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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby XR219 » Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:26 pm

Got lucky and had a tour round a company where a friend works today.

Saw a Challenger, two Do328s, a Do328JET and four 125s.
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Fri Jan 14, 2011 1:45 pm

Apache Longbow AH1 out of Wittering at 12:40 towards Wattisham.
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Thumper » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:08 pm

Thanks for sending me the Apache XPL, made my day \:D/

It's on it's way back to you now! :D


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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Fri Jan 14, 2011 4:43 pm

VC 10 at Waddington \:D/
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Fri Jan 14, 2011 5:56 pm

How did I miss that :(( :((

Two Dominies in formation and Red 10 over Bardney (although not at the same time :)) ).
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:25 pm

SAR heli
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couple of overflights
What a boring day :(
Fly fast jets and/or C130s over my house please, I'm bored!

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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:31 pm

Thumper wrote:Thanks for sending me the Apache XPL, made my day \:D/

It's on it's way back to you now! :D


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You REALLY SHOULD have come to Middle Wallop with MOD and myself! ;)
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Cluny » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:45 pm

11:00 - RAF King Air at low level between Marsh Gibbon and Grendon Underwood heading south .

15:20 - 2 x orbits from an Apache over where I work [Bicester] again at low level .

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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:55 pm

Cluny wrote:11:00 - RAF King Air at low level between Marsh Gibbon and Grendon Underwood heading south .

15:20 - 2 x orbits from an Apache over where I work [Bicester] again at low level .

:D



They're LOOKING for YOU! :D
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MERLIN

Postby Gaz » Fri Jan 21, 2011 12:53 pm

It was heading your way again this morning. 10:05 it flew over me
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:43 pm

Apache right over my house :-BD :D
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Re: MERLIN

Postby Xplumberlives » Fri Jan 21, 2011 3:15 pm

Not seen it here yet!

the weather is better too!



Update;

Merlin through Wittering at 13:40 :D Heading East
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Re: MERLIN

Postby Gaz » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:29 pm

Xplumberlives wrote:Not seen it here yet!

the weather is better too!



Update;

Merlin through Wittering at 13:40 :D Heading East


I'll keep my eyes open, it's probably heading back this way

EDIT: Just flown overhead. By the time I'd got the lens on, it had passed :(
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Re: MERLIN

Postby Xplumberlives » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:03 pm

Gaz and Daves Patented Merlin Tracking System! GDPMTS! :-o

Not sur it sounds so good as INITIALS! =))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Cluny » Fri Jan 21, 2011 6:56 pm

They're looking for you too :))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:11 pm

Well they are certainly putting it about!!!!
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Re: MERLIN

Postby Gaz » Fri Jan 21, 2011 7:24 pm

=)) =)) =)) =))
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Re: MERLIN

Postby Howslo » Fri Jan 21, 2011 11:42 pm

Gaz wrote:Similar, if not the same, one buzzed me at work today. Low and slow over Countesthorpe at about 10:30, heading north east


Must be what I heard going over my work in Leicester city centre. I was in the loading bay nowhere near any windows, so couldn't see, but it sounded like a large helicopter.
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Re: MERLIN

Postby Gaz » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:21 am

Heading your way again, Dave
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:48 pm

Two very high Apache's over N.E. Lincoln heading S (ish) not so long ago (less than an hour).
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:28 pm

Raytheon/Beechcraft T6 Texan(s) in the dark at Bournemouth today, it's there i promise!
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Thumper » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:46 pm

Is it the white one? :D

Nothing to report here as usual, unless the police helicopter with it's searchlight on over Bletchley is newsworthy.... nahh it isn't as it happens almost every night :))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:11 pm

Who's night flying then?

A couple of of Jets low & fast straight over the village.


I suppose with hind sight there can't be many options!! :))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Jigsaw » Thu Jan 27, 2011 8:36 pm

Mayfly wrote:Who's night flying then?

A couple of of Jets low & fast straight over the village.


I suppose with hind sight there can't be many options!! :))


=)) =))

Did they have Argentine markings?
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby RLN » Fri Jan 28, 2011 1:16 pm

Meant to post this when it happened, but couldn't be bothered really. Anyway, I was at work, and thought that it didn't sound like the normal commercial going into Stansted. We are on the approach most of the time, and sometimes the planes are so low you can see the passengers. Went outside and saw this.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3368425/Jets-scrambled-after-bomb-threat.html

The Typhoons cicled a couple of times, and then headed NE.



Also, today my house was buzzed by an Apache several times, but I hid in the cellar, and they went away eventually.
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