Sonic boom in Cambridgeshire a few minutes ago

Thanks to the fighter pilot – scared the heck out of us and windows popping like a football hit them!

Bet the pilot is having fun!

Sorry.

Are you sure?

Damn burrito

Hora on a training ride?

Another call to get to London quickly maybe?

Usually if you call the RAF they deny there was a plane anywhere near there. We had a flypast once where you could smell the exhaust but according to the local RAF, the aircraft had been over 10,000 feet.

I thought someone on the building site had dropped a load of bricks on a truck or something.

Someone having a go at the TdF stage 3 Strava segment?

I live in West Norfolk and we seem to have a lot of low flying aircraft at the moment at 10-11pm at night often waking my daughter up, impressive to watch the jets and big Osprey going over though, i did think there was restrictions to them being that low and loud until they go over the coast (8 miles from me) but obviously not.

Something to do with this

It’s even made the news!

http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/News/SONIC-BOOM-Houses-rocked-as-aircraft-breaks-the-sound-barier-over-Cambridgeshire-20140605132903.htm

“An MOD Spokesperson said: “The MoD can confirm that Typhoon aircraft from RAF Coningsby were launched from Quick Reaction Alert this afternoon to investigate a civilian aircraft which had lost radio contact with air traffic control.
“The civilian aircraft re-established comms prior to intercept and was released to proceed en route.”
It is understood the fighters are now back on the ground, however the MoD could not confirm whether their jets were responsible for the sonic boom.

the MoD could not confirm whether their jets were responsible for the sonic boom.

LOL.

Yeah, it might have just been a really fast duck.

Heard it in Peterborough.

It was loud.

Very loud. Feel the pressure wave before you hear the sound, building wobbling loud.

Huge fun (or not) to be working in a school when that happens.

Another quiet news day 😀

Liking the Concorde picture.

Not related to the home made curry thread then?

It is not uncommon for a flow fly by from the RAF along the Liverpool waterfront, that said there have been far more than normal this week 🙂

Oh, fair play. I remember hearing one a couple of years ago when they launched jets for a helicopter that accidently sent a distress signal – dunno where the jets were, but the old sonic boom thing was impressively loud, shook the building like something very, very heavy had fallen over downstairs. 🙂

Not related to the home made curry thread then?

That causes more of a parp, than a boom.

I like also that it’s reported that a SONIC BOOM has been heard, just to emphasise how loud it is. And just so you don’t take it too lightly, here’s a snippet of a report from last year’s –

“Insp Matt Snow of Cambridgeshire Police told the News: “Part of a tree has fallen down because of it so it really has affected people.“ “

See?!?!

Hey! Don’t be hating on Insp. Matt Snow of Cambridgeshire Police, just because you were a doubting Thomas 8)

Didn’t hear it in St. Ives, but then I do have some heavy skanking reggae on the stereo with some mad tuff bass.

There will no doubt be some folk complaining about it (probably same folk who’d moan that the RAF didn’t act fast enough if it was a real risk )

Camped at tattershall lakes (right by RAF Coningsby) last week, one of the highlights was free airshow as the typhoons and tornado’s were constantly in and out

One my neighbours was driving behind a black sports car which did an emergency stop and the owner thought he’d hit a pedestrian.

Never seen my window flex so much like a football hit it by a penalty kick.

Hopefully it was England FC practising their shooting.

Watched an apache helicopter gunship fly over North London one morning a week or two back.

what was the Cornwall “sonic event” ? doesn’t seem to be related if the Typhoons were scrambled from Coningsby.

http://www.earthquakes.bgs.ac.uk/earthquakes/recent_events/sonic_cornwall_050614.html

There was a similar situation almost the same time last year:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-22926813

**** apaches are like annoying insects round our way until gone 11 at night Bastuards.

It was AirWolf

That concorde picture brings back happy memories of singletrack past

heh heh

aaaahhhh the old days when the internet was all fields

Being able to change your username and swear

Tubeless tires with tubes in them

Penguin spaff

The world has changed my friend

The government used to allow air forces from Europe to practice their low flying (for a fee) over Britain since they were not allowed to do it in their own countries. I don’t know whether it still does but with this neo-liberal lot I wouldn’t be surprised.

Could have been one of theses?