B52 over East Northants!

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LotusOmega375D

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Sunday 4th September 2016
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B52 spotted heading NE at 10.30 this morning whilst I was washing the car. A few minutes later I saw a Spitfire overhead waved and he did a barrel roll for me! I guess he liked the Evora GTE.

LotusOmega375D

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Friday 9th September 2016
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B1 overhead a few minutes ago. Heading in same NE direction.

mrloudly

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234 months

Friday 9th September 2016
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B1 flew over Moulton Park, sinister looking beast!

LotusOmega375D

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Tuesday 13th September 2016
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B1 again this morning. Same route, but I was prepared this time and got the binoculars on it.

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 13th September 2016
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LotusOmega375D said:
B1 again this morning. Same route, but I was prepared this time and got the binoculars on it.
N Korea?

LotusOmega375D

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Wednesday 7th June 2017
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B52 heading outbound North-East at 7.15h this morning.

NM62

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149 months

Wednesday 7th June 2017
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B1's reported heading over Atlantic towards England 3 hours ago on Twitter.

Trevatanus

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149 months

Wednesday 7th June 2017
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NM62 said:
B1's reported heading over Atlantic towards England 3 hours ago on Twitter.
Major exercise underway at Fairford currently.
B52 x 3 been on site since last week.
B2's are expected at some time too, based upon the origin of the support aircraft that arrived last week.

NM62

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Wednesday 7th June 2017
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Trevatanus said:
NM62 said:
B1's reported heading over Atlantic towards England 3 hours ago on Twitter.
Major exercise underway at Fairford currently.
B52 x 3 been on site since last week.
B2's are expected at some time too, based upon the origin of the support aircraft that arrived last week.
One of the B52s is due to do a fly by at Cosford Air Show, I live about 15 miles away so we usually get a bit of traffic over, best ones were the Vulcan and 727, spilt my beer it was that low (well it seemed it), hopefully will get a glimpse this time too.

NM62

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Wednesday 7th June 2017
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Cosford have just tweeted that they will be having a B-1 fly by too.

LotusOmega375D

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Friday 9th June 2017
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B1 at 06.45h today. Same heading. Nice and loud.

Trevatanus

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Friday 9th June 2017
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LotusOmega375D said:
B1 at 06.45h today. Same heading. Nice and loud.
Sure it was not a pair?
Two left Fairford smile

mgreenwood

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184 months

Friday 9th June 2017
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I live in Higham Ferrers - got the B-52 and the pair of B-1's both overhead nice and clear this morning on their way east.

One of the B1's has gone to Germany the other came back over at 13.38 local and is back on the ground at Fairford.

The B52 is still out.

2x B-2's also came over (Mytee 21 & 22 - heard but not seen due to cloud) and they are also on the ground at Fairford

Edited by mgreenwood on Friday 9th June 14:19

LotusOmega375D

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Monday 18th September 2017
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One B52 westbound heading into Fairford a couple of minutes ago.

Riley Blue

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Monday 18th September 2017
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I was having lunch at Towcester on Sept 9th, glanced up and spotted a B52 heading west, the first I've ever seen. The thing that impressed me most was its speed, it wasn't hanging about.

LotusOmega375D

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Tuesday 19th September 2017
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One just heading out East to play. Got the binoculars on it this time.

Trevatanus

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Tuesday 19th September 2017
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LotusOmega375D said:
One just heading out East to play. Got the binoculars on it this time.
He's going home smile

LotusOmega375D

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Wednesday 17th January 2018
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2 more B52s just now heading East. One just a few seconds behind the other.

Riley Blue

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Wednesday 17th January 2018
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KC-135R busy over Estonia this morning, now heading SW to the west of Amsterdam.

(Sorry - wrong thread....)

Trevatanus

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Wednesday 17th January 2018
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LotusOmega375D said:
2 more B52s just now heading East. One just a few seconds behind the other.
There's 4 (I think) based at Fairford for about 6 weeks.
Going to be a busy 2018 there from what I understand.