Typhoon shadowing Light Aircraft over West Yorks today
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Typhoon shadowing Light Aircraft over West Yorks today
We don’t often see fast jets over our house but this afternoon I saw a Light Aircraft (Rockwell Commander) apparently being chased by a Coningsby Typhoon. FR 24 seems to show the light aircraft (2-LAND) tracking from Guernsey towards Lincoln then circling to the west of Lincoln before it went to Leeds, followed by the Typhoon circling it all the way to LBA.
Anyone else witness this interception ?
Anyone else witness this interception ?
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Yes, alerted by what is these days rare, military jet noise I saw the Typhoon climbing just to the north east and followed its path online. I then noticed it apparently trailing the light aircraft.
We don’t often see fast jets over our house but this afternoon I saw a Light Aircraft (Rockwell Commander) apparently being chased by a Coningsby Typhoon. FR 24 seems to show the light aircraft (2-LAND) tracking from Guernsey towards Lincoln then circling to the west of Lincoln before it went to Leeds, followed by the Typhoon circling it all the way to LBA.
Anyone else witness this interception ?
Anyone else witness this interception ?
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We don’t often see fast jets over our house but this afternoon I saw a Light Aircraft (Rockwell Commander) apparently being chased by a Coningsby Typhoon. FR 24 seems to show the light aircraft (2-LAND) tracking from Guernsey towards Lincoln then circling to the west of Lincoln before it went to Leeds, followed by the Typhoon circling it all the way to LBA.
Anyone else witness this interception ?
Anyone else witness this interception ?
Typhoon did some messing-around / having-fun / showing-off over the valley once the light was definitely on approach, I guess they'd reestablished contact by then. :Looking at the FR24 trace show the limitations of that tracking - it flew nothing like shown. Not the right day for a nice long afternoon nap though...
