Not c/l but from the heart

[Peter Germann]

With best regards, from Switzerland:



Shot in the valley my wife comes from.

rgds,

[Steve_Pollock]

I recognize those clouds as 'cumulo-granite' which are clouds with mountains hiding in them.  Great flying and fabulous scenery!

[scott v.]

Thank you!

[John Park]

Ah, the Hawker Hunter!  September 1953, the Farnborough Air Show: that huge double drumbeat of a sonic boom that you could feel inside and even through the soles of your feet; then, looking down the runway, you could see a tiny red dot growing bigger and bigger in a total and eerie silence until SLAM - the blood-red Hunter prototype, WB188, went by fifty feet off the tarmac at a hairsbreadth below the speed of sound, before pulling up into a vertical climb for the rest of its display.  I was eight years old, and I just hope everybody has a childhood memory even half as good as that one.

[john e. holliday]

Beautiful scenery and great piloting.  It's hard to imagine flying something that fast in those mountains.  I am reminded of an air show at the old Richards-Gebaur Air Force Base.  We were there setting up for the weekend with model planes and military planes of all kinds were coming in.   You could tell the difference between our Navy and Air Force from the approaches they made.   Then we see a high wing twin coming in quite high and then diving for the end of the run way.  It was Canadian air force plane.   The first time he leveled off we knew it was too high to land.   He went around several times before he finally set it down.   Later getting to talk to the crew we asked why so many passes.  He stated there were no trees to judge by.  guess he didn't trust his instruments.  But, I really enjoy watching all the military pilots fly.  Really miss the air shows we used to have around this part of our great country.

[TigreST]

Gotta luv he Hunter, and all the more with that scenery as a back drop.   Always  thought the Hunter T-7 (side by each two seater) would be a dandy commuter warbird,..like if you had to commute in a plane.

T.

[Andre Ming]

Though no way the pilot fits the "Top Gun/Tom Cruise" stereotype that most of Americana envisions for jet fighter pilots (you can easily see the pilot has some "seasoning" on him, i.e. he's not young), yet, this gentleman still has some AMAZING jet flying skills.

Deepest respect.

Thanks for posting that. It was very stirring.

[Randy Cuberly]

Thanks for think of us Peter!  A very stirring film well shot in a beautiful valley.  Great shot with the Hunter flying below and behind the 5 F-5's.

Very exciting stuff, I could feel the G's in the pit of my stomach!  I watched it several times...

Thanks again for posting!

Randy Cuberly

[Mike Scholtes]

About 40 years ago I was in Interlakken and just by dumb luck got treated to seeing an hours-long live-fire training exercise by the Swiss Air Force. The sky was cloudy and the mountains steep and high, as in the video. The jets came screaming around the mountain, out of the clouds, and opened fire with guns and rockets on a target moored out in the lake. Never seen anything like that before or since! Did not recognize the plane type, probably French. Those Swiss pilots really know their mountain flying, not surprisingly. Watching the video made me teary-eyed with joy.

[Guy Markham]

Who is that pilot? really aware of the surroundings and his plane. Breathing deeply also. Is that plane sponsored by the greeting card company Papyrus? Thanks ever so much for the posting .

[Peter Germann]

SAF does no longer shoot into the lakes... instead:


The Hunter is operated by a group of former airforce pilots and mechanics of Fliegerstaffel 15. It is stationed at St. Stephan, a former mil airbase. Where, incidently, swiss c/l flyers are holding their annual 3 days F2B practice event...
http://www.hunterverein.ch/Papyrus/PAPYRUS.html

Pilot was: Ueli Leutert

[Guy Markham]

Any translation for the Papyrus site? Thanks, Peter. Would like to see the entire footage of the flight before editing. Again thank you ever so much for the posting. Best, Guy

[Guy Markham]

Use microsofttranslator.com

[Dennis Adamisin]

...dancing the skies on laughter silvered wings...