Ron Gray Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 This got me out of the workshop this afternoon IMG_7127.MOV 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Cracknell Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Return from Clacton airshow probably.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 Chap flew over on a motor Paraglider, on hearing the noise my first thought was the National Park boys were trimming the footpath. The curved white wing looked huge and even though going slowly was to far away for a decent pic by the time I found my camera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 34 minutes ago, J D 8 said: Chap flew over on a motor Paraglider, on hearing the noise my first thought was the National Park boys were trimming the footpath. The curved white wing looked huge and even though going slowly was to far away for a decent pic by the time I found my camera. Noisy things, there is a local club with them no proper silencers 😵,,, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 4 hours ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said: Noisy things, there is a local club with them no proper silencers 😵,,, If you think those are noisy...try a few of these churning round the house at 11.30 pm and landing and taking off from the fields 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 And just in case you don't believe me. This picture show an Apache hovering over the box that holds our chairs on our fling field. It was shot from my bedroom window. I have been told that they use it as a"Tank" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted August 27, 2022 Share Posted August 27, 2022 I can imagine, we get Mirage and Rafale's doing dogfights over our town and model field, the Rafale's are ear splitting with their afterburners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Williams Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 It’s time for the annual power line check. This height over the middle of the village and my house, but power line height in the fields around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 A small low wing private aircraft flew over a few days ago, engine idling. He got lower and lower, with just an occasional blip of throttle. Seemed to be aiming for our flying field. When he got loser, he seemed to spot it was not really designed for 1:1 models, opened the throttle and set off in the direction of an airfield about 5 miles away........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 What looked like 9 Red PC9a's the first 6 in formation on their way to Toulouse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Miller Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 3 hours ago, GrumpyGnome said: A small low wing private aircraft flew over a few days ago, engine idling. He got lower and lower, with just an occasional blip of throttle. Seemed to be aiming for our flying field. When he got loser, he seemed to spot it was not really designed for 1:1 models, opened the throttle and set off in the direction of an airfield about 5 miles away........ We have a local idiot who lands on our flying field. in a microlight.We know who it is and are trying to sort him out. He has been reported the the CAA. Pretty sure he landed there today as I saw him coming back at 10 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel R Posted September 7, 2022 Share Posted September 7, 2022 (edited) Sorry for terrible picture... Didn't get to the phone in time to get a good shot. Was out for a run at the time. It was only a couple of hundred feet up. I had about three or four seconds from first hearing the four merlins before it had passed over. Beautiful. 3rd sept in Gloucester area. Edited September 7, 2022 by Nigel R Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Bullit Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 BBMF Lancaster flew four circuits round our villages en route to the Blackpool Air Show.Then met up with a Spit and a Hurri . The Pilot went to our local school ,so every time they`re nearby they try and divert over our village. Sadly this will be the last one as he`s moving on after this year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 20 hours ago, GrumpyGnome said: A small low wing private aircraft flew over a few days ago, engine idling. He got lower and lower, with just an occasional blip of throttle. Seemed to be aiming for our flying field. When he got loser, he seemed to spot it was not really designed for 1:1 models, opened the throttle and set off in the direction of an airfield about 5 miles away........ It may have been a training flight. Forced landings are often practiced into student selected fields with the intention of climbing away from the late stages of the approach and the blips may have been to ensure the engine wasn’t fouling its plugs or overcooling while in an extended idle to simulate a failed engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrumpyGnome Posted September 8, 2022 Share Posted September 8, 2022 Sounds a likely reason! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Nothing flying over here at the moment, but I do wonder what's going on in Eindhoven? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Five Hercules from different air forces all heading out at less that 1000ft, with a Persuader bring up the rear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Shopping in porthmafog the other day, heard a light aircraft which turned out to be a tug towing a large glider. Glider released over the town. Finished shopping, heard similar, a towed glider released over the town. Operating from Llanbedr airfield as it's the nearest ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul De Tourtoulon Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 That's saving the planet going shopping in a glider😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leccyflyer Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 There's the answer - big multinational exercise dropping parachutists at Arnhem. https://www.gld.nl/nieuws/7764025/zie-jij-ook-steeds-vliegtuigen-laag-overkomen-dit-is-waarom ARNHEM - With some regularity, residents of Gelderland can see planes flying low over these weeks. Sometimes paratroopers jump out too. The explanation is simple. About a thousand soldiers from 13 different countries are taking part in a large international paratrooper exercise this weeks, which partly takes place in our province. They practice under the codename Falcon Leap from September 5 through September 16 . And it is a major exercise, because droppings also take place in Groningen, Brabant and Belgium. Paratroopers and cargo The exercise does not just go unnoticed. Aircraft can fly low over daily. In that case, mainly cargo is shed in the first week. The transport aircraft and helicopters of the Dutch Royal Air Force and of other countries take off daily from Eindhoven Air Base. In the second week, from Sunday 11 September, all participating paratroopers will come to Gelderland. They are all housed at the barracks in Schaarsbergen. Defense wants to improve cooperation by exercising internationally and using each other's equipment and aircraft. Market Garden The grand finale of the exercise is on September 17. Then the annual commemoration of operation Market Garden on the Ginkelse Heide near Ede is on the program. Soldiers of the 11 Airmobile Brigade and paratroopers from other countries are also dropped there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 2 hours ago, Rich Griff said: Shopping in porthmafog the other day, heard a light aircraft which turned out to be a tug towing a large glider. Glider released over the town. Finished shopping, heard similar, a towed glider released over the town. Operating from Llanbedr airfield as it's the nearest ? Possibly but I’m not aware of any gliding activity at Llanbedr and there is no club there on the BGA database. They may have been from Denbigh https://denbighgliding.co.uk ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 (edited) There is a lot of tug and glider activity on Llanbedr airfield today, also lots of glider type trailers parked up there. One of the large hangers doors are open. Take offs and landings into wind on the very long runway, passing over mochras beach, meaning no RC activity on that beach. I bet the two chaps seen in recent rcme are pleased. Edited September 17, 2022 by Rich Griff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted September 17, 2022 Share Posted September 17, 2022 Ah! Must be Gliding Club making an expedition to take advantage of the Snowdon range. London Gliding Club are regulars. https://www.londonglidingclub.co.uk/expeditions Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Stringer Posted September 20, 2022 Share Posted September 20, 2022 Only just over my house!! A400 very low - that is my roof in the bottom right of the second picture. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martian Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 did you see who was flying it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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