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JAVELINBOY
16th Feb 2018, 21:16
Stealth shaped aircraft reported flying over Newport around 21:50 tonight, anyone else seen anything?
Nothing on Flight Radar as one would expect.
DaveReidUK
16th Feb 2018, 22:13
Would that be one of the dozen or so Newports in the UK, the 40-odd of them in the USA, or somewhere completely different?
Big Eric
17th Feb 2018, 07:24
........and what does a "stealth shaped aircraft" look like?
Airbus Student
17th Feb 2018, 07:28
Thought I heard something over Newport South Wales around that time, I remember checking the tracking sites as I thought it was rather loud.
ShyTorque
17th Feb 2018, 08:08
Not very stealthy if it was seen....
Big Eric
17th Feb 2018, 08:09
Ryanair 738 EI-EPH flew over Newport, South Wales at 21.50 on it's way into Bristol.
jolihokistix
17th Feb 2018, 08:38
Say "Welsh stealth" five times quickly. Or should that be "Irish stealth"?
kcockayne
17th Feb 2018, 08:38
........and what does a "stealth shaped aircraft" look like?
I don't know, I didn't see it !
JAVELINBOY
17th Feb 2018, 09:38
Newport, South Wales, think the spotter would have recognised the Ryanair aircraft see them and easyjet all the time in and out of Bristol.
Big Eric
17th Feb 2018, 10:20
Newport, South Wales, think the spotter would have recognised the Ryanair aircraft see them and easyjet all the time in and out of Bristol.
So why would the spotter think it was a "stealth" aircraft in the dark?
Harry Wayfarers
17th Feb 2018, 10:42
So why would the spotter think it was a "stealth" aircraft in the dark?
Because they eat a lot of carrots!
jimjim1
17th Feb 2018, 12:21
Probably just the Rosewell, NM shuttle.
JAVELINBOY
17th Feb 2018, 17:10
Spotter says it was a definate V shaped airframe not an airliner
Big Eric
17th Feb 2018, 19:41
Spotter says it was a definate V shaped airframe not an airliner
How could "spotter" (yourself) see this in the dark?
Probably just an early Chinese New Year prank with a model of a JAVELIN hanging from a Chinese lantern !
EEngr
18th Feb 2018, 03:33
https://images.jg-cdn.com/image/3fa683cf-1f43-4c08-b2da-5259fedc7232.jpg
jolihokistix
18th Feb 2018, 09:30
Great thread, worthy of some kind of recognition or award. *****
Sadly almost invisible amongst all the chatter on Pprune.
excellent picture for the Caption Competition!
SpringHeeledJack
18th Feb 2018, 19:59
Anything to do with the rash of earthquakes reported in the region ?
Anodyne
18th Feb 2018, 20:44
The earthquake was just a Dash 8 landing at Cardiff.
MATELO
19th Feb 2018, 17:10
The USAF had a massive exercise out of Lakenheath last week, so not out of the realms of possibility something ducked in flying the Old Tacan Route over South Wales (stands to be corrected on that one).
Possible long range attack (from USA) and intercept (Lakenheath). Bit worried if they got as far as Newport. :uhoh:
Expect to see more RAF Lakenheath jets in the sky | Anglia - ITV News (http://www.itv.com/news/anglia/update/2018-02-10/expect-to-see-more-raf-lakenheath-jets-in-the-sky/)