• 4 months ago
Immeasurable grace and surreal action were the highlights of the Royal International Air Tattoo 2024, and this jaw-dropping compilation showcases just that.

"Here are a bunch of ticket-holder view highlights from RIAT 2024," the filmer, Clarise, told WooGlobe. "It features a display of the world's finest planes and jets, including performances by the renowned British Red Arrows."

The way these fearless pilots treat the sky as their canvas, demonstrating exceptional command over their aircraft, is nothing short of extraordinary.

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00:00...capability of the aircraft, because it's actually physically part of the airframe.
00:03Of course. Now, here's a very good example of what I was talking about in terms of the flight online control.
01:00...anybody who's got a photo of that, of the early part of that rotation, you probably have seen some water seeds coming off the propellers, so we've got quite a high relative humidity today, which for most of the fast jet displays will provide some good...
01:25...minus 141.
01:27The Midnight Hawks!
01:55...so here goes the Chinook HC-5, distinguishable from the Mark VI.
02:25...which we've seen the RAF Chinook display team performing with in recent years by virtue of the fat tanks.
02:40...increases the range by about 30%, a very, very big capability.
02:45...moving off the shader, and off the Euclid Marlin.
02:53...today's flight attendant, James Patrick.
02:57He's our New Zealand exchange officer, we've had the pleasure of flying alongside for the past two years.
03:02JP, consider flight today with a rendezvous with all of us, bringing the aircraft back in the opposite direction.
03:18Whilst the Chinook operates above, on the ground we can see JHSS, who are the Specialist Helicopter Handling Defence Unit.
03:24A joint squadron made up of both Army and RAF personnel, based out of RIA Fenton in Oxfordshire.
03:29They primarily work with our UK support helicopters, including Chinook, Puma and Merlin.
03:34Providing specialist helicopter landing site reconnaissance, and a movement of essential supplies by internal and external loads, exactly as you can see them doing during today's demonstration.
03:49The Chinook is inextricably linked to the modern battlefield.
03:51During conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, the unmissable status of the Chinook's place on the ground,
03:55offered reassurance to those on the ground.
03:57Letting them know help was always at hand.
04:00Through a matched combination of power, agility and endurance,
04:03has put the Chinook at the forefront of support helicopter operations for over 40 years.
04:07Always making its time, and its target, whatever the task.
04:11As the Chinook begins its second pass of the dog road,
04:15you can see the team to the number two crewman, looking out the starboard window.
04:19Please give Fabian, our French exchange crewman, a wave.
04:28Expeditiously brought to the stop.
04:31With the speed under control, the crew will now position it forward and down to the ground.
05:02On the right, you can see Chris McCann.
05:11Chris did his first year on the team, and uniquely he was taken from training and made straight into it.
05:17As the team roll out, there is no mistake, it is a wonderful and iconic ship of the Concorde.
05:31As we go into the second half, you can see we have not flown since 2003.
05:52This is the 5-4 split.
05:57As we go into the second half, you now see the team break down into two distinctive halves.
06:03Off to the right hand side, you have Reds 1-5, they are now known as Enid, named after Enid Blyton's famous fight.
06:26On the right hand side, you have Blues 1-5.

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