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annodomini2

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4,772 posts

120 months

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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

19,925 posts

68 months

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

fatboy69

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56 months

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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

67,257 posts

134 months

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Was the Meteor this one -


Mini1275

9,417 posts

51 months

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They departed from Yeovilton Air Day this afternoon.

smile
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annodomini2

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They were low, 100ft max.

fatboy69

4,811 posts

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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

5,526 posts

130 months

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It's GLOSTER Meteor by the way.

Eric Mc

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134 months

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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

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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

67,257 posts

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