Camera Guy Finds The Sickest Spot To Film Fighter Jets… The Footage Is Amazing

If you’ve never heard of the Mach Loop, you need to just stop reading this now (but come back after you’ve finished your homework) and look it up. There is plenty of footage on YouTube, some  great info on Wikipedia, and much more out there about this amazing spot, so you owe it to yourself to go find out all about it.

Now that you’ve educated yourself, you can better understand how this YouTuber is able to get eye-level footage of some of the baddest jets in the British Royal Air Force. In this particular video, the jet in question is known as the Tornado and, despite still being a very capable aircraft, the RAF is retiring the fleet soon. Our videographer knows this and does a great job of capturing some of the most badass jets in the skies over Europe, possibly for the last time.

While I’ll admit I’m hardly versed in military training or maneuvers, it does look like these pilots are doing some pretty intense training, flying through the valleys of the Mach Loop at astonishing speeds and with the precision required to fly for the RAF. You can tell these guys know exactly what they’re doing strapped into the cockpit of these awesome machines as they swoop and dive through the passages between the mountains.

I also have to give the camera guy some serious props for his steady hand and quick target acquisition. As a photographer of high-speed action, I can tell you it’s not always easy to find what you’re looking for through the viewfinder, especially if it’s moving really fast against a background it’s designed to blend in with. But this guy does a stellar job of tracking the planes while they’re in the frame and finding them quickly when swapping from subject to subject. He’s obviously filmed here before and knows the challenges well, and has enough experience to master the techniques required to capture these planes in action.