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Wee Weasley Welshman
7th Feb 2017, 14:11
Why am I getting buzzed by Atlas yesterday and C17 today?

http://i.imgur.com/S0qx0Kz.jpg

Both afternoons I have been treated to 3000 - 4000ft manouevrings overhead my house near Whitbourne on the Worcestershire Herefordshire border in the mid afternoon. Is there some sort of exercise on?

It's great to watch but it really piques my curiosity because it's two types doing nearly the same thing on two consecutive days. Just idle curiosity, a PM would be fine. There were no fastjets apparent in the area at the time.

Ta,

WWW

newt
7th Feb 2017, 14:26
Maybe they are lost!😈😈😈

taxydual
7th Feb 2017, 14:38
Have you left your landing light on?

Arclite01
7th Feb 2017, 15:14
I believe that they were also operating over Norfolk last night around 20.00 - 21.00

Certainly an unusual and distinctive sound.

Arc

Planet Basher
7th Feb 2017, 18:06
What is the RAF alternative truth for lost?

Saintsman
7th Feb 2017, 18:09
Some pretty tight turns there!

iRaven
7th Feb 2017, 19:32
Can't get lost anymore as we don't have Navs on the AT/AAR fleet anymore...;)

iRaven
7th Feb 2017, 19:34
PS. Just a guess - https://www.qinetiq.com/about-us/our-history/Pages/malvern.aspx

Brian 48nav
7th Feb 2017, 20:32
Nobody to buy the beer then?

Wander00
7th Feb 2017, 22:23
Years ago there was the dedicated RRE fleet - in the mid 60s I spent a couple of weeks flying their Canberras