Best places to see Military Jets in Lake District

[filski666]

Morning all, I am off to the Lake District (Patterdale / Ullswater region) this weekend and was hoping to get some decent photos of the military jets flying through.

Does anyone have any suggestions of good places to go to see them, also any idea of times and frequency that they fly through - is it once a day or quite regular?

Thanks for any help

Phil

[XG332]

filski666 said:

Does anyone have any suggestions of good places to go to see them
Phil

the sky

[The Hypno-Toad]

I didn't think we had any left.

[dr_gn]

XG332 said:

filski666 said:

Does anyone have any suggestions of good places to go to see them
Phil

the sky

Yesterday.

http://www.windermereairshow.co.uk/air-display.htm...

[Burrow01]

Unlikely to see any military jets at a weekend unless they are transitting to a display

[PaulG40]

9-5 Monday to Friday! That's us

[Jazoli]

Top of Kirkstone pass is good as they tend to fly up the valley towards you, they come over at very random times though and you could be hanging around all day to see them.

They still manage to scare the life out of me every time they fly over, which is a lot as my garden seems to be a waypoint for them

[thinfourth2]

Jazoli said:

They still manage to scare the life out of me every time they fly over, which is a lot as my garden seems to be a waypoint for them

I strongly suspect that military pilots in the following manner

waypoint 1 Bloke that cuts the grass and shakes a fist at us
waypoint 2 House with the nervious dog
waypoint 3 Farm in the middle of nowhere that likes piece and quiet
waypoint 4 The ps off biggles barn

[y2blade]

it is a shame you weren't there yesterday!

[filski666]

PaulG40 said:

9-5 Monday to Friday! That's us

I am going up Thursday am till Monday evening - so should get 3 days on the hills waiting to give you a wave and snap your piccy!

[filski666]

I found this website with a list of timetables for low flying, but none of it seems to be scheduled for LFA17 at anytime in July or August.....that can't be right can it?

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/Cor...

[lloyd h]

filski666 said:

I found this website with a list of timetables for low flying, but none of it seems to be scheduled for LFA17 at anytime in July or August.....that can't be right can it?

http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/AboutDefence/Cor...

Don't take any notice of that mate, its the timings for TTA which is tactical training area not the general LFA's

[Hooli]

thinfourth2 said:

Jazoli said:

They still manage to scare the life out of me every time they fly over, which is a lot as my garden seems to be a waypoint for them

I strongly suspect that military pilots in the following manner

waypoint 1 Bloke that cuts the grass and shakes a fist at us
waypoint 2 House with the nervious dog
waypoint 3 Farm in the middle of nowhere that likes piece and quiet
waypoint 4 The ps off biggles barn

sounds fair to me, no good using road junctions as the signs will get put away again during a war.

[D4VE 3LL]

try Dunmail Raise near Grasmere. you'll see an old AA telephone box, then choose a hill on one side!