anyone know why a eurofighter would be constantly circling a light aircraft at 2500ft
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anyone know why a eurofighter would be constantly circling a light aircraft at 2500ft
on our s.w. shropshire hilltop have just watched a typhoon in a very high nose up attitude [to keep it flying slowly enough] constantly making large circuits culminating in close fly psts of a light plane; they are heading E.S.E from us west of Bishop's Castle with the jet making unbelievable noise as it tries to keep itself in the air while going so slowly, anyone know why? [2.45/50 sunday afternoon bst]
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... squacking ...
In flight Sudoko system on MFD 3 playing up and causing nose high attitude and excessive engine noise?
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yes, really!! it was a typhoon, 3 of us watched it for at least 6 minutes trying to keep "down" to the speed of the [unknown type-the typhoon being much more interesting] light aircraft which was plodding across the sky. The first time we actually saw the full circuit [we'd heard the racket coming from the west for some minutes earlier] we thought the jet had actually not seen the light aircraft as it was slightly below and in front of it, but it became apparent that it was trying to circle the small plane and we watched at least 3 further "cicuits" made by the jet round the small plane.
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Sounds as though the light A/C may have lost radio contact and was heading towards busy airspace, ATC sent up an aircraft to get the attention of the pilot, also to check if pilot awake/alive and at the controls?
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Bishops Castle is our equivalent of the outback !
The Low Fly Area for RAF Shawbury Defence Helicopter School stretches in that direction, but they don't normally do anything until after a leisurely breakfast on a Monday morning.
Intriguing......
Bishops Castle is our equivalent of the outback !
The Low Fly Area for RAF Shawbury Defence Helicopter School stretches in that direction, but they don't normally do anything until after a leisurely breakfast on a Monday morning.
Intriguing......
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yes, it was small, pale and single engined. The eurofighter was definitely a eurofighterr, every time it turned to circle round behind the light plane it banked over and gave us a ringside view of its canard and delta wing shape. We thought it was probably a security thing of some sort, it seemed such an odd occurance.
Nothing secret. Training for OAS intercepts as per published protocol. Typhoon may also deploy flares. If they use a heli to intercept a heli they may use green laser and a "Follow Me".
Ignore all that at your peril!
See: Intercepts
Ignore all that at your peril!
See: Intercepts
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To add a bit of relevance, and since the Taurus Mountain 2 exercise was mentioned earlier, extracts from a recent Av Week article:
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To add a bit of relevance, and since the Taurus Mountain 2 exercise was mentioned earlier, extracts from a recent Av Week article:
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Aviation Week & Space Technology 03/19/2012
...Further additions to the normal QRA force structure will come from rotary-wing platforms. Royal Air Force Puma helicopters, as well as Lynx platforms operated by both the Navy and Army, are being added to mirror the practice—honed in Afghanistan—of gradual escalation of effect. If attempts to communicate visually with pilots of unresponsive aircraft fail, RAF Regiment sniper teams on board can use weapons such as warning flares, shotguns and rifles.
“Sniping from a helicopter isn’t new,” says Wing Cdr. Shane Anderson, commanding officer of the Puma-equipped 33 Sqdn., “but sniping from a helicopter at another aircraft is new for us. The French have had the capability for quite a long time, so we’ve had a look at that.”
“We’ve been working closely with the Typhoon, Sentry and Puma aircrews, just to ensure that we know exactly what each part of the layered defense is doing,” explains one sergeant in the RAF Regiment’s Sniper Training Team. “Every exercise takes it up a level, with more moving parts, so the guy who has sat behind the weapon system has the utmost confidence that at the moment he pulls that trigger he knows he’s doing the right thing.”
Aviation Week & Space Technology 03/19/2012
...Further additions to the normal QRA force structure will come from rotary-wing platforms. Royal Air Force Puma helicopters, as well as Lynx platforms operated by both the Navy and Army, are being added to mirror the practice—honed in Afghanistan—of gradual escalation of effect. If attempts to communicate visually with pilots of unresponsive aircraft fail, RAF Regiment sniper teams on board can use weapons such as warning flares, shotguns and rifles.
“Sniping from a helicopter isn’t new,” says Wing Cdr. Shane Anderson, commanding officer of the Puma-equipped 33 Sqdn., “but sniping from a helicopter at another aircraft is new for us. The French have had the capability for quite a long time, so we’ve had a look at that.”
“We’ve been working closely with the Typhoon, Sentry and Puma aircrews, just to ensure that we know exactly what each part of the layered defense is doing,” explains one sergeant in the RAF Regiment’s Sniper Training Team. “Every exercise takes it up a level, with more moving parts, so the guy who has sat behind the weapon system has the utmost confidence that at the moment he pulls that trigger he knows he’s doing the right thing.”
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