C-130 flying in circles

[LowObservable]

With everyone complaining about flying hours &c, who is flying a C-130 round and round over Basingstoke at 2300? It's like a 70 ton mosquito...

[movadinkampa747]

Ok how do you know its at 2300'? And how on earth can you see it from Minneapolis? And how do you know it currently weighs 70tons?

[dhurst]

Movadinkampa747, not sure if your post was a joke but you just asked him how he knew it was 2300! little clue we use clocks.

[movadinkampa747]

Yes just my little joke. Wasted...........................

[tarbaby]

When I was navving we used to fly round in circles often, especially at 2,300ft.

[L J R]

And having done 2300 orbits at FL230 we descended to 2,300 QFE until 2300 and then called it quits and retired to the scruffs bar.

[Lara crofts pants]

Originally Posted by movadinkampa747

Yes just my little joke. Wasted...........................

very little

[Seloco]

That'll be the Basingstoke in Minnesota......

[WhiteOvies]

Have heard a suggestion that it was something to do with 40 years of the C-130. Lots of low flying around Marshalls at Cambridge apparently. There was certainly one flying around my part of the world at about 2130 but I assumed it was something to do with the GR9 crash.

[Lara crofts pants]

so it was 170ft lower than the other one then!!?

[WhiteOvies]

LCP:
Something like that, my eyes may need recalibrating!