Seen Over Your House Today

[pyro-manic]

Heheh.

Passed two Viking APCs in desert camo going through Preston, and then a landing craft on a low loader just off Warmwell roundabout. Bloody thing nearly ran me off the road!

[Hawkeye]

N911TS flew over just a few minutes ago enroute to KATW for fuel. Love the sounds she makes.

[pyro-manic]

HMS St. Albans, a Type 23 frigate, is in Portland Harbour today, and open to the public. So I went along and got a few pics:









RFA Mounts Bay, one of the new LPDs, was across the harbour as well:

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

That reminds me, I saw several Saxon APC's just trundling through Hull a few weeks ago, no idea why.

New Police Armed Response Vehicles ? - Sorry Simon, couldn't help m'self 

Took a call this morning from a Merlin navigator at RAF Benson. They were planning a nav training ex out to the Oil Rig in Liverpool Bay and needed a some contact details. Long-story-short, I took the opportunity to ask him to come past and buzz the station.

They did !!

Two VERY smart passes at 50ft and a couple of handbrake turns with a superb sunset as a backdrop and the rich smell of burnt kerosene lingering in the air..... couldn't have asked for more. No, folks, no piccies waaayyyy to dark, all you would have seen is a blurry silhouette and some lights. You're going to have to take my word for it !

Nice way to brighten-up a very mundane Monday.

Ian

[entlim]

pix lad?

[Amphion]

HMS St. Albans, a Type 23 frigate, is in Portland Harbour today, and open to the public. So I went along and got a few pics:

[Homer] Mmmmm, grey ships [/Homer]

[Mossie]

Puma HC.1, over York Uni.

[Mossie]

That reminds me, I saw several Saxon APC's just trundling through Hull a few weeks ago, no idea why.

New Police Armed Response Vehicles ? - Sorry Simon, couldn't help m'self 

Ian

Almost missed this one, can't go without comment!  Hey, just because they need Saxons in Scouseland doesn't mean Hull Police have them, thank you very much!!!

No, they have Chieftains here....

[Spey_Phantom]

not much going on arround here.

2 days ago:
-F-16AM (Belgian Air Force, Tigermeet '07 colors  )
-Seaking Mk.48 (Belgian Air Force)

yesterday + today:
-SA365 Dauphin (local)

also noted this week was the medical trust helicopter, unfortunatly, the AS355 they use crashed monday near Brugges, the chopper skidded into a ditch and the tail broke off, luckely no one got hurt

here a picture of the helicopter that was lost


ive seen it at the local hospital here only last month

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Took a call this morning from a Merlin navigator at RAF Benson. They were planning a nav training ex out to the Oil Rig in Liverpool Bay and needed a some contact details. Long-story-short, I took the opportunity to ask him to come past and buzz the station.

They did !!
Nice way to brighten-up a very mundane Monday.

Ian

Our Air force are a truly great bunch...... No I MEAN it. After the Merlin disappeared into the aforementioned dramatic sunset, I eMailed RAF Benson with a quick thank you, to be passed on to the crew. Got two replies: One from the Station PR lady, saying thanks for saying thanks and that she would pass-it-on to the 78 Sqn boss, the second message was from the Sq. Ldr himself, thanking US for all our help, and to be assured he'd have his guys come past the station each time they were transiting the area.

R E S U L T  ! !

Ian

[Mossie]

Make sure your camera is glued to your hand!

[Captain Canada]

Wow, great story, Ian !

[Captain Canada]

I was heading home from work when I saw a white shape heading in to land......a little closer to home and I noticed it was the Nav Canada Dash-8 ! I quickly grabbed my camera and ran out the door. I only got a few shots of her, as she did her last pass. What a shame, as the backdrop on the other side of the airport was dark snow clouds, with sunlight from the other side. Would have made a perfect shot.

Anyway....what a job these guys have ! Buzzing every airport in the country ? He did a few really hard pulls that would have made great shots as well.

[Spey_Phantom]

well, there has been some action here this morning to 

was woken up today by a Piaggio Avanti 

furthermore there was the local yellow SA365 Dauphin and an MD-11 

[Howard of Effingham]

well, there has been some action here this morning to 

was woken up today by a Piaggio Avanti 

haven't seen one of these for several years. lucky fella!