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Lager 235 was tanking aircraft from Atlantic Trident.....Think the F-15’s are off to the sandpit....Typhoon RRR7003 is on return leg,just past Poitiers
SAM 556....C-32A. 99-0003 just coming up from abeam Ostend, fl360.....has come from Jordan by look of it,so will probably route to Shannon for gas and go
SAM 556....C-32A. 99-0003 just coming up from abeam Ostend, fl360.....has come from Jordan by look of it,so will probably route to Shannon for gas and go
Two F15 E's at 22,000ft accompanied by a KC135R at 26,000ft all doing 500kts+ very close to my location. Sounded awesome 
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Both Typhoon flight passed over a few minutes ago, very audible but invisible despite a mostly blue sky. A couple of cumuluses (cumuli?) drifted across the best view, trees obscure most of thje rest.
Did see the SAM C-32; forget about the USN C-130T that just buzzed SE across London, didn't hear it.
Got a certain Cessna twin orbiting relentlessly overhead at the mo.
Did see the SAM C-32; forget about the USN C-130T that just buzzed SE across London, didn't hear it.
Got a certain Cessna twin orbiting relentlessly overhead at the mo.
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Clean 11 airborne from Mildenhall, a cloud of F-15s trailing in its wake.
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Second flight about to cross the Thames, slightly further east so I doubt I'll see or hear them...
And another group of them heading in the same direction Not as noisy this time, did someone complain 
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Hi...Adsb exchange as well....however have a few mates who live near to Mildenhall/Lakenheath and they see almost everything then text the rest of the clan...cheers
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Northbound over Italy is RC-135V. “Olive12”.....62-4130......normally should route into Mildenhall,but lately due to Covid restrictions they have sometimes done AAR over North Sea on way home....time will tell!
F-15s earlier we’re all bound for an exercise in Greece....KC-135’s now rtb
Coming up over France is RRR9102. Voyager ZZ332.....should be dragging Typhoons!
F-15s earlier we’re all bound for an exercise in Greece....KC-135’s now rtb
Coming up over France is RRR9102. Voyager ZZ332.....should be dragging Typhoons!
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Thanks SHJ, did a coupla runs along the Thames heli-lane I think - just got glimpses of it through the sycamores at the back of my gaff...
Mr Dare, they're used by special ops to operate in sandy places and seem to come through in both directions coming from or returning to the USA. Which one was it and which direction if I may ask ?
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Enjoying a late breakfast in the Huxley and the first sighting of a Spitfire returning to its Biggin roots since reopening. Not sure if I heard it or not, the neighbouring table's chatter is quite loud!
SHJ as they’re new to me I wasn’t sure that I should give too many details, but I don’t suppose any harm will be done. It seemed to have departed Stuttgart heading in the direction of Reykjavik. Coincidentally just now westbound out of Reykjavik is 95-3058 HEX AE68B8.
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Makes me think of a business idea - can they email a special number which updates a website? Or a twitter page?
SHJ as they’re new to me I wasn’t sure that I should give too many details, but I don’t suppose any harm will be done. It seemed to have departed Stuttgart heading in the direction of Reykjavik. Coincidentally just now westbound out of Reykjavik is 95-3058 HEX AE68B8.
Talking of strange aircraft, I thought I was dreaming an hour or so ago when an Alaskan Airlines A320 went down the western part of the UK en route from Glasgow to Palma de Mallorca. Either bringing ice from Alaska or being delivered to whomever somewhere. ;-)