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Old 22nd Jul 2021, 21:28
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Hartington
 
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When I first started visiting South Somerset before I retired here I was on the A303 heading home to Berkshire and overtaking a truck which sounded very loud only to realise a pair of very low Hercs were overhead.
I've not seen a pair since but I do see singletons occasionally apparently following the railway from Castle Cary to Westbury (I've seen them in both places at low level).
We seem to get A400Ms fairly frequently (at least once a week). When they first started appearing I mentally accused them of doing a test flight to Yeovilton for lunch such was the time they appeared out and back at relatively low levels. More recently they've been higher (the last one was at 10k ft) and I've not seen the return often.
Being close(ish) to Yeovilton and their helicopters they provide most of our traffic but we also get ETPS aircraft doing a range of manouvers.
Not the same as nearly 60 years in the environs of Heathrow!
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