Seen Over Your House Today

[fallenphoenix]

Saw a Pair of Tornados this morning,  one of which given the time and place may well have been the one that crashed shortly before 12, sadly the crew were both killed.

Craig

[Mossie]

Hadn't heard anything about a crash.  Sorry to here that

Despite my moaning earlier, I finally came up trumps, first with a Nimrod as I took a walk into town.  It was at medium altitude & I could clearly make out the tanks & MAD Stinger, so it wasn't one of the R.1's from nearby(ish) Waddington.  Later on I saw a Puma/Cougar in what appeared to be civvy colours, although it could be arriving for the Waddo show at the weekend.  Which is probably why there's been a lot of activity over the past few days.

[nev]

Simon, there's 8 F-15s from Lakenheath at Conningsby this week, which is probly the reason for all the jet noise.  I've been hearing it too, well into the evening.  Unfortunately sat at home recovering I am unable to get to either Waddo or CBY

[Aircav]

Although this wasn't seen over the house it was flying and I think this was the best shot I took all holiday, its of a Flying Dolphin on the Aegina-Pireaus route.
Hope you like it
Steve

[Mossie]

Simon, there's 8 F-15s from Lakenheath at Conningsby this week, which is probly the reason for all the jet noise.  I've been hearing it too, well into the evening.  Unfortunately sat at home recovering I am unable to get to either Waddo or CBY

I'm missing Waddo too.  Unfortunately, it tends to be in the same week as my wedding anniversary.  The missus said it was no problem that instead of spending the weekend away, we could go to Waddington, it was absolutely fine....  Fallen into that trap too many times....!!!!

If she sees this my b******s are for the knife.....

[B777LR]

This week was quite eventful. We booked a house out by the west coast, to go surfing and waterskiing:
1x Luftwaffe Tornado
2x F-16 in formation
1x F-16 alone
1x Lynx

In front of the house was a proppeller that a fisher had dumped, after it has snagged a net. I identified it as the prop of an RAF Bleinheim that was shot down in the area.

Today i arrived home, and i saw a pair of autogyro, and an EC-155 hovering over the nearby lake.

Although this wasn't seen over the house it was flying and I think this was the best shot I took all holiday, its of a Flying Dolphin on the Aegina-Pireaus route.
Hope you like it
Steve

It's a Soviet hydrofoil!

[Spey_Phantom]

nice things that ive seen today.

-Belgian Navy Allouette III
-SA350 (medical thrusts new helo  , looks nice)
-DCH-1 Beaver (Netherlands Air Force Historic flight)

[thedarkmaster]

saw another Ruslan today, must be heading for Nottingham east midlands. Big and low.......nice

[JJC]

Yet another Lynx

[nev]

Simon, there's 8 F-15s from Lakenheath at Conningsby this week, which is probly the reason for all the jet noise.  I've been hearing it too, well into the evening.  Unfortunately sat at home recovering I am unable to get to either Waddo or CBY

I'm missing Waddo too.  Unfortunately, it tends to be in the same week as my wedding anniversary.  The missus said it was no problem that instead of spending the weekend away, we could go to Waddington, it was absolutely fine....  Fallen into that trap too many times....!!!!

If she sees this my b******s are for the knife.....

Well, I hear Lincoln is nice this time of year, especially the south side ....

*innocent whistle*

[Captain Canada]

My brother is up at CFB Trenton for the RCAF Memorial airshow....keeps calling me with updates and now I want to punch him !

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

Hardly saw any military stuff whilst on our hols in the Balck Forest. Spent a very nice day walking around a town close to where we were staying called Schiltach - think it was the Monday, as we walked out of the car park two Tornados roared through the valley. Couldn't see whether they were German of British. Very smokey and very loud  

We we're staying just northeast of Wolfach in a deep valley. On the previous Saturday or Sunday there was a single engined lightplane - looking suspiciously like a Mustang but probably not ! - rolling and looping on the west side of the valley, therefore only properly visible as it popped over the top of the hill, very impressive but hard to ID even wearing strong polarised shades  

On the second stage of the drive home we stopped as we always do on the E411 at Wanlin services - I'm guessing Nils will be familier with this one (it's shaped like a Wigwam !). Anyhoos we clambered out of the air-conditioning into a 30deg wall of heat, just as two Mirage F-1's screamed over (about 3000ft) heading for Florennes. Not three minutes later two of the resident F-16's roared eastward at approx 1000ft evidently using the services as a way point as they both made a slight course change and throttled-up as they passed.

And that was it !

Ian

[jcf]

An EA-6B Prowler and an EF-18G Growler flying side-by-side, both visiting from Whidbey Island for the Naval Base Everett Open House.

The Arlington, WA Blackjack Squadron formation flying group, they fly various home-built Van's Aircraft RVs: http://www.vansaircraft.com/
They flew directly over three times in three different 16 aircraft formations, pretty cool.

Snohomish County Sheriff Bell UH-1H.

Jon

[Jschmus]

This weekend there were all sorts of festivities for the 4th, and there was much air traffic around my neighborhood.  Before I went to bed Saturday afternoon (night shift, remember?), I snapped a couple of a Robinson helo cruising over the waterfront (and my house).





I woke up, insomniac, at about 1430, and decided to walk about the neighborhood for a bit to tire myself out.  I didn't bring my camera, because this wasn't a sightseeing trip.  You're going to kill me.

I heard the unmistakable sound of piston fighter engines, and looked up just in time to see a P-51D, a P-40 and an F4U cruising overhead in a stretched out echelon formation.  They made four or five orbits of the neighborhood before zipping east.  My roommate was at the beach, and he reported later that they had buzzed the oceanfront at treetop height.  What a show!

[Mossie]

Well, I hear Lincoln is nice this time of year, especially the south side ....

*innocent whistle*

Looked into it but everywhere was already booked up.   Still, had a lovely time in Harrogate without XH558...  Didn't get chance to post Nev, but I eventually spotted a Tonka just poking out between the houses, not as common a site around here as it once was.  Still could have been F-15's around though, especially the high level formation I saw.

Spotted a few while in Harrogate, saw one of Yorkshire Air Ambulances MD902's & at least one Jet Ranger kept popping over.  Had my camera with me, but never had a clear enough shot.