A truly amazing display of leadership under enormous pressure Flt Lt Stacys decision to ditch in sea rather than attempt to make it to Lossiemouth probably saved the life’s of all on board.
@hhorsley6264
2 жыл бұрын
Spot on! I think he got the Air Force Cross
@flyguyry1
2 жыл бұрын
Lives
@drby0788
Жыл бұрын
A true testament to how skilled those pilots really are. To be able to land that in the water like that is amazing
@nigelfay4506
7 жыл бұрын
I was fortunate enough to attend a friends dinner party with Capt. Art Stacey after this incident. The evening remains etched in my memory as one of the most fascinating and memorable experiences I have ever had! Remarkable achievement and a remarkable man.
@1220b
5 жыл бұрын
Lets interview Mullet and bowl cut.
@2o4II112II26o2
4 жыл бұрын
This is an inane comment you make.
@TheSubversive1
9 жыл бұрын
Very well done! Those pilots saved the crews life.
@pal6636
10 ай бұрын
There are some incredible pilots performing feats of incredible airmanship outside the US that are never made into a Hollywood movie. .
@angeltransportpjects
10 жыл бұрын
XW666 was actually a Nimrod R.1A tasked with ELINT / Electronic Surveillance duties: One of three such aircraft at the time whilst the others in service with the RAF (MR2 / MR2P) carried out maritime patrols. Textbook ditching well executed IMHO. The cockpit section of XW666 is now on display outside the South Yorkshire Air Museum in Doncaster UK.
@mmcbey1401
3 жыл бұрын
And that's why they salvaged the plane as quickly as possible so that no-one (Russians) could snoop about it underwater and pinch secrets.
@Ritzy-um8pz
3 ай бұрын
It didn’t have any equipment in it .. we removed all the equipment at waddington before it flew up to Kinloss for its major maintenance. She was due back to us a few days later for the refit of the new Star window surveillance equipment … we spent 6 months building it and it was due to spend 12 months getting fitted out
@johng6335
8 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, I was based at RAF Saxa Vord in the Shetlands, and we literally flew high above the crash site on the way up there! We could see the jet in the Moray Firth - at first we thought it was low level, then we realised what we were looking at. A few years later, I was based at RAF Kinloss, where the aircraft was based. Small world!
@deeremeyer1749
7 жыл бұрын
You didn't notice it wasn't moving? Good eyes in the sky...
@Booyaka9000
4 жыл бұрын
Put closed captions on and read the CC translation of the Jocks after 0:50. XD
@dirtydave2691
4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant................"oh uh Davids wuz in da war".
@awuma
8 жыл бұрын
Amazing ditching. Unfortunately a few months later another Nimrod had much less happy landing in water, off Toronto.
@angeltransportpjects
6 жыл бұрын
Yes - within a matter of four months as this was April / 51(F) Squadron and the fatal accident was July / 120(F) Squadron. In both instances multiple engine failures were involved though on 120's MR2 the failures stayed relatively contained: When flown in 'Loiter Mode' the Nimrod can fly on two out of four engines to extend duration / conserve fuel but they must be 'balanced' (inboard engines shut down) and in full working order.
@chrisclark7181
4 жыл бұрын
@Peter Lorimer But also military pilots often get blamed when they don't survive instead of a potentially costly political situation caused by technical failure. The Nimrod never really was a good aircraft.
@chuckrobertson1
2 жыл бұрын
That was a maritime patrol version.
@chuckrobertson1
2 жыл бұрын
@@angeltransportpjects It was not engine failure that caused the crash but aircrew error.
@angusmcangus7914
4 жыл бұрын
A fine piece of airmanship saved the lives of all. It must have been very temping to try making it back to base but they wouldn’t have survived as the wing would have burnt off.
@flyguyry1
2 жыл бұрын
Are these the same 7 that died in the toronto airshow with same plane later that same year?
@chuckrobertson1
2 жыл бұрын
No different aircraft, different sqn, different crew.
@AWallgren
5 жыл бұрын
Mullet and LA Rams shirt.....textbook 1990's.
@PanzerAngriff
10 жыл бұрын
Can we get subtitles for the interview portion please...?
@blueb0g
10 жыл бұрын
Interview one: "Just unbelievable, couldn't understand it - 'cos we watch them all the time, every day we watch them... And it looked controlled anyway, 'cos he came down on his belly and everything" Interview two: "And we'd seen some flames coming from it as it was going into the water, then minutes after it hit the water there was a couple of life rafts appeared (sic), there was a helicopter on the scene like straight away"
@Bruce-1956
6 жыл бұрын
Why?? He's speaking acceptable English. Maybe you should brush up on your English.
@Thekennel177
4 жыл бұрын
Name a plane Nimrod and that pretty much guarantees it’s going into the ocean.
@2o4II112II26o2
4 жыл бұрын
That ignorant comment is a waste of electricity and light waves passing through the computer networks.
@renjreichert3007
4 жыл бұрын
Nimrod's were Biblical warriors. Nimrod.
@geoh7777
3 жыл бұрын
@@renjreichert3007 Your comment amplifies the OP's comment.
@flashy5150
4 жыл бұрын
I call people that I don’t like nimrods.
@AwesomeFullHDvideos
3 жыл бұрын
thx
@whoarewe7515
2 жыл бұрын
Nobody going to say. They said that it was 25 years old and due for replacement. " it had millions of pounds worth of spy equipment on board". There just happened to be a helicopter training 10 mins away.
@Ritzy-um8pz
3 ай бұрын
It didn’t have any equipment on board .. all equipment was removed prior to its major maintenance .. it was due to come to us a few days later for installation and upgrade
@francessweeney2308
6 жыл бұрын
Flt Stacy didn't look like he needed overnight observation in hospital. The most likely explanation is they wanted to get blood taken to check for anything sinister being present such as alcohol; this is standard procedure in any type of crash. Investigators would also want to see him separately being the pilot before they see the others to get his statement. Once all the witnesses,crew and aircraft;if feasible have been examined a report will be made detailing what they believe was the sequence of events that lead to the crash, if anyone was to blame and recommendations to reduce the likelihood of another crash. This process would've been extremely unpleasant for the pilots because pilot error is automatically assumed before any investigations have started. The reason being is that 90%of any type of crashes that cause death or injury are due to human error.
@2o4II112II26o2
4 жыл бұрын
No the accident investigation process can't afford to be biased as it would run the risk of overlooking things. If pilot error is diagnosed in an M.A.I.B. report you can be sure it is correct ( not in this case, moreover, I just mean in generic terms ). The human emotion aspect of blaming the pilot is a mis-perception of the statement of partial blame I ( when it is made ) ...as we are biased....because we are humans.
@howardsix9708
3 жыл бұрын
After a major service ?? sounds like somebody feckd up.........the witch-hunt begins.........who signed the f700 ??????????????
@elizabetharmada5335
8 жыл бұрын
Are the pilots paying the wrecked planes?I'm sure,they didn't intentionally crashed the planes
@staffoffice
8 жыл бұрын
+Elizabeth Armada Yes, it will come out of there pay a little at a time for the next 40,000 years. What a stupid question!
@elizabetharmada5335
8 жыл бұрын
+Ted yellowstone im sorry Mr Genius for my stupid question.asking is free,so,grab the chance, am I right,Mr Genius,thanks
@deeremeyer1749
7 жыл бұрын
Its not a stupid question at all. There is no such thing. Only know-it-all tools believe otherwise.
@spiderboi4658
9 жыл бұрын
that's not a nimrod! a nimrod was a bi-plane -_-
@leifvejby8023
6 жыл бұрын
Used to be, then they took off the top wing and the propeller.
@billyost1479
7 жыл бұрын
One military aircraft poorly designed. Losing half your thrust should never be a life or death factor in military aircraft. Tucking in engines close to, or attached to, the fuselage, is not advisable in larger aircraft, it's why we never did it... and then kept it even though it was flawed. The Nimrod was notorious for lose of control due to having all the thrust on the center line... which lowers the handling and lift handling capabilities of large aircraft. Its why we put our engines on the wings... to give the maximum control over two wing surfaces at the same time... even with two engines out on one side. The tail is also a factor. The tails are too small. This inhibits yaw control greatly at slow speeds... like the slow speeds these aircraft go after losing an engine.
@MrMoodyblu
6 жыл бұрын
Bill Yost the Nimrod was designed to fly on two engines and could patrol in that configuration for many hours
@williamhart2857
6 жыл бұрын
Bill Yost think you have a few misconceptions and who is the "we" you write about? How many hours as PIC do you have on multi engines - lay odds it's Zero
@KB4QAA
6 жыл бұрын
BY: You are very confused about aircraft design, old man. BTW, two engines were on fire and the video shows half the wing burned through. The plane handled superbly, all things considered.
@shooter591
4 жыл бұрын
MrMoodyblu I flew in nimrods quite a few times when I was at Kinloss and yes it could loiter around on two engines all day long but it was one engine on both sides, not two on the port side with the other two on fire slowly burning the wing away.
@peterkirgan2921
4 жыл бұрын
Hey Bill I couldn't agree with you more! They were crappy planes
@deeremeyer1749
7 жыл бұрын
A space blanket - or any OTHER blanket - for soaking wet men who have just been through a plane crash in cold water as they sit in an open helicopter might be a good idea. You know, if basic first aid and common sense are priorities...
@grahamhamilton3900
6 жыл бұрын
Not necessary as all Nimrod crews wore immersion suits for north sea/atlantic ops
@shooter591
4 жыл бұрын
Graham Hamilton err no they didn’t, I flew many times when I was at Kinloss and never wore immersion suits.
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