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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:19 am

:)) was just going to post the same =))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:44 am

=)) Great minds eh ;) :D
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Thu Sep 02, 2010 1:37 pm

Formation of 3 Typhoons low & slow over the village \:D/
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Thu Sep 02, 2010 3:53 pm

formation of 1 twin engined light aircraft high overhead
(see why your location is better than mine yet??!!)
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Thu Sep 02, 2010 4:08 pm

yep!!

1 wokka 50' right across the front of my house :D
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:24 pm

Olicat wrote:formation of 1 twin engined light aircraft high overhead
(see why your location is better than mine yet??!!)




What was it formating upon? :p
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby RLN » Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:25 pm

Itself, patently. :))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:26 pm

That must be the easiest formation to maintain then! :p
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby RLN » Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:28 pm

Keep within six foot of...................bugger all. Simples! :))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:28 pm

Even you could fly that one!
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Jigsaw » Thu Sep 02, 2010 6:36 pm

=)) :))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Thu Sep 02, 2010 8:51 pm

:-o while i was playing footy, guess what....
a cessna was doing circuits :-W :-W
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:14 pm

Haha :))

Sorry Oli - it must have been a good day at Coningsby today we had the trio, & 2 separate pairs as well as singleton typhoons all low & slow today...been busy \:D/
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:21 pm

i no longer wish to listen :(( :(( :YMTONGUE: :YMTONGUE: =; =;
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:31 pm

All we saw were Harriers and a King Air while at the farm!
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:37 pm

not even saying anything to that
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:39 pm

Olicat wrote::-o while i was playing footy, guess what....
a cessna was doing circuits :-W :-W



When Hula-Hoop plays football we often get Red Kites over the pitch! ;)
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Thu Sep 02, 2010 9:47 pm

lucky him but there are plenty down south
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Howslo » Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:46 pm

I saw a Boeing 737 heading for East Midlands Airport. :-o

Yep, the airspace over my house is pretty crap too. :((
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Fri Sep 03, 2010 8:53 am

WOW ECXITING!
dont you just love the engine noise?

we get about 2-5 everyday
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Howslo » Fri Sep 03, 2010 11:56 am

Is that all? I bet we get that in an hour! We do get variety though. 737, 757, various Airbuses. Exciting, eh? :ymdevil: Used to see an occasional MD11, but I've not seen one of those for a couple of years now.

The annoying thing is that the 747s and the Antonovs etc rarely use the flightpath by us (Northbound around the East of Leicester).
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Fri Sep 03, 2010 12:29 pm

Herc about over Waddington again!! Helen was that a US Sentry I saw?
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:06 pm

I don't know about US, but thee's been a NATO one doing big circuits most of the day, could be that one?

Arrows were also about, we could see coloured smoke whilst we were at the cemetery.
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Fri Sep 03, 2010 2:51 pm

possibly the NATO one then - I didn't get a clear look as I was driving but could see it wasn't one of ours Thanks
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mags » Fri Sep 03, 2010 9:03 pm

Tigermoth over the house......gosh - actually got to post something in here :))
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