Seen Over Your House Today

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

RAF Woodvale is just two miles away from Schloss Hunter-Gatherer, there's been a Strikemaster/JP5 there most of the week in pseudo RAF colours, on Tuesday a RN Lynx (with big dayglo orange panels & doors) came-in and on Wednesday a Bell 222, (I think that's what it was - looked like Airwolf but without the guns sticking out of the sponsons) flew over the house @ 1000ft or so.... very loud & slow.

Ian

[B777LR]

Buzzing around today here.

They do buzz as well don't they, like angry Hornets!

XL Airways 737..... Oh sorry, my mistake!!!!  Actually, their going bust has caused the Missus some serious agro today, she's manager for a travel agent & her day has been turned upside down, likely to follow on tomorrow too.  She's so knackered she had to miss a freinds birthday do, poor lass.

I cant imagine how the employees of XL felt either...

[Spey_Phantom]

not much today except the usual DA42's and cessna's.

only interesting movement yesterday was a DC-3 

[Nick]

I spent last week walking Hadrian's Wall from Bowness-on-Solway to Newcastle. Along the way I saw several aircraft but didn't get any pictures....

There are no major flightpaths up there so the air was nice and quiet but the western section lies to the south of RAF Spadeadam, Europes largest electronic warfare training centre. There the RAF and allies fight a daily battle against the Umberland forces who have a strong SAM defence system tied in with a fighter squadron and airborne ECM.

First surprise was hearing a rather large pair of old tractors grinding up a hill. They then turned into a C-130 Hercules at low level in the valley, about 500 metres away!
Over the next 3 days I heard and saw Harriers, Tornado GR.4, Tornado F.3 and a Typhoon which rumbled on and on for ages, Must be something to do with the echo from the valleys. Hardest to identify was probably a Dominie which made a couple of loops over the area.

Really stupid one was a helicopter which I heard from 3 miles away and watched as it flew towards me for some minutes. I was wondering if it was a Police machine, an Air Ambulance or some private pleasure bird.... Turned out to be an Army Lynx and I could have got a half decent photo of it.

Finally, I was on the train heading south from Newcastle when I saw an airliner unusually low. As the train kept moving I spotted the large radar dish on top and realised I was watching an E-3 Sentry from RAF Waddington.

All in all a good selection of machines I don't often see

[B777LR]

I spotted P4-MES over my house today Mmmm, the "bandit"...

[Mossie]

My old freind the Alouette II came over again.  I also saw a Sikorsky S-76 on my way into Sheffield yesterday. 

Most strange was that I saw one of the RAF's SAR Sea Kings, which wasn't unusual, but he was doing a very slow creeping hover a patch of field out the back of the town were I live.  Don't know what he was up to, although there is an open dran there, so I guess kids or animals could have fallen in but I'd probably have heard something it that had happened.  Strange.....

[Hawkeye]

Large formations flying over the house, I managed to single one out to ascertain type and markings.



The migration has begun. Small groups are gathering into large flocks. Each morning they circle the fields on their approach to land to feed. Then leave in the evenings before dark. They are a challenge for landing aircraft at the airport, they find the open fields quite luring to land and graze at.

[Jschmus]

Driving home from Oceana, a UH-60 flew over the highway.  This morning, on the way to Walgreen's to pick up the prints from this weekend, a P-3 Orion cruised overhead.  

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Saturday around 1730-1745

Just coming off the M62 m'way at the Liverpool end (locally known as 'The Rocket' junction - Entlim knows where I mean, right bud ?), there was a TANDEM SEAT, AUTOGYRO overhead at around 1500ft cruising at 40 to 50kts..... Really an Autogyro, never seen one outside an airshow before ! - D*mned if I know why he was there, maybe an eccentric Stoke City fan returning home after the match, who can say !!

Ian

[entlim]

Bugger I missed that..................

[Nick]

On Sunday I spotted 4 Tornadoes in tight formation zoom over Westminster Abbey in central London in remembrance of The Few. Yesterday was Battle of Britain Day and the service remembered the 544 RAF pilots who died.

[nev]

Forgot to say, Friday morning, had a Dominie fly due west over the village at quite literally rooftop height.  In the afternoon a King Air did exactly the same thing.   Not sure what was going on there.

I've also seen a Sikorsky S-61 a few times the last week.  Wondering if they've got a new chopper at Humberside Airport for going to the rigs.

[Captain Canada]

Large formations flying over the house, I managed to single one out to ascertain type and markings.

It's obviously a B-1RD.

[Captain Canada]

I've also seen a Sikorsky S-61 a few times the last week.  Wondering if they've got a new chopper at Humberside Airport for going to the rigs.

Don't be afraid to take a few pics, eh Nev ?!

[Howard of Effingham]

well actually on the ground@wellesbourne mountford airfield at about 1000hrs....

XM655 - a tin triangle sheeted up for the winter [well over the cockpit anyway] and the intake blanks in, 

must look at a picture of a HP80 [or similiar] to feel better....

mind you at least '655 is being looked after, can someone find her a nice cosy hangar to hide in....