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mattdaniels
Original Poster
5,114 posts
151 months
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Vieste
9,064 posts
29 months
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oyster
5,203 posts
117 months
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Training over Greenwich this afternoon. Beautiful noise.
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mattdaniels
Original Poster
5,114 posts
151 months
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oyster said: Beautiful noise. Seconded. Was great, out in the middle of nowhere next to some rape fields, the landy engine drowned out by these guys circling on afterburner. Absolutely fab.
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abbotsmike
381 posts
14 months
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Living very near to the Northolt flightpath, I've been hearing them on and off all day, makes revision a bit more tolerable! Also just this minute seen one of them coming in to land, so playtime's over for today I guess!
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Snoggledog
6,049 posts
86 months
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Just had one, possibly two, doing high speed turns with afterburner on over south bucks a few moments ago. Fantastic sound and by 'eck do they have a small turning radius.
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LiamB
4,566 posts
12 months
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I live half a mile away from Northolt and was walking and all of a sudden the police stopped pedestrians and cars. I knew Eurofighters were coming to Northolt but I had no idea when. Saw some guys with hefty camera's next to me, so I whipped my phone out and got this;  Fair to say, I was slightly shocked. Been flying round here with full afterburners. Sound blooming amazing.
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perdu
3,249 posts
68 months
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outstanding pictures guys thanks
Blimey it's looking tight at Northolt isn't it...
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bigfoot7
280 posts
113 months
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Snoggledog said: Just had one, possibly two, doing high speed turns with afterburner on over south bucks a few moments ago. Fantastic sound and by 'eck do they have a small turning radius. I'm also in the south Bucks area and heard them as well. Only managed to get a glimpse of them through some trees with the afterburners going. What a fantastic noise they make!
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squicky
155 posts
49 months
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LiamB said: I live half a mile away from Northolt and was walking and all of a sudden the police stopped pedestrians and cars.
Fair to say, I was slightly shocked.
Been flying round here with full afterburners. Sound blooming amazing. Right time, right place, that's an fantastic picture. I'd loved to have seen that with my own eyes!
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jonny142
464 posts
94 months
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squicky said: Right time, right place, that's an fantastic picture. I'd loved to have seen that with my own eyes! Yeh..Great capture mate 
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perdu
3,249 posts
68 months
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Just a thought
Hope they get to carry something more deadly than decibels when they are actually protecting the capital.
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LiamB
4,566 posts
12 months
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Cheers Fella's! Was a really lucky shot if I'm honest. Shame I didn't have my proper camera with me, would of made a blinding shot.
And the Typhoons come with a 27-34(I think those are the sizes) Millimeter cannon as standard.
But they may have Air to Air to stop anything stupid happening like hijacked planes though.
Probably Aim-9 Sidewinders.
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///ajd
425 posts
75 months
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Nice photo Liam,
Looks like it has 2 (maybe 4) asraams fitted on outer wing pylons (not aim9L) but possibly inert judging by the dark band (live weapon would have yellow and brown bands) - hard to tell from photo.. It also has some AMRAAM fitted under the fuse, but again probably inert. Live rounds maybe fitted later perhaps, nearer the olympics. The gun is a single 27mm Mauser in the right wing root.
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mrloudly
2,163 posts
104 months
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LiamB said: I live half a mile away from Northolt and was walking and all of a sudden the police stopped pedestrians and cars. I knew Eurofighters were coming to Northolt but I had no idea when. Saw some guys with hefty camera's next to me, so I whipped my phone out and got this; Fair to say, I was slightly shocked. Been flying round here with full afterburners. Sound blooming amazing. Eight coppers to stop a single carriageway and one footpath... Whadyu reckon, three weeks of planning meetings and risk assessments? "Operation STOP" LOL
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Shar2
1,894 posts
82 months
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Had a couple of Tiffies playing around over Sunbury yesterday. Made a nice change from the usual boring stuff we get from Heathrow flying over us.
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JD
1,130 posts
97 months
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They were just doing laps above the house here in Essex
What a fantastic noise they make ripping up the air, shame it's so cloudy
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Ali Chappussy
181 posts
14 months
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I live near Biggleswade and the noise of those beauts on afterburner was awesome.
I hope they were having fun and don't have to put the training to the test during the Olympics.
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ApexJimi
8,099 posts
112 months
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Superb stuff, I'm rather envious of you guys getting grandstand views! Just a minor point though, it's reheat... 
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tonyvid
8,567 posts
112 months
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LiamB said: I live half a mile away from Northolt and was walking and all of a sudden the police stopped pedestrians and cars. I knew Eurofighters were coming to Northolt but I had no idea when. Saw some guys with hefty camera's next to me, so I whipped my phone out and got this; Fair to say, I was slightly shocked. Been flying round here with full afterburners. Sound blooming amazing. Great photo!
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