sardaukar Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 A police helicopter as I type, not that uncommon in east London. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitewolf Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 On 21/04/2021 at 15:20, Team Aer Lingus said: Not too long ago two Apaches (Outlaw1 & 2) passed overhead REME Barracks Brompton managed to catch one great sound shame they weren't closer to each other Eamonn Had 2 Apaches fly over York, followed an hour later by a Puma, and later still by a Chinook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troffa Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Had a couple of F-15C's from Lakenheath buzzing about Somerset yesterday, and the usual Merlin and Wildcat traffic from Yeovilton, but the best fly overs this week have been the International Space Station- saw it 3 times this week, great visibility and almost directly overhead tonight. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Chinook HC.6 ZH899 'Titan 41' just passed heading north-west at a couple of thousand feet. Had been on Flight Radar heading north along the Northumberland/West Lothian coast shortly before but track stopped passing offshore of Leuchars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 C17 Globemaster heading west. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StarWarsModeler Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 Camping the other day, I saw some F-18s fly over following a C-130. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teuchter Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Avro Anson black undersides and invasion stripes, G-VROE, according to ADSB, did a circuit then landed at Tollerton. Took off and headed north later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hook Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Two Chinooks just flew over in formation. Cheers, Andre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teuchter Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Voyager ZZ336 and Typhoon ZK304 just flew over noisily, heading east in formation, out over the coast according to ADSB. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 44 minutes ago, Teuchter said: Voyager ZZ336 and Typhoon ZK304 just flew over noisily, heading east in formation, out over the coast according to ADSB. Yep, heard the Typhoon coming out of Conz over Sleaford way on it's way out, the track on ADSB is very strange,alles uber der platz as we used to say. QRA called out on a Sunday night, somebody is being cheeky somewhere. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teuchter Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 8 hours ago, PLC1966 said: Yep, heard the Typhoon coming out of Conz over Sleaford way on it's way out, the track on ADSB is very strange,alles uber der platz as we used to say. QRA called out on a Sunday night, somebody is being cheeky somewhere. Were they doing a night refuelling exercise? The Voyager went round and round for a while with nothing else showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Sunday night is not a night the RAF tend to do jollys on. I can't see anything other than a QRA jet flying that late on a Sunday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 A flight from Gatwick to Belfast had some sort of security alert just about before the time Teuchter heard the jets Flight was at about 21.30 plus Could a QRA have been up to escort that flight? PS. I heard multiple jets at about 22.00 last night which is unusual as Belfast City doesn't allow late night flights 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teuchter Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 Not the way it was 'alles uber der platz' as @PLC1966 saw as well. Unless it was orbiting waiting to be called over. I thought it was escorting the voyager to begin with as it's the fancy one for politicians to use. Very odd for a Sunday night indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 If we take 2 + 2 = 6 1. A 'security incident' on flight from Gatwick to Belfast.* No-one is saying what it was but the air crew locked themselves in the flight deck Many police boarded aeroplane in Belfast searching for someone/thing 2. Perhaps during the flight the aircrew had called in an emergency 3. QRA is scrambled and stooges around in case its needed. Attended by Voyager for IFR 4. Emergency scaled down 5. Typhoon and Voyager return home * https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-58700992 Passengers told not to use mobile phones indicates possibly a bomb threat I was always told not use mobile phone or electronic cameras near terrorist bombs as the electrical emissions could set them off 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 2 hours ago, Black Knight said: No-one is saying what it was but the air crew locked themselves in the flight deck I thought that was now standard practice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted September 27, 2021 Share Posted September 27, 2021 4 hours ago, Black Knight said: If we take 2 + 2 = 6 1. A 'security incident' on flight from Gatwick to Belfast.* No-one is saying what it was but the air crew locked themselves in the flight deck Many police boarded aeroplane in Belfast searching for someone/thing 2. Perhaps during the flight the aircrew had called in an emergency 3. QRA is scrambled and stooges around in case its needed. Attended by Voyager for IFR 4. Emergency scaled down 5. Typhoon and Voyager return home * https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-58700992 Passengers told not to use mobile phones indicates possibly a bomb threat I was always told not use mobile phone or electronic cameras near terrorist bombs as the electrical emissions could set them off The Typhoon came out of Conz, messed about for a while, then went over to Shropshire for a while, which @2200hrs would have fitted in, came back to the Midlands, went North Sheffield way, came back down to the Midland then went East over to the AAR area off coast between the Humber/Wash alongside the A330 Voyager. They stayed in a race track pattern for a good while then went home. All very odd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted September 27, 2021 Author Share Posted September 27, 2021 A change of subject, and not over my house (yet ) - there is a deployment of B-1s due in Fairford soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Boris Force one has just gone over in a southernly direction….. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dnl42 Posted October 2, 2021 Share Posted October 2, 2021 This weekend is great for flying teams and other aircraft with the Huntington Beach Airshow. Living near the Los Alamitos base, we're seeing Thunderbirds and Blue Angels taking off and landing in formation, as well as V-22s, F-35s, and others. Looks like commercial teams are flying out of Long Beach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted October 3, 2021 Share Posted October 3, 2021 Couple of super Hercules, even got to see them for a change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 3, 2021 Author Share Posted October 3, 2021 5 hours ago, PhantomBigStu said: Couple of super Hercules, even got to see them for a change The HCs, Stu? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 Yesterday I saw a pair of Pumas heading east. It’s been so long since I last saw one that it took me a little while to work out what I was looking at. Today I saw an osprey and a red kite having a bit of an aerial barney. It’s the first time I have seen an osprey, so was well pleased. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted October 6, 2021 Author Share Posted October 6, 2021 Today saw 15 SJ F-15Es transit the South East on their trip to Larissa/Middle East. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted October 6, 2021 Share Posted October 6, 2021 (edited) 56 minutes ago, RidgeRunner said: Today saw 15 SJ F-15Es transit the South East on their trip to Larissa/Middle East. 3 lots each in tow with a kc-135 per chance this morning?…explains why they were so loud…didn’t see them mind in the sun glare but saw the tankers coming on the radar Edited October 6, 2021 by PhantomBigStu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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