RidgeRunner Posted July 11, 2023 Author Share Posted July 11, 2023 4 hours ago, PhantomBigStu said: A "convoy" (is it a convoy with a massive gap between each?) of 5 US Army Chinooks They are currently in Liege being refuelled 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 On Saturday we had a Spitfire and Bf109 fly over while I was bowling. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 Earlier this afternoon, a B-52 on its way to Fairford. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted July 12, 2023 Share Posted July 12, 2023 I'm currently on holiday at Weymouth in Dorset, and this afternoon, I watched a Merlin helicopter flying over a few times looking like it was lost! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 And todays spot .... a low flying Chinook over Chesil beach 😁 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 37 minutes ago, Keeff said: And todays spot .... a low flying Chinook over Chesil beach 😁 I likely know one of the crew.... Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keeff Posted July 13, 2023 Share Posted July 13, 2023 (edited) It's a shame I couldn't get a picture ... 😏 Edited July 13, 2023 by Keeff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger331 Posted July 14, 2023 Share Posted July 14, 2023 Currently baking in Arezzo, Tuscany. Two Italian EH-101s flew in formation over our villa earlier today and there have been quite a few AB-212/412s around in the distance too. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 16, 2023 Share Posted July 16, 2023 Lancaster. Flypast over Jet Age at 14:20 - just after its RIAT slot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted July 17, 2023 Share Posted July 17, 2023 An Osprey was flying over as I walked home from the bowling green this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RidgeRunner Posted July 18, 2023 Author Share Posted July 18, 2023 Today I had AC-130J 16-5835 overhead and in the clear blue sky, albeit slightly to the west, tracking south from Mildenhall and heading to the SPT waypoint off of Brighton. She had been in the U.K. since arriving on Thursday night for repair, having suffered a cracked windscreen. As a consequence she was ferried down from Iceland to Mildenhall at FL080! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted July 20, 2023 Share Posted July 20, 2023 No photos this time, but this beauty. Beech Expeditor https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10159797405812338&set=gm.2356364171210845&idorvanity=773032136210731 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 On 7/11/2023 at 7:33 PM, Ratch said: On Saturday we had a Spitfire and Bf109 fly over while I was bowling. It's a pity they didn't suddenly decide to engage each other. Great to watch. I once was a sole spectator as a kid as two Great War biplanes engaged in a furious low level battle over a field near my home. No, I'm not THAT old but it was in the sixties. So yes old enough. They were obviously part of the one of the three WW1 movies that were filmed nearby at the time. Amazing sight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 13.15 ish on 21/7/23 Clear blue sunny sky and a (the!) Lancaster flying over the house near Earlston Scottish Borders headed North. Low and very atmospheric. My wife and neighbour got most excited and especially so after I told them what they were looking at Quo vadis and why I wonder?? Edit - I see from a web search that it is the Peterhead week and an RAF display is featured today so probably that. Hopefully it will come home the same way and I can get another look ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 Airbus Helicopters EC-145 G-RESU. It's an air ambulance and it seems to be circling looking for a landing area. I'm a little concerned about how often this aircraft flies over my house. Edit: it landed on the local high school playing field. It has now taken off, twenty-five minutes later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted July 21, 2023 Share Posted July 21, 2023 BBMF Avro Lancaster PA474 just did three low-level circuits of an event being held at Montrose Airfield Museum on its way to display at Peterhead (approach was displaced about 100 yards east of the familial roof tiles) but forewarned I and many others stood ourselves on the public playing fields in the centre of its circuit . . . . . lovely sight and sound AND the rain blowing through stopped just before and restarted just after its appearance. Was supposed to do a rerun along with other Flight aircraft on the way south tomorrow after displaying at RAF Lossiemouth's Families Day but they have already been cancelled because of weather. Sadly what I had not considered was the return flight south after displaying at Peterhead when about an hour later the approaching Merlin grumble alerted me to get out of the door just in time to see but not raise my camera to a much more spirited and lower level pass along the Montrose beachfront. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 On 21/07/2023 at 18:12, Enzo the Magnificent said: Airbus Helicopters EC-145 G-RESU. It's an air ambulance and it seems to be circling looking for a landing area. I'm a little concerned about how often this aircraft flies over my house. Edit: it landed on the local high school playing field. It has now taken off, twenty-five minutes later. It's back! Directly over my house once again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enzo the Magnificent Posted July 23, 2023 Share Posted July 23, 2023 This thread has exceeded 40 pages and so in accordance with BM policy, I'm going to lock it. There is a new thread here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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