There’s loads out there – the Lancaster is circuiting Stowmarket at the moment.
Hercules and an A400M out over the North Sea just off Norfolk.
A few years ago there was an amazing video showing the orbiting patterns of all the aircraft required to get them in exact order over the palace – wonder if I can find it now?
A few years ago there was an amazing video showing the orbiting patterns of all the aircraft required to get them in exact order over the palace – wonder if I can find it now?
If you cant find that, there’s an amazing one doing the same for the start of the first Gulf War – probably a slightly different scale though
Well, stap me! That Lanc must have flown practically over my head earlier while I was out with the dogs between Bridgnorth and Shifnal, and I never noticed it. That’s what you get for wearing headphones…
Caught the Lancaster in Stowmarket, very low doing circuits over the town, which coincided with the street carnival parade, not sure if that was intended, but bloody marvelous moment.
Watching it Bank hard so low gave me goose bumps, beautiful aircraft.
Something fairly fast and loud flew over yesterday, but by the time I got outside to see what it was it was too far away. Checked on ADS-B, and all it showed was it’s call-sign, NICKEL61, and nothing else. It seems to have originated somewhere in the Med, to the East of Italy.
While I’m here, it’s worth pointing out that it’s the RIAT at Fairford this weekend, so lots and lots of interesting stuff flying around, biggest crowd they’ve ever had as well, completely sold out in advance. This Spitfire was flying around a short time ago…
I saw that Yak whist i was out Windsurfing this afternoon.
Couldn’t identify it from the profile, thought it was a Grunman Avenger with the very square wing profile
Not military but something that woke me up in the middle of the night, literally going round in circles. Tracking the registration number it is some sort of calibration flight (what ever that actually entails).
Not military but something that woke me up in the middle of the night, literally going round in circles. Tracking the registration number it is some sort of calibration flight (what ever that actually entails).
Incidentally, does anyone know anything about an aircraft like a C-130 with *eight* engines? We were driving back from Thetford last Friday and something the size of a C-130 flew over us, pretty much silently (although we had the car windows closed), coming in to land at Mildenhall I assume.
I didn’t get a lot of chance to look at it, although was surprised I hadn’t heard it, but it had the standard two engines per wing, with what looked like an extra two slightly smaller engines per wing as well, possibly mounted above the wing.
Could have been a MC-130 Commando? USAF have a special forces air wing there.
Look like this:
Lockheed MC-130J Commando ll, 11-5731, 67th Special Operations Squadron, 352nd Special Operations Wing RAF Mildenhall, D75_6451 by George Land, on Flickr
Incidentally, does anyone know anything about an aircraft like a C-130 with *eight* engines?
Reminded me of the story (possibly apocryphal / internet myth) that crops up sometimes with B52’s when a fighter pilot in his single-engine F16 requested a priority approach and landing due to his engine running rough.
ATC advised him that he was second in line behind a B52 approaching with one engine out to which the fighter pilot replied:
“ah, the dreaded 7-engine approach…”
Re whatever you saw, I’d guess at MC-130 as well, they do look weird:
Could be, I guess. But some of the loops were longish and straight and low, as if lining up on a target. Wouldn’t you do g-loc training at altitude to give you a bit of time to come round if blacked out?
(I am not a fast jet pilot, obviously)