Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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I was making a trip to a recycling centre a few hundred metres from RAF Benson this morning, around 10am. I heard a lot of engine noise, and drove up to a parking area up a hill about 2 miles away that looks down towards Benson. Still plenty of noise for about 15 minutes, then quiet. Never saw a sausage let alone a herd of Pumas! Might not have been the right time anyway??
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Like Tiger Moth G-AOBX which once graced the Hampshire skies at 48000' on one of the sites. Apart from the Loon balloons and the odd U-2 (and one of NASA's RB-57s) I've not seen anything else above 47000' as I recall...
Actually, I see Steve Bohill-Smith is a trustee of the group who operates her - was he not a Concorde captain? Well used to getting up high...
Just looking - Cub G-BVIE is reporting 48000' over Essex as I type. Must be a very good day for thermals!
Actually, I see Steve Bohill-Smith is a trustee of the group who operates her - was he not a Concorde captain? Well used to getting up high...
Just looking - Cub G-BVIE is reporting 48000' over Essex as I type. Must be a very good day for thermals!
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Nice to have a Tiger Moth head over just now - very purposefully heading NE unlike the Redhill joy riding Tigers which used to putter gently overhead. Not on the usual sites.
I see the Biggin Spitfire people have acquired Shawn Patrick's P-51D, I wonder if my oh so sensitive ear will be able to tell the difference between its Packard Merlin and the more usual Merlin 66s in the Spitfires!
I see the Biggin Spitfire people have acquired Shawn Patrick's P-51D, I wonder if my oh so sensitive ear will be able to tell the difference between its Packard Merlin and the more usual Merlin 66s in the Spitfires!
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Lot of French Mil orbiting in the Paris area, presumably a practice for Bastille Day.
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BA7032 Malaga - London City G-LCAC just landed at Doncaster. Shows no sign of diversion on FR24, straight up west of UK & across to DSA. Not really a convenient diversion, probably one of the quietist places if there is a problem.
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The plot thickens. Now departed Doncaster en route to Exeter.