Gloucester Meteor and De Haviland Vampire over cheltenham

[annodomini2]

Just had a Gloucester Meteor and De Haviland Vampire go low over my house in close formation.

Look to have come out of Staverton.

[davepoth]

Possibly on their way to Yeovilton. Had a spitfire going north over Bath an hour or two ago.

[fatboy69]

I just posted the same - they flew low over Hempsted & banked right towards Staverton so they must have headed straight over Cheltenham as they didn't land at Staverton.

Odd flight path to Yeovilton - they wouldn't have had time to land at Staverton.

[Eric Mc]

Was the Meteor this one -

[Mini1275]

They departed from Yeovilton Air Day this afternoon.

[annodomini2]

They were low, 100ft max.

[fatboy69]

Eric Mc said:

Was the Meteor this one -

I don't know - they were flying way too fast to get look. Knew what they were because I know that always fly together in close formation.

Wouldn't have thought that they were doing a run in to Yeovilton as they too far south for that. Very strange flight path.

[Dr Jekyll]

It's GLOSTER Meteor by the way.

[Eric Mc]

Originally, the company did spell their name like the county. Eventually they decided that foreign customers would have trouble pronouncing it so went for a more phonetic spelling.

Lockheed did the same - they originally spelled their name Loughead.

[annodomini2]

Eric Mc said:

Originally, the company did spell their name like the county. Eventually they decided that foreign customers would have trouble pronouncing it so went for a more phonetic spelling.

Lockheed did the same - they originally spelled their name Loughead.

City, not county

[Eric Mc]

There is a county too - which can be referred to as the County of Gloucester, if you want to.