What flew over your house today?
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Re: What flew over your house today?
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Re: What flew over your house today?
Around noon today a KC135 was shooting approaches at the former KI Sawyer AFB about 15 miles south of here. The outbound leg is over my house. Don't see the big iron like we used to. Think he was out of the Air National Guard unit in Milwaukee, WI. Last week one came in with apparent hydrallic issues but made a safe landing, made repairs and scooted for home.
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Re: What flew over your house today?
Living in Farnborough - and this being air show week, we've had lots of interesting stuff buzzing about.
Today we had -
Avro Anson
Avro Vulcan
Spitfire
Typhoon
Airbus A380
AirbusA400M
Red Arrows (including a bird strike)
Today we had -
Avro Anson
Avro Vulcan
Spitfire
Typhoon
Airbus A380
AirbusA400M
Red Arrows (including a bird strike)
Re: What flew over your house today?
A Vulcan and two Lancasters in formation, plus another aircraft taking air to airs Unfortunately only glimpsed in the distance from my workplace so no photos
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Re: What flew over your house today?
Now that would have been a sight to see!!!!bluesteel wrote:A Vulcan and two Lancasters in formation, plus another aircraft taking air to airs Unfortunately only glimpsed in the distance from my workplace so no photos
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Re: What flew over your house today?
3 X UH-60, 5 X AH-64 and 3 X CH-47, in the pattern for the airport. Ran out to get a few pics but they weren't parked in conducive positions. I took a few through the fence with a long lens - I'll post a few more later, but here's a sample.
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Re: What flew over your house today?
Not much snow in Flagstaff, Paul? Great picture.
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Re: What flew over your house today?
No snow in Flag, Jeff! Very unusual for this time of year.....
Anyways, I was minding my own business, watching the dull WHU/MU game, when the house started shaking with chopper action - the US Army was flying downwind into Flag airport right over my house! Needless to say, I didn't have my camera to hand, but ran over to the airport to get a few shots though the fence.
A total of 5 X AH-64, including a Longbow Apache, 3 X CH-47 and 3 X UH-60. I couldn't see the '60s at the airport, and the others were not positioned conducive to good photography (away on the ramp, behind hangars, a 10ft fence and sun directly against...). Still, a few shots of record:
Note the name painted on one of the Apaches, and the severe weathering on one of the Chinooks. No idea where they were coming from or going to - the gc were too busy for me to want to interrupt them - but they left after refueling about an hour later.
Anyways, I was minding my own business, watching the dull WHU/MU game, when the house started shaking with chopper action - the US Army was flying downwind into Flag airport right over my house! Needless to say, I didn't have my camera to hand, but ran over to the airport to get a few shots though the fence.
A total of 5 X AH-64, including a Longbow Apache, 3 X CH-47 and 3 X UH-60. I couldn't see the '60s at the airport, and the others were not positioned conducive to good photography (away on the ramp, behind hangars, a 10ft fence and sun directly against...). Still, a few shots of record:
Note the name painted on one of the Apaches, and the severe weathering on one of the Chinooks. No idea where they were coming from or going to - the gc were too busy for me to want to interrupt them - but they left after refueling about an hour later.
Paul
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Re: What flew over your house today?
We had an old Bell model 47 fly over the house yesterday whilst I was out digging in the garden. The sound was significantly different from modern helos.
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Re: What flew over your house today?
I personally think they have gone overboard with the weathering on that Chinook especially the oil running down the frontPaulBradley wrote:Note the name painted on one of the Apaches, and the severe weathering on one of the Chinooks.
Here in Somerset I have had a lot of RN Westland Wildcats fly past my house, I live on the flight path from Yeovilton to Merryfield (satellite training a/f for Yeovilton).
I cant put my finger on it, but the Wildcat sounds quite different from the Lynx
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Re: What flew over your house today?
The Chinook IS a flying oil leak.splash wrote: I personally think they have gone overboard with the weathering on that Chinook especially the oil running down the front
What is unusual about the one Paul photo'd is that it is not parked in a giant drip pan.
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Re: What flew over your house today?
The good old Wessex Helicopter was the same.jRatz wrote:The Chinook IS a flying oil leak.splash wrote: I personally think they have gone overboard with the weathering on that Chinook especially the oil running down the front
What is unusual about the one Paul photo'd is that it is not parked in a giant drip pan.
You could always tell a Wessex Aircrewman,as they always had oil on their flying suits as the Wessex main gearbox used to drip on the crew seat. We used to say if a Wessex did not leak it must be out of oil
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Re: What flew over your house today?
Spotted what looked like an all-yellow Hawker Hunter heading over York the other day. Interestingly, googling brings up only one yellow Hunter, which lives in Cape Town...
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What just flew over?
I couldn't find the original thread for this so...
I just saw a V-22 Osprey southbound over York. Most unusual.
I just saw a V-22 Osprey southbound over York. Most unusual.
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Re: What just flew over?
Funny you should start this thread again today, I had a Chinook and an RAF Merlin fly over me in Pimlico this morning....
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If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"
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If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing
"Never put off till tomorrow, what you can do the day after tomorrow"