What interesting aircraft fly regularly over your house?
What interesting aircraft fly regularly over your house?
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LotusOmega375D

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9,313 posts

182 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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We are frequently buzzed by the amazing Blades aerobatic team, out practising their display overhead. Trouble is it happens so frequently that I have gotten almost blasé to their antics and don't often bother looking!

I get much more excited by the occasional random fly-past: Sally B at the weekend for example, or even a high-flying F-15, Typhoon or Tornado.

So what are your regular visitors, which would get someone like me rushing around the house looking for my binoculars, but for you is just a run-of-the-mill event?


TheEnd

15,370 posts

217 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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C-15 Galaxy in B'ham maybe once a month, and I'm sure a Tristar flew in yesterday too.

ohtari

805 posts

173 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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At the minute, Gazelles out of Aldergrove frown

Things are "heating up" over here more than the media would have you believe!

TobyLaRohne

5,789 posts

235 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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We often get Mirage's flying overhead and if you go to the local waterpark B1's and C-17 & C-15's are a regular sight with the odd USAF fighter.

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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TheEnd said:
C-15 Galaxy in B'ham maybe once a month, and I'm sure a Tristar flew in yesterday too.
Why would a C-5 be going into Birmingham?

markmullen

15,877 posts

263 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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Very little over home, though last night we had a C130 overhead at about 11.

At work the showroom gets rocked quite frequently by a combination of fast jets, mainly Typhoons but sometimes Tornado, occasionally F15s and F16s.

safehandsgk1

268 posts

169 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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I live just down the road from Biggin Hill and the Red Arrows reform just along from my house every year. You also get a great view of the Yank bombers and some incredibly low passes from some stunning retro fighters most of which I'm not even sure what they are.

It's a vantage point I certainbly enjoy immensely!

MarkwG

5,921 posts

218 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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Regulars would be golden harp 73s & EZY minibuses, more interesting would be the bizjets & the FR Falcons coming back from sorties for the military; we used to get the Sea Vixen, Vampire & Meteor, but I think they've moved away, so probably the most impressive is a 747SP that lives locally & wakes the neighbours up a bit!

TheEnd

15,370 posts

217 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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Eric Mc said:
TheEnd said:
C-15 Galaxy in B'ham maybe once a month, and I'm sure a Tristar flew in yesterday too.
Why would a C-5 be going into Birmingham?
Make that C17, It's for medical evacuations, to the Military hospital in Selly Oak.

Eric Mc

125,606 posts

294 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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That makes more sense.

Bit of a difference size wise.

PaulG40

2,381 posts

254 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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Tonados on reheat taking off or in circuit at 500ft. Sometimes I even close the double glazing.

And the Sea King buzzing us at the weekend!

12v3pot

5,135 posts

164 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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Hercules out of Cambridge (Marshalls?) and the quite a few fast jets (Tornados, F15s).

FourWheelDrift

92,237 posts

313 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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2 Apaches, both going West then coming back Eastwards the next day, then nothing for a week or so.

I do not live in Afghanistan.

jimmyjimjim

8,272 posts

267 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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Chinooks, Blackhawks, F-16s, Piaggio Avantis, and B-17Gs.


SeanyD

3,447 posts

229 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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Quite regularly get the AWACS/AEW doing touch and goes at Newcastle airport, our house being on the loop around

perdu

4,885 posts

228 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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It was a Tristar yesterday into BHX and yes C17 is a fairly frequent visitor.

Either or both makes my blood run cold, there's only one likely reason for either to be visiting.

Which has to be bringing heroes to hospital.

I am lucky in that all southbound traffic comes over my house on approach, we had what I suspect was an ATR today

(I confess to being less than encylopaedic on medium capacity high wing PAX carriers)

anonymous-user

83 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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Chinooks, Chinooks and more Chinooks. Plus the occasional Chinook substitute from Benson, and the occasional Chinook escort from Wallop.
And more Chinooks.

PaulG40

2,381 posts

254 months

Thursday 13th June 2013
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Hope to be at Odiham soon. smile I fancy a change.

Mr_B

10,480 posts

272 months

Friday 14th June 2013
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Living near Dartford and just outside of the M25, I tend to get a lot of interesting aircraft travelling north to south. They can't I guess fly over s/e London to seem to use the M25 as a marker point. Best times are for airshows in the south, so sometimes aircraft from Duxford going to Biggin Hill and things like that.

The military does the same and being next to the river, you do get a few choppers flying up and down the Thames. Thats about it, other than the London City stuff going directly over.

Gokartmozart

1,670 posts

234 months

Friday 14th June 2013
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Airbus Beluga