Andwil Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 RAAF Hercules, not seen over here very often. AW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 Caught this NW of Star Wars Canyon last week. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent K Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Kuwait Air Force KC-130J and Hurricane R4118 today (along with usual stuff) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted August 24, 2021 Share Posted August 24, 2021 Hi all Not over my house but saw this Merlin over Dartmouth today getting off the steam train at Kingswear and queuing for the ferry to Dartmouth it was circling, looked lovely sorry about the photo, it was on my phone Another visitor, there was a Chinook that flew low along the estuary as we were getting off the ferry back at Kingswear the crew were waving and it sounded awesome, I couldn't get my phone out quick enough to video it so waved back at the crew . What a sight wow. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potato Pete Posted August 25, 2021 Share Posted August 25, 2021 Just been watching an A-400 doing something like touch-and-goes out of Rissington - whatever the airfield allows these days. A normal approach then a steep climb out. Pretty impressive. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2996 Victor Posted September 2, 2021 Share Posted September 2, 2021 A big, beautiful Spitfire in full D-Day stripes, heading approximately NW over the top end of Derbyshire. What a fabulous sound, even when throttled right back Happy days! Mark 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted September 3, 2021 Share Posted September 3, 2021 AR501 was around earlier, sounding pretty rough if truth be told. I watched as the pilot climbed slowly, very slowly, almost to a stall, then bunt the nose down (causing coughs, splutters and two big, black smoke trails) and speed away. I'm guessing it's a shakedown flight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Riot Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Not over our house, but it was over the car whilst driving back from Devon on the M5 not far from Fairford; I saw a U-2R heading in to land, complete with that big hump aerial on its back. I did ask my wife to get a quick photo but it wasn’t easy from a car doing about 70mph! Especially with her iPhone. Strangest thing though, just a couple of minutes earlier, the sat nav went funny, lost its position even though I was still on the motorway, it thought we were in a nearby field. Had it been affected by some signals from the U-2? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 A good day yesterday with AR501 sounding much better than the other day (see previous post), a Lysander, couple of Piper Cubs and, whilst out for an evening stroll around the local nature reserve, the Red Arrows suddenly appeared, quite low and in perfect (obviously!) formation. I thought the formation looked bigger than usual and a quick count (I didn't have a great deal of time!) revealed eleven aircraft, unless I miscounted, which is always possible, given the window of opportunity. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted September 7, 2021 Author Share Posted September 7, 2021 Today saw a Swedish invasion of Jersey. The historic flight Viggen and Draken flew from their home base together with the Lansen, which overflew us here (almost). Certainly she could be seen in the clear skies. Martin 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Just saw an Irish Air Corps PC9 scooting up Galway Bay at about a 1000 feet. Nothing odd about that but they were headed directly towards the embedded thunderstorms that are currently dumping cascades of rain on top of us. But a couple of minutes later, I didn't see it but heard a loud jet clearly climbing. FR24 revealed it to be an Airbus A330 NATO/Dutch tanker climbing directly through the red bits on the weather radar. I bet that was bumpy. An unusual visitor. It's now heading towards Iceland at 40, 000 feet. I wonder if it might be on the way to refuel an inbound delivery of F35s? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 I’ve got a Turbo Commander flying north-south racetracks at 5000ft between Chesterfield and Wakefield, heading slowly east. N980AE, but no idea what it’s doing… whatever it is though, it was doing it in France last week… best, M. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 @cmatthewbaconEither aerial photography or laser scanning. There's a lot of it going on these days. Various types of surveys and interesting aircraft. Some of it very low level flying. Saw a Turbo Porter a couple of weeks ago. Also a Twin Otter and a Basler turbine DC3 conversion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 Navy Wildcat low level and showing up on ADS-B at the same time a USAF 757-200 callsign SAM248 over the top at Angels 34. Keith Edit - forgot a Hurricane was up on ADS-B at the same time! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 1 hour ago, keefr22 said: Edit - forgot a Hurricane was up on ADS-B at the same time! A Hurricane on ADS-B? The very idea. But I suppose it's a bit like IFF. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 22 minutes ago, noelh said: A Hurricane on ADS-B? The very idea. But I suppose it's a bit like IFF. Well mode S😁 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted September 8, 2021 Share Posted September 8, 2021 (edited) I wonder if Sydney Camm and George Bulman could have even conceived a Hurricane would still be flying in 2021. Let alone with Mode S. Edited September 8, 2021 by noelh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Laidlaw Posted September 9, 2021 Share Posted September 9, 2021 Over my car instead of my house - a Basler BT-67 Turbo Dak. I was in Oshkosh for work, and it flew over the road I was on on its downwind leg before landing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psdavidson Posted September 10, 2021 Share Posted September 10, 2021 Just had an Apache fly over Probably be back later today 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 Around two this afternoon, the BBMF Dakota, Westbound over Hemswell at about 250 feet. Then later a pair of Pumas heading North(ish), again over the former RAF Hemswell. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted September 14, 2021 Share Posted September 14, 2021 A case of not flying over, reds were due over this very minute for a fly past over London but looks like it was called off due to the poor weather Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted September 16, 2021 Author Share Posted September 16, 2021 On Monday the South East of the U.K. was treated to a two-ship overflight of USMC KC-130Js, calling “RAIDER51”. They flew up from Souda and dropped in to Cardiff after crossing here at around FL260. There probably wasn’t a spotter in the South East who didn’t see them Martin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 Not every spotter I missed them...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FalkeEins Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 me neither. However it is a beautiful day here in the south-east and in among the many Spitfire & a couple of Hurricane overflights (Battle of Britain memorial, Capel-le-Ferne) the Swedish De Havilland DH.80A Puss Moth SE-AFH flew in across the Channel at low altitude passing right over the back garden - heading for Dx ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted September 16, 2021 Share Posted September 16, 2021 The usual traffic over our house are lookalike jets flying into Luton or Stanstead but we do have a regular Spitfire overflight. Today was different two Spitfires (together) and a little later Hurricane G-HUPW. This is the first Hurricane I have seen here in 10 years. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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