Seen Over Your House Today

[Aircav]

Saw this Virgin Balloon at about 20.00hrs today

[Cliffy B]

EGADS!!!  Its a UFO!!!!  Quick someone call the FBI!!! 



Looks like a blurry hot air balloon, right.......right? 

[Aircav]

Yeap, blurry balloon taken with the camera on my phone 

[Mossie]

Saw a Jet Ranger myself today, rarely see these any more.

[GTX]

Not a real aircraft, but I "walked" into a photo of a model of my Dad's B-25 on line a few minutes ago. 

Here's the link . . .   

http://www.modelingmadness.com/others/shows/region4-2010/IPMS%20Region%204%202010%20019.JPG

5th air force, New Guinea, 1943-44. 

Totally freaked me out! 

And a tear or two . . . Miss you, Dad! 

William Abel
10/29/1916 - 12/11/1987

bobbo

Any photos of his real aircraft?

Regards,

Greg

[bobbo]

Wishful thinking.  I remember ONE that's ONE photo when I was a wee lad of @ 6 or  so, but the box of photos we had was destroyed in a basement flood somewhere around 1962 or so.  And the Real Thing crashed and burned on June 6, 1944 in Northern New Guinea.  The name "Bitch n Witch" name is what caught my eye a;long with the tail flash.  Those are two things I remember from that one photo. 

BTW, if anyone Out There has any information on the 5th Air Force in the Southwest Pacific, I would love to know.

bobbo

[thedarkmaster]

was at the local air museum last night and saw this

[sideshowbob9]

Forgot to mention saw an MC-130 out of Mildenhall last Monday doing some terrain-following.... while behind a 94xx pannier tank on the Gloucestershire & Warwickshire.

That was a good day.

[lancer]

About 20:00 last night, I heard a familiar sound in the air over so I went outside for a look and lo and behiold there was a gorgeous Spitfire flying overhead at about 500ft and at about 600 yards distance. It was silouetted by the setting sun, but it looked bloody beautiful. It was flying a SE - NW track.   

[Cliffy B]

And you didn't get a photo Lancer???!!!  Grrrrr.....


Reminds of a day many years back.  Was working outfront with the parents and I heard what sounded like a loud lawnmower.  I looked up and a Blue-Gray over Light Gray F4F-3 Wildcat flew down the street at about 200'.  Actually circled above a few times and did a few rolls before heading off elsewhere.  It was very awesome and I'll never forgot it.

[Spey_Phantom]

local helicopter company NHV made a low flyby her this morning, showing of there newest toy,

an EC155 Dauphin (newest model  )

[Mossie]

Would you Adam & Eve it, went down to Heathrow yesterday & didn't see a dicky-bird, mount ecky-thump is quiet as well.  The only thing of interest was a giant A-380 model in the middle of a roundabout acting as an Emirates advert.

[Jschmus]

I stepped outside this morning to hear a helo approaching at high speed.  Naturally I didn't have my camera in hand.  I could tell it was a Bell, at first glance a 230 (I thought I saw sponsons).  I ducked back into the house and grabbed my camera in case it came back through.  Not a minute later it hove into view, coming back over at treetop height.  The "sponsons" I thought I saw appear to be panniers or stretcher carriers, and it looks more like a Jet Ranger or one of the derivatives.



That's the first decent aircraft photo I've gotten in weeks.

[Hawkeye]

How's this for over the house, well actually my neighbors house across the street. A FedEx B722 inbound to runway 30 at KATW.

[Captain Canada]

I love that a/c. Looks the way an aeroplane should....and it smokes !