Typhoon breaks sound barrier over Shropshire
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If I'm not mistaken, Shropshire is the least populated county in England.
Shame we don't get more fast movers though
If you spend much time in France, you will hear sonic booms quite frequently, especially near the south coast. The French authorities have a different attitude, it seems, towards their general populace than our huggy caring government!
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I hear distant booms sometimes off the east coast. Mainly when there's an exercise on. An F-15 did the deed a few years back while night bombing at Donna. The Beeb reported on that incident too. Same again - confusion, concern, but no reports of complaints.
What I meant in my earlier post about there being no complaints was that the reporting of the incident in the media didn't feature any complaints, yet some members of this forum were making remarks based on their assumptions that there had been some kind of complain-athon.
What I meant in my earlier post about there being no complaints was that the reporting of the incident in the media didn't feature any complaints, yet some members of this forum were making remarks based on their assumptions that there had been some kind of complain-athon.
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I think you will find that the officer was "familiarising himself" with its capabilities, just as this officer did in Shropshire in 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/7186940.stm
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XV277, the major difference being that the Tornado, being so far above the M54, was far less likely to kill anyone else.
Some time ago I was chatting to the lads in the tower at EGBO. A day or so previously a Tornado had made a low level (Dead Sea QFE in use)
pass over the airfield. It was great 
I was actually there to see it. However, I learned that some time after I had left one of the local miseries rang up to complain about the noise. The lads hands were tied and they could only explain politely that there had been nothing dangerous etc. I wished I had been there and able to explain a little more fully to the caller that they would have more cause to complain if the country had been invaded because the pilots skills were rusty as a result of people like them objecting to their every move so restricting practice opportunities. Twits! 
More sonic booms and low-flying fast aircraft, as well as those lovely Hercules please!
Some time ago I was chatting to the lads in the tower at EGBO. A day or so previously a Tornado had made a low level (Dead Sea QFE in use)
pass over the airfield. It was great I was actually there to see it. However, I learned that some time after I had left one of the local miseries rang up to complain about the noise. The lads hands were tied and they could only explain politely that there had been nothing dangerous etc. I wished I had been there and able to explain a little more fully to the caller that they would have more cause to complain if the country had been invaded because the pilots skills were rusty as a result of people like them objecting to their every move so restricting practice opportunities. Twits! More sonic booms and low-flying fast aircraft, as well as those lovely Hercules please!
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Harrogate said: What I meant in my earlier post about there being no complaints was that the reporting of the incident in the media didn't feature any complaints, yet some members of this forum were making remarks based on their assumptions that there had been some kind of complain-athon.
I didn't say that anyone had complained. However, I was witness to something yesterday, which might have a bearing in this.
I was in the offices of a publisher and a punter had arrived to collect a prize. It was some piece of automotive tat, that clearly didn't meet the przie winner's expectations. So. Off he went, ranting and raving for a few minutes at the money he had spent in fuel getting there, the time he had taken off work yada yada. After a while, it went quiet. He screamed 'stoppage!!' dived into cover and upon inspecting his spleen he discovered it to be empty. I stepped forward, gazed in and advised. 'There is blood in the vessels, and no blood in the spleen.'. The receptionist opened a drawer and took out a form, and asked him if he'd like to quickly fill out a complaint form, which would be in front of the MD within 30 minutes and he could expect a phone call almost immediately. 'Ohhh no' said he.. 'I'm not the complaining type me, but I just wanted you to know love'. And stormed off.
You can complain and you can grumble, without actually committing anything to official means, and thats what I was referring to, possibly too obliquely in my haste. The people I heard on the radio were grumbling. Because, as I suggested, this was to many of 'em, a new experience. We live in a sanitised world where fear rules the roost. A bus tour operator I know has seen overnight stays to the West End almost dissapaear since 7/7, because people are afraid, and mainly middle aged/older types too. The hardy more senior types we associate with standing up to Hitler now seem afraid of their own shadows; a legacy of 1970s navel scrutineering maybe.
I accept that a whinging trooper might be a happy trooper, but by accident or design, we have become an insular and introspective nation, who talk over each other on the internet, but who don't listen on the phone. I dread to walk into Smiths next week and see on the front cover of Hello! details of a spread revealing in all its glory, the home of Mr CH Chadwick of Telford who wanted to know why the oxygen system wasn't checked properly before take off, why he had to be there in the first place wrecking the atmosphere (don't they have simulators nowadays?), why the pilot couldn't have pointed it in another direction, why he couldn't wait a few seconds, why his 28 year old son is now having difficulty sleeping and suffering violent mood swings etc.
You can grumble and complain without submitting a complaint, and the 2 people I heard were in a huff (possibly because they didn't know why the pilot had cracked one out) and the tone of the respondants was a little indignant. Well done to the RAF for getting the facts out so quickly though. Time and time again, we've seen nothing but a willingness on its part for the RAF to get the facts out about air related incidents as quickly as possible. And so finally, I apologise for any distress you may have felt as a direct or indirect result of the contents of my post.
And look! Why did that rock face have a rock on it?!! Why do we have gravity?!! Why did I have to be there?!! Why didn't anyone dive infront of me to save me?!!! Why was my jacket cut?!!! Why can't I do military adventure training on Wii?!!!http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...al/7192363.stm
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Andy Brooks WITNESS!
Hi Keith and ALL the others that have been bustin my as* over me being 'the' cloud parting witness!
NOT ME!
Im in Cape Town and having the pleasure of seeing not cloud parting but now and then
one single line going vertically down from 40k over the sea to low level from one of Britan's finest aircraft sadly not seen in the UK any longer!
Brooksy
NOT ME!
Im in Cape Town and having the pleasure of seeing not cloud parting but now and then
one single line going vertically down from 40k over the sea to low level from one of Britan's finest aircraft sadly not seen in the UK any longer!
Brooksy
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Sonic boom
OK folks, I'll stick my neck out and openly complain about this.....
Why the hell did this have to happen over a sparsely populated area!. I'm out walking to the east of Bristol every day and never get to see/hear anything like this. I would pay good money to hear a sonic boom, and am feeling quite jealous. Maybe I should pop a complaint into the RAF to say that by not being subjected to this, my human rights have been denied to me!
I have not heard a sonic boom since the early 1970's, and still remember the excitement they brought to me (bearing in mind I was very young, and even the Gnats that used to fly over at low level seemed (to a six year old) like roaring Navy Phantoms).
BUT, on a serious note, although I'm glad everyone involved arrived home safe in time for tea, It also demonstrates what a sad and dreary life many of us lead, for this to be newsworthy in any way!. If only the government and media could or would care as much for our HEROES overseas, facing hardship and danger every single day
Sorry that this turned into a bit of a rant, but my childhood memories have brought back the recollection of a time whereby most Britain's seemed to have so much more pride in our country, and our forces were something to support, and not to cast aside.
Barnstormer1968 (possibly in need of a coffee, or a coup of Noo Labour, either will suffice)
Why the hell did this have to happen over a sparsely populated area!. I'm out walking to the east of Bristol every day and never get to see/hear anything like this. I would pay good money to hear a sonic boom, and am feeling quite jealous. Maybe I should pop a complaint into the RAF to say that by not being subjected to this, my human rights have been denied to me!
I have not heard a sonic boom since the early 1970's, and still remember the excitement they brought to me (bearing in mind I was very young, and even the Gnats that used to fly over at low level seemed (to a six year old) like roaring Navy Phantoms).
BUT, on a serious note, although I'm glad everyone involved arrived home safe in time for tea, It also demonstrates what a sad and dreary life many of us lead, for this to be newsworthy in any way!. If only the government and media could or would care as much for our HEROES overseas, facing hardship and danger every single day
Sorry that this turned into a bit of a rant, but my childhood memories have brought back the recollection of a time whereby most Britain's seemed to have so much more pride in our country, and our forces were something to support, and not to cast aside.
Barnstormer1968 (possibly in need of a coffee, or a coup of Noo Labour, either will suffice)
Some one has already said' it broke my old dining set and cracked a window. I want compensation' !!!
Can I say it broke my MP3,PS3,DVD,Video,Laptop, and my new car !!
I did'nt even hear it and I live in Shrewsbury, then again my missus sez I'm
getting old and deaf.
Can I say it broke my MP3,PS3,DVD,Video,Laptop, and my new car !!
I did'nt even hear it and I live in Shrewsbury, then again my missus sez I'm
getting old and deaf.
