Thanks, Brian. I enjoyed that, the music and the scenery. I've flown over the
Alps at low level, but in a Jaguar which was powered by turbofan engines. The
Hunter (this was a 2-seat trainer version) has a single turbojet, and though it
lacks afterburner it will retain more of its sea-level thrust at increasing
altitudes.
However, the pilot was not being entirely sensible flying that low (above
ground level) at that altitude; the air is much thinner and you have much less
control. In addition, he will have been getting pretty slow as he climbed up a
couple of the slopes. But that Matterhorn one was magnificent!
Chris
On 5 Nov 2011, at 12:27, Brian Swale wrote:
> All the talk a few days ago about the merits of this or that jet reminded me
> of
> this video I downloaded in flv format a couple of years ago.
>
> Flying a Hunter jet through the Swiss Alps complete with music. It's a short
> video of less than 4 minutes - but what a 4 minutes.
>
> Here it is on Your Very Own Tube
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlqsBJcQ1Sw
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