English Electric Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 (edited) Saw that too Mark! Gave me a turn as it was very low! Radome not turning either, but that might be just a standard thing! Virtually unheard of round here! Edited May 18, 2014 by English Electric 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasmahal Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Apparently expecting a visit form BBMF Lancaster today near Warboys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vtecjack Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Saw that too Mark! Gave me a turn as it was very low! Radome not turning either, but that might be just a standard thing! Virtually unheard of round here! I spotted that too ! that is a rare beast in these parts ,did it land at Luton ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WV908 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Heard something merlin powered, I'd like to say it was PA474, but only Dad got a brief glimpse of the aircraft banking away to the South. Was she due to be circling around Northern Lincolnshire today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark72 Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Yes, EE it was descending and certainly looked as though it was intending to land - flaps and undercarriage down and on the usual East-West flightpath for landing. I kept looking out later and also today (reverse direction today West to East) every time something big took off just in case, but I didn't see it again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted May 18, 2014 Share Posted May 18, 2014 Depending on runway in use at Gatwick, I see these now every evening between 19.00hrs and 19.35 hrs pm. Thye started using LGW in April. This is A6-EEF. A bit later at around 20.00, a BA one came over out of LHR to Jo'burg G-XLEE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozzy19 Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Typhoon. Hell they're loud! Sean Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 We had 2 F15s and an Osprey yesterday while I was up at the allotment. Probably just checking to see if Manston was really closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinky coffeeboat Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Not at this very moment in time, but a couple of days ago a Cubana IL-96!!!!!! As the young kids say - OMG!! Followed very close behind by a Thomson Dreamliner...pure bliss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 20, 2014 Share Posted May 20, 2014 Not exactly over my house but under my perch up Snowdon. One S&R Seaking and one Police whirlybird thing. Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball1973 Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 2 F-15's flying over Cottesmore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 A Piper Cub and a Lysander at the same time, but in opposite directions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foresterab Posted May 21, 2014 Share Posted May 21, 2014 a RCAF C-130 doing orbits of the airport this afternoon with the ramp down. Assuming the SARTEC's doing orientation due to the survival school a couple of hundred kilometers west of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 We're 10 miles north of a large wildfire at the moment. Hopefully, we WON'T be seeing the big DC-10 fire bombers over my house - otherwise, we'll be in desperate trouble...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob 1 Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Had an RAF marked Dakota fly very low over us a couple of days ago - heard the distinctive sound of WWII vintage engines and ran to the window to watch it lumber slowly past and into the distance. Amazing sight, right out of the blue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motley Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Not flying but spent abit of time in a hanger the last few evening training for a field gun competition that contains a replica Boulton Paul Defiant, Boulton Paul Balliol T.2 WN149 and 3 different Harriers, along a with a Horsa glider and CG4-A Waco glider and loads of other bits and pieces of aircraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddball1973 Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Saw the dakota with d-day markings yesterday flying over the A1 just below Peterborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 BBMF Dakota and Spitfire in D Day markings did 3 flypasts over Grantham town centre today, lovely sight and sound, never tire of it . Gary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 Not flying but spent abit of time in a hanger the last few evening training for a field gun competition that contains a replica Boulton Paul Defiant, Boulton Paul Balliol T.2 WN149 and 3 different Harriers, along a with a Horsa glider and CG4-A Waco glider and loads of other bits and pieces of aircraft The BP aircraft be from the BP association, EX Wolverhampton? Rick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smyfe Posted May 24, 2014 Share Posted May 24, 2014 A De Havilland Vampire, i think. Flew over low, mid afternoon. What a beautiful sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motley Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) The BP aircraft be from the BP association, EX Wolverhampton? Rick From the little research ive done that seems to be correct, same at the Boulton Paul Balliol T.2. All currently stored in a hanger at RAF Cosford, the Harriers will be out for the airshow i think Edited May 25, 2014 by Motley 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 From the little research ive done that seems to be correct, same at the Boulton Paul Balliol T.2. All currently stored in a hanger at RAF Cosford, the Harriers will be out for the airshow i think I've been trying to see the Sea Balliol for years up at Cosford, but failed, My Farther-in-law worked on them and I tried to get them to let him see them before he passed away. "No Chance" was the answer. Sigh. Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mungo1974 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) Not much about over Norwich this week, a Stearman was about enjoying the nice evening weather earlier this week....noisy but very pretty biplane. Also very noisy were the F-15's playing silly bugger's over the City Friday afternoon for about 25 mins before departing towards Lakenheath. Edited May 26, 2014 by mungo1974 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) The BBMF Dak doing a couple of nicely low flypasts over the local pub, about 150 metres from me, which was having a charity fun day...which I went to later and had a few hours of charity fun night.... Edited May 25, 2014 by PLC1966 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eng Posted May 26, 2014 Share Posted May 26, 2014 Not much about over Norwich this week, a Stearman was about enjoying the nice evening weather earlier this....noisy but very pretty biplane. Also very noisy were the F-15's playing silly bugger's over the City Friday afternoon for about 25 mins before departing towards Lakenheath. Was visiting relatives in Norwich over the weekend and watched said F-15's playing tig whilst I filled the car up at the Esso garage at Mousehold. They looked like they were having a blast, both were pulling some serious G as there was some nice big streamers from the wing tips and plenty throttle rocking. Don't get this kind of action over Glasgow!!!! I passed Cranwell on the way down on Thurs too and there was plenty going on - a visiting Tucano, couple of Kingair's taxiing out and a few Grob's in the circuit Eng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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