Typhoon Almost Totalled

very closs call !!!!!oeps

This is my videoclip that I originally posted on www.flightlevel350.com
The pilot was not supposed to get that close to the ground. ATC cut his routine short after it happened. He was ordered to land (well he climbed to 5000ft & manoeuvred to burn off fuel first). The same pilot flew the same routine later that day without any problems.

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You sir, are an idiot. The thunderbird incident happened under a completely different set of circumstances. The fact that the typhoon escaped unscathed here has absolutely no correlation to a maneuverability competition between itself and a Viper. Had the Typhoon been in the exact same loop as the Viper was in when the T-bird pilot punched out, the Typhoon would have ran face first into the ground in the same fashion.

I've seen aircraft get much closer and miss, I thing it was a German Tornado passing about 3-4 feet above tarmac. He seemed to be in full control the whole time. This almost looked like it was planned.

Also, take into account that the EF-2000 has a characteristic tail-slide similar to the Su-37.

Reminds me of the classic F-16 Thunderbirds crash from 2004 (if I'm not mistaken) only this time the plane was far more manouverable to avoid disaster! If this is standard airshow stuff, they have definately raised the bar on the level of difficulty and/or stupidity! (I second the Guest's comment at 4:16am Saturday, Feb 18th.)

I was there and saw this, definitely the closest I've ever seen an aircraft get to, but not actually crash! Awesome.

i think the pilot is very lucky

This is from the practise day at Fairford 05, aircraft from 29 sqn, production standard T1. s*** happens, it's what you do when it does that counts..

before you go slagging someone off -get the facts.this aircraft is still in development stages-this may not have been pilot error but the aircraft!!!!!!big cahooners staying with it.

Pure and simple a monumental screw up on behalf of the pilot, who just got lucky enough to not kill himself or anyone else.

If he was in my squadron he'd be grounded. I wouldn't be suprised if the Raf did ground him, simply no room for those sorts of stupid errors in fast jets.

Looks like standard airshow stuff to me...

Cause he kept on flying an airplane that almost crashed into the ground ....
Thank God for those afterburners :-))

Can you explain it better please, I really dont understand why the pilot is crazy, thanks

I love the sound.
Finally a video without music but nice engine sound.

knightflier U didn't understad this movie, the pilot is crazy (or idiot), he almost crushed machine, że ja pierole!!

Sorry for the 5-star rating though; was an accident. I would give it a 2.5-star rating.

Nothing special in this clip. The videographer seems to be a rookie; some inaccuracy to focus on the jet.