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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Fri Aug 27, 2010 4:15 pm

Hihonyr8811 wrote:LOL that is very true :D :))
We feel very privileged to have been a Typhoons target \:D/ =))




Next time he might be weapons free!! :-o
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:05 pm

Spitfire heading towards Coningsby :D
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Jigsaw » Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:14 pm

Mayfly wrote:Spitfire heading towards Coningsby :D


Was he in his Pedantmobile?

I spotted one rather lovely Lancaster on saturday during her flypast of Elsham Wold, sounded and looked bloody great. Took a pic but it may as well have been a moth :( Clouds looked nice though :))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:22 pm

have you not got a new lens yet?
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Jigsaw » Mon Aug 30, 2010 6:25 pm

Mayfly wrote:have you not got a new lens yet?


Xmas present I hope ;)
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Mon Aug 30, 2010 7:14 pm

what lens is it to be??
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Old Rigger » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:11 pm

Well there we were stood at our fire assembly point and what a time to not have a camera handy :(( , an odd formation of a Harrier and Tornado flew an approach then landing gear up and straight down the runway and off.
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:20 pm

That would be aircraft from the fast jet test sqn
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:27 pm

Old Rigger wrote:Well there we were stood at our fire assembly point and what a time to not have a camera handy :(( , an odd formation of a Harrier and Tornado flew an approach then landing gear up and straight down the runway and off.



I was at the tip in Lincoln when they flew past, I didn't have a camera either ~x( ~x(
I did have a big box of wood bits that I dropped though =)) =)) which made the tip men (I don't know what you cal them =)) ) laugh :ymblushing: ~x( =))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:27 pm

There was a Herc doing very high circuits over Waddington this morning
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:28 pm

Mayfly wrote:There was a Herc doing very high circuits over Waddington this morning


Yeah right over our hour, the noise was driving me bonkers ~x( =)) =))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Old Rigger » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:37 pm

I sit here in my study and there is one of our sentry's flying around and can hear other types, so decide to get the video camera out and they disappear, so I give up :(
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:38 pm

=)) that happens to me all the time!!!
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:43 pm

Saw a lot of Harriers at Wittering!
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:47 pm

Old Rigger wrote:I sit here in my study and there is one of our sentry's flying around and can hear other types, so decide to get the video camera out and they disappear, so I give up :(



Well it's just passing my house now (NE Lincoln) so quick, run after it =)) =))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Nickolas » Wed Sep 01, 2010 6:50 pm

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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Cluny » Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:01 pm

C-5 Galaxy heading east at about 13:00 this afternoon whilst in Aylesbury :)
Many a year since I last saw one of them .
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Old Rigger » Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:17 pm

not sure if you can see this, it works in preview, but don't need to chase after it and got the bugger this time around from my window :p

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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Wed Sep 01, 2010 7:19 pm

Yep, that works!
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Stigish » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:31 pm

2x Typhoons yesterday on the way to my interview over Christchurch. Same ones that were resident all weekend at Hurn. It must have been a good omen :D
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Wed Sep 01, 2010 9:50 pm

you mean they left??
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Stigish » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:17 pm

Olicat wrote:you mean they left??

Yep, about 10ish :(
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Wed Sep 01, 2010 10:49 pm

Yep, because the 29sqn one was back at Coningsby today ;) \:D/ \:D/
Finally saw it \:D/ but too far away for me to take any pics :((
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:05 am

:P
i have some :D :D :D

shame they left+ i never heard them :(
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:13 am

The hercules is back, lower than yesterday, but still as annoying =)) =))
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