I'm sitting here in my new office in Stevenage and I can see airliners at low level out of the window. A quick look at the map reveals that we are just 6.5 miles from Luton Airport and all these Easyjet* birds are on final approach.

* Obviously it's not just Easyjet. Wizzair just landed from Gdansk and another is coming in from Budapest. This could be very distracting!

I'm sitting here in my flat, enjoying my coffee and, already watched the arrival of a Maersk 767-200, Air Canada 787-900 and, Qatar A350-900! What I like particularly about Edinburgh is that most of the good stuff arrives early and, usually within a short period of one another!

Loads of contrails in the early morning sky, no idea what they are, but lots of them 

Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 20, 2024, 09:41:21 AM

Quote from: kitbasher on April 20, 2024, 02:54:41 AMThe SAR Training Unit used to be at Valley - does it still exist?  That may explain the Jupiters.

Or maybe they were there simply because rattling through the valleys is part of the training syllabus.

The official RAF Valley site says they are from 202 Sqdn and are based right there.

Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 20, 2024, 09:41:21 AM

Quote from: kitbasher on April 20, 2024, 02:54:41 AMThe SAR Training Unit used to be at Valley - does it still exist?  That may explain the Jupiters.

Or maybe they were there simply because rattling through the valleys is part of the training syllabus.

The official RAF Valley site says they are from 202 Sqdn and are based right there.

Looks like we're both right!  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._202_Squadron_RAF

Quote from: NARSES2 on May 09, 2024, 12:41:46 AMLoads of contrails in the early morning sky, no idea what they are, but lots of them 

Amy flashes of instant sunshine on the horizon?

Quote from: scooter on May 09, 2024, 02:47:47 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on May 09, 2024, 12:41:46 AMLoads of contrails in the early morning sky, no idea what they are, but lots of them 

Amy flashes of instant sunshine on the horizon?

Not that I noticed, but they were flying away from the city and towards the S Coast 

Quote from: kitbasher on May 05, 2024, 01:56:32 PMSeen above, below and level with my recent holiday:

Billy ! You should have popped into Sarnia for a visit !

BBMF Dakota.

Followed shortly by a Sikorsky S-92, not the usual SAR visitor.  Thought I was in bother, the mother of all black helicopters... Turns out it was dark blue, phew!
https://www.jetphotos.com/photo/9376464

They're trying to lull you into a false sense of security by going 'stealth'...     

Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 12, 2024, 10:36:24 PMThey're trying to lull you into a false sense of security by going 'stealth'...     

Either that or the bloke in the paint shop got his FS numbers confused 

Quote from: NARSES2 on May 13, 2024, 06:06:54 AM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on May 12, 2024, 10:36:24 PMThey're trying to lull you into a false sense of security by going 'stealth'...     

Either that or the bloke in the paint shop got his FS numbers confused 

Call it a 'morning after' thing - with the shades on, all dark colours look black...

Some sports biplane thing flew over on Sunday, taking my attention away from my rum and coke, annoyingly...

Quote from: The Wooksta! on May 15, 2024, 06:37:48 AMSome sports biplane thing flew over on Sunday, taking my attention away from my rum and coke, annoyingly...

Oh - how Rude!
Some folk have no consideration, do they?

My neighbour, the conference manor, is off and on hosting training sessions for the police K-9 teams, as there's plenty of indoor and outdoor space. Yesterday, they had rapelling practice sessions with the Air Force helicopter wing out of Linkoping, and accordingly, a few Blackhawks blackhawking around on VERY low level. Good fun watching from the porch.