modelmad Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 A Chinook on an emergency landing at Prestwick airport 10pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knaupel Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 I was playing hockey with my son in in front of our house, heard some well know engines, there she was: Peter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Ahh, old auntie Ju. Cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundylunch Posted October 5, 2013 Share Posted October 5, 2013 9H-SEA a HiFly A340 inbound Brize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooty Posted October 7, 2013 Share Posted October 7, 2013 Not over my house but over my current place of work, CH53's, Chinooks, Apaches, Super Cobras, Lynx, Seakings, MI-8's and an MI-26 Halo (it's huge). Not forgetting various marks of Herk including a gunship a C-5 galaxy, C-17's, AN-12, 747, 737 and all manner of other stuff, so quite an interesting place for a spotter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Just saw a B-29 flying around downtown Fort Worth, Texas. Not a common sight. I would imagine it is the CAF B-29 "FIFI" in town for an airshow starting next week. Normally there is just F-18s, C-130s and F-16s flying from the naval air station. I like that, a naval air station situated in the middle of Texas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plastic Bonsai Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 A DC-9? possibly with a red nose and red tail tootling along quite low east of Portsmouth. Not one I've seen around here before. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
little-cars Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Had the Blades playing in the sky yesterday and a few minutes ago we had Miss Demeanour flying over heading south. I don't think I've seen a Hunter over here before, but will not mistake that noise if it returns! Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heloman1 Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Yesterday, the unmistakable sound of a Heuy, slapping it's big wide baldes against the cold air. We've got various type down here in SA, mostly used for firefighting duties in the forest plantaions and the very sensative Fynebos (finebush) areas. Colin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gareth Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Could have sworn I saw Miss Demeanour flying over the centre of Cardiff at about 2 ish ! Gareth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spad Posted October 12, 2013 Share Posted October 12, 2013 Endless North Sea oil rig choppers and the occasional Lakenheath F-15 duo chasing each other around in ACM practice (maybe a couple of times a week in the summer). Otherwise, pretty dull these days........ R Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knaupel Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 In Manching the A400M testing started yesterday. Saw it a few minutes ago. Hope to get some pictures Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xffw45343tg Posted October 15, 2013 Share Posted October 15, 2013 Lots and lots of things: I'm sat in John Wayne Airport (Orange County) listening to the ground & tower communications through my headphones. Mostly 737s, Cessna 172s, the odd executive jet, some eggbeaters and so on. Ahead of me is a United 737 refuelling and about to load my bags. Radio phraseology is a little different from UK as is the met - nothing but CAVOK for miles around. Wind is 240/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 16, 2013 Share Posted October 16, 2013 A Merlin (RAF?) transiting at high level (roughly 5,000 ft) and following the M62 motorway from Manchester towards West Yorkshire. We`ve seen a few Merlin`s around here (Milnrow- Lancs/Yorks border) recently and around 4 weeks ago there was one flying a low level figure of eight pattern which crossed right over my house! Cheers Tony O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spfparker Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 An Osprey ( not the bird) flying east over Northampton. First one Ive seen over here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Python Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Not so much as flying but sitting on my fence staring straight at me this afternoon was a female sparrowhawk. Only about 20 feet between us. Absolutely gorgeous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mackem01 Posted October 17, 2013 Share Posted October 17, 2013 Double bubble treat time today for me. An E3 at lunchtime with a Pitts S2 doing a bit of aerobatics this afternoon. The aviation gods must have thought I'd been a good lad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoppy Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 Erikson Sky Crane ( not sure which one Gypsie Lady or Ichabod ) plus assorted helicopters including The upgraded Hueys ( love that sound ) fighting the bush fires on the Springwood ridge behind us. All with sky buckets slung. Yesterday interesting to watch a Bell 407 filling its bucket from the Nepean river to fight a grass fire in Leonay in the strong winds. Looks like their in for a long fire season, I've not seen it this dry this early in the year and its not even summer yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Chinook with an underslung Landy heading for Woodbridge BTA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich G Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Well since I've been on my days off work saturday, sunday and today, I've had the BBMF C47 pass over going somewhere north, a Chinook went over on saturday at a thousand feet above my house and several light aircraft, and of course the obligatory police helicopter in the dead of night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WV908 Posted October 21, 2013 Share Posted October 21, 2013 Three Red Hawks in formation travelling S/W at 16:00 over Scunthorpe, NL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob P Posted October 23, 2013 Share Posted October 23, 2013 Wessex HAR2 just left Dunsfold. Unusual sight but welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westie7 Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Just back from my annual week walking in Rannoch-Tummel-Pitlochry area. For the first time ever no fast jets, just lots of Tucano's dealing with the new higher Power lines. Lots of wing waggling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Bits of trees and fence panels mostly 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Wessex HAR2 just left Dunsfold. Unusual sight but welcome. I didn`t know that there were any Wessex still flying, even in private hands,...that's great news! Cheers Tony O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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