Truro Model Builder Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 I had the two Voyagers and four F-35Bs go overhead on their delivery flight this evening. Typically it was cloudy, though they sounded impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Sat having lunch at Leitholm and High in the sky saw two dots close together. Looking through binoculars resolved into an E3 Sentry being tanked by a KC135. First time seen this for real. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullbasket Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Two AlfaJets screamed over at easily less than a 1000 feet. I was on my (noisy) sit upon mower and wearing ear defenders, but they still scared the out of me. John. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wafu Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Gazelle on transit to RNAS Culdrose, looked very like 705 colours but just to far away to confirm, that whine is distinct after 8 years at Shawbury.😉 This is mornings coffee break was broken with a NH90 inbound to CU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 Earlier this afternoon a Hawker biplane, either a Demon or a Hind, flew overhead. I didn't get to my bins in time to get a positive id. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skids Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 About 20 minutes ago a very low Curtis Hawk 75A-1 heading to Sywell 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted June 8, 2018 Share Posted June 8, 2018 Skeeter and Sycamore helicopters flying south by the white cliffs of Dover at about 1.30 pm. Also the 2 seat Spitfire from Biggin Hill just before this. A very rewarding walk from Langdon cliffs to the South Foreland light house. Dick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LotusArenco Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Slight mad dash through the house as today’s flypast was over the back garden rather than out of the front door! And I mean right over the garden! Wonderful sight and noise. Mart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 On 6/7/2018 at 5:30 PM, Wafu said: Gazelle on transit to RNAS Culdrose, looked very like 705 colours but just to far away to confirm, that whine is distinct after 8 years at Shawbury.😉 This is mornings coffee break was broken with a NH90 inbound to CU. It certainly was in 705 NAS markings. I ate my lunch in the viewing enclosure at Culdrose, and for a split second thought I'd fallen back in time 15-odd years when it came into view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cocky05d Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Hi ,i live near Iron bridge in Shropshire ,Hawker Hurricane just made 3 passes over the village . Cosford Airshow is on tomorrow ,never been, but often see the aircraft flying the day before . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted June 9, 2018 Share Posted June 9, 2018 Had a Spitfire, probably MH434, fly over yesterday. We don't have big skies here in Bedfordshire and in my back garden, we're pretty hemmed-in. It's a very restricted filed of view. Despite that, just half an hour ago we could see three red kites and three buzzards wheeling around overhead at the same time. The buzzards are usually at altitude, but the kites, which are now very frequent visitors, come much lower. They've been mewing at each other and playing tag. Such beautiful creatures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 The unmistakable whistle and growl of a P-51. I looked out the back, but it went the other way, so I didn't get to I D it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 A couple of evenings ago I was outside and heard a rather distinctive drone. I looked up to see a pair of Stearmans pottering up the Dee estuary heading towards West Kirby. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stringbag Posted June 10, 2018 Share Posted June 10, 2018 5 hours ago, Max Headroom said: A couple of evenings ago I was outside and heard a rather distinctive drone. I looked up to see a pair of Stearmans pottering up the Dee estuary heading towards West Kirby. Trevor They were heading back down towards Chester again this evening Trevor. I saw them from the Welsh side of the water. Chris. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Coombs Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Eight AH-64Ds (four pairs) flew over my office a couple of minutes ago. I could hear them coming about 20 seconds before they arrived. And now a Tornado has zipped ove the top. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Block Posted June 11, 2018 Share Posted June 11, 2018 Throughout this morning we have had a Dakota, Chinook, Jet Provost and a Spitfire over head, all at relatively low level - all departures from yesterdays RAF Cosford Airshow and a pleasant change to the civilian light aircraft that we normally get from Halfpenny Green! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Where me and Mrs Wez have trundled the self propelled home on wheels to is near Cazaux so there's been plenty of noisy stuff flying overhead for the past couple of days but it's been too cloudy to see what the fuss is about. The cloud is clearing today an I've caught site of 3 pairs of Singaporean M346's, followed by something altogether more dangerous, bigger and louder but out of sight, can any of our French members offer a suggestion as to what that might be? Any Mirages or Rafales fly out of Cazaux these days? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 14, 2018 Share Posted June 14, 2018 Just seen the answer to my own question, just saw 4 Mirage 2000's approaching Cazaux, which along with all the Alpha Jets I've seen accounts for all the noise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 16, 2018 Share Posted June 16, 2018 (edited) Me and Mrs Wez are making our way north in the self propelled house on wheels and are now near Royan where a Bell-47 with big balloon type floats is trundling up the coast. A Bell-47 in flight is a rare thing indeed, one on floats even rarer! Edited June 16, 2018 by Wez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted June 17, 2018 Share Posted June 17, 2018 The other weekend a deep throaty growl intrigued me and slowly resolved itself into an ex Antarctic DHC Beaver and was accompanied by two Tiger Moths. Turns out the local Lions Club had paid for the Morrinsville ATC to all have flights in these three aeroplanes - good on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted June 18, 2018 Share Posted June 18, 2018 On hols at the moment in Greece and have seen a Greek AF Spartan going in and out of Santorini Airport. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 20, 2018 Share Posted June 20, 2018 Me and Mrs Wez have taken the self propelled house on wheels to the seaside just south of La Rochelle where it is flipping hot! Just had a Mirage 2000 roar along the coast at less than 150ft - trés formidable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 (edited) Still temporarily near La Rochelle, just had a Hughes 300 type helicopter fly along the coast. I must say, France is doing well for obsolete helicopters, first a Bell 47 and now this. Edited June 22, 2018 by Wez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted June 21, 2018 Share Posted June 21, 2018 An Apache heading west and then back again about an hour later. Quite low, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teuchter Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 This morning, over West Bridgford, two fast contrails in formation from NW to SE, not as noisy as the usual F15s, I couldn't make them out with the bins other than light grey blobs. They did an apparent swerve round a civil heading north, then headed on to the south. Any ideas from the east of England contingent? Then about 12:30 a Spitfire went west to east to add joy to the lawn mowing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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