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Old 01-23-2014, 08:05 AM
 
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The video that puts you inside the cockpit: amazing footage reveals the stomach-churning life of a jet fighter pilot. During the virtual trip, viewers are flown to 40,000ft on board a Typhoon jet.The video then shows the jet dropping to 250ft above the Welsh valleys.Viewers are also flipped upside down during a series of formation flights. It is on display at the London Science Museum's Typhoon Force simulator.

The two-seater Typhoon multirole jet fighter belongs to the 29 Squadron of the Royal Air Force at RAF Coningsby. It has a twin-engine and canard-delta wing. Development of the aircraft began in 1983 and a prototype took its first flight in March 1994.The Typhoon has a wingspan of 36ft, is 52ft long and 17ft tall. It can reach maximum speeds of Mach 2 at altitude and Mach 1.25 at sea level.

Video is here: Cockpit view of ultra low flying RAF jet fighter

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Old 01-25-2014, 12:32 PM
 
Location: Western Colorado
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I would love to do that!
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Old 01-25-2014, 03:01 PM
 
Location: SW OK (AZ Native)
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It's a ton of fun and then some, but it does carry some very serious consequences if the laws of physics are violated. A matter of two or three seconds (or less) in an overbank situation from 300' AGL and you're in the dirt. (Refer to another thread in this forum about the B-52 crash at Fairchild... classic low-level overbank). As we used to teach in the F-16, "The laws of physics have no regard for rank, skill level or intellect".
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