Comments on: switzerland in a fighter jet

switzerland in a fighter jet

vronsky — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 18:51:15 -0800

zoom over the ice planet hoth in your x wing

By: Balisong

Balisong — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:01:02 -0800

Not an X-wing, Not Hoth. But pretty zoomy...

By: sourwookie

sourwookie — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:01:12 -0800

The preferred method of zooming over Hoth was the Snowspeeder, which I believe to be a modified A-wing. Cool vid, tho.

By: chinston

chinston — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:04:48 -0800

What Balisong said. You, sir, are a liar!

By: lekvar

lekvar — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:06:29 -0800

Ha ha, vronsky fails at geek!

By: Standeck

Standeck — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:07:18 -0800

Definitely a place where having a plane that can climb straight up is an asset.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:19:30 -0800

What is that thing at Mauvoisin? An ice dam?

By: mendel

mendel — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:20:34 -0800

I kept finding myself hitting the numeric keypad to look out the side window like you would in MS Flight Simulator. Neat video!

By: muckster

muckster — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:22:01 -0800

Hoth was Norway?

By: muckster

muckster — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:23:14 -0800

And where did they cut the gondola wire doing just this? Italy?

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:31:41 -0800

Wow, if that were in a club and I were on acid, I don't think I would be able to leave the club.

By: malocchio

malocchio — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:31:42 -0800

Beautiful. The Matterhorn is breathtaking.

By: Vindaloo

Vindaloo — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:43:13 -0800

Great vid, but I think it's a double.

By: redteam

redteam — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:44:44 -0800

Well I'll be damned. Look at that. An eviscerated Tauntaun right before the first marker.

By: rtha

rtha — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:47:35 -0800

Spectacular. Though the music was annoying.

By: jedicus

jedicus — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:47:53 -0800

The "Star Wars Databank" says "The Hoth battle sequences were filmed on location atop the Härdangerjøkulen Glacier in Finse, Norway." Just in case you were curious.

By: Partial Law

Partial Law — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:49:54 -0800

I suddenly want very much to play Terminal Velocity.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:51:44 -0800

in your face lekvar!

By: speug

speug — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:52:55 -0800

What is that thing at Mauvoisin? An ice dam? It's just what it looks like - the Mauvoisin dam. Built in the late 1950's - as was the Hawker Hunter. They both appear to have aged remarkably well. Would that I could say the same!

By: Brandon Blatcher

Brandon Blatcher — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 19:58:29 -0800

Such natural beauty reduced to a clip for cheesy scifi. Best of the web for sure!

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:00:28 -0800

'Flight sim' mode in Google Earth is also tits for those who like zoooming.

By: Richard Daly

Richard Daly — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:04:27 -0800

So, can any pilots tell about how high off the ground that plane was at around 2:20?

By: spacediver

spacediver — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:07:04 -0800

not to take away from the beauty of the video, but did it seem awfully slow to anyone else? I'm sure it's just an illusion brought about by the quasi-fractal like nature of the landscale, and that the spatial scales were larger than they appeared, but even when the plane was close enough to cause a shadow, there didn't seem to be that sense of speed.

By: inthe80s

inthe80s — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:46:21 -0800

Not to be a killjoy or anything, but am I the only one who remembers this this from a few years ago? still, it's awesome footage, mesmerizing really.

By: OverlappingElvis

OverlappingElvis — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 20:49:13 -0800

That is one of the geekiest link titles I've seen in a while.

By: mctsonic

mctsonic — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:21:50 -0800

Vronsky - thanks much for the link - after a rotten day, speeding over Swiss Alps in a fighter jet is just what I needed - awesome! .... PS - Do the Swiss really need fighter jets? Chocolate missles and Swiss knife smartbombs?

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:31:01 -0800

Heh richard daly, just clicked your profile. Truer words have never been spoken. Cheers. And I was hoping a pilot would chime in about the height too. and thanks speug. It is the second highest dam in the world. Cool.

By: rob511

rob511 — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:54:06 -0800

inthe80s: To answer your question, no no.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 21:59:37 -0800

"Do the Swiss really need fighter jets?" if they want to spread "neutrality" around the globe they do.

By: dontoine

dontoine — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:05:48 -0800

CHeese.

By: lekvar

lekvar — Thu, 01 Mar 2007 23:35:23 -0800

In my face? Have Norway and Switzerland somehow become the same country in the last 24 hours? Damnit! Where will I get my chocolate now?

By: Z303

Z303 — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 01:37:57 -0800

Two more just incase people have not seen them before Mirage III Formation Flight In The Alps and Swiss Air Force - Push The Limit

By: chinston

chinston — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:09:24 -0800

Seconding spacediver's question. Did this seem slow, or was it just me/us?

By: revgeorge

revgeorge — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:24:42 -0800

Needs more Final Countdown by Europe.

By: steef

steef — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:08:35 -0800

Needs more Dack.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:33:37 -0800

NICE steef. nice nice nice!

By: Ohdemah

Ohdemah — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:06:51 -0800

Where's Wedge?

By: Ohdemah

Ohdemah — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:09:45 -0800

Whoops...Here's the real Wedge.

By: vronsky

vronsky — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:47:22 -0800

And a 10 minute star wars clip on you tube?? How is that possible? Does the dark lord know about this? Half of the vids I've bookmarked have been taken down already. (I really miss the Keyra Augustina one.)

By: vronsky

vronsky — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 09:52:15 -0800

"Such natural beauty reduced to a clip for cheesy scifi. Best of the web for sure!" huh, wha.. O someone made a snarky comment before clicking the link didn't they. Dumb dumb.