Thanks for posting. i lost touch with a Sgt Keith Rowlands of the Jag flight Sym at Wildenrath mid 70's. As an MT driver it was an experience to fly the sym.
@imatts3 күн бұрын
I don't think the RAFG Jaguar simulator was at Wildenrath - that was a Phantom base in the mid 70s. The Jag sim would have been at Bruggen or Laarbruch - a few miles up the road from Wildenrath. Both bases operated Jags - IIRC - 2(ac), 14, 17, 20 and 31 Sqns
@johncone95162 күн бұрын
@@imatts i can assure you it was but don't ask me why. The crews used to come down by coach for their training that was in 76.
@imatts2 күн бұрын
@@johncone9516I have just done some digging, and I stand corrected! There was a Jag sim at Wildenrath, but according to the references I have, that was from 1977. Unlike Lossiemouth's full-flight sim, the sims at Wildenrath and Coltishall were instrument simulators.
@organicpaul4 күн бұрын
Nice one!
@imatts4 күн бұрын
Thanks! you're welcome.
@markyoungman1485 күн бұрын
Good lord, briefing in goon suits and gloves....
@user-gp9vk8he5g7 күн бұрын
Was there in1974 until 76 a good spot . Still H M S Fulmar, just. But then just an airman doing a job. Good memories.
@imatts6 күн бұрын
As was I! I arrived at the end of '75 and left early '78 for my fitters' course. Lots of memories of the 'Electric Wrestling' discos in the Fulmar block NAAFI, and The Rock House in Lossie. Happy days!
@chrisrand433312 күн бұрын
Wow! I have been looking for a video on the Jaguar simulator at RAF Lossiemouth for years and here it is. In 1976 my father and I were visiting his best mate from Hetton, a Flight Sergeant on the base (Gordon H) and during a visit to the base we had a close look at that room, probably with the same officers in attendance. The detail in the model rooms was incredible, especially the local area model which had detail in windows of buildings in some areas. While we were there sadly one of the Queen's deer committed suicide on the front of a RAF land rover. My first experience of poached venison ensued shortly after. Many thanks for the video and awakened memories
@imatts12 күн бұрын
You are very welcome! I was lucky enough to fly in the Sim on a couple of occasions. The technology was very advanced for the time, but positively steam-driven by today's standards.
@grahamwilson583513 күн бұрын
The Briefing Officer is an Australian.
@imatts11 күн бұрын
I think he is... it would be great to identify him.
@buffplums16 күн бұрын
She did a great job, it’s no mean feat to wear all that gear
@misdangered432617 күн бұрын
She sounds a ‘try anything once’ kind of girl… 😁👍
@intothemultiverse103317 күн бұрын
7:08 - not her first rodeo 😂
@misdangered432617 күн бұрын
10:29 We’ve all been there…😁👍
@carldowd40617 күн бұрын
Nice view of Suilven
@zoomer32518 күн бұрын
Thank you for posting. I remember watching this on tv before I joined the RAF. The look on her face at the pre flight gives the impression that she may have had a few beers with the boys the night before. Yep she was pretty crook. Spent what seemed like a lifetime at Lossie in the mid to late 90s before retiring from Tornado territory.
@imatts18 күн бұрын
Thank you for the great comments. I think she was 'well hosted' at the Officers' Mess during the filming. The Photo Section took lots of PR photos of her visit, some of the images were hilarious - especially of her getting 'hung and slung' for her harness fitting. There was an individual (can't recall if it was a pilot or SE Fitter, got the lovely job of adjusting the anti-'g' strap. If you're familiar with ejection seats and harnesses you will know where that is!
@zoomer32517 күн бұрын
@@imatts You’re welcome. Not too difficult for me to imagine at all from the point of having one as my office chair for the better part of 17 years 😉
@xw1ngnutsx95218 күн бұрын
Excellent! Thanks for uploading it.
@imatts18 күн бұрын
My pleasure! I have some similar video of my own while I was in the RNZAF.
@Johnbg81327.18 күн бұрын
I’m pretty sure I was no 2 on that flight.
@imatts18 күн бұрын
Log Book time! It doesn't help identifying who was where when the captains were identified as 'OC OCU', OC 1/2Sqn', and STN CDR. I recognise FLT LT Smith - he was the CRO at the time. I know the faces of all captains/PAX but names escape me apart for the Stn Cdr.
@Johnbg81327.18 күн бұрын
Difficult to say. In the DUTY column it might have said low level nav - nothing that specifically said BBC flight. Do you have a date? I was OC 1 Squadron.
@Johnbg81327.18 күн бұрын
I am pretty sure that I was there. As I see more of it I remember her and certainly the event. Fleetingly, at the briefing the names of the crews are up on the board but I can’t quite catch it. Ah halcyon days - a distant memory as I pass my 78th year ☹️. The Jag was a great jet. Loved every minute of flying it.
@imatts18 күн бұрын
@@Johnbg81327.I was a 19-year old bod who processed the HUD cine film for both 1 and 2 lines - I'm now 66. Regarding dates - I think filming was over two days in May - I can't be sure of the precise dates I'm afraid. I recall lots of names as I completed the Recce forms for the HUD films. Ord, Bealer, Griffiths, Schuster, Honey etc, etc. Sadly I recall delivering a film directly to Taff Hinchliff in the weeks before the accident. I worked out of the OCU HQ building (handy for both Squadrons). I recall OC OCU being incredulous with the proposed 'toning down' of the concrete hardstandings and taxiways!
@stephenmckinnell779112 күн бұрын
@@imattsI realise Smith is a common surname, but would you know if his first name was Ian, who became a Jaguar display pilot and later spent time in Oman?
@billb787618 күн бұрын
I arrived at Lossie in early 78 was lucky enough to have 2 Jag jollies, down the valleys and Lochs it was fantastic. I have a picture somewhere of a mate of mine just about to get in "T" for an air test jollie. (the joys of ASF)
@imatts18 күн бұрын
I had left Lossie early '78 for my fitters course. I worked in the building behind ASF - the OCU HQ building. I was one of the photogs developing the HUD camera films.
@HeathLedgersChemist19 күн бұрын
AI video looks 'effin 'orrible.
@imatts19 күн бұрын
Not a 'effin' 'orrible' as the original! I agree - still a way to go. Although in fairness, I'm still getting to grips with the myriad of control tweaks and options in the software.
@simpson712518 күн бұрын
my uncle Graham simpson was based at Lossiemouth at this time ,his first posting unfortunately he was killed in a RTA on leave in Norfolk 21 Dec 77
@philipbrooks40219 күн бұрын
Was the first part, in the depressurisation chamber, filmed at North Luffenham?
@imatts19 күн бұрын
Yes. looks like it.
@LessAiredvanU19 күн бұрын
The T.2 was the prettiest of all the Jaguars; looked like a millionaires sports jet.
@davegoldsmith402017 күн бұрын
For year I worked out on the line on one line as an NCO, spent many a day watching T.2 coming into land across the golf course and perimeter fence.
@theflyingfool19 күн бұрын
Great video thanks! She gave it all a good go didn't she!
@imatts19 күн бұрын
Absolutely!
@mountkeen870119 күн бұрын
As a teenager I always thought that Diane was sexy as hell. That she would go on aircrew training only made her even more “desirable” 😊
@abagatelle19 күн бұрын
Marvellous
@imatts17 күн бұрын
You're very welcome... thanks to FB for the original video.
@bertiewooster332619 күн бұрын
The jag got it's heyday in gulf war1
@davegoldsmith402019 күн бұрын
"M' XX148 T2 Jaguar was a 226OCU 1 line aircraft, I remember it well not long before its crash it suffered from un-commanded flying control input problems. The aircraft was grounded for some time. I was a rigger working with the civilian working party on the investigation, to try and find why. The aircraft went back into service and crashed soon after. we all knew the pilots killed. I remember coming into work on nightshift and finding out about the crash. I was one of the squadron members who went to the funeral of the pilot buried in Scotland.
@imatts19 күн бұрын
It was a very sad day indeed when news of the crash was reported. The instructor Flt Lt Taff Hincliffe, was an instructor on the Jag Simulator - I think it's he who helps Dianne Harron out of the sim after her 'jolly'. The student, Fg Off Russ Graham, was a really nice guy (they always are) and apparently was showing great promise. Very sad.
@misdangered432617 күн бұрын
Very sad. What was the cause of the initial control input problem, and was that connected with the later crash? Thanks.
@chasb44117 күн бұрын
I worked in JASF at the time and the control issue I believe was a loose bearing on the taileron actuators. We worked long shifts for days if not weeks rectifying the issue in 2 man teams. I was based at Lossie from 1975 to 1978 working on VASS then JASF
@misdangered432617 күн бұрын
@@chasb441 Interesting, thank you for the reply.
@davegoldsmith402017 күн бұрын
@@misdangered4326 I think in the end it down to spurious electrical signals, certainly with the T.2 as it only had one gun and some of the black boxes were moved to allow for the second Cockpit, which required extra cabling. it was certainly and Issue with the T-birds. M was not the only aircraft to have the same issue. By 1979 I was out on 31 squadron and the issue seemed to have gone. all new aircraft have issues in the first few years in service.
@Christhesparkie19 күн бұрын
It was HMS Fulmar when I was there.
@imatts19 күн бұрын
It had not been RAF Lossiemouth when I arrived. 849 Sqn were still a big presence with their Gannet AEWs. I can recall the King (then Prince of Wales) arriving at 849 Sqn Lossiemouth in a Buccaneer straight off the Ark.
@gerard55ish10 күн бұрын
I stayed there for a week when I was a 13 year old sea cadet, winched up into a Westland Whirlwind, fired an SLR at the range, photo taken in front of a Phantom, etc, etc. When I went back to school I found I had very little in common with my classmates from then on.
@johnstirling659719 күн бұрын
First instructor sounds like an Australian on exchange.
@imatts19 күн бұрын
Yes, I think you're right. I have done some digging to try and identify him. He's a Wg Cdr Doctor - almost certainly a RAAF on exchange. This was RAF North Luffenham - long since closed - so information is sketchy. I'm guessing he could still be around - probably in his 80s or 90s by now!
@markgordon226011 күн бұрын
@@imatts Thanks - thought the same myself. By the way, he may have known AVM David Morgan, who at that time was Director General of Air Force Health Services, and husband of who would become my violin teacher...
@daveshea30672 күн бұрын
I'm pretty sure that guy's a Kiwi........either that or he's spent a lot of time up at Ohakea.😎
@imatts19 күн бұрын
She was asked by the BBC producer to provide a 'commentary' of what she was experiencing. In fact, she was pretty crook from wheels up to finals.
@Biggles249819 күн бұрын
Had she been in my back seat she would have driven me mad ! Never stopped talking until she felt queasy Hurray !
@RF590KG84Ай бұрын
I bet the controllers at NZCH loved fitting 4 Macchis into the pattern.
@xinyiquan666 Жыл бұрын
i landed in CHCH airport in june 2000, exactly one year later, when i walked out of arrival hall gate , i saw a really fat sparrow on the ground
@ianjones1034 Жыл бұрын
Am i correct in assuming New Zealand doesn't possess the means to defend it's own air space ? I bet the government's excuse is we haven't had any problems yet , there is a first time for everything
@greglynch6549 Жыл бұрын
Thanks to Helen Clarks socialist Govt we were left with an Air force with out force!
@kmg9802 Жыл бұрын
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@Moben_Barzani Жыл бұрын
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@megafauna8374 Жыл бұрын
NZ relies upon Australia for it's territorial defence and by extension the USA for it's strategic integrity. NZ is a drag on the western alliance. Thankfully all it's best people serve in the Australian or UK air forces and navies.
@Battleneter Жыл бұрын
Australia can't defend its own massive coastline with its small forces and largely relies on the US, there is no way NZ could ever rely on Australia, secondly any threat would largely have to come through Australia due to supply line considerations. NZ has a defense agreement with the US and yes would have to rely on that if shit ever hit the fan, that part is true.
@thearchives87392 жыл бұрын
Did you use a speed booster with this combo?
@gwanlo2 жыл бұрын
Awesome! I was incredibly lucky to have gotten to fly with the chief Aermacchi test pilot in one of the RNZAF 339’s while in Verase. Brilliant little jet trainer! Pity the NZ govt scrapped the Macchi’s and our beautiful little A4’s!
@RestorationAustralia2 жыл бұрын
Super cool.
@allgood67603 жыл бұрын
Thanks! 👍🇳🇿
@MattDawson013 жыл бұрын
I remember in the Army going out to hide in North Canterbury around 1999 for some training exercise to see whether the Airforce could find us. Went out for a run one day in my greens and within 5 minutes a jet comes down low altitude and strafes me. I remember thinking, yup that's me f*cked.
@macmckay94663 жыл бұрын
I remember the air shows at ohakea in the 80s. Great days.
@briankirwan69583 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I am building a kiwi 339 at the moment. Lovely aircraft .
@champagnebathwater85244 жыл бұрын
did you crop at all? what were your video settings?
@jordanenglish8834 жыл бұрын
Same question.
@HoranoPatoromo4 жыл бұрын
I recognize a few people in the video and they're still in!
@jiaskinner12965 жыл бұрын
Why rnzaf should buy out argiitine pampa lol gt light fighters
@michaelgrey78543 жыл бұрын
They are not. They are Italian.
@michaelgrey78543 жыл бұрын
@@jiaskinner7784 Dumb ass, they are Aeromacci MB-339 CB's these are Italian trainers. OR are you saying that the RNZAF SHOULD Buy Pampas? If you are your English needs a bit of help.
@LundyWilder5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ian for a delightful video. You did an amazing job. I was searching around to see if I could figure out if Beatrice had a top deck mini swim pool. Looks like it doesn't. We leave in a week, so excited. Thanks, Lundy
@imatts5 жыл бұрын
Hi Lundy, thank-you for the kind words, I'm pleased you liked the video. No mini pool I'm afraid, but there's a good gym, and an endless supply of food and drink! Our crew were amazing - Captain Jord was very knowledgeable about everything along our route. Have a great time!
@matrodmedia5 жыл бұрын
Turn off IBIS when using the fisheye and you wont get that wobbly vignetting. The fisheye is so wide also that you don't need IBIS nearly as much because with the wider the lens, the less vibration/shake is transferred to the image.
@imatts5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for that... I shot the test footage less than an hour after opening the package, so was still getting to grips with the lens. When using the lens I tend to use a LUT that cuts the lens periphery out altogether. The helicopter sequence in my Uniworld piece shows what I mean. Thanks again!
@segatronkenderson5 жыл бұрын
Thank the lord!!!!!! Thats why it looked weird on the GH5. I have nothing to worry about now
@rafinicio6 ай бұрын
@@imatts, where can I create a LUT that clips a vignette?
@gungrammar93795 жыл бұрын
this video is cool as shit!
@bikeguy30345 жыл бұрын
I call photoshop...way too many Macchis flying at one time :) Good times at the Fighting 14th! Jorgoooooooo!
@imatts5 жыл бұрын
Bike Guy It was always ‘full on’ in the days leading up to a deployment trying to get as many jets serviceable as possible. I recall one Easter getting ALL our Macchis serviceable for a formation photo (I have a print of it). Two of the jets were authorised for one flight only as hours were already up for scheduled maintenance. Happy days indeed...
@bikeguy30345 жыл бұрын
@@imatts I know, I was one of the dudes getting them ready hehe ;-) Cam.
@imatts5 жыл бұрын
Bike Guy Cam Fuge?
@bikeguy30345 жыл бұрын
@@imatts Indeed :)
@historicalmachines5 жыл бұрын
Nice work with the camera!
@imatts5 жыл бұрын
It all seems like a long, long time ago... 14 Sqn has been re-equipped with the Texan tubrboprop trainers and are still at Ohakea.
@jiaskinner12965 жыл бұрын
Wow Texans that'll be a great defense nzaf a big joke
@samfulton99943 жыл бұрын
@@jiaskinner1296 blame Helen Clark, she was the one that axed it
@DennisMerwood-xk8wp3 жыл бұрын
@@samfulton9994 It was the right thing to do. The RNZAF was a farce and a huge waste of NZ's money!
@DennisMerwood-xk8wp3 жыл бұрын
@@That-Moto-Guy Come on man - get real. The Health System is essential. An Air Force for a country with no enemies is not essential, is a farce, and is a waste of money. The will be zero negative consequences for getting rid of these obsolete SkyHawks. You can't be serious my man.
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Thanks for posting. i lost touch with a Sgt Keith Rowlands of the Jag flight Sym at Wildenrath mid 70's. As an MT driver it was an experience to fly the sym.
I don't think the RAFG Jaguar simulator was at Wildenrath - that was a Phantom base in the mid 70s. The Jag sim would have been at Bruggen or Laarbruch - a few miles up the road from Wildenrath. Both bases operated Jags - IIRC - 2(ac), 14, 17, 20 and 31 Sqns
@@imatts i can assure you it was but don't ask me why. The crews used to come down by coach for their training that was in 76.
@@johncone9516I have just done some digging, and I stand corrected! There was a Jag sim at Wildenrath, but according to the references I have, that was from 1977. Unlike Lossiemouth's full-flight sim, the sims at Wildenrath and Coltishall were instrument simulators.
Nice one!
Thanks! you're welcome.
Good lord, briefing in goon suits and gloves....
Was there in1974 until 76 a good spot . Still H M S Fulmar, just. But then just an airman doing a job. Good memories.
As was I! I arrived at the end of '75 and left early '78 for my fitters' course. Lots of memories of the 'Electric Wrestling' discos in the Fulmar block NAAFI, and The Rock House in Lossie. Happy days!
Wow! I have been looking for a video on the Jaguar simulator at RAF Lossiemouth for years and here it is. In 1976 my father and I were visiting his best mate from Hetton, a Flight Sergeant on the base (Gordon H) and during a visit to the base we had a close look at that room, probably with the same officers in attendance. The detail in the model rooms was incredible, especially the local area model which had detail in windows of buildings in some areas. While we were there sadly one of the Queen's deer committed suicide on the front of a RAF land rover. My first experience of poached venison ensued shortly after. Many thanks for the video and awakened memories
You are very welcome! I was lucky enough to fly in the Sim on a couple of occasions. The technology was very advanced for the time, but positively steam-driven by today's standards.
The Briefing Officer is an Australian.
I think he is... it would be great to identify him.
She did a great job, it’s no mean feat to wear all that gear
She sounds a ‘try anything once’ kind of girl… 😁👍
7:08 - not her first rodeo 😂
10:29 We’ve all been there…😁👍
Nice view of Suilven
Thank you for posting. I remember watching this on tv before I joined the RAF. The look on her face at the pre flight gives the impression that she may have had a few beers with the boys the night before. Yep she was pretty crook. Spent what seemed like a lifetime at Lossie in the mid to late 90s before retiring from Tornado territory.
Thank you for the great comments. I think she was 'well hosted' at the Officers' Mess during the filming. The Photo Section took lots of PR photos of her visit, some of the images were hilarious - especially of her getting 'hung and slung' for her harness fitting. There was an individual (can't recall if it was a pilot or SE Fitter, got the lovely job of adjusting the anti-'g' strap. If you're familiar with ejection seats and harnesses you will know where that is!
@@imatts You’re welcome. Not too difficult for me to imagine at all from the point of having one as my office chair for the better part of 17 years 😉
Excellent! Thanks for uploading it.
My pleasure! I have some similar video of my own while I was in the RNZAF.
I’m pretty sure I was no 2 on that flight.
Log Book time! It doesn't help identifying who was where when the captains were identified as 'OC OCU', OC 1/2Sqn', and STN CDR. I recognise FLT LT Smith - he was the CRO at the time. I know the faces of all captains/PAX but names escape me apart for the Stn Cdr.
Difficult to say. In the DUTY column it might have said low level nav - nothing that specifically said BBC flight. Do you have a date? I was OC 1 Squadron.
I am pretty sure that I was there. As I see more of it I remember her and certainly the event. Fleetingly, at the briefing the names of the crews are up on the board but I can’t quite catch it. Ah halcyon days - a distant memory as I pass my 78th year ☹️. The Jag was a great jet. Loved every minute of flying it.
@@Johnbg81327.I was a 19-year old bod who processed the HUD cine film for both 1 and 2 lines - I'm now 66. Regarding dates - I think filming was over two days in May - I can't be sure of the precise dates I'm afraid. I recall lots of names as I completed the Recce forms for the HUD films. Ord, Bealer, Griffiths, Schuster, Honey etc, etc. Sadly I recall delivering a film directly to Taff Hinchliff in the weeks before the accident. I worked out of the OCU HQ building (handy for both Squadrons). I recall OC OCU being incredulous with the proposed 'toning down' of the concrete hardstandings and taxiways!
@@imattsI realise Smith is a common surname, but would you know if his first name was Ian, who became a Jaguar display pilot and later spent time in Oman?
I arrived at Lossie in early 78 was lucky enough to have 2 Jag jollies, down the valleys and Lochs it was fantastic. I have a picture somewhere of a mate of mine just about to get in "T" for an air test jollie. (the joys of ASF)
I had left Lossie early '78 for my fitters course. I worked in the building behind ASF - the OCU HQ building. I was one of the photogs developing the HUD camera films.
AI video looks 'effin 'orrible.
Not a 'effin' 'orrible' as the original! I agree - still a way to go. Although in fairness, I'm still getting to grips with the myriad of control tweaks and options in the software.
my uncle Graham simpson was based at Lossiemouth at this time ,his first posting unfortunately he was killed in a RTA on leave in Norfolk 21 Dec 77
Was the first part, in the depressurisation chamber, filmed at North Luffenham?
Yes. looks like it.
The T.2 was the prettiest of all the Jaguars; looked like a millionaires sports jet.
For year I worked out on the line on one line as an NCO, spent many a day watching T.2 coming into land across the golf course and perimeter fence.
Great video thanks! She gave it all a good go didn't she!
Absolutely!
As a teenager I always thought that Diane was sexy as hell. That she would go on aircrew training only made her even more “desirable” 😊
Marvellous
You're very welcome... thanks to FB for the original video.
The jag got it's heyday in gulf war1
"M' XX148 T2 Jaguar was a 226OCU 1 line aircraft, I remember it well not long before its crash it suffered from un-commanded flying control input problems. The aircraft was grounded for some time. I was a rigger working with the civilian working party on the investigation, to try and find why. The aircraft went back into service and crashed soon after. we all knew the pilots killed. I remember coming into work on nightshift and finding out about the crash. I was one of the squadron members who went to the funeral of the pilot buried in Scotland.
It was a very sad day indeed when news of the crash was reported. The instructor Flt Lt Taff Hincliffe, was an instructor on the Jag Simulator - I think it's he who helps Dianne Harron out of the sim after her 'jolly'. The student, Fg Off Russ Graham, was a really nice guy (they always are) and apparently was showing great promise. Very sad.
Very sad. What was the cause of the initial control input problem, and was that connected with the later crash? Thanks.
I worked in JASF at the time and the control issue I believe was a loose bearing on the taileron actuators. We worked long shifts for days if not weeks rectifying the issue in 2 man teams. I was based at Lossie from 1975 to 1978 working on VASS then JASF
@@chasb441 Interesting, thank you for the reply.
@@misdangered4326 I think in the end it down to spurious electrical signals, certainly with the T.2 as it only had one gun and some of the black boxes were moved to allow for the second Cockpit, which required extra cabling. it was certainly and Issue with the T-birds. M was not the only aircraft to have the same issue. By 1979 I was out on 31 squadron and the issue seemed to have gone. all new aircraft have issues in the first few years in service.
It was HMS Fulmar when I was there.
It had not been RAF Lossiemouth when I arrived. 849 Sqn were still a big presence with their Gannet AEWs. I can recall the King (then Prince of Wales) arriving at 849 Sqn Lossiemouth in a Buccaneer straight off the Ark.
I stayed there for a week when I was a 13 year old sea cadet, winched up into a Westland Whirlwind, fired an SLR at the range, photo taken in front of a Phantom, etc, etc. When I went back to school I found I had very little in common with my classmates from then on.
First instructor sounds like an Australian on exchange.
Yes, I think you're right. I have done some digging to try and identify him. He's a Wg Cdr Doctor - almost certainly a RAAF on exchange. This was RAF North Luffenham - long since closed - so information is sketchy. I'm guessing he could still be around - probably in his 80s or 90s by now!
@@imatts Thanks - thought the same myself. By the way, he may have known AVM David Morgan, who at that time was Director General of Air Force Health Services, and husband of who would become my violin teacher...
I'm pretty sure that guy's a Kiwi........either that or he's spent a lot of time up at Ohakea.😎
She was asked by the BBC producer to provide a 'commentary' of what she was experiencing. In fact, she was pretty crook from wheels up to finals.
Had she been in my back seat she would have driven me mad ! Never stopped talking until she felt queasy Hurray !
I bet the controllers at NZCH loved fitting 4 Macchis into the pattern.
i landed in CHCH airport in june 2000, exactly one year later, when i walked out of arrival hall gate , i saw a really fat sparrow on the ground
Am i correct in assuming New Zealand doesn't possess the means to defend it's own air space ? I bet the government's excuse is we haven't had any problems yet , there is a first time for everything
Thanks to Helen Clarks socialist Govt we were left with an Air force with out force!
👍 🇱🇰
سبحان اللە والحمدللە ولاالەالاللە واللەکبر
NZ relies upon Australia for it's territorial defence and by extension the USA for it's strategic integrity. NZ is a drag on the western alliance. Thankfully all it's best people serve in the Australian or UK air forces and navies.
Australia can't defend its own massive coastline with its small forces and largely relies on the US, there is no way NZ could ever rely on Australia, secondly any threat would largely have to come through Australia due to supply line considerations. NZ has a defense agreement with the US and yes would have to rely on that if shit ever hit the fan, that part is true.
Did you use a speed booster with this combo?
Awesome! I was incredibly lucky to have gotten to fly with the chief Aermacchi test pilot in one of the RNZAF 339’s while in Verase. Brilliant little jet trainer! Pity the NZ govt scrapped the Macchi’s and our beautiful little A4’s!
Super cool.
Thanks! 👍🇳🇿
I remember in the Army going out to hide in North Canterbury around 1999 for some training exercise to see whether the Airforce could find us. Went out for a run one day in my greens and within 5 minutes a jet comes down low altitude and strafes me. I remember thinking, yup that's me f*cked.
I remember the air shows at ohakea in the 80s. Great days.
Thanks! I am building a kiwi 339 at the moment. Lovely aircraft .
did you crop at all? what were your video settings?
Same question.
I recognize a few people in the video and they're still in!
Why rnzaf should buy out argiitine pampa lol gt light fighters
They are not. They are Italian.
@@jiaskinner7784 Dumb ass, they are Aeromacci MB-339 CB's these are Italian trainers. OR are you saying that the RNZAF SHOULD Buy Pampas? If you are your English needs a bit of help.
Thanks Ian for a delightful video. You did an amazing job. I was searching around to see if I could figure out if Beatrice had a top deck mini swim pool. Looks like it doesn't. We leave in a week, so excited. Thanks, Lundy
Hi Lundy, thank-you for the kind words, I'm pleased you liked the video. No mini pool I'm afraid, but there's a good gym, and an endless supply of food and drink! Our crew were amazing - Captain Jord was very knowledgeable about everything along our route. Have a great time!
Turn off IBIS when using the fisheye and you wont get that wobbly vignetting. The fisheye is so wide also that you don't need IBIS nearly as much because with the wider the lens, the less vibration/shake is transferred to the image.
Thanks for that... I shot the test footage less than an hour after opening the package, so was still getting to grips with the lens. When using the lens I tend to use a LUT that cuts the lens periphery out altogether. The helicopter sequence in my Uniworld piece shows what I mean. Thanks again!
Thank the lord!!!!!! Thats why it looked weird on the GH5. I have nothing to worry about now
@@imatts, where can I create a LUT that clips a vignette?
this video is cool as shit!
I call photoshop...way too many Macchis flying at one time :) Good times at the Fighting 14th! Jorgoooooooo!
Bike Guy It was always ‘full on’ in the days leading up to a deployment trying to get as many jets serviceable as possible. I recall one Easter getting ALL our Macchis serviceable for a formation photo (I have a print of it). Two of the jets were authorised for one flight only as hours were already up for scheduled maintenance. Happy days indeed...
@@imatts I know, I was one of the dudes getting them ready hehe ;-) Cam.
Bike Guy Cam Fuge?
@@imatts Indeed :)
Nice work with the camera!
It all seems like a long, long time ago... 14 Sqn has been re-equipped with the Texan tubrboprop trainers and are still at Ohakea.
Wow Texans that'll be a great defense nzaf a big joke
@@jiaskinner1296 blame Helen Clark, she was the one that axed it
@@samfulton9994 It was the right thing to do. The RNZAF was a farce and a huge waste of NZ's money!
@@That-Moto-Guy Come on man - get real. The Health System is essential. An Air Force for a country with no enemies is not essential, is a farce, and is a waste of money. The will be zero negative consequences for getting rid of these obsolete SkyHawks. You can't be serious my man.
When kiwis did fly
Awesome footage of the Macchis.