Fantastic to see a video of the Saint. Whe. I was younger and my father was baised at RAF Lossiemouth I would often watch the Saint practice on Fridays. One year a group of Canadian F18s came across for D-day memorial. The Saint was out practicing high alpha passes like in video and the lead F18 fired up and they had a stand off. The station commander wasn't best pleased lol. But the Jag held its own against the much more modern F18 lol. Just remembered Andy Cuben was the display pilot of the Saint at the time. Fantastic guy.
Really wish they continued these jets in the production line. Newer versions could've been rolled out to keep the RAF's air superiority alongside the Tornado and Typhoon
It's a lovely jet but it ran its course. The design is more than 50 years old now! I do wish the RAF could keep more of its older jets flying for display purposes though.
It was never designed for air-to-air combat, why would it need to pull more than 6/7g? It had flares and chaff and 6/7 is enough. Looked like it turned pretty tight to me and those twin 30mm cannon probably weighed a lot too! Think of it as a small A-10 it's wingspan is only 28ft! It carried a lot of ordnance for it's size :)
The French and British (European maybe) obsession with absurdly high AOA units on landing for short runs. Instead of using drag chutes. Mirage series landing AOA 14 on TD. 12-16 on approach. Jaguar 15-18 AOA. That is nuts. Not even Soviets, with Mig-29 required that kind of AOA on approach. Americans scoff at that. Visibility = safety. A-10 with full flaps, 15% fuel, no stores, can 109 KIAS at threshold, with less then 10 AOA. What is F-16C, no stores, 15% fuel, 10-12 AOA with 150 KIAS at threshold. With 180 KIAS at threshold, 8-9 AOA for safe landing. Perhaps F-15E is one exception. Those guys cross threshold at 130 KIAS, pushing 15.
Eh? Get over yourselves, man! If you honestly believe that the RAF & the Armée de l'Air or any other airforce for that matter gives 1 fuk about how the US prefer to land their aircraft. You're fukn delusional, simple as....
