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Panned Pilatus by Treflyn Lloyd-Roberts Via Flickr: The Pilatus PC-21 demonstrator takes off from Fairford, having taken part in the static display at the 2023 Royal International Air Tattoo. Aircraft: Pilatus PC-21 HB-HZD. Location: RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire.

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VIDEO: Ukrainian Air Force releases incredible video of a MiG-29 in a passage "scratling" the ground

It is not clear what the purpose was, but in the ongoing war, Ukrainian pilots often fly low to avoid Russian radars and surface-to-air missiles.

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 04/12/2023 - 12:00in Military, Videos

A new video shared by the Ukrainian Air Force shows a MiG-29 jet fighter making an extremely low passage.

Over the weekend we posted on our Instagram profile an incredible video of the Ukrainian Air Force that shows a MiG-29 fighter making an incredibly low passage in the aviation field, very close to the ground, before climbing back to the sky.

The video of the low passage of the Soviet-era jet was posted on Thursday by the Ukrainian Air Force, but it is not clear when or where it was filmed. And the service did not inform why the jet was flying in this condition.

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The publication of the video comes at a time when Ukrainian pilots have to fly low to avoid radar detection, to avoid surface-to-air missiles. Flying low therefore has its advantages, but it is risky.

The serious threat posed by surface-to-air missile batteries on both sides of the war - from the Russian S-300 and S-400 to the mixing of Soviet and Western Ukrainian systems - prevented either side from achieving air superiority. Both Russia and Ukraine are still putting aircraft in the air, but this often requires a different type of flight, keeping distance from enemy terrain.

And there are many examples of low flights, although usually not as low as the video posted by the Ukrainian Air Force.

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"At very low altitudes, you can mask the terrain, making it difficult to detect radars or other systems," said Guy Snodgrass, a former U.S. naval aviator and TOPGUN instructor, about low flights in general. And, "if a system detects you, the launch window will be much narrower than at higher altitudes."

Flying low is not necessarily more difficult, but it requires certain skills, according to Snodgrass. "Flying lower is not necessarily more difficult, although it requires more tasks and requires more concentration. Most of the time is spent focusing on avoiding the terrain, which reduces the time available to perform higher order tasks, such as scanning radar, talking on the radio or navigating," he said.

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At higher altitudes, pilots have more time to react and can more easily avoid involuntarily crashing their planes to the ground. "We always say: 'speed is life... altitude is life insurance,'" Snodgrass added. It's an exchange. Flying at lower altitudes makes it more difficult for the enemy to detect and attack the aircraft, but it also potentially puts the plane at greater risk of accident.

As for the MiG in the Ukrainian Air Force video, it doesn't seem that it could get lower.

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Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has work published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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On the trail of Goldfinger

Goldfinger was the first James Bond film to feature the Alps and the third in the long-running movie series. The film was made in 1964 and was based on the 1959 novel written by Ian Fleming. It was the seventh James Bond novel.

The film made a passable attempt at the novel, unlike the movies that followed. In the novel, James Bond follows Auric Goldfinger down that well-driven route through France that all British visitors to the Alps take, although without today's motorways. Bond makes it as far as Geneva, Switzerland, staying at the Hotel des Bergues. Bond's cover is he works for Universal Exports - which has offices in Geneva. From here Bond gets involved with Tilly Masterson's assassination attempt of Goldfinger at Coppet, just up the lake shore from Geneva where Goldfinger Enterprises Auric A.G. are based. That's as far as Bond makes it into the Alps - really just the Jura.

In the film, Goldfinger (played by Gert Fröbe) airfreights his Roll-Royce Silver Ghost from the UK to Switzerland after taking a beating at golf by Bond. Bond (played by Sean Connery) follows thanks to the RAF transporting his Aston Martin DB5. The Furka scenes start with Goldfinger's Rolls Royce passing the Hotel Belvédère and Bond following. Although Bond is filmed at Realp, which is actually at the end of the pass. Using the DB5's satellite navigation, he follows Goldfinger, although, like the Google maps of today, it's easily confused, showing Goldfinger outside of Geneva on the lake road near Coppet (perhaps the sat nav people only saw the book, not the script).

Bond is then overtaken on the top of the pass by Tilly Masterson (played by Tania Mallet). Tilly is the sister of Jill Masterson (played by Shirley Eaton), Goldfinger's assistant and the girl suffocated by gold paint in the iconic scene of the movie. Goldfinger then stops at a fruit seller on the descent to Realp and Bond stops to watch, nearly being hit by a bullet aimed at Goldfinger and fired by Tilly. A chase then ensues where Bond derails Tilly's Mustang with his Aston.

Bond then proceeds to drop Tilly off at a petrol station in Andermatt. The petrol station closed on the film's 50th anniversary and today the Hotel Aurora sits on the site. A sad-looking place that may or may not still be in business, the concrete plinth of the petrol pumps is the only remaining evidence of its previous fame. Much of the Furka pass is the same today as in 1964, except for the gravel road surface by the Belvédère, which is now tarmac and generally, the pass is a bit wider. Most of the buildings on the Furka including the Belvédère are disused and fading away. The only new addition is a sign on the descent where Bond stopped to watch Goldfinger - James Bond Str and a plinth commemorating the life of Sean Connery, who died in 2020.

Later on in the film, Goldfinger's smelting factory uses the Pilatus Aircraft factory in Stans on the far side of Lake Lucerne. They manufactured the Pilatus Porter PC-6, a pilotless plane that Pierce Brosnan skydived into during the opening sequence of Goldeneye. Tilly attempting to shoot Goldfinger for the second time was also filmed at the factory, although the Aston's crash that follows was filmed on a backlot at Pinewood Studios.

During the filming of the movie, Sean Connery stayed in room 21 of the Bergidyll Hotel in Andermatt. Connery wouldn't recognise much of Andermatt today thanks to a major expansion taking place over the last five years.

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Pilatus PC-21 per la Royal Canadian Air Force La Royal Canadian Air Force addestrerà i piloti a bordo dei Pilatus PC-21 acquistati in diciannove esemplari nel ambito del programma "Future Aircrew Training"

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Top Aces reaches 2,000 flight hours in providing ADAIR services for 5ª generation fighter pilots

Fernando Valduga By Fernando Valduga 12/04/2023 - 11:00am Military

Top Aces is celebrating the more than 2,000 flight hours and 1,500 sorties in the first year of Adversary Air advanced support (ADAIR) to 5ª Generation combat pilots at Eglin Air Bases, Florida and Luke, Arizona.

Reflecting on the success of the program, Top Aces recalls that it was an incredible year of "innovations" in the industry, with the first commercial fleet of F-16; the first contracted fighters that can be refueled in flight; and the first 4ª generation fighters with an open mission system that integrates active electronic scanning matrix radar (AESA), helmet-mounted signaling system (HMCS) and Link-16.

Top Aces states that it has raised the level of how USAF's 5ª generation pilots are training with the ADAIR contract, and expects with this many more years as part of the development of the combat leaders of the U.S. Armed Forces.

A private defense company, Top Aces provides opposing air support and training services to military organizations. The company operates a fleet of several fighters, including the F-16 Fighting Falcon.

The F-16 is a multifunctional fighter originally developed by General Dynamics (now Lockheed Martin) for the United States Air Force. Since then, it has been widely exported and used by many air forces around the world. Top Aces employs the F-16 in its role as an aggressor or adversary, simulating enemy aircraft to provide realistic training scenarios for military pilots.

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Aviation photographer and pilot since 1992, has participated in several events and air operations, such as Cruzex, AirVenture, Dayton Airshow and FIDAE. He has work published in specialized aviation magazines in Brazil and abroad. Uses Canon equipment during his photographic work in the world of aviation.

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