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That'll no doubt be these https://www.nwmas.com/air-displays/ I'm only a few miles from Hawarden so see them all the time.
Two days ago we witnessed what I thought was approx. 6 No. F22 fighter jets fly over Lake Windermere. Is this right? Or were they F35 lightnings?
Either way they were impressive and noisy 👌
If they made themselves visible, you could look them up on the replay here https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?r
Air Force One inbound.
What's the other one just behind it? Airforce 2?
Thanks bikesandboots that website is fantastic. Checked it for time and date but no sign of the fast jets.
@didnthurt click the U button to filter to the interesting stuff
Cool, I'll check it out.
We saw three F15s today over Windermere. Quite a treat while we were walking around Wray Castle's grounds.
AF1 currently on its way to Lithuania.
Two Chinooks VERY low overhead, together with a police helicopter accompanying two green sea kings. Needless to say they did not appear on Flightradar and the skies were otherwise rather quiet overhead for a little while. This may be related to the above post 😉
The Met doing their bit on the way back
Things starting to slowly arrive at fairford ahead of this weekend&s airshow.
So, got buzzed by 2 twin tails passing low over the M6 around the Lake District today. Apart from the fact I nearly shat myself we couldn't pick them up on ADSB. They were flying low and doing some tight turning so no doubt training, what do we reckon, F15?
I didn't get a great look as I was driving but they looked like vertical tails which rules out a 22 and the wings looked less like a delta which makes me think F15 or even an SU27.
F15's landing at Lakenheath fly over my house most days, very rarely visible on ADSB. Also make a lot of noise!
Not quite military but check the track on the po-po plane at the golf Open.
https://fr24.com/UKP153/31354ed6
At least one B2 Spirit just flew low over Gloucestershire, so I'm told. Must be heading to Fairford.
Just seen the two B2s over South Cerney going to Fairford. Mega low and rumbling
Lots of miltary jet operations in East Cambs & North Norfolk over the past week and bit. Much more than the usual activity out of Lakenheath and seem to be flying lower and faster than normal.
This week has seen lots of Top Gun stuff type over the North Sea:
And yesterday the Red Arrows were in Ayr:
Saw the Red Arrows very near mine on Friday, they were transiting to Blackpool via a couple of calling points. Got to the summit of a road climb and there was a small gaggle of folk there who'd all had the same idea!
After all of that, they didn't display at Southport Air Show on Saturday due a short but intense and very local downpour which rendered the runway at Blackpool too wet to use.
The Lancaster went by only a few miles from mine yesterday on its way to Southport but frankly it was far too hot for me to be bothered riding out to try and see it.
I was watching the Red Arrows taking off from Ayr earlier, as they made their way via Carlisle Airport (and over our house in Brampton) to the GNR. Their transponders appeared to be turned from Dumfries and Galloway. Any idea why?
Their transponders appeared to be turned from Dumfries and Galloway. Any idea why?
They transmit on MLAT - which is aircraft ID only.
MLAT needs multiple receivers to give a location. Military and small aircraft (and Loganair bizarrely) are MLAT. Bigger aircraft transmit on ADS-B which gives ID, location, speed etc and only needs 1 receiver..
ADSB-exchange takes MLAT data from enthusiasts but a gap in coverage can result in the aircraft disappearing. Note: FlightRadar takes adsb only.
I suspect this is what happened:
The Lancaster is circling just to the NW of Manchester Airport, heading SE to Woodford then down through Derbyshire if anyone is out that neck of the woods...
Lots of very noisy big aircraft during the night heading north west out of leeming or teeside Airport- always at night
@stirlingcrispin it was the air show this weekend in Ayr hence the traffic, saw the flying coffin dancing about and a (couple of?) Strikemaster(s) zooming around. Missed the Typhoon though ☹️
We were on the beach at West Kirby for the afternoon and had one Strikemaster (G-SOAF) come overhead, returning to Broughton from Ayr. It was the first time I’d seen it, despite one apparently being based at Broughton. Quite conspicuous - very, very loud and faster than most small planes we get buzzing about here. You could hear it almost all the way down to the airport 15 miles away. It came back out a short while later and did a lap at the Southport show before returning.
I see the two Broughton Strikemasters quite regularly. Last time I saw them was about 3 weeks ago, both of them were out. I think they’ve been out once since.
Here’s the Reds on Friday from my vantage point….
And here’s the Reds on Friday looking at me from their vantage point!
A Grumman Albatross, I’ve not seen one of them before!
Just had 2 Eurofighters fly directly over the house at about 8,000ft climbing to 14,000ft. Never had them like this before !
Looks like they went directly over Liverpool airport runway
edit - they have then flown directly over Peterborough , and there are quite a few fighter jets over the south east
Had an aviation spotter life ambition achieved yesterday!
I was a passenger as my wife was driving south on M6 through the Lakes south of Tebay J38. Just as we hit the valley floor past the junction, 2 x F35s dropped in, travelling head on towards us in the middle of the valley. Both passed directly overhead and as they did so banked hard right with contrails. I opened the car window at 70mph and the noise was still proper loud. Awesome.
I've always wanted to see a military jet on that classic Lakes valley section of the M6, still can't believe we saw the F35s right there! 😀
Late comer to the thread. My contribution is this pair over Dursley going into Fairford.
Wow! When was this?
Must have been a couple of months ago, did a few circuits before disappearing over the Cotswold ridge towards Cirencester. We do have quite a bit of US stuff going in and out, Ospreys, a U2 and B52s recently.
We were walking in the Black Forest about 10 days ago and a lonely, presumably Luftwaffe, Tornado flew overhead but really really low. Probably 100m above us and over the small town (Wolfach).
Apart from nearly involuntarily shitting myself due to sonic surprise (loved their first CD) I was amazed at the flying through narrow very twisty valleys at speed
The locals didn't even look up so it must be a regular training route
We were walking in the Black Forest about 10 days ago and a lonely, presumably Luftwaffe, Tornado flew overhead but really really low.
Tornadoes just look right. Like an F16, it just looks fast and aggressive even standing still. That massive tail and the angled intakes.
It's done well for a 1970's / Cold War design. I'm just about old enough to remember them taking over from the Phantoms and (original) Lightnings and certainly from the Jaguars.
I remember a holiday in Scotland as a kid where they were just a constant presence, ripping through the valleys and low over the lochs. It drove my Mum mad but I loved it.
At least one B1-B Lancer out from Fairford:
Something a lot louder than usual just went past so looked it up and there was 3 not 1
Looking tonight on ADSB I see a small jet an Aero L159 Albatross with registration number G-DKND. It is currently on the move over the North Sea towards Newcastle. It looks like a military plane, but not in the RAF inventory. It also has a civilian registration.
Is it some rich mans plaything or indirectly connected to the Air Force? Are we now sub contracting our defence?.
Looking tonight on ADSB I see a small jet an Aero L159 Albatross with registration number G-DKND. It is currently on the move over the North Sea towards Newcastle. It looks like a military plane, but not in the RAF inventory. It also has a civilian registration.
Is it some rich mans plaything or indirectly connected to the Air Force? Are we now sub contracting our defence?.
https://www.raf.mod.uk/news/articles/royal-air-force-fighter-pilots-receive-exciting-new-service/
Busy evening over the North Sea.
Seven Eurofighters, an Albatross and an Airbus flying patterns.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c6f3
We've had EUFIs flying over almost every night this week.
I thought that Czech trainer at the top was one I’d seen up at Bruntingthorpe, but that one’s an L-29 Delphin, as below. I got to sit in the cockpit and go through the startup sequence; all I had to do was flip one final switch and it would have started up! 😁
Anyone got any thoughts as to why there's a WC-135R flying up and down the Baltic at the moment.
I was under the impression that their origional role was sniffing out Nuclear testing!
Interesting - they're "atmospheric testing" planes, so either a training run, or someone suspects something fishy has happened nearby....! Windy.com shows the winds are gently blowing from the East, so something Latvia / Lithuania based?
Or Kaliningrad?
Something I haven't seem before, three stealth bombers sitting at Orly airport near Paris....
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=3bfdff
Edit, think its actually a bu1lding, sorry!
Second row from the bottom, just right of the square with the circle in it.
I thought they were aerials or transmitters not Stealth bombers?
Those 3? I think they're beacons/transmitters - possibly being calibrated?
Yep, I clicked it and it came up with the stealth bomber symbol but zooming right in its on teh corner of a building, so I think you are right. I got a bit excited and carried away....
UAE Air Force C17 cargo plane landed at Manchester earlier, I watched it on a live stream but the camera showed the Viewing Park absolutely rammed with onlookers!
Not sure when it's scheduled to leave. There's been a couple of them recently, the live stream commentary said there was another one due at the end of the week but I can't find any more info.
In case anyone hasn't been on the socials this week, Solway Aviation Museum have been gifted the very final Blackburn Beverley and are trying to raise 60k to ship it from Humberside to Carlisle airport.
I remember visiting this thing when it was at Beverley Museum of army transport. Bloody massive thing - a block of flats with wings.
A link to the just giving appeal. Other info on faceache etc
https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/dougie-kerr?fbclid=IwAR14eRaTOHYk3DZr50xfPlUxaz7RMJmB2E5AwrX0zczujCRT2bDBKeIAiPA
Just had a couple of Eurofighters over Manchester Airport. They did a couple of loops East of Stalybridge and have now headed out the the North Sea where there is also an F15.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c73c
Just had a couple of Eurofighters over Manchester Airport. They did a couple of loops East of Stalybridge and have now headed out the the North Sea where there is also an F15.
I live in South Manchester and heard it go over...instantly knew what it was. Escorting a passenger aircraft down to Manchester with lost comms I think.
Saw it as I was outside washing the car.
We're off to RIAT this year, first time. Camping locally, and we're booked in for the Friday, then chilling in the field next door watching the displays on the Saturday,
Escorting a passenger aircraft down to Manchester with lost comms I think.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-68206370
There's a b52 returning from an operation over Peterborough at 10k feet heading for fairford. Keep an eye out if you're on their route as there are likely to be some following.
Just going over Warwickshire
Lying on Woolacombe beach earlier watching the stupid amount of US military/presidential planes fly back from France
Three here coming back from France
The red arrows flew over our house this morning in Aberporth. Blink and you missed it!
@pk13 - interesting, G-HHII was flying around on Thursday, it flew out of White Waltham, circled over a couple of small airfields up in the Cotswolds, then did several circuits over Chippenham, a couple quite low over my house, and did a barrel roll! Sadly I didn’t have my phone handy to get a photo!
It sounded great not sure why it was out and about thou.
Kings B'Day flypast today, shame that BBMF wont be joining
F35s tracking on adsb, never seen them tracking before
Just been buzzed by a Douglas Invader. Appears to have come from Duxford, looped overhead in Oxford then carrying on west. seems to now be on final approach to Fairford
Two VERY low over the Wallace Monumnet just now....
'Gunship 1'
https://www.flightradar24.com/GUNSHIP1/37066d78
FREEDOM!
I'll get my mate to wave next time. 😉
GUNSHIP1. No imagination.
honestly they should go stealthy with PRINCESS99, ALLEGRO15 or FARTBOX40
Unfortunately the military is fairly dull with callsigns.
I’ll get my mate to wave next time. 😉
Whoo, fun job, can you lob a few smoke flares or something over the carpark?
I heard them coming, looked out the window and thought they were putting themselves through the window....at really rather low level. It is Galloway in the late 1990's since I have seen plane and helicopter that low...
Dog fighting above North Berwick / Eyemouth.
A Typhoon has also just gone over Glasgow.
That's cool.
Mildenhall have F16s flying at the moment and there are some Canadian f18s about too, as well as all the usual stuff.
Given the amount of US and UK tankers tracking theres a lot up in the air lately.
Lots of jet noise over the last hour here in Northumberland, is it military does anyone know?
You do have two large danger areas off the coast used for 'high energy manoeuvres' and you're in low flying areas for both day and night so highly likely it's military.
There's an E2 Hawkeye tracking in the north sea. It doesn't show where it's taken off from. I've never seen one over here before. Makes me wonder if there's an aircraft carrier in the north sea.
Anyone know where they are flying from?
I answered my own question, seems there is a aircraft carrier in the north sea
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/american-supercarrier-and-escorts-arrive-off-british-coast/