Unannounced French Incursion into UK airspace?
To lighten the mood.
While idly looking at ADS-B Exchange this afternoon I noticed the highly unusual sight of a Typhoon near me. On investigation Q000002/ZJ950 was pootling along at @260 knots in close proximity to and with little vertical separation from a French Air and Space Force TBM-700 (147) the Typhoon escorted the intruder to mid-channel before opening the taps and turning west to close with ZZ336/TARTAN49 aka BorisOne (ZJ950 vanished from the screen over Portland). The Voyager had transferred from a towline off the Wash did one oval track over the Channel off Dorset/Hampshire before returning to station over the North Sea. The French aircraft had penetrated somewhere east of Plymouth done a loop north of Birmingham and then headed South, the Typhoon had followed the same track from Birmingham. Any rumours, plausible explanations or actual facts? |
At the same time as the Typhoon was following the FAF TBM across the southern counties towards the south coast, there was another FAF TBM that took took off from Marham and headed across UK.
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Nothing to see, move along. NATO aircraft doing NATO things. Sometimes OAPs need to realise 1960s was 60 years ago.:)
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It was just QRA training.
I understand the TBM was simulating an A320 from BryanAir. |
Aircraft from friendly country intercepts aircraft from friendly country. Meanwhile......
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Inter-operational training sorties? no, can't be anything that simple could it?
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There was a TBM at Edinburgh the other day
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I heard it too - intercept was more or less directly over EGBB. Did make me look up from the desk, though a shame that it was so cloudy.
Those S-bends to intercept - presumably to slow down quickly - look fun. And probably explain the noise! https://www.pprune.org/spectators-ba...l#post11194000 |
Originally Posted by Consol
(Post 11194245)
Aircraft from friendly country intercepts aircraft from friendly country. Meanwhile......
The French? They still remember Agincourt. |
Probably just a mirage....
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Originally Posted by jolihokistix
(Post 11194399)
Probably just a mirage....
I see what you did there. .. Well, I think I saw what you did. :O |
Originally Posted by jolihokistix
(Post 11194399)
Probably just a mirage....
Oi'll get me coat. |
Originally Posted by chevvron
(Post 11194337)
Friendly?
The French? They still remember Agincourt. |
Originally Posted by fab777
(Post 11194439)
That is spelled "Azincourt", and only the brits remember it, as a recollection of their past glory. The French chose to forget, and remember Austerlitz instead.
;-) |
Originally Posted by SATCOS WHIPPING BOY
(Post 11194508)
Austerlitz? I am a little more modern and tend to remember D-Day when we bailed the French out of the poo
;-) Edit to add: with gratefulness. |
Originally Posted by fab777
(Post 11194511)
They remember that, too, and celebrate it each year since then.
Edit to add: with gratefulness. |
[QUOTE=fab777;11194439]That is spelled "Azincourt", and only the brits remember it, as a recollection of their past glory. The French chose to forget, and remember Austerlitz instead.[/QUOTE
Really ? They recently spent significant sums updating the museum they maintain at the battle-field.. https://www.bbc.com/news/business-47427608 |
Originally Posted by fab777
(Post 11194511)
They remember that, too, and celebrate it each year since then.
Edit to add: with gratefulness. |
Originally Posted by fab777
(Post 11194439)
That is spelled "Azincourt", and only the brits remember it, as a recollection of their past glory. The French chose to forget, and remember Austerlitz instead.
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Originally Posted by chevvron
(Post 11194591)
It may be spelt that way in some places but for most of the world it's 'Agincourt'.
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