Dane Crosby Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Just saw a Beech Starship fly over my house. Quite a rare sight. It was making an approach to St Mawgan sorry, Newquay International Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Livsey Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Posted by Dane Crosby on 21/08/2014 20:24:21: Just saw a Beech Starship fly over my house. Quite a rare sight. It was making an approach to St Mawgan sorry, Newquay International Are you sure? Pretty certain all Starships were bought back by the manufacturer after they decided to stop supporting spares and they were all scrapped. Might have been a P 180? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Bennett Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 stinson reliant was buzzing round today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Rutan VariEze today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Posted by Gavin Livsey on 21/08/2014 20:31:16: Posted by Dane Crosby on 21/08/2014 20:24:21: Just saw a Beech Starship fly over my house. Quite a rare sight. It was making an approach to St Mawgan sorry, Newquay International Are you sure? Pretty certain all Starships were bought back by the manufacturer after they decided to stop supporting spares and they were all scrapped. Might have been a P 180? Someone ought to scrap the Piaggio P180 Avanti's too............the one I see regularly is unacceptably noisy, really very nasty indeed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Posted by Dane Crosby on 21/08/2014 20:24:21: Just saw a Beech Starship fly over my house. Quite a rare sight. It was making an approach to St Mawgan sorry, Newquay International Don't be sorry....everybody knows it as St Mawgan. I didn't know the name had changed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lightning 759 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 tues tea time cant be not too many of these left andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 The 727 is quite a rare sight, although there were, apparently, 188 still in service as of last year Edited By Martin Whybrow on 21/08/2014 21:28:23 Edited By Martin Whybrow on 21/08/2014 21:29:16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Bradley Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Earlier today the BBMF Spitfire and Hurricane flew over and about 5 - 10 minutes later the Vulcan in formation with 2 Lancasters, a Spitfire an unidentified 'tail-end charlie'. What a marvellous sight, even though they were some distance away. Derek (near King's Lynn). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Price 2 Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Dave I think there was a Piaggio twin (P166??) based at Luton in the late 50's, early 60's. You could hear that before it appeared over the horizon until well after it had disappeared from sight. Not nice. Seem to remember early C130 were very noisy also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Black Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 The Vulcan and 2 Lancasters flew overhead in formation over Lincoln 2,15pm. this afternoon. over the site where a memorial to the memory of lost Lancaster crews is to be built. Brilliant! Bob (Lincoln) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dane Crosby Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Hi Gavin et al. You are completely correct, I let my mind wander around aircraft types. It was a P180 of course. It sounds much the same as a Starship. Of note, One Starship owner is flying again having just obtained his certification in the USA. One or two of the others may be flying in the next year or so but that will be it after most were scrapped or Christmas-tree'd for spares. Sorry to all about the mis-ident. I must have inhaled a surfeit of CA fumes that afternoon!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 This afternoon early on there were two planes "dogfighting" and doing loops out to sea off Rustington/Littlehampton. Could see and hear them from my garden but too far off to positively identify and no binoculars reachable, but sounded Merlin(ish) and the shape was right AFAICS so I assume Spitfires. They were going at it for some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Read Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Just after 5.00pm today heard a jet 'whistle' approaching and the Vulcan flew right over. It has to skirt round Sudbury and get under the Stanstead air traffic so it was nice and low. What a sight! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stratton Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 I may have missed the ShutteWorth Pagent, but saw this afternoon flying in close formation with a Yak, the DH 88 Comet. Flew from Old Warden towards Little Gransden then returned about 45 minutes later, and I didn't have a camera to hand! but Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Posted by Glenn Stratton on 09/09/2014 16:24:56: I may have missed the ShutteWorth Pagent, but saw this afternoon flying in close formation with a Yak, the DH 88 Comet. Flew from Old Warden towards Little Gransden then returned about 45 minutes later Why am I never at home when this happens? You're obviously quite close by Glenn, we're in Gamlingay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Stratton Posted September 9, 2014 Share Posted September 9, 2014 Yep, in Sandy, Martin. Sometimes lucky all depends on flight paths, sometimes see nothing but teased by engine noise! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bran Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Less than five mins ago the full set of Red Arrows right over my roof very low, all with white smoke on. In direct direction of Biggin Hill, but stopped smoke before overflying field, so flyby, or have they landed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Price 2 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Could they be overnighting there Dave? They are displaying in the Channel Islands tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon barr Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 They arrived here in Jersey at about 7:40 this evening.... The two Lancasters arrived at lunch time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Whybrow Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Sunday was busy in the air at our place, we had a prolonged display of, I think, Vans RVs in formation, 4 to start with but later joined by 2 more. Then later I heard the noise of twin radials and spotted a Catalina flying directly over, looked like it was G-PBYA heading back to Duxford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kettle 1 Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 9.15am west to east over Oakham Sunday 28th September Burt Rutan Varieze Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cymaz Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 In just over 4 weeks it will be the mother in law and her broomstick ! Edited By cymaz on 28/09/2014 23:00:40 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanN Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Not over the house, but over our Bucks club field around 17:30 today. Had just launched for my fourth and last flight when I heard that distinctive Merlin sound. Got the model up high as quickly as poss then turned it towards the noise so I could have a look Spitfire just visible above the tree line flying lowish and slowish. A club mate who arrived as I was packing up confirmed the sighting, and said he thought it might have been heading into RAF Halton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Privett Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 About 2 mins ago, directly over the house at about 1000 feet - a Spitfire. Heading west, I heard it coming and just caught a glimpse of it approaching - large oak tree in the garden blocks much of the view to the east! Edited By John Privett on 04/10/2014 16:24:16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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