 👍💯🇬🇧

  • @MrDaiseymay
    @MrDaiseymay Месяц назад

    I HAVE A SIMILAR PHOTO OF A LANC, WITH CREW, STANDING PROUDLY IN FRONT OF HER, JUSTBACK FROM A MISSION OVER GERMANY. 1944. INCLUDED IS MY HALF BROTHER. JUST BEFORE WARS END, HE WAS KILLED.

  • @ianjohnston2361
    @ianjohnston2361 Месяц назад

    What a fantastic way to see our wonderful country...... Green with envy... 👍 🇬🇧 👍 🇬🇧

  • @DavidFisher-e8e
    @DavidFisher-e8e 2 месяца назад

    One word superb 22.34hrs

  • @derrickgreen9020
    @derrickgreen9020 2 месяца назад

    You could even imagine those squashed flies to be flack…incredible experience…thank you for sharing this unique view.

  • @anthonyclarke7081
    @anthonyclarke7081 2 месяца назад

    Dodging the wind turbines at santa pod! What an incredible bit of film this whole thing is

  • @paulcharlesworth319
    @paulcharlesworth319 3 месяца назад

    That was fantastic, really felt as though you were there. Can now imagine how difficult escaping from a damaged Lancaster must have been, almost impossible due to the centrifugal forces. Great video.

  • @JamesWillson-x2p
    @JamesWillson-x2p 4 месяца назад

    To think how many bomb - aimers saw this view and never returned to fly back to their airfields. To all our fallen, Merchant Navy, Royal Navy, British Army, Ro Air Force, Rest In Peace

  • @kevinhoughton9134
    @kevinhoughton9134 4 месяца назад

    Is it just me or is that as fast as a Hawk jet?

  • @jeromelapierre9733
    @jeromelapierre9733 5 месяцев назад

    J'ai lu beaucoup de commentaires de personnes ravies, personnellement je dirais tout simplement " JE SUIS JALOUX"

  • @petergearing4796
    @petergearing4796 5 месяцев назад

    That's got to be the best view point in the plane, you lucky devil.

  • @olivealbers2478
    @olivealbers2478 5 месяцев назад

    An Australian navigator would is friend of our family flew 57 missions and it was too much for him. He flew Lancasters too.

  • @willhovell9019
    @willhovell9019 6 месяцев назад

    A great tribute to all those women and men that built the Avro Lancasters that facilitated the RAF to hit back at the Nazis and the V1 and V2 attacks on Britain, including the essential raids on Dresden, home to 130 armaments factories, death marches, rail hubs and center of Nazism, to help take some of the pressure off the Red Army. Respect on the 80th anniversary of D Day

  • @MrRonan3
    @MrRonan3 8 месяцев назад

    look like a load of brickies mucking about with Transit vans. how cool is that. none of the prancing about saluting like the Americans trying to look cool putting on show. (get on with it).Brilliant!,

  • @sweetdolphinmarine222
    @sweetdolphinmarine222 8 месяцев назад

    that sound , just stirs the blood ❤ , ,,, what an experience , wow

  • @christinamangelo
    @christinamangelo 8 месяцев назад

    That beautiful sound must have been a nightmare for Germany to hear.

  • @mattlamming
    @mattlamming 9 месяцев назад

    Wow! What a video, thanks for sharing. Anyone told you that you look a bit like that bloke with a recovery truck in Sleaford? 🤔😉

  • @coops1964
    @coops1964 9 месяцев назад

    Not only is this a video about a marvellous aircraft which flown by its brave crew, it also shows how beautiful and green England is.

  • @lewistaylor1965
    @lewistaylor1965 9 месяцев назад

    I really enjoyed that ride in a Lanc...sitting in front of my monitor with a cup of tea is the closest I'm going to get...so thank you for uploading

  • @floraaficianado5050
    @floraaficianado5050 10 месяцев назад

    My father was a Flying Officer and Squadron Leader representing the Royal Australian Air Force, 50th Squadron, flying the AVRO British Lancaster. He played his part well and never lost a man nor plane. At war’s end, he was summoned to appear at Buckingham Palace where he was decorated by King George VI with the Distinguished Flying Cross. Those Merlin engines truly speak to the awesome power and bravery the English endured as a United Kingdom stood its ground in repelling the evil that was Hitler. RIP dad.

  • @KingsleyThomson-j1w
    @KingsleyThomson-j1w 10 месяцев назад

    My Dad's best mate was a tail gunner in a Lancaster during world war 2 he was the size of a jockey and was a Scotsman he went deaf during his time in these planes during the war but said it was a grand way to see Europe,,, with a smirk,,,RIP joke ,,👍

  • @EnglishCharlie
    @EnglishCharlie 11 месяцев назад

    Exoerience of a lifetime that! (We saw our house )

  • @BLzBob.7268
    @BLzBob.7268 11 месяцев назад

    What an experience! Thank you for posting this. Would love to do this myself in memory of an Uncle I never met. Lost on a mission in a Halifax lll aged 20 in '44. No Halifaxes are flying today so a trip on a sister aircraft would be brill. Truly amazing video, and the sound of those four Merlins makes men emotional. 😢

  • @brianmorris8045
    @brianmorris8045 11 месяцев назад

    You have to respect the fellas who actually flew the amazing Lancasters' , with lack of space to move around, and flew in them as gunners and navigators, in the bombing raids, a large number not returning, but they all had their part to do one way or another with the other types of planes, Navy, and Army also doing their bit to get the damned war out of the way and return the world to peace. It was a mighty effort for all. Lest we forget those indeed who didn't return all those years ago. The war had only finished 7 years before my birth. Mum, Dad, and Nannas all over the place having to get used to the idea of peace again, everywhere in the allied countries. And newbies to life when we were old enough to understand, being told by family members who were serving in war time, how it was for them, without the heroics. Real heroes never bragged about their efforts in the forces. They did what they were told and we were better off for it, in the end. My father, his father and my uncle, just told us, never bragged.

  • @robleary3353
    @robleary3353 11 месяцев назад

    Lucky sod!. 🙂 Those Merlins going flat chat on take off sound wonderful!. Good on the teams keeping this wonderful piece of history flying!. Lest we forget!.

  • @thornscoop2
    @thornscoop2 11 месяцев назад

    Awesome stuff, you are a lucky chap!

  • @michaeljenner5628
    @michaeljenner5628 11 месяцев назад

    Fantastic. I'm envious !

  • @paulboyle6857
    @paulboyle6857 Год назад

    What a brilliant video! Loved the takeoff & landing & aerial shots of Rutland Water.SantaPod,Blenheim Palace etc.Knocks spots of so called spectacular car videos.

  • @KalCana
    @KalCana Год назад

    We have a lancaster here in my city ,you can go for a ride in it for 2500.00 canadian..it flys over the city all the time

  • @stevepitt139
    @stevepitt139 Год назад

    ONE OF THE FEW WHO CAME HOME.!!.❤❤🇬🇧🙏🏻.

  • @mothmagic1
    @mothmagic1 Год назад

    That flight improved the day for a lot of people on the ground I think. I know it would have improved mine to be overflown by such a beautiful machine. Having seen Oford airport and Blenheim palace I realise you did make my day better. You actually flew just about over my house.

  • @stevespriggs3543
    @stevespriggs3543 Год назад

    Wow thank you for an amazing experience, 1 I would love to encounter myself

  • @matthewlardner5328
    @matthewlardner5328 Год назад

    Wow 😮 Goosebumps on goosebumps 🫡

  • @leektid4624
    @leektid4624 Год назад

    Come to the Scottish Air show next year

  • @theflyingfool
    @theflyingfool Год назад

    Nice job! Looks as though you were taught the RAF way :D

  • @theflyingfool
    @theflyingfool Год назад

    Thank you so much for having the foresight to video this trip. Truly, a once in a lifetime experience and a big thank you for giving me the best impression of what it must be like to be a bomb aimer in a Lanc. I don't envy the ground crew who have to clean off the splatfest!

  • @angelajones9958
    @angelajones9958 Год назад

    She's a beauty! ❤ Saw her a few years ago at The Bournemouth Air Festival, (this is b4 we saw Leader).