Mach Loop 10 things you must know
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- Опубликовано: 16 июн 2024
- 10 things you must know if you're considering visiting the Mach Loop! Plus 8 useful tips.
At the time of creating this video, the UK schools are breaking up for their summer holidays. This generally means that lots of families gravitate towards the Mach Loop. For most people, this will be their first visit.
The Mach Loop is located in Mid Wales. The best vantage areas are atop mountains. Going to mountain tops obviously comes with many problems and dangers. Difficult situations that are very often overlooked.
The hike up, the ever-changing weather and the lack of toilets to name a few are things that most people wouldn't even consider.
In this video, I break down the 10 things you need to know before even considering venturing to one of the many incredible vantage points.
Plus, 8 tips to help you have a great visit.
See all the pictures here. Plus, Learn more anout the Mach Loop tinyurl.com/esj7v6z5
🟨 Where is the Mach Loop?
🟨 Where can I park?
🟨 When do they fly?
🟨 Is there a timetable?
🟨 How far is the walk/climb?
🟨 What camera/lens?
🟨 Can I camp there?
🟨 Where can I stay?
For all this information and more visit the Offical Mach Loop Guide
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When I bought my house the Realtor never told me that it was on the flight path between Cherry Hill Naval Air Station and the A P Hill bomb range. The early jets like the A7 Skyhawks you could hear coming the new generations are quiet and give you no warning. They come in at tree top level and fly between my house and my neighbors which are a hundred feet away their navigation skills are incredible. The Air Force came over with a flight of C141’s carrying the 82TH Airborne at a hundred feet. I keep a Nikon D500 with a 300mm at the ready it’s nothing like have your own Mach Loop
I'm jealous
Do you have an insta or sth? Love to see some of those…
That’s pretty cool
You'll have to Air BnB your rooms :) Cheers Steve 👍👍
Do you mean the A4 Skyhawk or are you talking about the A7 Corsair II
Every time I went looking on Google for information about the Mach Loop I was always met with doom and gloom about how difficult everything is. It's all been confirmed in this video, but, with the addition of the footage and the straightforward advice, it's still a place I'd like to visit one day.
Glad I could help!
Whilst hiking the Yorkshire Three Peaks Challenge years ago, we were lucky to be at the summit of Whernside when to our surprise, a Tornado came screaming through the valley below us. We all watched in shocked silence and when it was over, we all looked at each other and erupted in cheers. It was amazing - none of us had ever been above a combat jet in flight. You could even clearly see the crew. What a rush!
I rarely leave comments on videos, but in this case, I feel compelled. What a fantastically informative, well-structured, and well put together video. I have for a long time wanted to visit but had lots of doubts about where to go, what to do, and what to expect. You have literally answered all of them. Great video, well done and your photos and videos are outstanding.
I don’t know mate, just sitting on top of a mountain watching the clouds go by sounds like heaven right now
Agree totally 👍👍
My house in Wolverhampton is directly below the flightpath of the USAF going to the Mach Loop from Lakenheath, seems a lot of action Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with 2 to 4 F15s at a time normally around 12ish and in the afternoon around 3 till 5pm. Never been to the Loop but will get there one day, for now ill carry on watching them from my garden.
Same here, I live in Wolves also - I’ve been twice to the loop, hoping to get a visit in next week with the weather looking up.
It’s great, get yourself up there one day. 👍🏼
I travelled through the Mach Loop with relatives who had never heard about it. As we approached and I was explaining its use for low flying I looked up to see a Hawk trainer approaching knife edge. It passed over us barely 100 feet up. Magic.
Cheers 👍👍
@@GaryGoughI really want to go but I live 3 hours away is it worth a punt lol can I buy your photos and videos instead lol
Twenty-two yrs. AF WSO (GIB, guy in back) for five and maintenance officer for 17yrs. flew in the F-15E out of Shady J. and RAF Lakenheath. Love the Mach Loop. Thanks, this was great.
I have been fortunate to have flown through the loop, I used to work on Helimed 61 (call sign for air ambulance based at Caernarfon). Initially in a Bolkow 105 and later the EC135, both fantastic aircraft but nowhere near as fast as the jets! They were fantastic days and have given me many memories 😊
I to have flown through the Loop during my time with the S.A.R. from Valley (RAF)169/71 on 1 tragic aircraft crash of an Hunter on Air test ,the Navy have a bothy in ogwen valley and used to have excercise during the summer months happydays
Absolutely brilliant Gary a thorough in-site into the Mach Loop, loved it
Great watch as always Gary. Cracking photos and footage.
Great perspective Gary, TYVM!
Amazing images and thanks for Sharing Gary. Great to witness this through your photography.
Cheers 👍👍
Just brings a smile to my face.... Thanks. And thanks for your talent. Taken a few good pics myself, but mostly bad. Nice pics!!!
Great insight and tips ! Thank you much ! 😊
Awesome video.Very factual and the pics and videos were amazing.Thank you.
Cheers 👍👍
Superb video Gary. I'm a 'togger' of MANY years standing - and a retired RAF aircraft Engineer (Three tours on C130K's plus a lot more!)
Always wanted to try 'The Loop' but hadn't (nor still had until your video!) a CLUE!
Thank you so much for this most informative video.
The Mach Loop is just phenomenal, great fun, great people and even without the planes some great views. What a great day out that was. Thanks for the video mention, I still keep watching it back and that howl of the 2nd plane is stunning. You've definitely helped my photography and inspired me to go shoot more, cheers!
Cheers Pete. A cracking couple of days indeed m8. Thanks for the video 👍👍
Another great video Gary.
I have watched the previous one on the Mach Loop and it was very informative.
Some really good advice in this video and stunning image's.
As always catch you on the next video.
Cheers Tim 👍👍
Thank you for the advice, it was both enlightening and sobering. And thank you very much for the beautiful images.
Your enthusiasm is infectious!
Many thanks!
Nice one Gary, as always; informative, consise, helpful and, of course, great photography!
Many thanks 👍👍
What a superb video. Everything anyone could wish to know highlighted and fullt explained. I've been watching videos of aircraft flying through the loop for years and find the quality of them amazing - and some of the photos are better than that. Well done sir, you've given me all the information that I needed to know - end result, I won't be going for an in-person visit! Perfectly happy to sit at home watching all the stunning vids/photos on social media. Thanks very much and happy hunting!
Drove through the loop today and on approach to the peak dropping down onto the lake I saw what was the most impressive feat of piloting... What I can only describe as a knife edge manoeuvre in what I think was a A400m after a tight pass at the peak above the car park. It left me in awe of how talented that pilot is.
Great video, loads of brilliant information. Next summer I'm going to get myself there and definitely watch this video again before hand. Cheers.
Hope you have a good one 👍👍
You are so right. I could never get tired of it. The sight and sound of what keeps the free world free is precious and exhilarating.
Keeps the free world free? 😂😂😂 tell that to the Palestinians. I'm all for enjoying great engineering, but don't talk nonsense. These planes have been used to commit terror over millions, for oil not freedom.
Great little video gary, thanks for all the tips.
My pleasure 👍👍
Great info Gary and stunning photos.
Many thanks 👍👍
Thank you very much for the fantastic video. This has been on my bucket list for a few years now and should I ever get round to it I know exactly what to expect, and what video to come back to should I need a refresher!
Great info, cheers!
Glad it was helpful!
Your pictures are incredible! Superb video this 😃
Great video. Thanks
Thank you for the good information. We were in Bewts-y-Coed in February when once at breakfast an old military propeller plane Kwasi flew through the valley below our window from the B&B (outside the village). .
Thank you for your realistic appraisal of the situation in going there.
Cheers 👍👍
LOVED this video! Loved the honesty, the footage, the photographs! Thank you for such an incredible piece of work!
Thanks so much!
The Mach loop is on my bucket list for a very long time since I seen a documentary on it on Forces tv ! this video has reinvigorated me to get my plans in action ! Thank you very much for all the tips and advice !!
You’re welcome, cheers 👍👍
That is the beauty of being a spotter even for military aircrafts...you never know when and what comes. No timetable. Makes it hard ofc. Many people are mistaken by watching an edited video of 20-30 jets flying...it sometimes takes weeks to catch them. Great video ❤
Cheers 👍👍
Great and informative video Gary. Thanks
Thank you xx
Fantastic Info!
What a great video mate! Thanks for such great honest advice. I'm not planning on going in the foreseeable future, but maybe one day... If I did decide to go, at least I am very well advised by your kind video. : )
Excellent advice. Many thanks.
Very welcome 👍👍
wooouw, what a stunning helping video ya shared here for us...
i can`t go there anyway, but i love this video and the content you share whis us !
tank`s a lot man !!! 🙂
Great video! A bucket list destination, for sure!
Hope you make it one day 👍👍
Brilliant video with loads of great tips and details, thank you very much. I've been to the loop area a couple of time, once getting buzzed by some fast jets while I was driving on the road below. I hope to get there with my camera some time soon.
Cheers Steve 👍👍
Nicely done, sir!
Amazing. Just amazing. How you maintain your level of enthusiasm and continue producing video after video is very very encouraging to this old (85) geriatric, so as a reward and honouring our shared Celtic Tradition I now send you blessings from my heart, sure in the knowledge they will multiply and return to bless the sender.
Thank you! xx
Thank you for the video Gary.👍👍👍
Cheers 👍👍
Great upload, many thanks. Deffo one place I would love to visit sometime.
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video, thanks.
Cheers
Just wanted to let you know how much l enjoyed and learned from this video ( saw it on the Natasha and Debbie show this morning) l have now subscribed and will be looking into what other gems you have on your channel. Thanks for such a in-depth helpful and beautiful video
Wonderful! Thanks for being here
Great video, Gary.
I know you've mentioned about how dangerous it is there. I can personally vouch for this as on 31st May, this year, I slipped whilst on the way back down from the Bwlch and suffered a double break in my leg resulting in two operations and a 2 week stay in Wrexham Maelor Hospital. Aberdyfi SART brought me down from the mountainside and were amazing all the way through. Like you said, as well, there is virtually no signal in the area, so I would definitely stress NEVER go on your own. Always go as part of a group or, at least, let people know exactly where you are. A friend was part of a group on the Monday after RIAT whereby another person suffered a similar injury on Corris.
While the experience in the Loop can be amazing, it can also be an incredibly dangerous place.
Amazing video. Thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
Well made video and thanks for the tips, much appreciated....
Cheers Eddie 👍👍
You’ve just shown 99.5% of the reasons I let you folks do it. 😎👍Thanks, and the results are really something to see! I send them to my grandniece, who is 4.
Congratulations to an amazing two days at the Mach Loop. It certainly paid and you managed to return with great photographs. I have already watched your videos about photographing fast-moving aircrafts. But this video has watered my mouth to do it once again. And maybe one day I managed to climb up to the Mach Loop.
Many thanks!
Fantastic Video !!! A guide service could make a fortune !!! Wow! Fantastic stills in this video !!!
Absolutely nailed that Gary ! Subscribed for some photography advice
Cheers Rob 👍👍
Excellent tips video full of information and facts, thanks Gary, one day I will try my luck at the loop but not during holiday season 🙂
Good idea 😁
I know it must be amazing watching them from that vantage point! I used to work for a painting company and painted several buildings on MCAS Cherry Point. I really enjoyed the opportunity I got to watch the aircraft take off and land from the top of the tower while we were painting it especially the C-130's with the air corkscrewing behind the props! One day, we noticed two B-52's sitting off to the side of the longest runway. I was hoping to get the opportunity to watch them take off but never got it.
Saw your VLOG on Natasha & Debbie. Great stuff
Welcome!!
Fantastic video Gary!! Thank you for making it. Informative and engaging throughout! Someday I'll make the pilgrimage from Dublin. 😊
Brilliant stuff Gary can’t wait to get back there again! ✈️
Cheers Robbie
Thanks for sharing Gary I will be going to the local airshow here next month so I will be sure to watch your aviation video again before I go, have not been to an airshow since Leuchars many many years ago.
Hope you enjoy it!
Well done. And the dramatic, wind-swept doggo and the seagull (or whatever that was) was a nice touch. I hope to visit someday.
That was my wee doggy 😁😁
You rock Gary, Thank you so much.
Moving to an old cottage in Dolwyddelan, on the A470 in January. I can see this is going to be our new hobby, lucky us 😁..
Hello Gary
Many thanks for all these very practical tips.
I went to the Mach Loop on June 23 and 24, 2022.
Thanks to your advice, I was very well prepared and as I'm on a motorcycle, no parking problems. But I still went quite early... and fortunately!!!! It would have been a shame to drive 850 km from France and miss the planes for a few minutes.
We had 2 American F15s on the first day... 10 minutes after arriving and settling in... OUUUUAAAHHH
I was already glad to have done all that driving and climbing on foot 😊😊😊. Then nothing more of the long day!
The next day, same scenario with only 2 Texan trainers and much worse weather.
You'd think I'd be disappointed, but not at all! F15 photos are some of the best aircraft photos I've ever taken, and no other airshow offers such a spectacle. All I want to do is go back.
Little wink: in your tips Gary, I think you can add that Welsh restaurants close really early in the evening, really really early! Surprising for French people 😜😜.
My limited English + Welsh accent + the wind made me lose a bit of richness on the exchanges with the people present and I regret it: there are real connoisseurs at Mach Loop.
Thanks again for everything Gary, it's largely thanks to you that I was able to discover this incredible place.
I'll definitely be back, and hope to see you there with pleasure.
Pascal
Glad the videos helped. See yo up there 👍👍
Gary a terrific discussion on such a special event watching military equipment… it makes my heart Warm with Pride and respect for the men and women who protect us !
Amazing systems
Cheers 👍👍
Spot on Gary. Great video and absolutely cracking to be part of that day. That visit is definitely one of the things that has spurred me on to want to be a better photographer (plus all your other content I’m trying to absorb!)
Cheers Chris. No doubt, I'll see you there again xx
Planning on booking some other stuff with you matey. Game on 👊
Thank you, loved it
Cheers 👍👍
Still a location that is on my bucket list. I need to get up there. Some great advice there Gary Thankyou.
Cheers 👍
I have driven that road through the Mach loop many times while traveling from South Wales to North Wales and back and I have only seen one aircraft flying it and that was a Herculies flying down the road quite low, It was quite frightening to see something that size comming towards you. Some realy great shots, both video and stills by you, well done. And thanks.
Cheers 👍👍
Great vids Gary. I’m a
Huge aviation fan. These are brilliant and make me want to head to the Loop more than ever. Thanks, Alastair, Scotland
Many thanks! 👍👍
This is excellent - thank you!
Cheers John 👍👍
Great video, really useful info cheers Gary
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, Gary. I've wanted to visit the Mach Loop for a long time. Being stateside it seems like only a dream but maybe one day - or several
Thomas, I'm in the same boat but have started planning. My thought is to fly to Shannon Ireland with a quick hop to Liverpool which is under an hour. Then rent a car and drive which I think is about an hour and a half. Stay for at least a week and hopefully enjoy some fast movers! If nothing else explore the beautiful country, there.
Pulled up in the lay-by at Cad West/Cad East whilst driving home from a short break in Wales a few years back, didn’t expect to see anything as we only had half hour or so to spare. Delighted to see 2 x C130 Hercules go through, one day I will pay a proper visit in the vain hope of fast jets, it’s definitely on my bucket list and your advice and tips are appreciated Gary 👍 be prepared to be bored rigid or have an experience of a lifetime 😉
I liked your sea gull photograph ! Beautiful
This is just great information!!! I do hope to visit there one day. And this was incredibly helpful!!! Respect!
And yes, I still fancy going. 😁
Cheers 👍👍
Very informative video.
Excellent video, Gary. Would love to visit the Mach Loop if I ever get the opportunity! Take photos, make memories, leave only footprints. 👍🏻
Absolutely 👍👍
Great video, Gary. Thanks for taking the time to make it and post it. I will make good use of it :-)
Thanks for this... one place I have always wanted to visit... will have to take the camera gear out and head some day.. wonderful video and pics..
You should! 👍👍
An exceptionally well made, informative and useful video, and a good presenter. Way back in the early seventies, we used to see how fast as could fly down over Lake Oven and get round the turn into the valley towards Bethesda. Got very fast and scary, until they banned anything over 360kts!
Thank you for that truly excellent video.
Glad it was helpful! 👍👍
Great Video, Gary. had breakfast with a brace of F-15E's last week at the end of the LFA at Isle Ornsay, 9-12 shift on a Friday in Scotland, they even call out the sub ranges closed by 3...
Very cool! Thank you! Cheers! 👍👍
Gary what a Pleasure to meet you i've watched every video you have put on you tube but the points you have mentioned leaves me out riddled with arthritis 73yrs of age so it's back to computer to view you video's and wife keeps telling me to turn down the volume to loud and they are brilliant keep them coming Gary well done.
Very kind of you to say Eugene 👍👍
Brilliantly done sir, very informative . I’m planning to go there this month on my camper road trip of wales . I know the parking lay-by as been there a few years ago but didn’t know it was the right one so we went to the cross foxes for a cuppa.
Cheers Simon 👍👍
PRICELESS advice! Yours is the first video, sharing these nuggets of knowledge, that I've seen here. I was stationed at RAF Lakenheath in the late 80's, early '90's, and I knew of the Mach Loop, but never got the opportunity to see it for myself the 5 years I lived in your beautiful, amazing country. I worked on the F-111F back then. To have seen one of those fly through the loop would have blown my mind! I don't know if the F-111's ever did that, and I've never seen any video or pics of some flying through there. Very likely if there were, they'd be in 35mm, as digital cams were just starting to go mainstream a few years after then.
Thanks again for the video, and SUPERB photography! Keep that virtual shutter clickin!
Very kind, cheers 👍👍
Thank you!!
One of the things I remember about a school trip to Wales in 1987 is seeing Harriers and Tornados low flying through the mountains, plus all the ground units on maneuvers.
I bet was an even more special place back then!
That's okay, I'll just keep on enjoying your photos and great shots but might give it a try if I visit the UK.
I only live a few miles down the road but have never been up the hills! I get regular flybys over my garden though, and last year I saw much of the action while fixing our roof!
Great video - keep up the good work 👍
Thanks, will do! 👍👍
Hoping to go from Ireland in Oct this year. Thanks, Gary for timely tips and hints. Struggling to get a carfull, tho ! 🙂
Have fun. Hope you have a great trip 👍👍
I stumbled across the loop by accident on a motorbike trip with a mate. Now I know where it is I’ll definitely be going back. Thanks for the tips. Happy hunting🛫🚁
Good show mate,.
Thanks 👍
Thanks Gary, fun video. Well, living in Australia, the Mach Loop is a little too far for me. However, every two years, there is a great airshow about 160km from my home and I will be at the next air show. Thank you, you just got me into aviation photography. ✈️
Sounds great! Have a good one 👍👍
Great video
Cheers 👍👍
This video is immensely helpful, I am hoping to come over from Australia next year :)
Hope you have a great one 👍👍
Very good truths about plane watching anywhere. My dad and I had a Sunday with nothing to do so we got some lunch and went out to then McClellan AFB. Always dead on Sundays so we expected nothing. Guess what, we hit the jackpot.