Yanks Over Cornwall!
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Yanks Over Cornwall!
Hi,
Yesterday a pair of F-15's [I think] over Bodmin Moor, but a bit far away.
Evening heard but not seen, so don't know if they were the same.
But at 12.30 today, heard a single roar coming over. Got outside just in time, to see going over my cottage, very low. Not seen a low flyer as this for years. Nearly took the chimney off! Only seen for a second, but a great sight.
Anyone an idea of what's going on. Could do with a lot more to brighten up the day.
Yesterday a pair of F-15's [I think] over Bodmin Moor, but a bit far away.
Evening heard but not seen, so don't know if they were the same.
But at 12.30 today, heard a single roar coming over. Got outside just in time, to see going over my cottage, very low. Not seen a low flyer as this for years. Nearly took the chimney off! Only seen for a second, but a great sight.
Anyone an idea of what's going on. Could do with a lot more to brighten up the day.
Probably a new guy on the Sqn being shown just how small 'Lil old England' is.
They quite often fly past Boscombe just to have a look at Stonehenge.
Bloody tourists.
They quite often fly past Boscombe just to have a look at Stonehenge.
Bloody tourists.
Had a few visits the the West Country over the past couple of years, and other than an occasional RN helicopter, the yanks are the only military aircraft I've seen. The sky used to be thick with Hawks, Sea Harriers, Jetstreams etc....
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I spotted a jet at very high altitude, yesterday evening. The airframe was very hard to see, but the contrail was moving at such a speed, it was definitely not a civilian airliner.
Originally Posted by Tankertrashnav
Could have been. They are instructed to fly at high mach numbers when chemtrailing is operative to ensure maximum distribution of the droplets
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I was just about to take a sip of my G&T and the peace of a Padstow evening was rudely interrupted by two F-15E's scorching NNW from the Bodmin area - how rude! Followed about ten minutes later by another two, cheek!
Please do it more regularly, Sea Kings and Lynx are OK but nothing beats a low fast pass by a mil jet, I would prefer our own but any other friendly nations hardware is appreciated.
Please do it more regularly, Sea Kings and Lynx are OK but nothing beats a low fast pass by a mil jet, I would prefer our own but any other friendly nations hardware is appreciated.
Fast, noisy afterburning jets would indeed appear to be the exclusive preserve of our American guests, or has the south west disappeared off MoD maps?
There was a pair of Tornado GR4's sub 1000 feet flying over Exeter city yesterday around 5:40 ish
Until he had to get a real job post-uni, my youngest drove RiBs for an income of sorts, but it took him interesting places like the J Class Regatta in 2012, and driving photographers on the Olympic regatta courses during the racing, but also being a "small terrorist launch" for the Thursday war and other exercises. had a high old time - called me once on his phone as Hawks screeched overhead and a heli was hovering within feet. Saw him at it once on news reel shots of the pre Olympic security training off the W coast of Scotland, Saw a RiB whizz across the shot with an unmistakeable stance of Will driving it. Was I jealous - too right I was!
Rotary traffic is very light here these days even though we are not too far from Odiham. On the plus side Thursday is night flying so fingers crossed for later this evening 
Edit - might have been a pair earlier, I was there a couple of hours later at about 1930