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Fighter Jet Cockpit Video Shows How Incredible Flying An RAF Typhoon Is

WATCH: This Is What It's Like To Fly A Fighter Jet
Chris York
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Not many of us have what it takes to be a fighter pilot - stomach and nerves of steel, lightning fast and the apparently obligatory cut-glass English accent.

So this video is closest we're likely to get - a backseat ride in an RAF Typhoon on an ultra-low level mission over the stunning scenery of the Lake District and the Welsh valleys.

And it is incredible....

Views From Planes
Grenada(01 of127)
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Seattle(02 of127)
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Salt Lake City(03 of127)
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Eiffel Tower, Paris(04 of127)
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Mumbai(05 of127)
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Sydney (06 of127)
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Sydney(07 of127)
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Boston (09 of127)
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Chicago(10 of127)
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Grand Canyon(11 of127)
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Lake Diefenbaker, Saskatchewan(12 of127)
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Dubai(13 of127)
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Alps(14 of127)
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Sunset (15 of127)
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Shubham:
Sunset over the North Mexican Sky
Delhi(16 of127)
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Shubham:
Costa Rica(17 of127)
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xinbermz:
San Jose countryside
Greenland(18 of127)
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notmzbehavin:
Crossing the Alps 2008(19 of127)
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notmzbehavin:
Point Salines Airport, St. George's, Grenada(20 of127)
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bwells46:
Point Salines Airport, St. George's, Grenada. St. George's University School of Medicine can also be seen.
Over Utah(21 of127)
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JasonShawnHarris:
Not sure exactly where, but this looked cool.
Andorra April 2010(22 of127)
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FatalFlaw:
Image looking east across the french pyrennees towards Andorra, from my Mooney M20K
Balloon over sussex(23 of127)
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FatalFlaw:
Summer's evening 2009 - a balloon over Sussex. From an Ikarus C42 Microlight.
Lisbon, Portugal(24 of127)
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Ian Allen:
Wisconsin(25 of127)
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Kathleen Perry:
Flying to Grand Turk(26 of127)
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Estrogenx:
Appraoching Provinciale in Turks and Caicos
New Zealand(27 of127)
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rayjoy:
Queenstown, New Zealand
st maarten(28 of127)
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gfab415:
photo: gianpaolo fabiano
San Francisco(29 of127)
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alexy c:
San Francisco - Golden Gate and North Beach, November '09
inflight1(30 of127)
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down south(31 of127)
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Colorado River(32 of127)
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cgsmith58:
Sierra Nevada Mountains(33 of127)
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cgsmith58:
Sierra Nevada Moutains(34 of127)
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cgsmith58:
Vilnius, Lithuania(35 of127)
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Raimonda Murmokaite:
DC to LA(36 of127)
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Foto Dezyn:
Over the Grand Canyon(37 of127)
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Foto Dezyn:
Flying from DC to LA(38 of127)
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Foto Dezyn:
Ao Phang Nga, Thailand(39 of127)
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kiwiarmadillo:
A330(40 of127)
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cuav8r55:
Passing underneath a US Airways A330 on the North Atlantic tracks. 1000' above.
Greenland(41 of127)
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cuav8r55:
SE Coast of Greenland from 35,000'
Thames River, London Bridge(42 of127)
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ensp75:
Marin Headlands, Golden Gate Bridge(43 of127)
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San Francisco, Bay Bridge, Alameda(44 of127)
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Alps, 2008(45 of127)
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notmzbehavin:
Hong Kong(46 of127)
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eddieeddiedotcom:
Leaving Hong Kong airport on the way to the Philippines
Hong Kong(47 of127)
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eddieeddiedotcom:
leaving Hong Kong on the way to the Philippines 2
Approaching Salt Lake City(48 of127)
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PilotNW:
Alps(49 of127)
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cgsmith58:
Flying into Milan in the early morning
More Alps(50 of127)
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cgsmith58:
Early in the morning flying into Milan
still more Alps(51 of127)
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cgsmith58:
Early AM approaching Milan
Andalusia, Spain(52 of127)
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Erik Chamberlin:
New Mexico(53 of127)
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Erik Chamberlin:
Nevada(54 of127)
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Sibiu, Romania(55 of127)
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Sibiu, Romania(56 of127)
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MacHeath:
The Mohawk Valley near Albany New York(57 of127)
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MacHeath:
Trip SAN to LAS(58 of127)
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Gernot Trolf:
Round green areas in the desert
cape canaveral space center (59 of127)
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Burlesque Lea:
cape canaveral space center Sep. 7th/2012
Vancouver, BC(60 of127)
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Burlesque Lea:
Asheville North Carolina(61 of127)
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Tim Prey:
early morning Asheville North Carolina
Australia(62 of127)
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Tim Prey:
Australia
Greenland(63 of127)
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debatrickworld:
Greenland in July
NASCAR... Beat This!(64 of127)
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PL Wise:
The little known 7.5 mile high banked oval at the Transportation Research Center in East Liberty, Ohio.
South Florida Sky(65 of127)
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obtheoneandonly:
Miami Beach(66 of127)
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Burlesque Lea:
Mt Hood, Oregon(67 of127)
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CEO 55:
Mt. Hood at sunset, Oregon
Clouds(68 of127)
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Wiitala Brothers:
Somewhere over British Columbia, Canada.
Still(69 of127)
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Jennifer Green:
Toronto(70 of127)
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Caribbean(71 of127)
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seajayh:
Skyway Bridge Tampa Bay, Florida(72 of127)
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Ryan Lorenc-Haluska:
A Rare View from plane: Ship Beautifully Bisects Bridge Span
Mt Rainier(73 of127)
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urbanminer:
Sunset with Mt Rainier
Sometimes the clouds paint the sky...(74 of127)
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mpizzlex:
Near Tokyo, Japan.By Michael Paulhttp://www.michaeltpaul.com/
Flight to The Philippines(75 of127)
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dustbusterz:
Trip to The Philippines
Flight to The Philippines(76 of127)
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Trip to the Philippines
Flight to The Philippines(77 of127)
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Just Outside Davao City
Flight to The Philippines(78 of127)
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dustbusterz:
Just Approaching Manila
Grand Canyon(79 of127)
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Oscar Kimani:
The Way to Taveuni(80 of127)
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REMEMBER2050:
We left Nadi to fly to Fiji's garden island, Taveuni, and were floored by this sight on the way. Fiji is arguably the most beautiful country on the planet, and we realized that before we had even landed.
Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania(81 of127)
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lioness69:
Zanzibar(82 of127)
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lioness69:
Hanoi, Vietnam(83 of127)
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lioness69:
The Way to Taveuni(84 of127)
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REMEMBER2050:
Fiji is the most beautiful nation on the planet, and we realized that even before we had even landed on its garden island, Taveuni.
ISLAND JEWELS(85 of127)
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REMEMBER2050:
Fiji is as beautiful from the air as it is from the ground. These are reefs we saw as we left Taveuni, and the white areas of the picture are breaking waves.
The Reef(86 of127)
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REMEMBER2050:
Fiji's islands and reefs sparkle like jewels, even when viewed from a plane.
Full Moon Rising over Antarctica(87 of127)
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az2brazil:
Flight from Buenos Aires to Sydney, Australia during the full moon.
Sydney, Australia(88 of127)
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az2brazil:
The most awesome place to fly into!
Kathmandu Valley(89 of127)
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Varghad:
landing in Kathmandu Nepal.
Seattle(90 of127)
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thebrennan6:
AlpsAlitalia(91 of127)
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albiedavis:
Wow! We're over the Alps!
Mt. Fuji from above(92 of127)
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mpizzlex:
Mt. Fuji rises above the city of Tokyo, Japan.by Michael Paulhttp://www.michaeltpaul.com/
Over Greenland(93 of127)
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snookums:
Ice melting over Greenland. imagine how good this photo would have been with the windows rolled down.
Paris(94 of127)
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Cayman Islands(95 of127)
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Daylon Walton:
Cayman Islands
Half Dome at 30,000 ft.(96 of127)
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Techiedude:
Flying over Yosemite from Chicago to California.
Hell's Canyon - Idaho-Oregon Border(97 of127)
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mightyhead:
Taken by a passenger from my 1964 Piper Cherokee
The Bahamas(98 of127)
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ualwings:
Leaving Paradise
Above the Clouds(99 of127)
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Dahl Todd:
A shot that I had taken from the wing seat of a jet.
The pyramids of Giza, Cairo, Egypt(100 of127)
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Zman9:
The pyramids of Giza
The Maldives(101 of127)
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LauraHH:
Flying into Male in the Maldives
Italian Alps in March(102 of127)
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MattBoy214:
Venezuela coast(103 of127)
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Lineu D Paula:
Cancun, Mexico(104 of127)
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gmcg100:
Full view of Cancun and the "Cancun Point"!!!
Cancun, Mexico(105 of127)
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gmcg100:
Full view of Cancun and the "Cancun Point"!!!
Cancun, Mexico(106 of127)
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gmcg100:
Full view of Cancun and the "Cancun Point"!!!
Mount Hood(107 of127)
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Derek Cronk:
Mount Hood near Portland, Oregon
Alaska(108 of127)
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bzbc:
A fellow passenger said we had just passed Mt. McKinley. I'll always wonder if this was it...
Flying towards Fairbanks, Alaska(109 of127)
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bzbc:
Could these be UFO's?
Alaska glacier(110 of127)
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bzbc:
Miami, Florida(111 of127)
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bzbc:
Miami, Florida(112 of127)
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bzbc:
somewhere between Miami and Seattle (113 of127)
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London, UK(114 of127)
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bzbc:
New York, NY(115 of127)
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bzbc:
New York, NY(116 of127)
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bzbc:
USA Fields(117 of127)
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New Zealand(118 of127)
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Phil Cassidy:
Wind Farm
Guatemala(119 of127)
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Phil Cassidy:
Long Island and Fire Island, NY(120 of127)
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2gages:
Mt. Hood, Oregon(121 of127)
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2gages:
Mt. Hood in Oregon, with Mt. Baker in the background
Cloudscape(122 of127)
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Adam Bierman:
Denali Environs(123 of127)
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Ernie Strauch:
"Might be difficult to climb!"
Sedona from "Big Park"(124 of127)
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Ernie Strauch:
"America's Most Beautiful"
NY at sunset(125 of127)
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sandy76:
Archipelago of Finland(126 of127)
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BigHeadedShrimp:
That longish white dot at the lower right is a cruise ship.
Cancun, MX(127 of127)
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