F15s over Widermere

[kiwibrit]

As a long retired RAF eng off, I was a bit surprised to see a couple of F15s flying low over Windermere today (Wednesday 15 July). No complaints - pleased to see them - but I thought the Americans didn't do low level. That not so these days?

[TEEEJ]

Aviation Photography - Low level Flying, F-15E Strike Eagle (http://www.targeta.co.uk/low_level_eagles.htm)

Lowfly.net - Cumbria 1 (http://www.original.lowfly.net/13.html)

You'll find pages of F-15E Strike Eagles on the low fly route LFA7 - Wales.

Photo Search Results | Airliners.net (http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?aircraft_genericsearch=%3Dmcdonnell\+douglas*&airlinesearch=USA+-+Air+Force&countrysearch=-+Off-Airport+-+Cumbria&specialsearch=military&daterange=&keywords=&range=&sort_order=datestamp+desc&page_limit=15&thumbnails=)

TJ

[Buster Hyman]

Okay.

Enough of that, back to the Eagles.

[Never Alert]

Fair point Buster, post pulled.

[Wrathmonk]

And were very close to the Open at Turnberry this lunchtime (quote by the commentator "as the jets roar overhead" followed by some good tracking by the cameraman of F15 in plan form). Not putting Tom Watson off his stroke as he is currently 5 under ....

[kluge]

Enough of that, back to the Eagles.

Quite right;

"They stab it with their steely knives,
But they just can't kill the beast" :}

[tonker]

An F-15 came tearing down the A66 today west to east whilst i was in a farm shop, scaring all the kids half to death.

Brilliant.

ps the kids looked at each other as it dissapeared and laughed their heads off:ok:

[AYTCH]

What on earth was it you were doing that scared the kids 'half to death'??

[kiwibrit]

TEEEJ (http://www.pprune.org/members/90847-teeej), interesting links - thanks.

[Willard Whyte]

I tore down the A66 in my Audi a while back, I scared my wife half to death but the kids loved it.