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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 22391444" data-attributes="member: 158020">-The Valley of Fighter Jets- Nestled between the towns of Dolgellau and Machynlleth, in central  Wales, is a series of grass covered valleys that is renowned the world  over among photographers and aviation enthusiast for being one of the  best places in the world to watch fighter jets in action. This area is  referred to as Low Flying Area 7, but is better known as the Mach Loop. The  Mach Loop, which gets its name from the nearby town of Machynlleth, is  essentially a roundabout for low level air traffic that snakes around  the mountain peaks. Aircrafts such as Tornados, Typhoons, Hawks and  F-15E Strike Eagles race through the narrow valley, hugging the ground  as it twists and turns around the mountains. The machines fly  dangerously close to the terrain, sometimes as low as 100 feet off the  ground, at speeds over 500 miles per hour. Viewers can get so close to  the scene of action that during flybys one can clearly see the pilots  inside the cockpits. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5xZR7f6oJdc/WCDAIV0M2pI/AAAAAAABQjU/8E9ev3z2Mng/mach-loop-66.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (A Tornado GR4 at Mach Loop) Low  level flying has several tactical advantages, such as flying below  enemy radar to avoid detection, and evading engagement from other  aircrafts or attacks from the ground. Low flying is a demanding skill  that can only be acquired through progressive training and continuous  practice. The Royal Air Force uses several areas within the United  Kingdom for low level flight training. Because low level flying can be  noisy, they are distributed all around the United Kingdom, “to share any  potential impact of this training activity as fairly as possible across  all the population”, says the RAF. “The  cool thing about Mach Loop, and why so many photographers climb those  steep, muddy hills and often camp out to capture the action, is the  variety of aircraft that flies by,” writes Tyler Rogoway for Jalopnik.  “The regulars are USAF F-15Es from RAF Lakenheath and RAF Typhoons,  along with C-130s, Hawk Trainers, and various helicopters, but visitors  do pop up, like A-10s or Saudi Tornadoes, or even Qinetiq test  aircraft.” The RAF publishes a timetable  of upcoming low level trainings, so that the local population can  prepare beforehand, such as keep livestock away from the region,  etcetera. Those in the United States wishing to witness such a  spectacle can head to the Rainbow Canyon, in the Death Valley National  park in California, where there is an area known to the military as the  R2508 Complex. Although not quite as scenic as the Mach Loop, the  Rainbow Canyon is one of the best, both in terms of the frequency of  aircrafts flying overhead and the relative ease of seeing them. In fact,  there are hundreds of low-level flying routes in the US, but very few  are so picturesque and many are empty most of the time. <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lc6zL1-pNdM/WCDAJKerIjI/AAAAAAABQjY/rveFTBjr4NA/mach-loop-102.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Typhoon T1) <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Gnft9WpsHZI/WCDAKZsFhPI/AAAAAAABQjc/8KzqNgZJ8Dk/mach-loop-85.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Hercules) <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Udagv0u-HgA/WCDALdzmeTI/AAAAAAABQjg/Mb2bk7A1uKc/mach-loop-22.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Tornado GR4) <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LvJC0t1AtMw/WCDAMUPf0QI/AAAAAAABQjk/sT4E49BrR9E/mach-loop-32.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Hawk T1) <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-rt7H-C-fKy0/WCDANJF1mPI/AAAAAAABQjo/UUHF2fWMhIM/mach-loop-52.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (Tornado GR4) <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-I0O6cH2hGMA/WCDAOfJNcmI/AAAAAAABQjs/Hu-A2D53Dmo/mach-loop-72.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> (F15C Eagle) <img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-8OOSb94faqk/WCDAPIOgvbI/AAAAAAABQjw/N3i0VmUgyAo/mach-loop-16.jpg?imgmax=1600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></blockquote>

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