David Womby Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 This was apparently filmed in 1997 but you may find it worth a few minutes of your time. I've never seen this fabulous aircraft perform this way before: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlVdPh0pcZs. David 10 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 You always forget how manoeuvrable with a fantastic power to weight ratio an unladen airliner or freighter is. I remember seeing one of the RNZAF 757s being thrown around at Waddington. They didn’t quite roll or loop it, but there were some pretty extreme wingovers and low passes... best, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 (edited) Knew it would be the Kemble bomber . My mate is a member of the team that looks after it , another ex Brize Brit man . It's back in it's original RAF colours now and got it's RAF Serial XM496 back . After the RAF went to Monarch's engineering for converted to 253F config . and flew with Cuban and two other country's Registrations that I know of anyway . Done a great job at Kemble . Open once a month in the Summer I think , should know really I'm on that Brit FB group . Thanks for putting that up ! Edited March 22, 2021 by bzn20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham T Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 Flew to Italy in a Britannia as a kid on holiday. I do remember it was a little noisy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfisti Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 First aircraft I ever flew in,Brize Norton to Hannover,September 1971. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepboy Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 She's still looking very good at Kemble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted March 18, 2021 Share Posted March 18, 2021 8 hours ago, cmatthewbacon said: You always forget how manoeuvrable with a fantastic power to weight ratio an unladen airliner or freighter is. I remember seeing one of the RNZAF 757s being thrown around at Waddington. They didn’t quite roll or loop it, but there were some pretty extreme wingovers and low passes... best, M. The 757 is famously overpowered when light. No doubt the Britannia was similar in its class. All pilots, sorry certain pilots love a low pass. Some are boring. That crew were not boring. Neither was I. 😇 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazontipede Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Well! I can see why it was called 'the whispering giant', those low passes were remarkably quiet. Thanks for digging this one up! 😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 Impressive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeepboy Posted March 19, 2021 Share Posted March 19, 2021 (edited) ... she was looking good in October last year at Kemble 🙂 Unfortunately I can't seem to post a pic 😞 Edited March 19, 2021 by Jeepboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Always worth a look and must be in the top ten "how low can you go". I particularly enjoyed the camera man suggesting " he is probably doing a couple of flybys to get used to the approach" or words to that effect! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spruecutter96 Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Blimme! If the Wealth And Safety Mafia saw a modern aircraft doing that, there would be hell to pay. Particularly like the bit when the airliner is virtually hidden by a bump in the runway. I can see why folks refer to the "good-old-days". Thanks for sharing with us. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spitfire Posted March 22, 2021 Share Posted March 22, 2021 Most impressive, thanks for posting Cheers Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 I always found the lack of wing dihedral on the Britannia downright weird. But wow; Low passes don't get any lower for something that big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 Definitely a lot more apparent when fully fueled. Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skodadriver Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 The crew must have been having an absolute blast. Personally I could do without the inane commentary ("All four engines are firing..." "A couple of flypasts to get used to the runway approach...") but it's still a fantastic video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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