Red Arrows documentary Danger Men - pt 5 of 6

[leeful83]

fucking yanks lol

[thessanthony1]

lancaster bomber



[wikigeek]

Everytime, throughout the whole documentary, the wing commander's right rank slide always seems to be bigger than the left.. hmmm

[Suprahampton]

Facts are that each country's display teams use different craft to suit their display style... the Arrows require highly manuverable but slow jets, the Angels need faster more powerful craft... you couldn't expect the Arrows to do their display using the Angels jets! They are ALL amazing pilots, no matter which country they hail from

[Yoshis0wn3dTheWorld]

1:58 - 2:19

that was a cool arriving USA, but brits are the better pilots

[FunkinetiK73]

The Reds seem to have more affinity with the Canadians than the Americans - guess thats history for you . The American ground crews are all part of the show, and the way the pilots walk to the aircraft like ducks in a row & peel off is hilarious - in a nice way - do they have to have flip-chart training sessions to do that as well lol . Try getting the British blue-suit ground crew involved like that - the answer would be a resounding F.O. methinks

[ethelburga]

Like yankeethunder1 says, vive la difference! The Red Arrows are showmen in training aircraft with tradition of entertaining the crowd and do everything where the crowd can see them. The Thunderbirds, whose pilots show tremendous class here, are powerhouses in extreme fighter aircraft. The mutual respect is what's impressive here.

[yankeethunder1]

Humm, no apologies for having the most powerful and most capable Air-force in the world. Geez, even the British narrator says it 5:26 -

The point is... they ALL are G-R-E-A-T but different.  Just enjoy the spectacle and the airplanes!

[Kentuckyhorse1]

@yankeethunder1 Well of course, the USAF is HUGE. I still have a soft spot for the Red Arrows which are far more entertaining.

[killkidnumber2]

very impressed with the high alpha pass

[sozzle69]

sozzle69 they are so capable they straff and bomb their allies

[hawchcf1]

I love how similar the Snow Birds and the Red arrows look true class

[machineman9]

'Most capable and advanced Air Force in the world'... The USAF said that in front of the RAF? Are they asking for a beating? Eurofighter, thanks.

[BertoCalvi]

They do have more powerful aircraft. That just leaves 'most capable'. If they mean, 'have the best all-round pilots', I'd say it was false.

[tiadaid]

Who gives a rat's ass. It's not like the USAF is going to fight head to head with the RAF...

[coolyo366]

@machineman9 F-22, F-35 thanks.

[PS3BurnoutGuy]

@machineman9 oh no he diint! :D

[chrisjeffsmusic]

My humble opinion is that the US navy is more capable than both the RAF and the USAF

[reindenaab]

@machineman9 im not british neither am i American. Just have to say.. USAf . 1 , RAF .2 , F22 . F35, F15. says enough, F15 has a 0 loss-record. still the RAF would be 2nd for me, or Russia.

[dmangham]

@reindenaab USAF have lost 1 F15 in combat over Iraq in 1991

[reindenaab]

@dmangham Yea, that record doesnt count..... its about air to air supriority.. ground kill this was. air to air loss count is 0.

[mojame100]

@reindenaab I agree with that

[reindenaab]

@mojame100 R.I.P to Jon Egging ( Red Arrows NR. 4 ) who died today. Crash at bournemouth airshow

[thehoaxbuster]

@machineman9

Keep in mind that the narrator acknowledged that this was the case about a minute later.

[tripleheshy]

@machineman9 Against an F-18 sure. Against an F-22 not so sure. It would be a fantastic duel.

[mojame100]

@tripleheshy

Super Hornet???

[tripleheshy]

@mojame100 I meant a Eurofighter would best an F-18 but I would take an F-22 over a Eurofighter. Hope that clears it up. 

[mojame100]

@tripleheshy

Sure, the Leagacy Hornet I agree, But I'm talking about the F/A 18 E-F modles. As a matter of fact there working on either a GE 505 or P.W F series that would put out 26K lbs of thurst each,

As a matter of fact I would put a Super Hornet over an F-15 C/D any day.

[03Wale]

@machineman9 I'm not American,but the F-22......

[DaZeBoYy]

@machineman9 He said most capable, which they are... He didn't mention who has the better pilots.

[mojame100]

@machineman9

Yeah, I'll take on your Euro (notice its not British) with the U.S Navy's F/A 18 Super Hornet in day of the week, scew the Airforce, although there really nothing in comparison the F/A 22 Rator. But O'well

[Joesolo13]

@machineman9 F-22 says hi.

[mr9396]

@Joesolo13. That was nice of it. Didn't stop for a chat though? not suprised.....

[Joesolo13]

@mr9396 It would, but it's busy going mach 2.5

[mr9396]

@Joesolo13. Wow, It must have been really scared of the Typhoon to fly away that quickly!

[Joesolo13]

@mr9396 Nah, it's just showing off.

[mr9396]

@Joesolo13. Well, let it have its fun before it is shot out of the sky.

[Joesolo13]

@mr9396 You can't kill what your Radar can't find.

[mr9396]

@Joesolo13. Well spitifres managed alright in WW2.

[Joesolo13]

@mr9396 The messerschmitts didn't have  BVR missiles.

[mr9396]

@Joesolo13. The spitfires didn't have and METEOR missiles.

[Joesolo13]

@mr9396 What is a METEOR missile?

[mr9396]

@Joesolo13. A medium range air to air missile

[Joesolo13]

@mr9396 Still, F-22 could hit em way before they came in range.

[bdcp]

haha 'it;s friday the 13th, what can posibly go wrong?'

[machineman9]

United States military teams seem to go for a 'big and powerful aeroplane' approach. The UK seems to go for agility and performance. I prefer the Reds to the others... And I think some the US traditions for how the Airmen work is a bit silly.

[qwertdr]

It's not your equipment, it's what you do with it...

[Appclypse]

Well the F-18 and F-16 are actually exreemly agile aircraft capable of some amazing stunts, you can see an F-18 doing some very interesting manouvers at the end of the clip, i forget it's name now but it requires a great deal of control i would imagine.

[SheepJumpFish]

Spitfires better

[mojame100]

@Appclypse

The Square loop?

[mojame100]

@machineman9

I agree with some of that, but flying a boring plane like the T-45 for hi porformance is a bit silly to, I just rather see a L-39.