At Clacton On Sea Essex Air show event on a much nicer day 2 Part 4 August 23

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At Clacton On Sea Essex Air show event on a much nicer day 2 Part 4 August 23

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00:00come, give it a go, it's tremendous amounts of fun and yeah come and see us, we'd love to see you.

00:06It's a totally unique experience that you could do here on the Greensward in Clacton,

00:10courtesy of BBC Essex. Matt's here with Ian and Noah's here as well. There's three of them here,

00:19we'll guide you through how to be a weather presenter on the telly. Come and have a go,

00:23something to show off about when you get home.

00:24Thanks Steve, so there we are, a chance to have a go in 2024 at presenting a TV

00:34weather forecast. Now we've been talking a lot about D-Day.

00:37... services of the BBC and through United Nations Radio Mediterranean,

00:44and this is John Snagg speaking. Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force,

00:51have just issued communique number one, and in a few seconds I will read it to you.

00:57Under the command of General Eisenhower, Allied naval forces, supported by strong air forces,

01:05began landing Allied armies this morning on the northern coast of France.

01:11So there we are, an extract from D-Day, 80 years ago this year.

01:19Welcome along to Clacton Airshow, what a wonderful sight that was, and as we look to our right,

01:24ah, we have not one, not two, we have three aircraft. We have a vampire flanked by two

01:30strikemasters. This is going to be pretty awesome. We're upping the tempo somewhat, Sam,

01:36and what about that? Taking us to the Cold War jet age now,

01:43fast-forwarding in history, for a bit of a high-energy display.

01:47This really is something special. You're about to be entertained.

01:54A vampire and two strikemasters. We'll get to see the vampire on her own, and also the

02:00strikemaster pair will do a routine as well together, but just savour the view as we see

02:07all three aircraft together. One, of course, the vampire looking so distinctive with that

02:13double fin, that double piece towards the rear of the aircraft. The strikemasters,

02:18one either side, almost protecting the vampire as they sweep over now from Clacton Pier. They're

02:25coming right towards us, so if you've got your camera or your phone on the seafront,

02:33get it quickly, because here they come. Smoke on. What a view. A low pass,

02:44dipping in formation.

02:49So you see the undercarriage of all three aircraft, with the sun just glinting

02:53on their wings as they bank around out to sea.

03:54Almost into the clouds, high in the distance, just to remember that during the Cold War,

04:06these aircraft were used in stealth mode as well as in attack mode,

04:10almost slightly creeping in the skies. You've got the two strikemasters there.

04:16Got over 3,500 pounds of thrust behind them, and then in the middle we have the beautiful vampire.

04:46Climbing high above us here in the centre of Clacton Beach, just slowly

05:01flying, looks like a barrel roll, punching out towards the pier.

05:05The top speed of the strikemaster, around 350 knots.

05:21This display on the Greensward, including the cast of Spring Awakening. Please can you say

05:28hi to the cast of Spring Awakening, who are performing their second to last show tonight.

05:33They're here enjoying the planes till they take to the stage later, says Steve.

05:37You'll have to tell me which theatre, whereabouts that's happening, Steve, and then we'll give you

05:41a proper plug for the show. And can you please say hi to my amazing partner, Faye.

05:46You are absolutely brilliant, and I can't wait to spend the rest of our lives with each other.

05:52Love from Aaron. Flying towards the centre of the beach now, we can see the three aircraft

05:58flying one beside the other as the two break away. Lights are on, smoke is trailing, and in

06:04those two strikemasters we've got a smoke system that holds two 100 litre tanks of smoke carried

06:11on the inboard wind pylons. That was fabulous seeing the strikemasters split away, one left,

06:20one right. The vampire went left, almost chasing on the tails of the strikemaster. We will get to

06:26see more of each of these aircraft in a little more detail, but that was just stunning. And

06:35again, very experienced pilots and very experienced aircraft. The vampire is a film star.

06:44Yes, this vampire that was seen alongside John Travolta in the movie adaptation of the

06:50Frederick Forsyth novel, The Shepherd. It came out last year. They filmed it in Norfolk in 2022.

06:57If you've seen the film, you'll see how prominent the vampire is

07:01in that film. So we have a film star amongst us. Another one.

07:11The de Havilland Vampire DH100, spiralling high in the sky above Placton Beach,

07:18flown for us this afternoon by the Norwegian Air Force Historic Squadron, who preserve these

07:23ex-military aircraft in an airworthy condition and display them in their important role to educate

07:30on how these historic aircraft played a role in aviation. They preserve, maintain and operate

07:36these aircraft and work very hard to keep them flying, we hope for many years to come.

07:53The de Havilland Vampire was a British jet fighter commissioned by the Royal Air Force during the

07:57Second World War. It followed the Gloucester Meteor and it was the second jet fighter to

08:02enter service with the RAF. Although it arrived too late to see combat during the war, the vampire

08:09served with frontline RAF squadrons until 1953 and was continually used as a trainer until 1966.

08:24The vampire also served with many air forces worldwide, setting

08:28many aviation firsts and became the first RAF fighter with a top speed exceeding 500 miles an hour.

08:37Almost 3,300 vampires were built, a quarter of them under license in other countries,

09:02and vampire design was also developed into the de Havilland Venom fighter bomber

09:06and later on as a naval sea vampire variant.

09:10Vampire is not just a movie star, it was the first carrier landing and takeoff of a jet

09:32aircraft was performed by a vampire by test pilot Eric Winkle-Brown in 1945 when he landed and took

09:39off again from HMS Ocean. Then in June 1946, on the 8th of June, the vampire was introduced to

09:46the British public for the first time when Fighter Command's 247 squadron were given the honour of

09:53leading the flypast over London for Victory Day celebration.

09:57This vampire is the de Havilland Vampire FB2. It was an export version of the Mark VI. 101 were built, 36

10:13exported to Norway and in use from 1949 to 1957. This aircraft is marked PXK and was under license

10:22built in Switzerland in 1952. She flew with the Swiss Air Force all the way up to 1990

10:31and was then moved on to Sweden to the Riga Air Base near Oslo in southern Norway.

10:37As I said before, the aircraft is now flown by the Royal Norwegian Air Force and she still has

10:44those markings as Vampire PXK, serving with 336 squadron back in the 1950s.

10:51She was Norway's first pure jet fighter squadron.

10:58Let's say hi to a Kenneth Ark-Wiesler, our vampire pilot this afternoon. A very experienced pilot,

11:0615,000 odd hours is his logbook. His interest for flying started very early on. At age 15,

11:14he flew solo in a glider. He was active in gliding competitions, aerobatics and instructing

11:21and he's logged 800 hours on gliders alone. Kenneth joined the military in 1981

11:27where he became a pilot. He accumulated 1,500 flight hours. He also trained as a forward air

11:35controller, directing and guiding aircraft to find ground targets. Now flies with the

11:42Scandinavian Airlines. He's been a captain on Boeing 737 since 1998. He's the initiator and

11:49founder of the Norwegian Air Force historical squadron. His huge passion for these aircraft

11:55and these classic jets, he absolutely loves it. He's been displaying vampires for about 15 years

12:04now. He's got many hours of flying on this type of aircraft too but he's passionate for all kinds

12:12of aerobatics really and used to fly a Yak-52 before moving on to the Vampire. Thank you,

12:20Kenneth, for being with us today and bringing all your experience and this beautiful display.

12:36The Vampire flying almost silently now towards the pier. Hard to believe that it's powered by

12:54a de Havilland Goblin 3 centrifugal turbojet engine with 3,350 pounds of thrust behind it.

13:03A maximum speed of 548 miles per hour. Get your cameras ready looking towards the pier.

13:11Here Kenneth comes in the Vampire.

13:15Banking his wings at us, flying on an angle to show the beautiful design of the aircraft

13:22with just such a distinctive design.

13:26And off the Vampire goes into the sun around the coast to our right. Thank you to Ben for dropping

13:39me an email, Wyatt at bbc.co.uk. Can you give a shout out with each other now? Smoke's trailing

13:47as they head down. They came in the opposite direction to the Vampire so they headed up

13:52towards the pier. Banking high up into the sky now, just curving around gracefully in formation.

14:02Looking absolutely stunning. You wouldn't believe the age of these from this distance, would you?

14:09It's incredible to watch these two jets in close formation, aerobatics. You're going to see lots of

14:15loops and barrel rolls and wing overs and opposition passes with the smoke trailing.

14:21Led this afternoon by Ian Bertie Brett. He's flown the Strikemaster for around five years now. Last

14:27year was his first year displaying in the Strikemaster. He was previously 13 years on the

14:33Tornado and then an instructor at RAF Mara. He also has instructed on the RAF Tutor and he was

14:40display manager for the tutor team. He's also been flying with Team Raven that we've seen here

14:49at Clapton many years. He says when talking about Clapton, the Strikemaster, it's such a lot of fun

14:56to fly. It's very simple, it's very straightforward to fly with basic classic instrumentation with big

15:02round dials and a bit like kind of unlike the tv screens you see on the modern jets today.

15:08He said it's fast, it's nice, it's graceful in the aerobatic manoeuvres.

15:38The Strikemasters peeling off one from the other and punching out towards the wind farm.

15:49Very graceful. Bertie leading the display this afternoon. He absolutely loves displaying at

15:55Clapton. He said it's a shame not to be able to land the jets nearby and come and enjoy the beach

16:00but he said it's a lovely view from up there looking down at the coast especially on days

16:05like today when the sun is shining. He said he likes displaying from the east coast. He said it

16:09gives a different perspective from some of the other shows and it always makes for great

16:14photography with the sun glinting off the aircraft. They flew over from North Weald this afternoon.

16:22Bertie and his co-pilot enjoy flying across the beautiful landscape on their way to Clapton.

16:29So Bertie in the lead. Behind Bertie is a pilot Sean Chittenden. Sean joined the RAF from school in 83

16:39having achieved his wings on the Hawk aircraft that the Red Arrows use of course. Qualified as

16:44an instructor on the Jet Provost. He became the RAF's youngest display pilot in 1987

16:50before completing operational tours on the Jaguar at Cottleshell and Loziemouth. In between Sean

16:57was selected to join the Red Arrows. His final year being as leader of the Synchro Pair. The

17:02headquarters ground job was followed by Sean's final RAF posting as the Officer Commanding

17:08Central Flying School Exam Wing and in that role Sean flew many types of aircraft as an instructor

17:14and examiner with air forces around the world. In the Airbus A320 as a captain and trainer.

17:23He's amassed over 17,000 hours on more than 80 aircraft types.

17:32Aircraft crowd centre now breaking away one from the other. You'll notice with this display that

17:38they'll go from slow manoeuvres easily followed by large vertical manoeuvres. The design of the

17:45display is to really show off the jet's manoeuvrability and high performance as a

17:50straight wing aircraft. The noise you can hear is that Strikemaster engine producing 3,500

17:58pounds of thrust. Really quite a noticeable noise impact echoing around the skies.

18:21If you fancy learning to fly I know there's a guy called Jason who loved every air show as a lad

18:33growing up and he and his mum came to every air show. They still do. As a result he got a little

18:39job at Clapton Aero Club. He can fly a plane now and even owns a plane so it's a good place to

18:46start. And I can hear the sound of the Bronco and now can see her as she arrives directly in front

18:55of us Sam on the BBC Essex commentary point. The North American Rockwell OC Bronco flown to us all

19:02the way from Belgium. Flown this afternoon by Tony Debrin. This is just such an incredible aircraft

19:10to watch. Known for its stall capabilities, its short takeoff and landing. It was designed by two

19:17U.S. marines in a garage in 1964 and it was designed as a forward advanced aircraft

19:25which then saw service in Vietnam and the Philippines.

19:40Just a piece of lead to fight on. But I'm not to fly my kite on. Do you want to flash a light on?

19:46Take a look it's on display for you. Coming down on us today.

19:54Did you meet your fortune teller? Get it off with no propeller. Do it up it's almost stellar. Roll

20:00away to find the smeller. Swing it up and that's your storm for you. Take a piece and pass it on.

20:10Fly away on my sailboat. I feel it more than ever. And in this perfect weather. We'll find a place together to fly on.

20:33Bronco banking around to the centre of the beach. You'll be able to see her fly

20:38climbing up high. You'll notice a distinctive shape there not dissimilar to the vampire. You've

20:44got the twin booms with the balancing strut across the middle. The design is basically to assist the

20:52aircraft in short takeoff and landings. As I said it was designed as a forward advanced aircraft

20:58to land on roads and jungles operated in Vietnam and the Philippines. Until about a year ago,

21:06Broncos were still flying in the Philippines. Now a slow pass by the looks of it.

21:14Hovering just above it just above the sea here in front of us here

21:18on Clacton beach. The Bronco can lighten up to three hours and up to speeds of 350 miles per hour.

21:36The Bronco served in three U.S. branches from 1965 right up to 1995. The Air Force, the Marines

21:46and the Navy. The original concept was called the Bronco to also be amphibious. It's got a huge

21:55amount of cargo space. It can hold 2,400 pounds of cargo or six paratroopers or two stretchers

22:02and a medic.

22:14Four countries placed orders for the new Broncos when they first

22:34were released in the 1960s including Germany, Thailand, Venezuela and Indonesia.

22:44So

22:54so

23:07resistant windshields and self-sealing fuel cells

23:12and that's to allow it to operate in hostile environments. What would happen is the Broncos

23:17would fly through the jungles as a forward advanced aircraft and they would go and scout

23:22out the fighter aircraft and where they would need to attack.

23:26Modern day the Bronco is actually still flown in the Los Angeles fire department. They have 15 Broncos.

23:36Tony pulling up there just way up high above us on the beach showing distinctive markings of the

23:42aircraft in dark camo green and orange. She still carries her German markings because the Bronco was

23:49based at their home base in Wildenheim in Belgium right next to Flanders fields.

24:03They thundered through the sky

24:17So Vanking cast us on the beach just twirling the wings at us going from high speed passes to low

24:23speed 90 degree pass there. This is to demonstrate the aircraft's excellent capability for maneuvering.

24:31It's got a really short turn radius and a very impressive roll rate.

24:56Now the maneuverability of the aircraft with that excellent roll rate and the kind of bucking

25:00maneuvers you see is why it gets the nickname the Bucking Bronco. Tony loves to fly this aircraft

25:07because of its maneuverability and he likes to show it off in the display as he's showing us

25:12there with a huge wing waggle. It's fully aerobatic it has great visibility he has a

25:18canopy which is a ginormous blast dome and he said as a pilot you really feel like you're flying

25:25on top of the world.

25:36So

25:51you're listening to Radio Airshow from BBC Essex live from Clacton. A

25:55shout out now for Louise Latarche. Thank you for being the best neighbour and coming to

26:00Clacton Airshow. That's from Ellie. Sounds good to me and I've got a very interesting email to

26:09bring you now. Could I get a shout out to ask Sanchia if she'll marry me please. My name is Dan

26:20she's the sweetest most perfect person I've ever met and I'd very much like to marry her.

26:26This is from Dan. So I mean I need an update on this. We need to know what's going on here.

26:33Sanchia is it yes for Dan? Tell me. Wyatt at bbc.co.uk. How lovely and if it is we'll tell

26:42Tony he'll be delighted that his display has accompanied a marriage proposal here at Clacton.

26:49That was a fantastic moment Ian. As the proposal went on air

26:54Tony took his steep dive in the key sand style approach ready for his short takeoff and landing

27:01at Clacton airfield. What a fantastic display a highly capable aircraft

27:06super exciting but not as exciting as the marriage proposal.

At Clacton On Sea Essex Air show event on a much nicer day 2 Part 4 August 23

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