Seen Over Your House Today

[zenrat]

Yesterday saw three radial engined biplanes flying over the house.  Painted in various schemes in yellow and blue.  Don't know what they were and preferred to look at them through binoculars rather than try and take a photo

Most likely Boeing-Stearman Model 75(PT-13/17/N2S).

Agreed.  At least one had spatted undercarriage.


A couple of nights ago, while returning from a dog walk just after sunset there was a white light hovering high above the house.  It kept getting brighter and dimmer as though it was being pointed in various directions searching for something.  I suppose it could have been a chopper but it was moving about more like a drone and I could hear no engine or rotor noise.  The dog was watching it too.
I had an LED torch with me which has a strobe setting so I put it on that and aimed it at the light.  The white light then went out and I could instead see a red light and possibly a green one.  It then vanished.
I couldn't gauge how high it was but it looked to be over the the traffic light controlled cross roads (4 lane highway crossed by 2 lane local road) north of stately zen manor.
Police Drone?

Or one of Chris's?

[scooter]

A couple of nights ago, while returning from a dog walk just after sunset there was a white light hovering high above the house.  It kept getting brighter and dimmer as though it was being pointed in various directions searching for something.  I suppose it could have been a chopper but it was moving about more like a drone and I could hear no engine or rotor noise.  The dog was watching it too.
I had an LED torch with me which has a strobe setting so I put it on that and aimed it at the light.  The white light then went out and I could instead see a red light and possibly a green one.  It then vanished.
I couldn't gauge how high it was but it looked to be over the the traffic light controlled cross roads (4 lane highway crossed by 2 lane local road) north of stately zen manor.
Police Drone?

Or one of Chris's?

[NARSES2]

A couple of nights ago, while returning from a dog walk just after sunset there was a white light hovering high above the house.  It kept getting brighter and dimmer as though it was being pointed in various directions searching for something.  I suppose it could have been a chopper but it was moving about more like a drone and I could hear no engine or rotor noise.  The dog was watching it too.
I had an LED torch with me which has a strobe setting so I put it on that and aimed it at the light.  The white light then went out and I could instead see a red light and possibly a green one.  It then vanished.
I couldn't gauge how high it was but it looked to be over the the traffic light controlled cross roads (4 lane highway crossed by 2 lane local road) north of stately zen manor.
Police Drone?

Or one of Chris's?

Mine wouldn't be spotted 

[zenrat]

A couple of nights ago, while returning from a dog walk just after sunset there was a white light hovering high above the house.  It kept getting brighter and dimmer as though it was being pointed in various directions searching for something.  I suppose it could have been a chopper but it was moving about more like a drone and I could hear no engine or rotor noise.  The dog was watching it too.
I had an LED torch with me which has a strobe setting so I put it on that and aimed it at the light.  The white light then went out and I could instead see a red light and possibly a green one.  It then vanished.
I couldn't gauge how high it was but it looked to be over the the traffic light controlled cross roads (4 lane highway crossed by 2 lane local road) north of stately zen manor.
Police Drone?

Or one of Chris's?

Mine wouldn't be spotted 

I knew you were going to say that.   

[JayBee]

A couple of nights ago, while returning from a dog walk just after sunset there was a white light hovering high above the house.  It kept getting brighter and dimmer as though it was being pointed in various directions searching for something.  I suppose it could have been a chopper but it was moving about more like a drone and I could hear no engine or rotor noise.  The dog was watching it too.
I had an LED torch with me which has a strobe setting so I put it on that and aimed it at the light.  The white light then went out and I could instead see a red light and possibly a green one.  It then vanished.
I couldn't gauge how high it was but it looked to be over the the traffic light controlled cross roads (4 lane highway crossed by 2 lane local road) north of stately zen manor.
Police Drone?

Or one of Chris's?

Mine wouldn't be spotted 

So what colour scheme would it be in ? 

[NARSES2]

A couple of nights ago, while returning from a dog walk just after sunset there was a white light hovering high above the house.  It kept getting brighter and dimmer as though it was being pointed in various directions searching for something.  I suppose it could have been a chopper but it was moving about more like a drone and I could hear no engine or rotor noise.  The dog was watching it too.
I had an LED torch with me which has a strobe setting so I put it on that and aimed it at the light.  The white light then went out and I could instead see a red light and possibly a green one.  It then vanished.
I couldn't gauge how high it was but it looked to be over the the traffic light controlled cross roads (4 lane highway crossed by 2 lane local road) north of stately zen manor.
Police Drone?

Or one of Chris's?

Mine wouldn't be spotted 

So what colour scheme would it be in ? 

Depends where they are operating

[PR19_Kit]

A couple of nights ago, while returning from a dog walk just after sunset there was a white light hovering high above the house.  It kept getting brighter and dimmer as though it was being pointed in various directions searching for something.  I suppose it could have been a chopper but it was moving about more like a drone and I could hear no engine or rotor noise.  The dog was watching it too.
I had an LED torch with me which has a strobe setting so I put it on that and aimed it at the light.  The white light then went out and I could instead see a red light and possibly a green one.  It then vanished.
I couldn't gauge how high it was but it looked to be over the the traffic light controlled cross roads (4 lane highway crossed by 2 lane local road) north of stately zen manor.
Police Drone?

Or one of Chris's?

Mine wouldn't be spotted 

So what colour scheme would it be in ? 

Humbrol 999, 'Invisible Paint'...................... 

[Rheged]

Visit to Meg's Cafe at Shobdon airfield for coffee and a very good bacon roll.  Half a dozen different gliders preparing for launching, plus a couple of Robinson helicopters and an elderly Cessna doing circuits.   

[PR19_Kit]

Visit to Meg's Cafe at Shobdon airfield for coffee and a very good bacon roll.  Half a dozen different gliders preparing for launching, plus a couple of Robinson helicopters and an elderly Cessna doing circuits.

Been there, done that too. 

Those bacon rolls are well worth trip on their own, never mind the aircraft. 

Good to know they're open again, I may take a drive up there soon.

[reddfoxx]

And now I want to go to Shobdon (frantically Googles it.)

[Pellson]

Visit to Meg's Cafe at Shobdon airfield for coffee and a very good bacon roll.  Half a dozen different gliders preparing for launching, plus a couple of Robinson helicopters and an elderly Cessna doing circuits.

I used to do gliding myself until I realised I spent on average 40 hrs mucking about on ground for each hour actually flying. That hour was good fun, though.

[PR19_Kit]

And now I want to go to Shobdon (frantically Googles it.)

Almost on the border between Wales and England, about half way up. 

[Rheged]

Shobdon is only a few miles from Chateau Rheged.  If anyone really does plan to go there, let me know and I'll get in the coffees at Meg's cafe.

[scooter]

SouthSTAR - The New Jersey State Police AW-139 medevac - for a trauma on the Garden State Parkway (overturned truck, according to the NJ travel & transit incident hotline) touching down whilst coming back from a very early morning grocery store run for SWMBO

[NARSES2]

Visit to Meg's Cafe at Shobdon airfield for coffee and a very good bacon roll.  Half a dozen different gliders preparing for launching, plus a couple of Robinson helicopters and an elderly Cessna doing circuits.

I used to do gliding myself until I realised I spent on average 40 hrs mucking about on ground for each hour actually flying. That hour was good fun, though.

Appears to be a similar ratio to that which is achieved by horse riders. 1 hour in the saddle ; 40 mucking out  and I'm only mildly exaggerating.