Jimbo565 Posted June 25, 2014 Share Posted June 25, 2014 Today A DC3 Dakota belonging to KLM doing corporate flights from Newcastle came over twice,we are six miles out from the airport and bang on the center line for runway 25, it would be around 1500 ft. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I was busy at work today(saturday) welding away in the yard when I heard a powerfull piston engine approaching which sounded like a Griffon to me. Whipped my welding helmet off and looked up in time to see a blue Spitfire(BBMF I think), pass right overhead at very low level. He proceded to bank around and pass over twice more before pulling up and heading off. Almost made it worthwile being at work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Posted by John Privett on 23/06/2014 23:15:10: Very nice! What part of the world was this in, Martin? Sorry John, only just noticed your post. We're in South Cambs, just down the road from Little Gransden and about 6 miles away from Old Warden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Dunn 1 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 saw a B-17 flying fortress at around 2-45pm today flying east near Shaftesbury , Dorset , heard a long while before i saw it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 The B-17 flew over my house in Aylesbury, Bucks about an hourish ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David P Williams Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Thought I saw a B17 parked at Bristol Airport as we came in to land from Italy Friday lunchtime, looking quite small in company with all the Boeings. Thought I might be hallucinating, but maybe not....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Nothing but "Air Pollution" visible today.................... Unfortunately not near enough to Stanstead to see Ryanair playing 737 bumper cars................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Price 2 Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Cliff. Time and a half AND a Spitfire. Thats a good day in anyones book> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernie Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 I'm lucky enough to be about 3 miles from RAF Coningsby ,so I get most of their traffic also some sentries from RAF Waddington normaly waddo stuff is very early morning you can see about six or seven heading out to the north sea.we do get the odd Hawk trainer about a week ago it nearly took my chimney off or so it sounds ,it was low and fast.,I have to say I love it though.when I first came to Lincolnshire I lived in a mobile home about 5/6 hundred yards from Coningsbys main run way and was awakened by a flock of phantoms back then Bernie. .PS Not forgetting the BBMF of course always getting them over .OOO those merlins . Edited By Bernie on 29/06/2014 19:00:51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted June 29, 2014 Share Posted June 29, 2014 Heard an old jet whistling overhead this afternoon; very low cloud so I couldn't see it until it was a fair distance away when it broke out of the cloud and I spotted a Hawker Hunter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 Bit late reporting this one - but hey ho! Last week whilst in Liverpool I saw two Tornados flying very low over the city centre in close formation - very unusual. North Wales you see them commonly - but not often this far up. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete B Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 That's what you end up with when the policing budget is cut to the bone..... Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted June 30, 2014 Share Posted June 30, 2014 LOL! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Pearce 4 Posted July 4, 2014 Author Share Posted July 4, 2014 About an hour ago a Hunting Percival Pembroke flew low over me on approach to Staverton. Judging from the u/c being up and his quite fast speed I'm guessing it was a low pass rather than a landing. A stirring site although when I was in the RAF in the 1960/70s I would probably have thought them boring in comparison with other RAF types flying then. But now it was a lovely noise and very nostalgic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Bastow Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Andy, Time and a half you must be joking! I work shifts so just a normal day. still the spit was nice Edited By Cliff Bastow on 04/07/2014 14:13:40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 was sat in the workshop, when i heard a rumble it was a visceral sound. so i popped my head out the door, just in time to see the spitfire and hurricane fly over. wonder what they were doing down sout.h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Price 2 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Did my best irony and humour fail to hit the spot . Those days long gone Cliff. Thoughts of mod and his delete button suggests that I stop there!! Andy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Etheridge 1 Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Warbird over Sanderstead. Early this evening about 6.00 PM either a Wild Cat or a Hell Cat flew over at low level and swept round in a left hand turn and seemed to be heading towards Kenley. Edited By Mike Etheridge 1 on 04/07/2014 20:24:31 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Wednesday evening I was just going out at 7:15pm when I heard a very loud rumbling of a couple of radial engines; I looked up to see one of the BBMF Dakotas directly overhead at about 200 feet! Checked later and it seem it was on its way from Wyton to Northolt for a series of fly-bys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted July 4, 2014 Share Posted July 4, 2014 Mike - didn't see anything tonight, though I was probably 4 or 5 miles from Sanderstead at 6pm, so far enough away to miss it unless it also happened to be heading my way. But I'm sure we saw a ***cat of some description in the distance either last weekend or (more likely) the weekend before. Far enough away to be impossible to identify, but certainly had a ***cat appearance about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Etheridge 1 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Whilst I was glueing the servo tray in my free Super Air, a twin engine WW2 sounding plane flew over along the Addington road in the direction of Biggin Hill. Unfortunately due to cloud possibly I did not see it. John, I have just filled out an application form for the Epsom Downs club, the problem is that I have not taken the A certificate yet, only BPMFC field test some years ago. What is the club's strategy for getting 'old gits' through the test? Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Mike, we are planning on having a bit of a 'push' to encourage more of our members to get their A tests done - idea is to set some dates in advance (as far as can be done with our 'wonderful' weather!) where examiners and instructors will be guaranteed to be in attendance. Then a bit of assessment/instruction/encouragement/arm-twisting as appropriate can be done for those who are ready for, or nearly ready for, their A tests. In the meantime those without A's can of course still fly with an A-certificated person supervising. I suspect a significant number of our 'mid-week' flyers fly on that basis! Regarding the membership form, it's me you'll send it to. Post is fine, but I'm happy to accept emailed forms and photos, and payment by direct transfer if you want (I'll send you our bank details if you want) - entirely your choice though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Back on topic(ish)... I'm noticing smaller aircraft appearing on flightradar24 than in the past - more so in America, but some GA aircraft here too. Presumably the ADS-B gear is increasingly being fitted on private aircraft as well as commercial. Today I spotted several gliders on flightradar24, all apparently flying out of the Scottish Gliding Centre near Kinross. I don't know if there's a major event going on there, or if it's just "regular" club gliders there that are now kitted-out with ADS-B. Here's a couple of screenshots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Etheridge 1 Posted July 5, 2014 Share Posted July 5, 2014 Thanks for the response John, I will post you the form,photo and cheque. There is nothing wrong with BPMFC, I just seem to unable to get there sufficiently these days due to a number of circumstances. Back to aircraft spotting! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted July 6, 2014 Share Posted July 6, 2014 This evening at 6:30pm, we were outside and heard the whistle of old jets; moments later 2 red and 1 yellow Folland Gnat's flew over - the slightly misnamed Red Gnats Display Team I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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