My understanding is that the Buccaneer pilots only had enough room to descend to their operating height after they had raised the undercarriage.
@MarkloopRAF
2 жыл бұрын
Over flat surfaces, the ground effect would stop the Bucc going any lower. To get lower than 10ft, they would rotate the bomb bay which would disrupt the airflow under the aircraft allowing them to get lower. Several Buccs came back with the aerials on the underside of the aircraft worn away.
@thisisadebrown
9 ай бұрын
True story ex-208
@craigcowan2971
5 ай бұрын
Well played!
@JerryJ26
3 жыл бұрын
1979 Maple Flag at Cold Lake, Alberta. I was a crew chief on USAF F-15s that were doing area defense. These little buggers of the 208 Squadron evaded the Look-Down Shoot-Down radar, delivered their simulated payload and were egressing the target area before our pilots even knew what happened. One of the best TDYs I've been on as all the crews got along real well on our time off. The CAF were also terrific hosts. GO SHEEP!!
@UntouchableLivingone-ji4un
2 ай бұрын
And never been Americans can't even fake Americans anymore clueless about how to protect freedom and justice exactly your jobs and duty as we the people and the exact and only problem with the country slash world is pretend to understand educated guessers deceive even self believe your own lies unknown to self deceive self exactly believe your own lies injust self and others untrue to self and others anti justice anti freedom anti truth loe to self t k much to know it
@UntouchableLivingone-ji4un
2 ай бұрын
Is no debate is a exact answer to question what protects freedom and justice from enemy's within and without debate your anti Americans ass
@sloppy-1-1
4 жыл бұрын
Climb to 20ft is not a thing you hear often
@Mach1048
3 жыл бұрын
Mossie pilots also used to say that too :)
@sergarlantyrell7847
3 жыл бұрын
Possibly after take-off.
@Power5
3 жыл бұрын
At 550knots...
@andypaine7489
3 жыл бұрын
Big balls; no brains; but big balls. Love these guys!
@gunner678
3 жыл бұрын
Well, on a ladder lol.
@rogerwhittle2078
3 жыл бұрын
There was a thread about just how low the Buccaneers would fly on the PPRuNe forum some years ago. My favourite eye witness account was by a gnarled and wizened Shackleton pilot who simply posted something very like; "Exercise BombEx, 1982, midnight, North Sea. 100ft AMSL, bomb doors open and one of you bastards flew underneath us."
@grimreapers
3 жыл бұрын
lol
@christopherfinn7986
3 жыл бұрын
I have 2200 hrs in the back seat of the Buccaneer, I was a QWI and EWO, served on 809 NAS (125 cats & traps), XV Sqn, 237 OCU, 208 Sqn and CTTO. I was on the RAFG team for the first Red Flag the RAF participated in, and again a year later as the Op Phase of my QWI course, We trained at 100 ft in the north of Scotland. 10 ft climbing to 20 ft to stop the dust trails is complete B******s. A good pilot could cruise safely at 50ft over the flat desert and that was more than adequate. Bear in mind that the nav, unless he was the lead nav, spent his time looking backwards. So you had to trust the pilot not to kill the pair of you. Bear in mind that the ground has a PK of 1. The lowest I ever went was about 20 ft when my Driver, a fellow Crab on 809 NAS, beat the s**t out of the tower at Tain range - the idea that any competent Buccaneer pilot could, or would even want to, do this over more than a minute is complete nonsense. If you are flying in battle formation all but the lead pilot have to repeatedly look away from where they are going. Rolling over ridges, rather than “bunting” was SOP. The Bucc was a superb low level strike-attack aircraft for its time and all Forces like to create a mystique for themselves, we were no exception in this.
@grimreapers
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mr Finn!
@airlinesecret6725
3 жыл бұрын
Was AATC at Honington in OPPS late 70's was such a newbie 17 years old only been there 1 month, Sqn leader asked could I drive, had just passed so said yes. he took me out in his mini across the Airfield 'Seagull request cross runway, OK ed by the tower' He gets out so he can have his flight in I think it was a Chipmunk and tells me to take the car back. Coming up to the runway the lights turn red, but got my foot right down, Ah I think, Will call up tower see if I can cross, 'Seagull requests cross runway' 'yes SIR' reply from tower, half way across 2 Buccs go straight over me at about 30ft and my mini shakes like nothing on earth! I drive past the tower and they are all looking down at me ( not happy) I get back to Opps, 'LAC T***** report to the Wing Commander' go in his office and he is not happy, just had the tower complain some pathetic LAC used the Sqn Leaders callsign to cross the runway and they had to send a returning 4 ship back round before they could land. He said don't worry it happens , remember to use Seagull Driver next time your not with the Sqn Leader ! He was cool , but my Sgt put me on Bomber Box duty the next few nights. Learned my lesson !
@madjock2878
3 жыл бұрын
Always thought Bucanners never took off they just raised the gear
@gwheeler1609
2 жыл бұрын
They raised the gear, then descended to cruising altitude. In the gulf, they had to choose whether to go around camels or under them.
@elanman608
Жыл бұрын
kzitem.info/news/bejne/zaqbsmVusJZiaI4 about 30 seconds in just that.
@danielearley5062
6 ай бұрын
There are some great videos on KZitem of them doing just this.
@hughgordon6435
6 ай бұрын
somewhere the is a NATIONWIDE ( BBC nightly news broadcast) of FAA buccs at an American range, the only footage the Americans got, after being told the ingress route, and timings??? a tail fin of one buc as it flew BELOW the sand dunes!!!😅😅😅
@DrFPanza
2 ай бұрын
find a tape about the Buccaneer's run from Gibraltar. You can see they doing just that: raising the landing gear and keep going forward
@mpainter22
4 жыл бұрын
There's also the story of a vulcan/Buccaneer flight during red flag, where the Buccaneer hid under the wings of the vulcan (I believe to act as stand off missiles, the Americans never caught the Buccaneers
@rovcanada1
3 жыл бұрын
It was actually 2 Buccaneers under the one Vulcan. It worked too ... mission accomplished! 1 target became 3. Vulcan became a martyr, and I think one Buccaneer got the target, if memory serves.
@davidburke8311
4 жыл бұрын
I was actually buzzed by one of these in the early 80s as I summitted Bowfell in the English Lake District. As he went over he did a barrel roll over the summit. About 30 ft above me! Remains one of my best aeroplane experiences along with an A10 underneath me as I walked along Striding Edge on Helvellyn ( I lived in Newcastle at the time and I seem to remember a spate of them landing there as they were so "unreliable"?) Another one even earlier was a Phantom about 200ft above. Bloody loud. And I'm a Black Sabbath fan.
@cageordie
2 жыл бұрын
Did you hear about the squadron of Army Westland Lynx that landed in Lamesley when the cloud deck dropped when they were flying back from Otterburn? We used to see the Buccaneers blasting around the Scottish coast near Arisaig in the 60s and 70s. Always fun to have a couple of them come over the camp site certainly below the 'legal' limit.
@Ecthaelyon
4 жыл бұрын
A famous question that abounded back in the day: Ever wonder how the valleys in Wales were formed? By the steel balls of the Buccaneer & Tornado pilots...
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
agree
@zeberdee1972
3 жыл бұрын
I think RAF pilots have wrecking balls lol , who needs bombs when you can tea bag you target to destruction lol . Now don't be telling any RAF pilot this as there balls are already over size and dangerous , we don't want the heads getting any bigger either !!!
the british knew the best way to win a air battle was to not take to the air. so they decided to run the bucaneers along the ground at a very fast taxiing speed, this proved very successful although they later found if they raised the undercarriage they could save on tyres.
@grimreapers
3 жыл бұрын
lols!
@Volcano-Man
4 ай бұрын
Too blooming right.
@BrockwellLanemodelrailway
4 жыл бұрын
So many great stories on Aircrew Interviews Channel. I often think "I wish Grim Reapers could recreate that -so I can better understand what the pilots are describing " maybe one day you could consider working together? ( Not to take away anything from you own crew interviews which are also excellent) This is my favourite type of video you guys do Entertaining and full of valuable historical info. Keep it up Cap.
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
Yup always happy to work with them!
@MostlyPennyCat
2 жыл бұрын
@@grimreapers I'd like to know if it still works with modern SHORADS. Or even 80s SHORADS. Would a shilka ruin your day?
@Valisk
3 жыл бұрын
Love the Buccaneer. I remember the day they flew the gate guardian in to Brough Site (where it was built) when they were being retired. Four ship formation flew from the direction of the Humber Bridge and tore up the runway one by one. The last aircraft peeled off and landed for the final time. Got to spend some time in the cockpit while it was sat in the Ops hangar - it was awesome. It still had some of its Desert Storm livery visible on the panels in front of the intakes.
@sergarlantyrell7847
3 жыл бұрын
The dust at 10ft was caused by the pilots' gigantic balls of steel dragging along the desert floor, hence the need to climb to 20ft.
@robgoodsight6216
3 жыл бұрын
hahahahahahahahahhahahahahah
@zeberdee1972
3 жыл бұрын
This just made me laugh , i now have an image of an RAF pilot at 10ft with his family jewels dangling below and his wide eyed sudden realisation that there is a 10ft fence with barbed wire on top ........makes your eyes water lol
@robgoodsight6216
3 жыл бұрын
@@zeberdee1972 BRO!!! hahahahahah
@sergarlantyrell7847
3 жыл бұрын
@@zeberdee1972 At that point the barbed wire fence would just duck!
@zeberdee1972
3 жыл бұрын
@@sergarlantyrell7847 lol
@jean-pierregermain6854
3 жыл бұрын
I was in charge of a RCAF fishing camps in Labrador and was happily fishing on Noname Lake when 3 of these guys flew over me in line astern... about 20 feet AGL. Scared the daylights out of me. Bet they laughed....
@zeberdee1972
3 жыл бұрын
Yes i bet they did , how ever some times they get it back . We was asked to take our Fire Trucks to a Squadron party once . The plan was to soak a retiring Pilot with our foam cannons . Well that was the plan but the Pilot retiring was no fool and he knew what was coming and lets say he payed to be the higher bidder ( Beer talks ) . So after quite a few crates of Beer arrived the plan was reversed . So all these pilots plus wives etc were stood in a bunch waiting for the great washing of said retiring pilot , who was stood away on his own . We can around the corner , engines screaming , monitors opened ( foam Cannon ) and soaked the shit out of the group stood behind . I must say i really enjoyed this , they on the other hand i think not so much . On the way out some Officers decided to attack us with water pistols .....we have the biggest water pistols ever ( Bad idea ) . So after soaking a few and knocking some of them off their feet we retired back to our crash bays :-) .....i think we won that one lol .
@johnhoward7875
3 жыл бұрын
They did that to me back in 84 when my wife and i were travelling through the Scottish Highlands in our VW Camper I swear the bastard was 6 inches above my van!
@ImplodedAtom
3 жыл бұрын
Fun fact, there's a Buccaneer parked at a petrol station just down the road from me outside Elgin, in Scotland. You can walk right up to and around it. The only things missing are the rear sections of the two engines. Needless to say, I go there whenever I'm nearby :-D
@kingfishercomputing9497
3 жыл бұрын
Seen that while visiting the area many times.
@jimmyfreemantle879
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah seen it when I visited my brother in lossie. He's not an aircraft buff so didn't half confuse me when he said "drive past the petrol station with a harrier parked in it"
@madjock2878
3 жыл бұрын
I worked on that very aircraft on No 12 Squadron in the 1980s
@jimmyfreemantle879
3 жыл бұрын
@@madjock2878 Wicked mate. And it was definitely not a harrier? Tell me more. What trade did you do? What was the most challenging jobs on the bucc?
@kingfishercomputing9497
3 жыл бұрын
@@jimmyfreemantle879 Were you in Aberdeen before you phoned him to say you hadn’t seen the Harrier yet? Defo a Bucaneer, lol.
@jonwatson654
3 жыл бұрын
I got buzzed by a Buccaneer when I was driving across a moor in Scotland once in the late 80's. It was outrageous. I could actually smell the jet fuel.
@roberthardy3090
3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't just Buccaneers, I remember descending a road in the Highlands and briefly looking down on to the top of a camoflaged Lightning coming up the road before it flashed over the top of the car leaving in shaking in the exhaust blast.
@zeberdee1972
3 жыл бұрын
Yes that smell of burnt Avtur is very strong , remined me of Burgers from the mess . Which begs the question !!! was the mess cooking burgers with Avtur !!! . Tasted good and when working shifts we was generally hungry , busy days back then , now not so much .
@arnewoodman
3 жыл бұрын
"... to avoid leaving dust rails in the dessert." Says the voice-over. The text actually reads "desert". Hilarious - imagine a Buccaneer leaving dust trails in your pudding! surreal.
@sarkybugger5009
2 жыл бұрын
The blighter's left a streak across my crème brulée!
@thetreblerebel
3 жыл бұрын
The Turning Inverted Hill manuver, is insane, but it s what the F 111 pilots did too so the aircraft stays off Russian or Eastern Block radars
@bigblue6917
4 жыл бұрын
The Buccaneer pilots didn't have to worry about ground fire. At just five feet off the ground they had to worry about the Buccaneer.
@Papershields001
4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me a little of the story of the US navy’s A6 squadrons on the first night of desert shield. Just because flying at 100 feet worked in Vietnam doesn’t mean it’s a tactic that’ll work forever.
@Papershields001
4 жыл бұрын
“Look down, shoot down” radar
@rebellion2054
4 жыл бұрын
Great aircraft though the A6
@SimDeck
3 жыл бұрын
Great stuff. Very interesting. I was 10 years old living at RAF Laarbruch in west Germany in the early 80’s when my dad was in the RAF and used to see Buccaneers every day taking off and landing. It was also the time when Tornado was coming into service. Phantoms were also in and out at the time. Great days.
@zeberdee1972
3 жыл бұрын
Some classic Aircraft there , love the Buccaneer and the Phantom . As a kid in the 80's our school quite regularly was buzzed by Tornadoes and Jaguars . And we used to see USAF F-111 and A-10's as well . The skies back then was always full of Military Aircraft , i loved it .
@bepolite6961
3 жыл бұрын
I was stationed there Oct 81 to Jul 85 remember the transition to the Tornado. We worked our butts off, Generation Exercises every two weeks for months! Loved the Buccaneer, hard to believe that the Tornado is now also gone!
@moondust1969
5 ай бұрын
We were stationed at RAF Laarbruch from 78-81, three fantastic years. For a young lad of 12 when we first went there, i was in awe as it was like a airshow everyday. I remember when the Tornado came to the Base around 1980 to carry out its trials before being permanently based there a few years later. It skimmed the tree line right across the sports field where we were having PE at the time, we all dropped to the floor including the teachers, funny as hell. I was also lucky as our next door neighbour was a Chief Tec on XV squadron and every now and again at the weekend would take me to a XV hanger and start the generators up and let me sit in a Bucc and get the flaps etc working, fantastic memories of a great RAF Station and fantastic aircraft.
@andrewforrest862
4 ай бұрын
Same, but at Lossie in the late 60's. My mum took me a couple of times up the beach near the lighthouse, by the end of the runway. Seeing/ hearing the Buccs take off and landing, flying right over us..... wow. Seeing Shackletons flying over was commonplace (My Daddy is flying that, us kids would all proclaim). Sonic booms were not uncommon;, I never thought about that but it must have been Phantoms as I think that they were the only supersonic Aircraft in the FAA then. Sure, we would have had RAF and other countries' AFs as visitors, certainly for the air-show on 'Navy Day' . Dad was a CheifArticifer and worked on many aircraft during his 21 years service, but the Buccaneer gave him the greatest pride.
@Phonobrain
4 жыл бұрын
4:20 On the UFC press "ALT" then press "ON/OFF" to disable L(ow)A(ltitude)W(arning). Not sure about the PULLUP warning but there is at least a knob somewhere to mute it.
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
thx
@Mojje42
4 жыл бұрын
This is why i love the Viggen low alt high speed.... target destroyed... what SAM/CAP? heard from one Technician working on the Viggen that they very often had to pick tree branches out of the underside of the plane and i listened to one Viggen pilot being told by the ground crew he was a lucky SOAB because they found a very big hole in his wing and inside the remains of the tree he hit... he hadn't noticed or hear anything
@simonyip5978
3 жыл бұрын
I wasn't aware that the Buccaneers were originally owned and operated by the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA) and flown from aircraft carriers. After the aircraft carriers were scrapped, the Buccaneers were transferred to the RAF.
@davecottrell8292
2 жыл бұрын
The first RAF Buccaneer Sqn was formed in October 1969 at Honington in Suffolk. 12 Sqn my old Sqn.
@ZacYates
3 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant! Although Harrier wasn’t what I expected to see as a Bucc analogue until I compared the stats on Wiki. I’m impressed, AV-8B!
@matthayward7889
4 жыл бұрын
Loads of awesome interviews like this at Aircrew Interview!
@paulqueripel3493
3 жыл бұрын
27 seconds in, did you say they had to climb to 20ft to avoid leaving trails in the dessert? That's a trifling problem.
@gordon861
4 жыл бұрын
The UK did the same thing during the first Gulf War, but they also had terrain following radar and they could predict what was coming up due to digital terrain models. The problems occurred when they had to gain altitude to drop stuff on the airfields and due to the weapons they had to fly along the runway to the route was predictable.
@dogsnads5634
3 жыл бұрын
No aircraft was lost delivering JP233. One was lost following weapons release, but it was believed it was a CFT. Aircraft lost were on the toss bombing missions.
@ivomendonca2468
4 жыл бұрын
The British Harriers trained to do the same in Cold War, to fly at grass level and high speed over East Germany, hit targets and come back. Works fine, until you find a MANPAD.
@Gman-109
4 жыл бұрын
The thing with manpads is that the operator has SO little time to react, in almost every case the manpad operator would only see/hear a low level striker after it blasted by overhead, and then to get a shot off is difficult - you have to super elevate the missile launcher to fire it, and then the missile would have to dive to get the target (increasing the odds it'll eat dirt first as in the videos above), even if it somehow stayed locked on after launch vs an extremely low fast moving target. We tested this with Stingers vs high speed drones, and in most cases the drones weren't hit.
@ivomendonca2468
4 жыл бұрын
@@Gman-109 yes,low level strikes still very effective way to hit a target, anyway.
@blackhatch46
4 жыл бұрын
Most manpads cant engage lower than 10m.
@dannsgamingfails8899
4 жыл бұрын
This was tried is the border war with the SAAF and their Buccaneers. It didn’t work.
@poiu477
4 жыл бұрын
how fast can you twist your waist with a 20 pound tube over your shoulder?
@Rover200Power
2 жыл бұрын
Have you heard the story of the Vulcan at Red Flag one year flying at low level? It was eventually taken out by one of the CAP patrols, only to pull up and reveal two Buccs hiding below it the whole time which disappeared off to their targets.
@andrewpease3688
3 жыл бұрын
The legendary BBC nationwide clip that no one can find. Vortices whipping up the dust as the plane avoided boulders.
@grimreapers
3 жыл бұрын
Cool
@andrewcox4386
3 жыл бұрын
Good choice of aircraft fof the attack - the RAF Harriers used similar flying tactics in the Falklands, there are reports of them cresting ridges inverted at about 10ft before rolling upright to bomb targets in the valley below
@clankilpatrick4417
3 жыл бұрын
LOVE these crazy stunt flight re-enactments you folks do - THIS one is insanely great! *and p.s.: yeah, thought you were gonna pick the Viggen since it's from about the same time and obv a low lever monster, but great to see Harrier laughing at Tomcats for once ;) p.s.s.: probably one of the few scenarios where JF-17's downward canted gun would come in handy for A2A ;)
@grimreapers
3 жыл бұрын
lol yeh good point.
@memkiii
3 жыл бұрын
@@grimreapers The Viggen, is what I initially thought too, but it's not a Bucc. Nothing in DCS is close - Perhaps an F-14 if its performance was limited to that of a Buccaneer would smell right at least? The harrier is too nimble for a comparison imo.
@simonyoung5480
9 ай бұрын
You need the ground effect of the Bucc to keep that air bubble under the ship and let you really press the terrain. We used to take sea water out of the lox bay after a sortie. Cool cool jets.
@CameTo
4 жыл бұрын
To shut alt Betty up in harrier: 1) press ALT (on UFC) 2) type 10 press enter (default 500) - radar alt sorted, gets rid of "altitude altitude" 3) on the left button display, uncheck GPWS and PUC - gets rid of "pull up pull up" and "terrain terrain" (Button display needs you to press ALT on UFC first, to get in context).
@Mojje42
4 жыл бұрын
you don't need to set a number for ALT... just press On/Off to turn it off
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
thx
@jezzbass1826
4 жыл бұрын
spoke to a buccaner, phantom pilot on portland dorset the old navy base who was on the aircraft carriers the other week nice video
@geoffroberts1126
3 жыл бұрын
Two aircraft I'd really love to see in DCS World, one is the Buccaneer, the other is the F111, preferably the Australian versions of it.
@grimreapers
3 жыл бұрын
agree
@jameskirk578
2 жыл бұрын
Our brilliant Wing co retired in style by beating up 12 Squadron site flying straight down the lazy runway. We knew what was about to happen and some ground crew climbed onto the Houchin for a better look. All had to jump off in blind panic because the c/o was so low. Some ground crew had climbed onto the aircraft shelters and were rewarded with blurry pictures looking down on the whole celebration. Great days leading the field.
@simongrover1819
3 жыл бұрын
The Buccaneer was designed as a navy strike bomber and was the best of its type for its time! RAF got them after they had denied the navy new carriers!
@tonyhaynes9080
5 ай бұрын
RAF got the original order after the TSR2 was cancelled and they decided that they didn’t want the F111.
@almac2598
3 жыл бұрын
I'm retired Fleet Air Arm. Never worked on Bucs, only Small Ships Helo Flights. The Bucs used to use us as practice targets. Used to come past at max chat below the level of the Flight Deck which was about 15 ft above the sea. The only way we could see them coming was their exhaust which was smoky black.
@steveburns4543
3 жыл бұрын
Me too I was on Glasgow Flight in 1990 in the western isles. We had a ADEX and 2 Bucks beat us up. On the final pass attacked from astern, wingtip to wingtip as you say below flight deck level on a flat calm sea. One rolled left the other right and passed either side of the ship just feet away. Just awesome!
@robertdraper5782
3 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing footage on BBC News of observers standing open mouthed as two buccaneers hugged a cliff, it was on a joint exercise in the US, it was back in the early 70's. I check youtube from time to time but have never been able to find it.
@wbertie2604
3 жыл бұрын
I remember the same. At one point the Buccaneer started banking hard side-to-side, wingtips about 3 feet off the desert...
@sichere
3 жыл бұрын
@@wbertie2604 The lost 1970's footage from Nationwide 😒
@justwhenyouthought6119
3 жыл бұрын
I remember that, amazing piece of flying!
@bonidle726
3 жыл бұрын
I recall a documentary back in the early 80’s that showed the Buccaneers on Red Flag doing exactly this and the American Opfor AAA crews coming outside their positions to watch them leaving furrows in the desert floor with their wingtip vortices as they manoeuvred. I think it was a BBC panorama special called “The defence of the United States” but I may be wrong. The crazy low flying tactics of the RAF in Red Flags also lead to the adoption of the wrap around scheme for the Vulcan as it was showing its upper surface as much as its lower surface during low level attacks.
@rovcanada1
3 жыл бұрын
I found the same documentary after reading Phoenix Squadron by Rowland White. I distinctly remember seeing grainy long range footage of a dust cloud streaking across the desert floor. I'd love to know what altitude is required for a Buccaneer to leave an extended dust cloud across the desert.
@memkiii
3 жыл бұрын
@@rovcanada1 As the interviewee said - 10ft. Sounds reasonable to me.
@cf453
4 жыл бұрын
That was awesome. Great job, guys.
@Radio478
3 жыл бұрын
I worked for Bae, this style of flight is genuine, ive see unbelievable stuff from red flag
@petejones7532
3 жыл бұрын
I remember being on Uffington Castle hillfort in Oxfordshire in 2010 when Vulcan XH558, which was doing a flypast at the White Horse Country Show, flew past. I was looking down on it as it was below me!
@evoman44
4 жыл бұрын
If the Harrier was able to avoid hits flying low imagine a Viggen flying much faster and easier down low. Many aircraft would have a hard time just keeping up with it much less try to lock on.
@neiloflongbeck5705
3 жыл бұрын
There is footage of the RAF's aircraft flying low over the deserts of Saudi Arabia in the run up to the first Gulf War. They were so low that at tknex you couldn't tell the aur raft from the shadow.
@rjds1800
3 жыл бұрын
I've sat in that very cockpit of that Buccaneer featured in the video at the South Yorkshire Aircraft Museum the other year.
@grimreapers
3 жыл бұрын
Cool
@jameshewitt8828
4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely in love with the Buccaneer, awesome impressive aircraft thanks to its area rule and its boundary layer control system. Awesome. There's a beautiful gulf war example at the RAF Museum at Hendon
@dogsnads5634
3 жыл бұрын
Best place to see them is at Elvington. They've got 3. One RAF markings, one Navy and one in full Gulf War colours with Pave Spike and LGB's. Plus you actually go under the wings and tail...and you can touch, and they don't mind...
@wbertie2604
3 жыл бұрын
They never did make the supersonic development, though. The initial role was to be nuclear strike, and it was going to be passed on to submarines as a strategic element so wasn't seen as necessary for the navy. Even more so given the TSR-2 development was already going badly and wasn't projected to be in service as a nuclear strike aircraft before the V-force was retired.
@nicholasmoore2590
5 ай бұрын
My dad did a little time on the old Ark Royal inthe 1960s. He told us that the Fleet Air Arm Buccs would come back dripping wet underneath from waves slapping them. It wasn't uncommon either, he said, for stores pylons to have their loads pulled off by the water as the Buccs flew above it - nothing on the altimeter but the maker's name!
@aboriginaleveything
4 жыл бұрын
That should be one of the reapers tactics in the next campaign or king of the hill.
@kevthefisher
5 ай бұрын
We used to get buzzed by Buccaneer's (and Vulcans) when I used to work on Bloodhound missile sites. .. and can totally vouch for the attack pattern - always low - rolling over any hills - an amazing spectacle.
@georgesloan1933
4 жыл бұрын
Put the gun into A/G mode and come from above
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
good idea.
@bobthebomb1596
4 жыл бұрын
Problem was, at extremely low altitude the Buc was actually faster than fighters trying to shoot it down.
@dogsnads5634
3 жыл бұрын
@@bobthebomb1596 Yep. At low level a Buccaneer with full fuel and bomb load was faster than a combat loaded F-4 in afterburner...even the F-15's at Red Flag couldn't cope.
3 жыл бұрын
Unironically you have to be a really good pilot just to be able to do this in a sim, let alone real life. If someone asked me "could you replicate a Buccaneer and fly at 10ft off the deck, invert over crests..." my answer would be: *_No!?!_* Lol
@charlesrussell1764
3 жыл бұрын
flying at 10 feet at 500 knots is not as dangerous as one might think. Ground effect would be pretty strong at that height, but I would rather fly more sedately and have the undercart down!
@Jolly0gd0show
4 жыл бұрын
That was awesome! LLT! Should make this a low level tactic thunder dome style games!
@TheGunfighter45acp
4 жыл бұрын
Those Buc (& Harrier) pilots were studs!
@redssracer4153
4 жыл бұрын
@4:13 Cap: "RC you're leading us...God help us" RC: "Lol"
@matthewparsons4955
3 жыл бұрын
Mind blowing, the aphorism; "Don't shoot 'till you see the whites' of their eyes!", comes to mind. ;)
@ianjardine7324
Жыл бұрын
The more impressive part is the early buccaneer pilots pioneered this tactic without terrain radar just a window on the floor of the cockpit hence the quote "cows have legs at a hundred ft sheep have legs at fifty" absolute mad lads.
@cornbread5144
4 жыл бұрын
*** Those Pilots back in the Day - More Bad-Assory then anyone can imagine.
@haedubabaganush
4 жыл бұрын
Back in the day, I met a Buccaneer crew who clipped the top of a telephone pole coming off our low level range....while climbing! In those days, very few aircraft and other radar systems had the capacity to detect really low flying targets so we practice low level attacks with a terminal short popup to attack the target and then back on the deck. At our range, the saying was that if you came back with grass stains on your bird, you got free beer at the Club that night. Until the F-15 and mig 31 came along with reasonably good doppler radar with ground discrimination/elimination, such attacks were difficult to defend. Of course, if they knew were you were coming from and put enough AAA in the air, then you were going to get bagged. In DCS, doing low level attacks is a viable option. In our squadron were were doing such attacks with our 16's on sam systems and airports using cbu-87's or mk 82airs. We were able to take out sam-10 systems like this. If anyone is interested, here is a link to a little video that a buddy made on one of our missions to attack the bandar abas airbase to close the runway. We used harms to take out the sam 6 radars, and then the low level attack to do a timed two plane attack on the taxiway-runway junction. We got out of dodge low level and fast as a lot of the Air defense systems were still active. You can just imagine the Buccaneers doing it the same way. As the interview said...timing is important too.
@a77mighty666
3 жыл бұрын
there is a buccaneer aircraft in a local petrol station here rescued from back in the day. the raf then went to tornadoes and now they fly typhoons
@sniper2217
4 жыл бұрын
Saw the last flight of the Buccaneer, old school jet but pretty cool.
@zeberdee1972
3 жыл бұрын
I remember being at RAF Fairford for the big air shows they had back then . And there was this Buccaneer sat right next to us with a " For sale sign ...£500 good runner , one previous owner but many drivers " . It made me chuckle . The ground crew plus crew spent their time between displays sun bathing on its wings lol .
@markdavis2475
3 жыл бұрын
Aircrew Interview channel is great. The pilots are so nonchalant about their exploits!
@hunterferguson5675
3 жыл бұрын
This is an ingenious strategy against a CAP but would leave you as a sitting duck for ground based defenses, especially radar guided AAA.
@hunterferguson5675
3 жыл бұрын
@ukkowalski Unfortunately the trials of combat have proven that theory wrong. One of the biggest days of air losses we had in Vietnam was in an organized strike of F105s flying below the treetops to drop cluster bombs on sams and AAA nests. This was before the creation of the wild weasel program, but after Rob Fobears' F4 got shot down by the first combat SA-2 launch of the Vietnam war.
@yorkthefirstyears
Жыл бұрын
I was perusing one of the Buccaneers they have at the Yorkshire Air Museum (Elvington, near York), one day recently, when one of the Museum's volunteers sidled up to ask if I was having a good 'visit' (it was a slack day so he was probably bored). As we chatted it became apparent that he knew more about the Bucc than I did. Further chat revealed that he was an ex Buccaneer navigator and had actually flown in the 'boot' (as he called it) of this particular aircraft, during Gulf War 1, no less! To look at him you would have thought that he was just someone's nice old Granddad who was filling in his retirement days with a bit of volunteering. He must have had a ton of memories flood over him every time he walked past that Buccaneer in its desert war paint.
@lohrtom
4 жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to see this tactic used in upcoming missions
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
Doesn't work against modern AMRAAM missiles sadly, only 70-80's missiles.
@clankilpatrick4417
3 жыл бұрын
@@grimreapers got to imagine SideWinders would be a problem as well.
@dogsnads5634
3 жыл бұрын
@@clankilpatrick4417 Sidewinders were in use from the 50's onwards, the aircraft at Red Flag were trying to get Sidewinder kills and couldn't. Even 9L's would struggle.
@Fiedman
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder if Cap would have better success shooting RC down if he was in an F-15 Eagle.
@BernieTheBoxer
7 күн бұрын
try re-enacting the one where they flew one underneath a Vulcan into the tactical area to kill the CAP
@liamh9814
Жыл бұрын
In the late 70s, early 80s my family used to holiday in Thurso, NE Scotland. One day we were driving in Sutherland, all I can remember is we were withing view of the hated statue of the Duke of Sutherland. Out of nowhere, coming straight at us were two Buccaneers, at maybe 100 feet. I am sure I saw the face of the pilot (I doubt it, but that's my memory). Both jets wiggled above us. We thought they were saying hello. Later in life I learned the wiggle was a simulated bomb drop. I adored the RAF after that day, perhaps on a false assumption!!!!
@deadwolf2978
4 жыл бұрын
i bet this tactics would wonders on A10 or Su25.
@vegtersbaas
4 жыл бұрын
Suid-Afrikaans Lugmag.. Buccaneers from 64 Squadron, Angolan experiences where are you..? ;)
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
eek
@rebellion2054
4 жыл бұрын
Yes! Well said
@dannsgamingfails8899
4 жыл бұрын
Was die SAAF Buccs nie op 24 Eskader gewees nie?
@feliscorax
4 ай бұрын
Just when the Soviets claimed to have been the first to have invented the ekranoplane…
@scrubsrc4084
3 жыл бұрын
I knew a pilot who flew bucks in the gulf War. If there was a snakes belly they flew under it. Ue said the airframe was ridiculously stable at those altitudes and when training in oman they used to have to dodge traffic on roads
@grimreapers
3 жыл бұрын
Wowser
@occultustactical6138
9 күн бұрын
And the 2024 “Ugliest Aircraft Award” goes to…….. The Buccaneer!
@sichere
3 жыл бұрын
In September 1983, elements of the British Army stationed in Beirut were perceived to be at risk. Operation PULSATOR was mounted to cover the detachment To demonstrate that air power had arrived and was on hand to help if required the Buccaneer crews planned a scenic route across the city including at least two passes across the block of flats housing the British contingent. The Buccaneer crews were all cleared to fly at 100 feet Minimum Separation Distance, The Show of force seemed to have the desired effect and the British contingent were not targeted by the warring factions and when on 11 January BRITFORLEB’s block of flats was hit by tank fire, tensions were greatly eased when the local Druze Militia Commander immediately apologised in person to COMBRITFORLEB for the ‘stray’ shell! However the French and American contingent were not so lucky even though having greater support and a larger presence. A truck loaded with explosives carried out a suicide attack on the US Marine HQ at Beirut Airport on 23 October costing 241 American lives while a simultaneous attack on the French barracks killed fifty-eight paratroops. claude-salhani.webnode.com/_files/200000500-d7b5bd8b10/8-0.jpg
@grimreapers
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Sir
@Madeyes6
4 жыл бұрын
Cap you can turn all the altitude warnings off on the Harrier.
@TacticalKeyboardOperator
3 жыл бұрын
roll to 90 or inverted with gun or heatseaker from behind
@Deepthought-42
9 ай бұрын
0:28 Dessert? Surely desert? Otherwise thats some pudding 🤣
@RTSchramm
4 жыл бұрын
What about heat seeking missiles or AIM 120C.s?
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
AMRAAMs will work.
@bobthebomb1596
4 жыл бұрын
They weren't around at the time the aircraft was in service. Well heat-seekers were, but their target/ground discrimination at that time was very poor at low altitudes.
@dogsnads5634
3 жыл бұрын
@@bobthebomb1596 And Sidewinders would impact with the ground due to their flight characteristics (they're not called Sidewinders for nothing....).
@Seppl1507
3 жыл бұрын
Very cool. A test with AIM-9 would be great. They do the same thing like AIM-7?
@MeanderingBeing
3 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see yall try that with a-10s and viggens
@richardwilliams6837
3 жыл бұрын
For those of you wondering about closing the range/rolling inverted to get a guns kill, the Buccaneer's carried 4, 500lb GP parachute retarded bombs in their rotary bomb bay. The use was just to drop one if anyone got a bit close, as the debris cloud went up to 3000ft, and anyone behind would be ingesting chunks of countryside into their engines...
@stefanniemiec8727
3 жыл бұрын
The navigation instruments consisted of a paper map and a stopwatch.
@MostlyPennyCat
2 жыл бұрын
Just land an taxi. Invincible.
@arguywindham1101
4 жыл бұрын
You guys finally found a situation for the JF-17s downward pointing cannon?
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
lol good idea!
@TheBerendir
4 жыл бұрын
Can't imagine that IRL (turtles head was popping out watching you on a sim :P)
@57caveman
4 жыл бұрын
Cap, if your guns are mounted with a 3degree up angle why not invert to deal with a ground skimmer? I assume that the guns are so mounted to cater for the gravity drop. This would be more usefully exaggerated with the guns already pointing at the ground if inverted. Pipper may be useless since that would be calibrated for the bullet drop going the other way. Practice makes perfect. aim high with the pipper and let bullet fall onto the target. This may be a load of horse feathers if modern pippers take into account the angle of your own plane. Just my 2cents worth
@grimreapers
4 жыл бұрын
That would work, but you need mega skill to fly inverted.
@daveffs1935
2 жыл бұрын
Bucc pilot lifts the gear "descending to cruising altitude"
@alidaniels2487
Жыл бұрын
The inverted hill manoeuvre the pilot describes is basically the entire premise of top gun: maverick! Wonder how much these events influenced the film 🤔
@DCS.1-1
4 жыл бұрын
The entire viggen existence is based around this & it's a stable platform at low alt high speed (except trans sonic) You can actually do viggen in MP if you plan your stuff well with terrain masking properly. If you have a GCI that can warn you of within 20miles AC you're golden. Drop your payload on target & bug the F out at 1300km/h on the deck Good luck try to get a missile shot on that
@bmw540i
4 жыл бұрын
Lol, I watched this the other day too 👍🏻🇬🇧
@kdenyer1
2 ай бұрын
Try the same thing but with up to date stuff 😊
@richardoakley8800
5 ай бұрын
On one flight the arester hook fell down..on return they founded a bit of tree in the hook...
@tristancorboy8978
3 жыл бұрын
was wondering if comeing in from 500-1000ft in a shallow dive on a side on atack would work
@OceanLlamaMedia
4 жыл бұрын
Pull up pull up! Pull up pull up!
@seanbrady6731
3 жыл бұрын
I holidayed at Withernsea in the early 1970s. It was normal to have Buccsneers and Phantoms coming in low - 30' or lower.
@seandep
3 жыл бұрын
Yep ,I remember as a kid in withernsea outside the chalet watching buccaneers fly past the cliff top at eye level ,amazing aircraft
@JohnSusanSchofield
4 ай бұрын
Cowden range
@zenzen9131
3 жыл бұрын
Another reason the Buccs rolled over and flew inverted over the ridges was to maintain positive 'G' throughout the manoeuvre. The old airframes could not take much negative G
@alejandrodeleon9330
4 жыл бұрын
Hey cap couldn’t you have dove treating it like a steep moving ground attack
@llanero9177
4 жыл бұрын
Well, it´s target a bit faster than a tank or a truck... like ten times faster...
@64mickh
2 жыл бұрын
You have to factor in the fact that at very low altitude, the lower fuselage shape created a ground effect, literally a cushion of air
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