Seen Over Your House Today

Mossie · January 05, 2011, 07:40:25 AM

Oh forgot, with you mentioning Seakings Nils it's spurred the memory, saw two of them over York University. Probably RN Seakings, Lead was light grey the trailing machine seemed darker.

Spey_Phantom · January 11, 2011, 04:31:09 AM

we and the mum went shopping this morning, near ostend airport. lot of grounded Meridian DC-8's, MK airlines 747, also spotted an overflying Seaking and local SA365 Dauphin.

as we arrived on the parkinglot to check out a new secondhand shop, i found one of these badboys on the parkinglot (wonder if its for sale

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Stargazer · January 11, 2011, 04:55:00 AM

Quote from: Nils on January 11, 2011, 04:31:09 AM
we and the mum went shopping this morning, near ostend airport. lot of grounded Meridian DC-8's, MK airlines 747, also spotted an overflying Seaking and local SA365 Dauphin.
as we arrived on the parkinglot to check out a new secondhand shop, i found one of these badboys on the parkinglot (wonder if its for sale )

Now... there's something I didn't quite get here. When exactly did that beast find itself "over your house"?

Hawkeye · January 12, 2011, 10:54:02 AM

How's this for over the house...I took this out my office window as the aircraft passed over the neighbors house. The fuzzy white at the bottom is the snow on the neighbors roof. Its that low! I LOVE IT!

Stargazer · January 12, 2011, 11:28:12 AM

Awesome pic!!! Is your office like on the top floor of a 100-storey building?!?

Captain Canada · January 12, 2011, 03:11:46 PM

Ya, and it's one of the sexiest airliners of all time, too !

And Nils, what kind of tank is that ?

Spey_Phantom · January 13, 2011, 12:28:22 AM

i dont know what tank it is, im more of an aircraft builder, i know only little about armour.
i thought it was a M60 Patton, but it looks more like a 60's/70's design $:-\$

Hawkeye · January 13, 2011, 06:25:48 AM

Quote from: Stargazer2006 on January 12, 2011, 11:28:12 AM
Awesome pic!!! Is your office like on the top floor of a 100-storey building?!?

Nope a ground level office...same level as the rest of my dwelling. This is "Seen Over Your House"

scooter · January 13, 2011, 02:55:48 PM

Quote from: Nils on January 13, 2011, 12:28:22 AM
i dont know what tank it is, im more of an aircraft builder, i know only little about armour.
i thought it was a M60 Patton, but it looks more like a 60's/70's design $:-\$

Its not an M48/M60 Patton. Turret's too tall and short, rear deck is sloped. Other than that, I have no idea myself. $:-\$

Hawkeye · January 15, 2011, 03:27:28 PM

An American Bald Eagle

UPS MD-11

ChernayaAkula · January 16, 2011, 04:30:58 PM

Quote from: Nils on January 11, 2011, 04:31:09 AM
<...> as we arrived on the parkinglot to check out a new secondhand shop, i found one of these badboys on the parkinglot (wonder if its for sale )

Wow! The things they sell in second-hand shops these days!

The tank is a Swiss "Panzer 68". From what one reads, it had some teething problems. Since many components shared the same electrical circuit, it could happen that cranking up the heater caused the main gun to fire.

lancer · January 19, 2011, 03:39:46 PM

I saw an RAF Merlin chugging over my place earlier today at about 500ft. Pretty dammed cool

frank2056 · January 20, 2011, 03:39:10 PM

Not quite over my house, but here's the Delta 4 Heavy launched from Vandenberg AFB today. Taken from the roof of the Math Science building at UCLA, the Delta 4 is climbing over the Getty Center/Museum. Distance to Vandenberg is 205.7km.

What's amazing is that even at this distance, I could just hear the faint roar from the engines.

rickshaw · January 20, 2011, 11:24:13 PM

Pretty good line of sight. I understood Southern California was smoggy. If you could hear the engine, obviously not much traffic around where you are? Cool picture though. Reminds me of the scene in "The Day After" when the people in the town look up and see the Minuteman exhaust trails going up from the silos into the upper atmosphere and you just know whats going to happen next.

frank2056 · January 21, 2011, 07:16:58 AM

Quote from: rickshaw on January 20, 2011, 11:24:13 PM
Pretty good line of sight. I understood Southern California was smoggy. If you could hear the engine, obviously not much traffic around where you are?

This part of L.A. has very little smog, except for a few days in the Summer, maybe.
Not that much traffic, although there was some noise. The rocket sound was distinctive enough to make out over the rest. I was on the roof of this building right at the arrow, looking out to the left.