View Full Version : Mid WalesShire Today 05/03
jumpseater
5th Mar 2009, 21:20
A relatively good day for snapping in mid wales
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2597.jpg
The RAF Medecine plane came through too, the worms got a closer look than we did,
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2630.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2632.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2693.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2648.jpg
The first F18 I've seen in the UK :ok::ok:
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2621.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2610.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2677.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2663.jpg
Wee Jock McPlop
5th Mar 2009, 21:31
Jumpseater,
Top pics mate. However, I may just be an air trafficker, but I'm sure that's an F15E.
WJMcP
Razor61
6th Mar 2009, 12:36
and obviously not familiar F-15E's are based in the UK.
Jumpseater, perhaps take a recognition book with you next time ;)
I beleive the current young persons venacular for this would be 'Epic fail'.
But then, if you use the number pad, a slip from the 5 key to the 8 key is quite possible
Ivan Rogov
6th Mar 2009, 14:23
Fish for tea Jumpseater? :D Some posters are obviously not aware that there is a two seat version of the F18 :ugh:
Heywood Djablowme
6th Mar 2009, 14:54
I think the word is: Waaaaaaaaah!
octavian
6th Mar 2009, 16:04
The man takes great photos, shares them with us and all you can do is moan about type recognition. Oh stop being so picky boys!
Wee Jock McPlop
6th Mar 2009, 16:05
Is it just me or am I missing something here? Front, back, top, bottom, inside and outside it's :mad: F15E (Strike Eagle):ugh:
Sorry jumpseater, this is not directed at you.
Ooh I must go and have a cuppa cocoa.
WJMcP
Razor61
6th Mar 2009, 16:19
Wee,
I was a tad confused on Ivan Rogov's comment too :confused:
Yep, superb photos.:D
I wonder if any of our American friends at RAF Lakenheath are actually on PPRuNE? I bet they'd like a few such F-15E pics as a memento of their UK tours, and the beautiful Welsh hills.
Does anyone know if USAF aircrew are still treated to the 'White Cliffs Tour', the radar-guided, controller-narrated coastal history trip from Reculver to Folkestone? I was once treated to it in the back seat of an RAF Phantom: I never knew Dickens had lived in Broadstairs...
Razor61
6th Mar 2009, 17:17
Not sure about the White Cliffs tour but they do frequent Stonehenge for a few 'snaps'.
MH53s out of Mildenhall did a farewell tour of the white cliffs also a year or two ago.
Knight Paladin
6th Mar 2009, 17:18
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!
Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!
Please 'expand' ....
Knight Paladin
6th Mar 2009, 19:16
A "Waah" is when someone deliberately makes a factual error, inviting some know-it-all type to correct them, to be met with the response of "Waaaaaaah". Childish, yes, but very amusing when done properly, and popular if the yoof culture of today's steely-eyed aviators.
ADVOCATE_56
6th Mar 2009, 21:30
XV490 wrote ""Does anyone know if USAF aircrew are still treated to the 'White Cliffs Tour', the radar-guided, controller-narrated coastal history trip from Reculver to Folkestone? I was once treated to it in the back seat of an RAF Phantom: I never knew Dickens had lived in Broadstairs...""
I doubt it as we used to provide them from Air Traffic at Manston, which has now closed as an RAF unit. It was not just a tourist exercise - Reculver Bay - Upkeep trials/Margate/Broadstairs - Dickens/Pegwell Bay - Caesar Landing/ The Cinque Ports and the White Cliffs of Dover - it was a way of generating FJ traffic at an otherwise quiet unit. The ATC Supervisors used to phone around, mainly the USAF bases, and speak to the SOF each day. The basic deal was come and do a couple of talk-downs and we'll do a White Cliffs Tour. It worked pretty well and we had a steady flow of FJ traffic.
As per usual I went too far one Saturday evening and took a pair of Ramstein based F4s at about 1500' to Canterbury as well, so they could see the Cathedral. Cue noise complaints and interview without coffee. :ok:
Come to think of it, those were the days when the USAFE desk jockeys spent the weekends keeping their hands in - the FCs tended to be closed and we occasionally did PIs with the AD jets out over the oggin. We also had a regular flow of weekend visitors from Europe - they would fly in on Friday afternoon; stay for happy hour and then weekend it in London before coming back and leaving on Monday mornings. And thats how I did a talkdown on a Starfighter.......
KinEll getting nostalgic :{
Wee Jock McPlop
6th Mar 2009, 21:50
Knight Paladin,
Thanks for that explanation!:confused: Absolutely crystal clear now mate!:confused: :mad: me I'm getting old. Is it just me.......
WJMcP
Benjybh
7th Mar 2009, 10:32
They are just so samey though. How many photographs does a person need of a Tornado flying through the same valley in Wales?
Enough that you can get that 'perfect shot', surely...? Practice makes perfect. :ok:
Lossie23
7th Mar 2009, 10:48
During the Cold War when USAFE FJs used to come up to Scotland on weekends Scottish Mil sometimes used to point out landmarks etc eg castles, Loch Ness etc. Usually being a weekend there would be nothing else on the freq.
I remember two US pilots singing to Scot Mil, just caught the end that went: ...we've found a happy place, we'd rather stay with Scottish Mil!"
Any ext Scot Mil controllers on here able to add anything re giving tourist info?
Wee Jock McPlop
7th Mar 2009, 17:09
Lossie 23,
Funnily enough, I used to be a Lossie controller (early to mid 90s) and occasionally the USAFE FJ crews used to call up for a wee tour. However, the radar coverage to the west of Inverness used to be relatively limited at lower levels and the best that we could do was point them at the 'throat' of Loch Ness, just to the north of Inverschnecky and let them rubberneck themselves. I think they appreciated the effort, but we could not do very much more than that.
They also used to ask what various places were as they flew through our airspace (castles and the like) and again we tried to help as much as we could. Tended to die out once Rosehearty was binned and they tended not to use Tain as much as before. The F15s used to go in direct to Tain and did not speak to us that often.
Do remember an F15C dropping a 'boomer' overhead Lossie during a particularly 'sporty' bit of ACM. Harry Staish not v impressed with the USAF, but happy in the knowledge that it could not have been us i.e one of the Buccs!
Happy days
Jock
jumpseater
7th Mar 2009, 19:31
Thanks for 'helping' with my recognition chaps :} , here's a few more
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2667.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2651.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2624.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c270/2012images/_B6O2627.jpg
ttfn!
Brakes to Park
7th Mar 2009, 20:25
JS
Do you mind telling us exactly where these pics were taken?
Brakes to Park wrote
Do you mind telling us exactly where these pics were taken?
Dinas Pass
low fly guide for the Mach loop Lake District and all of the UK - W Dinas (http://lowfly.net/6.html)
low fly guide for the Mach loop Lake District and all of the UK - Home (http://lowfly.net/)
A few samples from the past couple of weeks on UKAR. The Lakenheath F-15s have been quite busy in Wales.
Two days in Wales (http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6958)
Bwlch and Cad 5/6th 03 2009 (http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6970)
LFA7 The Loop 5th March 08 (http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6920)
Bwlch Exit 200209 (http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6429)
Bwlch ~ Snowdon Roundabout 20 Feb (http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6436)
Cad West 10th Feb 09 (http://forums.airshows.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=6051)
TJ
jumpseater
8th Mar 2009, 09:18
BTP
The best and most responsible site to get info from is:
Warplane.co.uk - photography around the UK - Low Level Flying Mach loop, Lakes Scotland and more. (http://warplane.co.uk).
It's remarkably free of 'Colemanballs' information such as
At this location you can usually shelter from the wind unless it is blowing from the north. Even in the summer it is windy at this location, it seems to blow all year round.
This area is very grassy so take care if standing close to the edge of a steep and long drop. :D:D
And BTP, our paths have almost certainly crossed before, I may have been in the back of your 'cab' in the last few years :suspect:....
The Helpful Stacker
8th Mar 2009, 09:24
Hmmm, I haven't seen many Tonkas sáns stuff hanging off their wings in a while.
Looks quite odd now days.