TU-95 Intercept
 

Rare Russian video of Typhoons "escorting" TU-95.


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1 Squadron and 11 Squadron aircraft from what I can see.


Getting a load of ????? on url link, but it works.

A change to see it from the other side. Don't those props go round slow.

That rear crew station looks oddly familiar! Also the guy in the back looks pleased they are about to land after a doubtless long flight. Some things cross all borders!

My Russian is a bit rusty but I'm sure the bloke doing the commentary describes them as German Eurofighters. Obviously his NATO aircraft recognition isn't as good as sandover's ;)

The props don't turn that slow, it's just an optical illusion from the camera and the real rpm of the props.

Probably a silly question, but the Russian pilot(s ?) seem to be hand-flying the thing. Why wouldn't they be on autopilot ?

D.

"Probably a silly question, but the Russian pilot(s ?) seem to be hand-flying the thing. Why wouldn't they be on autopilot ?

D. "


I think times got tough in the late 1990's and the Russians sold every TU-95 autopilot on the line and in stock to Boeing to outfit the "Next Generation" 737 autopilot system.


Only thing I could come up with to explain that POS A/P. The little kids seem to enjoy they zero G capture and the funny clacker noise coming from the clacker as it ignores the programmed speed.

And the overhead panel, don't forget the overhead panel.

I love the ceiling fan..

I presume there has been some editing...the RH pilot does move the yoke around a bit...but hopefully not in proximity to our aircraft.

Correct TTN, the guy does ID them as German.
At a guess I'd say that it's just ramping-up the rhetoric as most Russians don't really know that much about UK, but everyone there knows of the Germans.

Dat581:

I admit I'm not the sharpest sandwich in the toolbox, but even I got that one!

Or it's a sufficiently long sortie that they were shadowed by a number of nations and the editing doesn't match?

Thanks for clearing that one up dat581 :ugh:

S-D

Thanks jetslut, and yes, background noise, the commentary also refers to F16s earlier on.

salad dodger - when I was a kid I used to think the wagon wheels in old westerns on TV used to turn backwards - could never work that one out! Same phenomenon.

Breaking BBC News: 19 February 2015 Last updated at 09:53

RAF jets scrambled after two Russian military aircraft seen off Cornwall coast, Ministry of Defence says

BBC News - RAF jets scrambled after Russian aircraft seen off Cornwall

Mrs TTN rushed in to tell me that. Checked it on News 24 and apparently it was yesterday - and in international airspace (as always).

Dont the Russians know our FJ blokes are restricted on flying hours. Can we ask them to wait till next month before coming again? ;)

Is there still enough money in this year's budget for all these scrambles.....?

Another waste of AVTUR; our Government trying to show that we have some planes left.

How kind of President Putin to put a couple of airframes on for the stunt.

Bear
 

Still wearing leather helmets and gloves, does any other air arm wear same ?