Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
A nice treat walking godg this morning as RAF herc out of Brzie came racing along at low leel over Frome, 15 mins later is back going the opposite direction.
It looks very very big aginst the SomesetSomersetyside and the hills around Frome. Any one know whknowseight they do these low levlow-levelts at . Having lived near LHR for years i am pretty good at guessing height of LHR arrivals but hey in a nice predictable straight line its flat. Do they have a mandatory 'floor' of say 500ft agl or 1000 asl?
Interesting contrast on the second pass when it just made a deep swooshing sound and appeared almost immediately while 6-7000 ft above an A400 was much noisier
It looks very very big aginst the SomesetSomersetyside and the hills around Frome. Any one know whknowseight they do these low levlow-levelts at . Having lived near LHR for years i am pretty good at guessing height of LHR arrivals but hey in a nice predictable straight line its flat. Do they have a mandatory 'floor' of say 500ft agl or 1000 asl?
Interesting contrast on the second pass when it just made a deep swooshing sound and appeared almost immediately while 6-7000 ft above an A400 was much noisier
A nice treat walking godg this morning as RAF herc out of Brzie came racing along at low leel over Frome, 15 mins later is back going the opposite direction.
It looks very very big aginst the SomesetSomersetyside and the hills around Frome. Any one know whknowseight they do these low levlow-levelts at . Having lived near LHR for years i am pretty good at guessing height of LHR arrivals but hey in a nice predictable straight line its flat. Do they have a mandatory 'floor' of say 500ft agl or 1000 asl?
Interesting contrast on the second pass when it just made a deep swooshing sound and appeared almost immediately while 6-7000 ft above an A400 was much noisier
It looks very very big aginst the SomesetSomersetyside and the hills around Frome. Any one know whknowseight they do these low levlow-levelts at . Having lived near LHR for years i am pretty good at guessing height of LHR arrivals but hey in a nice predictable straight line its flat. Do they have a mandatory 'floor' of say 500ft agl or 1000 asl?
Interesting contrast on the second pass when it just made a deep swooshing sound and appeared almost immediately while 6-7000 ft above an A400 was much noisier
WIDN62,
Thnak you very much for your reply , msd is Minimum safe distance -yes? That was about the height i would have put the Herc at both stright line height wise and slant angle from hillside . Impressive to see and certainly brightens up the day. I was wary of saying I saw i a YYY type and it was only x hundred feet up because Pprune has a few people who unlike your helpful self seem to delight tn rubbsihing height estimates.
This was an especialy good view but this is not an uncommon event , most low level stuff iare Hercs , sometimes a An A400 but never a C17 even though they are regulars along the same route to the SW out of Brize , maybe theyare a bit too noisy at 250ft.
Thanks again and have a nice weekend
Thnak you very much for your reply , msd is Minimum safe distance -yes? That was about the height i would have put the Herc at both stright line height wise and slant angle from hillside . Impressive to see and certainly brightens up the day. I was wary of saying I saw i a YYY type and it was only x hundred feet up because Pprune has a few people who unlike your helpful self seem to delight tn rubbsihing height estimates.
This was an especialy good view but this is not an uncommon event , most low level stuff iare Hercs , sometimes a An A400 but never a C17 even though they are regulars along the same route to the SW out of Brize , maybe theyare a bit too noisy at 250ft.
Thanks again and have a nice weekend
Incidentally, please explain why you were not at Lidl's on a Thursday!
Poseidon STGRY01 flying odd patterns just offshore south of Aberdeen at the moment.
Assuming SAR perhaps. Don't think we get too many submarines here off Portlethen !!!
Assuming SAR perhaps. Don't think we get too many submarines here off Portlethen !!!
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Heads-up. Other than unplanned diversions, most "interesting" movements seems to be flagged in advance these days, through a variety of sources (not all of which I am privy to!).
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Cavok AN12 just grumbled over heading NW...
Heading up the M3 last night just approaching the M25, quite amazed to hear what could only be a Wokka over the noise of the car and "na na hey hey" issuing quite loudly from the stereo system... it was too, been for a quick whop along the Thames heli lane...
Heading up the M3 last night just approaching the M25, quite amazed to hear what could only be a Wokka over the noise of the car and "na na hey hey" issuing quite loudly from the stereo system... it was too, been for a quick whop along the Thames heli lane...
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I see the Virgin Rocket Launcher is showing up on the ground at Newquay-St Mawgan-InterCosmicGalactic-Pace-Sport....
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Perhaps Cosmic Muffin*, er, Girl should be renamed Betty Stogs...
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About warning systems
Does somebody can explain which take precedence over wich warning alert:
TCAS RESOLUTION ALERT
TERRAIN ALERT
WINDSHEAR MANEUVER?
PLEASE, THANKS A LOT
TCAS RESOLUTION ALERT
TERRAIN ALERT
WINDSHEAR MANEUVER?
PLEASE, THANKS A LOT
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Change yer mind then? USAF MC-130J droned over southbound out of Mildenhall just now, big 180 over the south coast and droned over again in the opposite direction - presumably back to the Hole...