lasermonkey Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 It looks like the Hurricane I've seen flying around for the past few days is newly restored P3717, which is the third Hurricane to live at Old Warden. What struck me most of all was that the Merlin in this one sounds like a contented cat! Spanky new Hurricane. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Just been sitting in the sun dozing when I heard a familiar rumbling sound and a DC3 flew by about a kilometre away. The tail was a greenish colour but I didn't have time to get my binoculars so can't say any more than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Ten minutes ago, a couple of Rafaels, and not very high. John. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battle Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 An Alpha Jet (at least I think that's what it was, I only saw it as it was heading away from me) headed north over Oxford at about 1000 feet (guestimate). It didn't show up on ADSB Exchange. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hovis Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Driving down the M2 into Belfast earlier me and Mrs Hovis passed a large grey Airbus on finals into Aldergrove, can anybody confirm if a Voyager visited said Station today? (yesterday now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Yesterday lunchtime I saw two single trail probably about 1km apart heading north, travelling faster than the normal airline traffic. Through my (not very powerful) binoculars all I could see were a couple of dots, probably Mirage 2000s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover420 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 On 10/05/2017 at 10:07 PM, lasermonkey said: Not quite over my house, but the Airlander was clearly visible over Cardington. Nice to see an airship in the sky again, especially on such a beautiful day. I can remember when the first airship for many years was made at Cardington. I saw it in someone's back garden after it broke loose from its mooring in strong winds. It was a bit deflated then. Crikey, I must be old! I can remember a few crashes in my early years. I was in the top floor classroom at school, Cedars in Leighton Buzzard, when an almighty racket went over. two minutes later an F111 crashed at Cranfield. the 'escape pod' worked a treat and both crew were unhurt, IIRC. Dad and myself went and had a look at that too, well what was left! He was on duty at Leighton Fire Station at the time of the crash and was called to it, but stood down halfway there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 I saw a sea vixen fly over Larkhill heading north east between 500-700ft, about 1130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Just gone over loosely following the A15 North of Lincoln. I think a Jet Ranger in formation with what I thought was a Tucano, though I only got a quick glimpse through the house window. Bit late at night on a Friday for the RAF, it may have been a PC 12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 It was as gloomy as I've ever seen for mid May, with a low and thick overcast and constant rain. I did, however, see a Tiger Moth through a small gap in the clouds. Rather him than me, in this weather! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Just had a Boeing 727 overhead Truro at less than 3000ft. From T2 Aviation Oil Response, operating out of Newquay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Unusual confluence earlier, in small space in the sky both a A380, and a 747 were briefly appearing close, though seperated by 6000ft vertically and few hundred meters in 2d space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Returning home from walking the dogs this morning, a Transall in what seemed to be desert camouflage appeared from behind some trees in a steep bank and then proceeded to follow the contours at about 250ft agl. Very impressive to see a large aircraft being thrown around at low level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HL-10 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 HONEST! pic host 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 Ju 52: Nice sound. René 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted May 23, 2017 Share Posted May 23, 2017 I used to live close to Blackbushe when there was a Ju52 there, the first time I heard it I thought someone was rattling a stick around the inside of a corrugated dustbin x3. Years later the one painted in Lufthansa colours came to Heathrow and that sounded much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 Off work today so had lunch in the garden and spotted a Red Arrow Hawk. Also today a small red & yellow monoplane (Sukhoi?) doing aerobatics at around 1500ft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Whilst running the egg farm this lunchtime....Yeovilton...lucky enough to hear the sound of twin avons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatalbert Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Not my house but two Dassult Rafale fighters landed at Cambridge this morning,scared the hell out of me as they arrived as I was walking between the hangers.I assume they are here for Duxford this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 Quite a bit, currently next to Wembley stadium and got the stansted departures flying over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amblypygid Posted May 27, 2017 Share Posted May 27, 2017 16 hours ago, fatalbert said: Not my house but two Dassult Rafale fighters landed at Cambridge this morning,scared the hell out of me as they arrived as I was walking between the hangers.I assume they are here for Duxford this weekend. Indeed they are, I saw them do some practice runs/displays yesterday at Duxford. Some elderly folks who had come for a quiet potter around the museum were close by and were not amused by the volume when one did a solo aerobatic display just after lunch. As always with modern jet fighters, I was impressed by just how rapidly they can change direction (there's a good video of a display by them last year here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsVAO_U78Qg) Flying over my house, and then over my son's school as I picked him up on Thursday, and also heading for Duxford, one of those tilt-rotor Ospreys. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Something odd, was out in the garden and saw a vapour trail from something, too high to see quite what, heading northeast, went inside and checked flightracker, no flights that it could have been, every flights heading north in the southeast where gatwick or stansted depatures so not ones that could have flown over. Mysterious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza l Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 A busy weekend at Cambridge Airport, the French Air Force arrived with a pair of Rafale's on Friday, based here for the Duxford show. Their support plane arrived later in the afternoon to drop off some gear and then retured to France. Then Sally B decided to do some circuit bashing. gazza l 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Shorts Skyvan C-FARA out of BZZ: https://fr24.com/CFARA/d8f40ab Looks like it's doing Para drops around North Hereford. Currently on the ground at Shobdon. This is quite normal for this A/C (along with G-PIGY). It'll use Shobdon as a Forming-Up point. Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 On Thursday lastweek, a pair of Mil Mi-171 helicopters passed fairly low over while I was waiting for a tram. Today, again while waiting for a tram, two pairs of Aero L-159 ALCA aircraft flew over the centre of town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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