Paul821 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Knowing that there are a number of Britmodellers who live in the area can anyone recommend a good place between Ipswich and Chelmsford from which to view the flypast tomorrow. Looking at some of the maps online my plans at the moment will be Rivenhall as there are good views to the horizon there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhutchi Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 I live in Colne Engaine and have previously seen the flypasts from my house across the valley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Currently sat outside the Southbank Centre with Mrs T, daughter and sis in law with a coffee, and going to move for a better view. The Mall and around Trafalgar Square absolutely solid at 9.30. Reckon we should get a reasonable view near the London Eye. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) Just looking at Flightradar 24 right now. There's a loose formation of Typhoons over the North Sea, obviously getting ready for the flypast. Also There's a Voyager orbiting at less than 2000 feet nearby. Typhoon ZJ914 in the special paint scheme is orbiting overhead at 14000. Shortly to be joined it seems by two Hawks. Apparently there 70 aircraft in the flypast. The whole air force? Edited June 2, 2022 by noelh 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Amazing!!!! Well done to everyone involved 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhutchi Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 4 hours ago, jhutchi said: I live in Colne Engaine and have previously seen the flypasts from my house across the valley. @Paul821 I hope you didn't listen to my advice as everything was much further south from mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Screenshot below from BBC spotters guide. Made me smile. 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 The Lancaster orbited Felixstowe seafront 3 times at around 12:30 today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) Was very impressive to see and much better than recent ones 👍 Regards, Steve Edited June 2, 2022 by fatfingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 Saw it live from the Southbank roof terrace, fantastic, brilliant view, really smooth flying and organisation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 The route differed slightly in regards to flying over Ipswich, for as long as I can remember the flight has gone NE to SW over the A14/A12 junction at Ipswich but this time flew much more south and so therefore for the 1st time of actually trying to find a good spot we were in totally the wrong spot!! No idea if the rest of the route deviated though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 4 hours ago, Mr T said: Saw it live from the Southbank roof terrace, fantastic, brilliant view, really smooth flying and organisation. It was perfectly executed. The Typhoons forming the 70 were impeccable. Prince Louis wasn't impressed though😁 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 8 hours ago, jhutchi said: @Paul821 I hope you didn't listen to my advice as everything was much further south from mine I went to Rivenhall and while driving through the village came across a layby with a number of pre looking out over fields. Assumed they knew it might be the correct place for a good view. Turned out it was correct excellent view of approaching formations which passed overhead. Close to you I saw the RAF 100 fly past from White Clone but it was someway in the distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 Most of my shots show similar formations to those over London. One difference was that the Red Arrows flew in two formations over Essex, the second of which was a missing man. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junglierating Posted June 8, 2022 Share Posted June 8, 2022 On 6/2/2022 at 9:55 PM, Paul821 said: I went to Rivenhall and while driving through the village came across a layby with a number of pre looking out over fields. Assumed they knew it might be the correct place for a good view. Turned out it was correct excellent view of approaching formations which passed overhead. Close to you I saw the RAF 100 fly past from White Clone but it was someway in the distance. Hate to be pedantic but it was a joint service fly past ....just sayin'😋 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul821 Posted June 8, 2022 Author Share Posted June 8, 2022 7 hours ago, junglierating said: Hate to be pedantic but it was a joint service fly past ....just sayin' I accept that was the general case but where I was only the RAF were present. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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