What's flying over York at the moment?

What's flying over York at the moment?

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Mattlan

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394 posts

204 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Absolutely thunderous noise to the point the windows rattled!!! Can't see anything for low cloud

Shaw Tarse

31,543 posts

202 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Something to do with the Olympics?
There was a thread about it recently..

ETA. http://www.track-days.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by Shaw Tarse on Monday 11th June 13:36

MikeGTi

2,497 posts

200 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Shaw Tarse said:
Something to do with the Olympics?
There was a thread about it recently..

ETA. http://www.track-days.co.uk/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

Edited by Shaw Tarse on Monday 11th June 13:36
Doubt it would be Olympic related, there are no events in Yorkshire, the only event in the NE is in Newcastle.

Sounds like a fast jet though; possibly using Linton on Ouse or Leeming for some purpose?

Mattlan

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394 posts

204 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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sounded like just the one place, but incredibly loud...I wondered whether it could be the Vulcan?

BOBTEE

1,034 posts

163 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Not the Vulcan, it's quite broken! frown

I've seen F15s cocking around over that way too, roundy round in circles cocking around, two of em

LeighB

3,858 posts

224 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Heard several reports of a Lancaster flying very low recently.

Feirny

2,500 posts

146 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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BOBTEE said:
Not the Vulcan, it's quite broken! frown
Quite broken is pretty apt, I heard the bang from my house.

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

197 months

Monday 11th June 2012
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Buggles said:
Probably Typhoons visiting Leeming and cocking about over York for a bit. They're pretty loud!
They're over the moors a lot, and always get some attention from the public in Helmsley, so it would be my guess. Can't you point your golf-ball at them and tell us exactly biggrin

O/T are you doing another F'dales meet again this year?

Greensleeves

1,235 posts

202 months

Tuesday 12th June 2012
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BOBTEE said:
Not the Vulcan, it's quite broken! frown
Would that be the same Vulcan that Buzzed me while I was racing at Donington a couple of weeks ago then? Did it break since?

(pretty awesome sight and sound though as I went under Starkies Bridge and the Vulcan went over it then gave it the beans over East Mids)

rhinochopig

17,932 posts

197 months

Tuesday 12th June 2012
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Buggles said:
rhinochopig said:
They're over the moors a lot, and always get some attention from the public in Helmsley, so it would be my guess. Can't you point your golf-ball at them and tell us exactly biggrin

O/T are you doing another F'dales meet again this year?
Not this call sign, if we point that bugger at them, they'll fall out of the sky! laugh

Not sure really, do you fancy coming back again? It's a bit like the Craggy Island fun land that's all and wasn't sure if PH'ers enjoyed it so much!
At least it would put on a nice firework display when you did. "Look mummy pretty fireworks and shiny bits of foil" hehe

I think everyone enjoyed it; I certainly did. Pop up a post and see what response you get.



bobbins

1,409 posts

206 months

Tuesday 12th June 2012
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BOBTEE said:
Not the Vulcan, it's quite broken! frown
There was a Vulcan parked up at Robin Hood Airport when we flew from there a few weeks ago. I thought there was only the one flying now. Could this have been it?

Used to love seeing the buggers flying into Greenham Common for airshows when I lived down that way years ago.

Greensleeves

1,235 posts

202 months

Tuesday 12th June 2012
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GW4Hl0SbVic

perhaps. Some time on Sunday

Mattlan

Original Poster:

394 posts

204 months

Tuesday 12th June 2012
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This is going on again at 12.30pm today....the cloud cover is most annoying, but certainly sounds heavy duty

supersport

4,040 posts

226 months

Tuesday 12th June 2012
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Today's wasn't as noisy as yesterday, although I was on the other side of the city yesterday. I had assumed that it was the Vulcan, but if it is broken it can't be.

steven f

538 posts

199 months

Wednesday 13th June 2012
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concorde cool

postcode

225 posts

199 months

Wednesday 13th June 2012
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bobbins said:
BOBTEE said:
Not the Vulcan, it's quite broken! frown
There was a Vulcan parked up at Robin Hood Airport when we flew from there a few weeks ago. I thought there was only the one flying now. Could this have been it?

Used to love seeing the buggers flying into Greenham Common for airshows when I lived down that way years ago.
Thats the one. Suffered catastrophic engine failure in one engine, which led to the other one on the port side failing as well.

jackwibble

664 posts

158 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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Vulcan only running on two at the mo I'm afraid link will keep you updated if your interested it is the only one left flying and an awesome sight and sound.

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/


Emley

352 posts

245 months

Sunday 17th June 2012
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jackwibble said:
Vulcan only running on two at the mo I'm afraid link will keep you updated if your interested it is the only one left flying and an awesome sight and sound.

http://www.vulcantothesky.org/
I passed Waddington yesterday and it was parked up on a stand.

Or is that a non flying static?

magpie215

4,370 posts

188 months

Sunday 17th June 2012
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Emley said:
I passed Waddington yesterday and it was parked up on a stand.

Or is that a non flying static?
Think that is 607 the Falklands veteran

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 25th June 2012
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more aeronautical intrigue

Any helicopter buffs around?

http://www.pistonheads.com/xforums/topic.asp?h=0&a...