Absolutely stunning F-16 display in the hands of a fast jet legend - RIAT '23

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

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  • @UKAviationMovies
    @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +1

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  • @milleniumsaucer8978
    @milleniumsaucer8978 Год назад +6

    Beautiful aircraft, great camera work, great camera and great pilot ! What more could you ask for !

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +2

      Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks 👍

    • @LaVermine773
      @LaVermine773 7 месяцев назад

      @@UKAviationMovies what about Rafale ???

  • @Vipers810
    @Vipers810 Год назад +10

    OMG this is the best F-16 display i have ever seen in my life.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +2

      It’s so good. The Belgian Air Component nailed it this year for me 100%👌👍

  • @popkinson
    @popkinson Год назад +12

    That pilot should be given some sort of award for sheer brilliance.

  • @smab-ez9he
    @smab-ez9he Год назад +14

    Agree with the author, never seen an F-16 doing maneuvers like this before. Awesome airmanship.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +2

      It really is. Such an awesome display and presence 😎

  • @zumbach.7434
    @zumbach.7434 Год назад +7

    Holy cow!!, that is fantastic display!!

  • @uwekonnigsstaddt524
    @uwekonnigsstaddt524 Год назад +9

    “Cloud Dancer”…..best way to describe this pilot’s flying abilities. Makes it look so easy. So far, the best F-16 demo I’ve seen. Thanks for sharing. Post Tenebras Lux.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +2

      Thanks for the comment 👌

    • @jnhumble
      @jnhumble Год назад +2

      @@UKAviationMovies I fully agree. Sterling filming saves me going to Fairford! Never thougt the Su- and Migfamilies would meet their master in a 40 year old design. True, the Rafale is an honourable second... From 2025 onwards maybe a F35 will display - I wonder where Belgium will get the money...

  • @nickrogers7849
    @nickrogers7849 Год назад +9

    Outstanding airmanship

  • @lincthomas7178
    @lincthomas7178 Год назад +4

    NOTHING beats that sound!!

  • @topfelya
    @topfelya 9 месяцев назад +2

    Wow ! I was there too and filmed this best aerobatic display ! Top video mate !

  • @robinlee7886
    @robinlee7886 Год назад +7

    Wow, what a pilot, that was unreal, love the F-16 anyway but really like it even more after that flight.

  • @cybeliometalbest25
    @cybeliometalbest25 Год назад +11

    In the air, the pilot becomes a living extension of his F-16, executing maneuvers with unparalleled harmony. What a demonstration !

    • @uwekonnigsstaddt524
      @uwekonnigsstaddt524 Год назад +2

      This……pilot does.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +4

      100%. I heard a fighter pilot saying it’s more like strapping the jet on, rather than strapping into the jet 😎

  • @hangie65
    @hangie65 Год назад +5

    Great filming, Ben. Awesome display as well. That pilot is one with his machine. Thanks for posting.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      Cheers Lorenzo! Glad you enjoyed it as much as I did! 😎

  • @bertg.6056
    @bertg.6056 Год назад +11

    Great flying and great photography !

  • @knightflightvideo
    @knightflightvideo Год назад +4

    Great display and video by the Belgian Air Force F-16 Demo Team! 😊👍👍

  • @bazmac3184
    @bazmac3184 Год назад +2

    He was the best for me all weekend. Absolute mad man 🤣👍🏻

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      I agree Bazmac! I thought it was the best display as well. Pretty much perfection for my tastes 😎

  • @thecorknicehero3073
    @thecorknicehero3073 Год назад +6

    0:45 that was the most incredible manoeuvre I’ve have ever seen in my absolute life. 😲😲😲 Jeez that wasn’t a manoeuvre you would normally see at airshows. I’d say this was 10x better than the typhoon.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +4

      I love that manoeuvre too. I honestly think it’s the best Viper display I’ve seen. He was good last year but this year’s display was absolutely epic. Vrieske is an F-16 legend 😎

    • @davidsmith8997
      @davidsmith8997 Год назад +2

      With all due respect, that's just rudder yaw. There are FAR more impressive displays that have been done. Having said that, this is certainly one of the best F-16 demos I've ever seen, if not THE best!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +2

      @@davidsmith8997 I'm with you on that 👍

  • @Simu117
    @Simu117 Год назад +5

    Great filming! I was also there and oh my - that display was for sure the most impressive one. I think there's always a trophy given for the best display, i think we all know who's going to win that.

  • @nickjenkins236
    @nickjenkins236 Год назад +9

    Captain De Vries is clearly a pilot who has completely mastered the control of the F-16 in all three axes which means he performs manoeuvres that I've never seen other pilots usually only working in two axes perform... and all in a non-thrust vectored aircraft. After last year & this, I have no idea how he hasn't won an award for his airmanship at RIAT yet.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +2

      I agree! I think the French Rafale won this year but Vrieske is on another level for me. The whole package is top class.

  • @DafyddPhillips
    @DafyddPhillips Год назад +7

    This was a real treat Ben, great filming 👍

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +1

      Thanks a lot bud. They’re difficult to track at times! 😂

    • @uwekonnigsstaddt524
      @uwekonnigsstaddt524 Год назад

      @@UKAviationMoviesnot easy tracking. I’d just wish the weather would have cooperated better, that’s beyond our control. So far the best F-16 demo I’ve seen. Thanks for sharing!

  • @keithallver2450
    @keithallver2450 Год назад +4

    The F-16...A 40+ yr old design that still never fails to impress with its turn-on-a-dime agility.

  • @8888shooter
    @8888shooter Год назад +2

    Absolutely awesome video footage!!!.. 👌....the Belgium pilots know how to do a top notch display!!👍😍....and their F16'S are always fabulously painted!!!! They make stunning photos/ videos!!!!.. thanks so much for sharing this video!! Fantastic job!! Cheers Paul 🍻📸😁

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      Thanks a lot for the comment as always Paul 👍 It's an absolutely stunning display for sure 😎

  • @signpost5596
    @signpost5596 Год назад +2

    Superlative airmanship! Legendary fighter jet! Man and machine at their best!👍

  • @longsweep1
    @longsweep1 Год назад +4

    Impressive!

  • @flyingspirit8040
    @flyingspirit8040 Год назад +1

    What a pilot.impeccable flying.

  • @michealpallett5708
    @michealpallett5708 Год назад +2

    Cant get anove such a brilliant display sir i sault you

  • @NEntv58
    @NEntv58 Год назад +2

    Whoa. That tail-wag is intense. Never seen before.

  • @meintingles4396
    @meintingles4396 Год назад +4

    Imagine if this has thrust vectoring like the F-16 Vista... What a beautiful plane.

  • @typhoon109
    @typhoon109 Год назад +5

    probably the best display ive ever been to, me and my friends loved it :). also my knowledge came in handy a bit when we were about to get food and i heard the words "Pegasus engine" and i immediately knew it was the harrier about to fly and dropped everything to get up to the display line. even if the wind was a little bad the weather overall couldnt have been better when compared to the forecast

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +1

      Ahh good work there bud! It was a great show this year 👍

  • @blackers6897
    @blackers6897 Год назад +5

    At 0.45 never saw some one doing that. Nice shot.

  • @alanh7495
    @alanh7495 Год назад +1

    Wow! that was one heck of an impressive F16 display

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      It really his. He’s such an awesome pilot. He did an epic knife edge on departures day too. You can see it in my departures vid. So cool 👌👌👌👌

  • @jameshardie9914
    @jameshardie9914 Год назад +4

    I really love that dream viper livery!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +2

      Me too! Absolutely incredible 👌

    • @jameshardie9914
      @jameshardie9914 Год назад +1

      @@UKAviationMovies I was lucky enough to see it in person last year

    • @uwekonnigsstaddt524
      @uwekonnigsstaddt524 Год назад +3

      I hope a decal company produces it for a kit model

    • @jameshardie9914
      @jameshardie9914 Год назад +2

      @@uwekonnigsstaddt524 I'd buy it if they did

  • @Blitz9H
    @Blitz9H Год назад +2

    Superb!

  • @modelrailwaynoob
    @modelrailwaynoob Год назад +3

    Saw it yesterday... very impressive

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      One of the best displays at RIAT this year for me. Absolutely stunning 👌

  • @wolfgangrosen8609
    @wolfgangrosen8609 Год назад +2

    the best f16 display i have ever seen

  • @jackbertie8686
    @jackbertie8686 Год назад +2

    Absolutely right about the landing. If one could have been a passenger with a full pint 🍺 not a drop would've been spilt... not that the pint would have survived those negative Gs
    What a display! What a pilot!
    👍👍👍

  • @itsstephenjackson
    @itsstephenjackson Год назад +2

    That shimmy. Wow.

  • @Red-rl1xx
    @Red-rl1xx Год назад +2

    Awesome!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      It’s such a great display. Got to be one of the best 😎👌

  • @floodea
    @floodea Год назад +6

    Amazing camera work. I didn't think an F16 could do this. None of this thrust vectoring nonsense!

  • @GlennMichaelHasting
    @GlennMichaelHasting Год назад +3

    The Falcon has always been ahead of the curve. Aerodynamics and Power. 5th Gen. is a different animal . . .

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +1

      Yeah it sure doesn’t look its age. A very capable dogfighter 😎

    • @uwekonnigsstaddt524
      @uwekonnigsstaddt524 Год назад +1

      A great tool if its operator knows how to use it.

  • @dissyduster
    @dissyduster Год назад

    Great vid ,just amazing,,,,,,

  • @LotBoy87
    @LotBoy87 Год назад +1

    Magnificent

  • @johnp2110
    @johnp2110 Год назад +1

    This display makes the Thunderbirds and Viper West look almost mundane and routine by comparison. They don’t fly F-16 demos this aggressive in the US. Amazing pilot! Great filming!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      Thanks a lot man. We had the US Viper Demo here at RIAT in England in 2019. It was a pretty cool display, but the pilot, Maj. Garret Schmitz, suffered damage to the horizontal stabiliser after puling some crazy mad g's during the opening part of his display. I've not seen a US F-16 display since then unfortunately.

  • @bambrikii
    @bambrikii Год назад +4

    cool 5:21

  • @allinacan
    @allinacan Год назад +1

    Unbelievable. Never seen an F-16 do this

  • @aleksanderszymanowski6631
    @aleksanderszymanowski6631 Год назад +1

    Being Swedish and aware of pilot Brännströms capabilities, I must admit that this display - in a much less modern fighter, was in a different league!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      I agree. I think the Gripen E looks very capable though. Watching that with interest for the future 😎

    • @aleksanderszymanowski6631
      @aleksanderszymanowski6631 Год назад

      @@UKAviationMovies I live in the city where they develop and produce it, the roar and the rate of climb seem far outnumbering previous versions, it always lacked a little punch but seems fixed with the new engine, nimbleness intact.

  • @LokSimpan
    @LokSimpan Год назад +1

    Can i ask wich camera u use?

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +1

      For this I was using a Sony AX53, but I have a few cameras that I’ve used on different vids on my channel 👍

  • @eddymagielse4993
    @eddymagielse4993 Год назад +1

    can't think of anything negative, 🐍perfect display🐍

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      I agree. Hard to fault 😎

    • @eddymagielse4993
      @eddymagielse4993 Год назад +1

      @@UKAviationMoviesi live near Kleine Brogel and i visited many airshows for 40years now and was suprised to see that the F16 is better then we thought.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      Ahhh awesome. I'm hoping to visit Kline Brogel at some point before Belgium retire the F-16. Vrieske's display this year was absolutely stunning. It was, I think, my favourite display from this year 😎

  • @ZuleicaRodrigueshosang
    @ZuleicaRodrigueshosang Год назад +1

    My love beautiful f 16 !😊😊😊😅

  • @davidknight6981
    @davidknight6981 Год назад +2

    This pilot, is what Musashi would have said, if he could have witnessed this performance. "This Air Warrior cannot be distinguished from himself and his weapon."

  • @philipplace9990
    @philipplace9990 Год назад +1

    Child: "Mummy, what's the difference between flying a plane and chucking it around the sky?"
    Mummy: "Watch this...!!!"

  • @scottollett
    @scottollett Год назад +1

    Some negative g moves in there ... amazing!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      It was a great display this year. My personal highlight I think 👍

  • @timl4257
    @timl4257 Год назад +1

    Amazing , f16 is still a very capable aircraft despite its age. I believe this is the f16A variant which is the original version. 🇧🇪❤

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      That's correct. F-16AM, with some additional upgrades to the A 👍

  • @macrucial9901
    @macrucial9901 Год назад +1

    Solo motor... If turn off... Whats the result ?

  • @TwistLosi
    @TwistLosi Год назад +1

    Don't normally see so much negative G's being pulled at a Airshow, unique and very impressive display.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +1

      Yeah I agree. He pulled more negative Gs last year, but he backed off a bit this year, which I think made for a better display 👍

  • @ImpendingJoker
    @ImpendingJoker Год назад +1

    Maybe I'm jaded and have watched too many F-16s in real life but after reading the comments I went back and rewatched the video, and I really do not see this pilot do anything all that special. The F-16s fly by wire system and it's small size make it very capable of everything shown here. Now you can argue that it's the pilot and that he's born with it but, have you ever thought for once that maybe...it's Maybeline?

  • @Mrak446
    @Mrak446 3 месяца назад

    💪

  • @paulshirley6383
    @paulshirley6383 12 дней назад +1

    The Belgian Air Force F-16 Viper display might be THE best fast jet display I think I've ever seen. THE ROYAL INTERNATIONAL AIR TATTOO
    UK Aviation Mo LOVE LOUIS SHIRLEY

  • @tolgakoken2138
    @tolgakoken2138 Год назад +1

    rudder kick maneuver is Solo Türk F16 Demo Team maneuver

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +1

      Not seen his display for a long time. It’s a great display manoeuvre 😎

    • @tolgakoken2138
      @tolgakoken2138 Год назад

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  • @jlor7675
    @jlor7675 Год назад +2

    Who the hell thumbs down this??

  • @jerryosorio
    @jerryosorio Год назад +1

    I think, an F16 with a 2d directional exhaust nozzle like the F22 would be even more manuverable & deadly in dogfight.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад +2

      General Dynamics tried that didn’t they? I’m sure I remember seeing something about a thrust vectoring F-16 🧐🧐

  • @มดแดง-ฃ3ข
    @มดแดง-ฃ3ข Год назад

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  • @bobritter7197
    @bobritter7197 Год назад +5

    Half of that shouldn't be possible. The other half probably isn't.😮

  • @iain8837
    @iain8837 Год назад

    Great display, I was there on Sunday but didn’t see it, was a poor flying line up with far too long between displays, Gripen and Typhoon displayed many times by 3pm along with some other helicopters, pretty poor actually, then the heavens opened at 3:30 and everybody started leaving. The Typhoon display was ok, but very predictable, loads of max rate rolls, derry turns, same year after year. Then you get this F16 which does something a bit different, RAF….taken note!

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      I really enjoyed it this year personally, I thought it was a cracking show. A Spanish Harrier in the flying display was pretty special. Not the mention the Rafale, Finnish F-18, Dream Viper, German Tonkas, Italian Typhoon, Gripen E and the B-52. The weather was a shocker but I'm am amazed they managed to fly so many of the aircraft given the wind and rain over the weekend 😂

    • @iain8837
      @iain8837 Год назад +1

      @@UKAviationMovies Fair enough. But what exactly did the German Tonkas do? Took off, buggered off for 20 mins, done a fly past with a tanker, then landed. That was special? I remember at Leuchars watching 4x GR1 beating up the airfield at 550kts,, 100ft for 15 mins why being chased by F3’s, with explosions and SAMs going off, that was special.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      @@iain8837 Oh for sure. The old RAF Tornado Role demo was the pinnacle for me. A fabulous excuse to hoon about in full burner at 100ft. I just thought it was ace to even see them as a display item. Maybe I'm just easily pleased these days! 🤣

  • @paulshirley6383
    @paulshirley6383 9 дней назад +1

    The Belgian Air Force F-16 Viper display might be THE best fast jet displaINTERNATIONAL THE ROYAL INTERNATIONAL AIR TATTOO
    UK Aviation Mo love louis shirley

  • @มดแดง-ฃ3ข
    @มดแดง-ฃ3ข Год назад

    มึงลองเอามาเล่นถุงมือหากินยากแน่นอนมึงขายได้ปีนี้แค่ 2 ลำประเทศไทยเท่านั้นแหละ

  • @michaelkaliski7651
    @michaelkaliski7651 Год назад +1

    Moved the plane about in the sky and pulled a lot of negative g’s but plenty of over controlling and corrections going on too. A good display but the pilot seems unable to exactly nail the 90º angles and crispness I have come to expect from military display pilots.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      🧐 can you point to where you’re talking about in the vid? All I saw was awesomeness 🧐

    • @michaelkaliski7651
      @michaelkaliski7651 Год назад

      @@UKAviationMoviesThere are several points where the pilot turns into a roll, stops just past 90º and corrects back 5 or 10º. Also some nose drops and rises to get back on speed and/or trajectory in the vertical manoeuvres. Now this could be just how the pilot flies, weather related, or making sure everything is exactly on the numbers before commencing the next sequence. No one can claim that the pilot does not have serious flying skills, I am merely pointing out that if I were judging their flying as part of a competition, they would lose points for a lack of crispness in parts of the display routine. As others have pointed out, it is rare to see an F16 flown to its’ limits in this way and perhaps I am judging too harshly, but I don’t think so.

    • @elilustrebelga
      @elilustrebelga Год назад +1

      Woaw, you're a demo pilot yourself ... or just an....

  • @Remi55
    @Remi55 Год назад +1

    Le F16 est bien loin d' avoir la vélocité du RAFALE !

    • @uwekonnigsstaddt524
      @uwekonnigsstaddt524 Год назад

      The pilot……not the jet….makes the difference. Just because you have the fire, pot, and food ready to cook, it doesn’t make that cook a chef. Post Tenebras Lux.

    • @UKAviationMovies
      @UKAviationMovies  Год назад

      😮😮😮😮

  • @lincthomas7178
    @lincthomas7178 Год назад +1

    im a rock star. movie star. game designer and PILOT!!!