Spotters Corner

[Xplumberlives]

14:00 a Merlin dropped in to RAF Wittering

[Hihonyr8811]

Mum spotted Elvington (YAM) on 'A Touch of Frost' tonight

[Gaz]

RAF A330, overhead, about an hour ago. Flying from Paris, according to FR24

[Xplumberlives]

AH64 Apache inbound to Wittering at 13:16

[Hihonyr8811]

C-17 very high over Wickenby, E3-D Sentry flying over Tesco car park in Market Rasen, a lone Red Arrow doing a high circuit and a loop over Waltham and Scarab 48 (Shadow R1) over Binbrook.

[Aceyone]

Bog all over Bromley

[Xplumberlives]

Bog all over Bromley

You get what you deserve!

[Aceyone]

Bog all over Bromley

You get what you deserve!

Is that why they took away your Harriers ?

[Gaz]

Virgin 747 G-VBIG, low over E.Leics, around lunchtime

[Gaz]

cessna citation low and fast, overhead just now

[Canberra Man]

Hi.
In 1942, I did some real spotting. I lived in Grimsby, Lincs and Grimsby had a huge dock and railway system. The docks board organised a spotting system, High points round Grimsby had spotting post's and spotters (My father was one of them) and I used to visit him and look through his huge binoculars. He pointed out a cloud formation and told me where to look and I was looking at a Junkers 88, then the ack ack opened up and he handed me a spare steel helmet, I did feel grown up!! That was happy days. Grimsby was also a test bed for the German anti- personell butterfly bombs. They were killers, children mostly. When I was 18, I was called up in the Royal Artillery ack ack and three months after demob a had joined the RAF and ended up on 617 Squadron at RAF Binbrook, 12 miles from home!!

Ken

[Xplumberlives]

Hi.
In 1942, I did some real spotting. I lived in Grimsby, Lincs and Grimsby had a huge dock and railway system. The docks board organised a spotting system, High points round Grimsby had spotting post's and spotters (My father was one of them) and I used to visit him and look through his huge binoculars. He pointed out a cloud formation and told me where to look and I was looking at a Junkers 88, then the ack ack opened up and he handed me a spare steel helmet, I did feel grown up!! That was happy days. Grimsby was also a test bed for the German anti- personell butterfly bombs. They were killers, children mostly. When I was 18, I was called up in the Royal Artillery ack ack and three months after demob a had joined the RAF and ended up on 617 Squadron at RAF Binbrook, 12 miles from home!!

Ken

Wonderful!

[Olicat]

Apache at lunchtime, makes a change!

[Aceyone]

Apache at lunchtime, makes a change!

So what did it taste like ?

[Jigsaw]

Giggle

[Olicat]

Apache at lunchtime, makes a change!

So what did it taste like ?

Bit metallic if you ask me

[Gaz]

AN-124 into EMA, early, at about 22:00. Impressive sight, all lit up. I did take some video but it is NOT worth sharing

[Xplumberlives]

Lakenheath and Coningsby must have sent everything they have over here this morning!

[Hihonyr8811]

Not technically a 'spotted' as I didn't actually see it, but I did here the F-86 Sabre "Out of Duxford on a test flight", call up Coningsby on the scanner and ask for a t&g.

Other than that it seemed to be Tornado day, I had 3 at Holbeach range out of Marham (Marham 31, 13, 25), and then two 41 sqn tornado's were doing t&g's and talk downs at Coningsby as we passed by on the way home.

[Xplumberlives]

Once again we seem to have loads of Typhoons and Eagles playing up above us!

[Cluny]

RV8tors practicing over Marsh Gibbon this afternoon

Not aviation related but I did spot a Sherman Tank being driven past our unit in Bicester this morning

[Mayfly]

Anyone see the Reds today - they were at Waddington and Conningsby - only I forgot and arranged an eye for my mum in Lincoln

[Jigsaw]

Anyone see the Reds today - they were at Waddington and Conningsby - only I forgot and arranged an eye for my mum in Lincoln

Oops
Hoping to see them at Kirton in the morning but just had an email advising that our telly is being bloody delivered

[Hihonyr8811]

Saw the Waddington display from our kitchen
Then we went shopping and timed it perfectly to watch the Typhoon display (at Coningsby), then on the way back from shopping we watched the Reds display
Video will be available sometime next week at this rate

[Jigsaw]

Best of a bad bunch from Kirton today. The weather was pants. Was great to see them though.