Seen Over Your House Today

Mossie · August 23, 2009, 04:58:24 AM

That seems to be it, Google Maps shows it to be within a couple of miles or so of the A46 where I was driving. I remember seeing a sign, but couldn't recall the name. Cheers Ian!

Nick · August 27, 2009, 10:31:27 AM

Sheer luck for this one....

Went outside to hold the ladder for the SkyTV engineer while he fixed the dish on our roof and could hear a prop plane roar over nearby. Then it came over the house and I saw it was a Hurricane and the Lancaster of the BBMF!

Looks they were heading for the Clacton Airshow after appearing at RAF Bensons Family Day.

pyro-manic · August 27, 2009, 01:55:10 PM

Had a couple of paragliders flying over me at work today. They were riding the wind coming off the sea, and stayed at a couple of hundred feet for over an hour. I have got to try it.

Also a Mk8 Lynx, which gave said paragliders a wide berth.

jeremak · August 28, 2009, 02:32:27 AM

Three Fulcrums in formation, and later four Su-22 in another formation. I'm living in Poland, near Minsk Mazowiecki (23 air force base).

upnorth · August 29, 2009, 04:14:16 AM

jeremak: you are very lucky! The Czech MiG-29s had been sold off and theit Su-22s in museums by the time I arrived here five years ago. I've only ever seen Slovak and Hungarian Fulcrums in the time I've been here and I've never seen an Su-22 flying at all.

Anyway....

Yesterday my girlfriend and I were at the local swimming pool and a Robinson R-44 did a couple of circles overhead. A Zlin 242 passed over not long after.

Captain Canada · August 29, 2009, 04:20:53 PM

All other aerobatic teams eat your heart out....it's the Golden Hawks ! Well, the Hawk One Sabre, anyway ! She did a few bolters over the Chris Hadfield Airport today, piloted by Chris Hadfield. Flew up the St. Clair River from Windsor. Cool.

kitnut617 · August 29, 2009, 06:08:05 PM

Quote from: Captain Canada on August 29, 2009, 04:20:53 PM
All other aerobatic teams eat your heart out....it's the Golden Centennaires ! Well, the Hawk One Sabre, anyway ! She did a few bolters over the Chris Hadfield Airport today, piloted by Chris Hadfield. Flew up the St. Clair River from Windsor. Cool.

She really is beautiful isn't she Todd, I saw her about five weeks ago at the Airdrie Airshow (just north-east of Calgary). She was flying with the Snowbirds and they all put on a great show. Unfortunately, my digital camera isn't very good for airshow flying so I didn't take any photos of the flying (has also to do with the missus taking photos of a bunch of cars on display and ran the battery down) and I couldn't find my 35mm camera I usually take to airshows, it's still packed away in a box somewhere.

Robert

Fulcrum · August 30, 2009, 12:59:27 AM

A Robinson R-44 flew by the apartment at low level(very cloudy at the time) while I was doing my laundry at 11:40 this morning.

entlim · August 31, 2009, 07:09:41 AM

Red arrows just nearly took our roof off.....................

Ian the Kiwi Herder · August 31, 2009, 10:28:34 AM

Quote from: entlim on August 31, 2009, 07:09:41 AM
Red arrows just nearly took our roof off.....................

Hoylake Lifeboat Open Day. They stopped off in Blackpool to top-up the tanks, then on to Hoylake for the 1700 slot. We were watching them from here until a squall came through and reduced the visibility down to less than a-quarter-of-a-mile. Still bad now and it's gusting 30kts. Wouldn't want to be in one of those wee Hawks in these conditions.....

Ian

amg27 · August 31, 2009, 11:13:30 AM

I live on the flightpath to Leeds/bradford airport and on 29/8 a spooky RAF Nimrod R1 did a low pass over our town then did 3 approaches into the airport along with scheduled commercial traffic. i have seen military traffic go in before but not as special as this!!

upnorth · August 31, 2009, 11:43:58 AM

Saw what looked very much like an Aero 45 or 145 fly over town today.

Would be cool if it was, those qualify as vintage aircraft these days as most of the ones flying are restorations.

Chris707 · August 31, 2009, 03:58:56 PM

Embraer departing KPIT tonight heading for O'Hare:

Chris
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http://www.dataviewbooks.com/kpit.html

anthonyp · September 01, 2009, 06:04:45 PM

Not seen over my house, but at the ground breaking for our new facility here in Sterling Heights.

Local news video report

At one point we had one of Selfridge's DHS/Border Patrol helos fly right over. It was pretty cool!

Captain Canada · September 02, 2009, 10:38:39 AM

Some lovely heavies flew over yesterday afternoon while I was out on the deck enjoying a ( surprise, surprise ) beer.