The pure rush of having a plane fly just a few meters over your head is indescribable

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aryvia@reddit (OP)

P8, yep. Not sure about the exact variant, but the exact airframe shown was ZP809.

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Danitoba94@reddit

And that's just a cute itty bitty little embraer. You ain't seen *nothing* yet! If that were a 777, the weight turbulence would have knocked you half on your ass. It would have been glorious!

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Oh, you're giving me ideas! There's a scheduled Air France Cargo 777F service every Tuesday & Friday at Prestwick, and I can get within 750ft of the runway (550ft in the video shown here). Same goes with Cargolux's 747s, but more frequently.

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Danitoba94@reddit

I don't even care if you record that or not. Just *experience* it. Also I do recommend ear protection.

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aryvia@reddit (OP)

Yeah, I had ear protection at Lossie as well. Noise cancelling headphones were on all the time. I made the mistake of not doing so once when I was stood next to four F15s on full afterburner - never again.

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usrnmz@reddit

>Noise cancelling headphones Do those actually provide adequate protection?

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aryvia@reddit (OP)

Worked well while I was there.

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doom_pizza@reddit

It’s a 737 (p8).

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WhatWouldLoisLaneDo@reddit

US Navy Gray and Meanie Anti-Submarine Machiney

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PD28Cat@reddit

If it was a B-52...

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Danitoba94@reddit

My ears are ringing at the very thought.

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PD28Cat@reddit

Or a Victor

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Danitoba94@reddit

Reel it back in there, cowboy. Let's stay sub-mach. We dont want to kill OP. Lol

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Pinksters@reddit

Fine. XF-84H Thunderscreech

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Danitoba94@reddit

Okay. But you got to go out there with them. 😈

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Pinksters@reddit

I'll head down to Wright Patterson AFB and talk them into firing up the Thunderscreech they have. People in Cincinatti would be able to hear it.

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Danitoba94@reddit

^.... ^is ^that ^available ^for ^public ^viewing?

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Pinksters@reddit

Close enough that you could [reach out and touch the nose](https://imgur.com/tLEzQFA) (Dont do that though, they dont like it)

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DiddledByDad@reddit

Got to fly on one of those once. Coolest fucking thing I’ve ever done bar none.

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yamthirdnow@reddit

That’s a P-8

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Danitoba94@reddit

Fixed my comment. Thanks.

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kj_gamer2614@reddit

What kinda airport has such large planes with such a low wooden fence? Only small airports that have some Cessnas and stuff and maybe the occasional small private jet have fences like that in the UK, any airport of even significant size or traffic type has massive gate

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Hot_Net_4845@reddit

It is a military base, so you'd probably be swiss cheese if you tried

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aryvia@reddit (OP)

Yeah, the incessant "WARNING: RAF POLICE DOGS" signs (as well as the people in boxes with rifles) dotted around the fence made it quite clear that you'd be breathing through a hole in your chest if you tried anything.

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kj_gamer2614@reddit

Yes, that’s fine, but it still allows easier access. Military bases around me also have high fences protecting them

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therocketsalad@reddit

Before 9/11, you could hang out in a spot like that all day with your camera and a rack of your beverage of choice and no one would bother you... ;/

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Chicago_Blackhawks@reddit

What risk could planespotters pose?

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mfigroid@reddit

Many places consider it "suspicious activity."

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aryvia@reddit (OP)

I haven't actually had any issues spotting outside of airports - even at some of the ones where you'd expect them to shout at you. I was sat at this exact spot at Lossiemouth for a good few hours, and, despite having countless RAF staff drive by me, no-one gave me any issues.

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Chicago_Blackhawks@reddit

Brutal

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bl4ck_dot@reddit

What a spot

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die_wunder_waffle@reddit

WHAT??!! Mum, mum

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Happy_Harry@reddit

MAWP

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hillbilly-thomist@reddit

Had my headphone volume up way too high for this. Rip hearing lol

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aryvia@reddit (OP)

And now imagine it happening in person! I definitely don't regret my choice of bringing noise cancelling headphones.

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NursemedicBigNasty@reddit

Reminds me a bit of the scene in Pushing Tin where John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton go out onto the runway and get blown around by the jet wash/wake turbulence

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GetOffMyGrassBrats@reddit

OK, that's more like 40 meters, but it's still pretty amazing.

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zoidbert@reddit

Aging myself: I just had a Hawaii 5-0 opening credits flashback.

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StagedC0mbustion@reddit

lol cameraman was ducking

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Direct_Witness1248@reddit

Touch and go? Seems fast with low flap setting to me, and no spoilers at touchdown.

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aryvia@reddit (OP)

Yeah, this was in circuit.

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anti2matter@reddit

W camera work

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pgisniperx@reddit

Have they made those fences larger recently at lossie? Last time i was there they seemed a lot shorter

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Walk_of_Shayne@reddit

Insert Wayne’s World gif

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poposheishaw@reddit

Can you describe that feeling for us?

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_themaninacan_@reddit

Its sole identifying characteristic is its indescribability.

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cardboardunderwear@reddit

By their own admission, OP cannot

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Phil-X-603@reddit

Is this AI generated? It has raked wingtips, a Boeing cockpit window shape, but it only has 2 wheels per bogie, and the tailplane looks wonky. Besides, the video feels sped up.

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TypicalRecon@reddit

It’s a P-8

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Phil-X-603@reddit

Oops, my bad

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aryvia@reddit (OP)

There would be a lot of perspective distortion since this was on a 16mm lens. At the beginning and end, it was zoomed in to 50mm with 2× digital zoom ontop. The aircraft shown is a Boeing P8 Poseidon.

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