B52 over East Northants!

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LotusOmega375D

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152 months

Friday 17th June 2016
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Heading West a few moments ago.

Trevatanus

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149 months

Friday 17th June 2016
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LotusOmega375D said:
Heading West a few moments ago.
One of 2 currently based out of Fairford, Exercise Sabre Strike I think it's called.

ApOrbital

9,939 posts

117 months

Saturday 18th June 2016
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Would loved to have seen that frown

paintman

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189 months

Saturday 18th June 2016
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Two of them went over Finedon (Kettering) heading East whilst I was working there last Saturday afternoon so I presume they would be the two referred to.

NJK44

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95 months

Saturday 18th June 2016
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One is doing a Flypast at cosford Airshow tomorrow. Can't wait.

vournikas

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203 months

Saturday 18th June 2016
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NJK44 said:
One is doing a Flypast at cosford Airshow tomorrow. Can't wait.
Programmed for just after 16:45



NJK44

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95 months

Sunday 19th June 2016
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vournikas said:
Programmed for just after 16:45
Says 5:15 on programme but not sure anymore!

IN51GHT

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209 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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One has just done a lap of Grove, Oxon.

Quickmoose

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122 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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IN51GHT said:
One has just done a lap of Grove, Oxon.
Straight over my house near Wantage, low level, jesus what a size! 4 dirty great trails of fumes hehe

Trevatanus

11,109 posts

149 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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First of two arriving for an exercise today.
B1's are coming too I believe, but not today.


aeropilot

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226 months

Tuesday 30th August 2016
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Quickmoose said:
IN51GHT said:
One has just done a lap of Grove, Oxon.
Straight over my house near Wantage, low level, jesus what a size! 4 dirty great trails of fumes hehe
Technically.....it's 8 great trails of fumes (but they go 2into1 very soon after they exit the tailpipes)

And the H models use the cleaner buring TF33 turbofan engines, the old J57 turbojets in the older G and earlier models were REALLY dirty laugh

Trevatanus

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149 months

Wednesday 31st August 2016
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Trevatanus said:
First of two arriving for an exercise today.
B1's are coming too I believe, but not today.
I am told by a local source that B1's are arriving today.

The Hypno-Toad

12,249 posts

204 months

Wednesday 31st August 2016
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Exercise or is someone about to have a really bad day?

Trevatanus

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149 months

Wednesday 31st August 2016
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The Hypno-Toad said:
Exercise or is someone about to have a really bad day?
The former. Been talked about on Social Media for months.
Same happened last year, but no "Bones" then.

FW18

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140 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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B1s landed yesterday, think they are there till the 20th.

ukaskew

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220 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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FW18 said:
B1s landed yesterday, think they are there till the 20th.
Something very loud flew directly over our house around 10:30 yesterday morning, the B-2s flew the same path last year so assumed it was USAF.

ADS-B gave no result, which was a first for me.

NormalWisdom

2,139 posts

158 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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ukaskew said:
Something very loud flew directly over our house around 10:30 yesterday morning, the B-2s flew the same path last year so assumed it was USAF.

ADS-B gave no result, which was a first for me.
B1s landed around 10.35 yesterday

chazola

459 posts

156 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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B1 flew over Trowbridge yesterday morning, nice and loud smile Sadly didn't release any bombs though...

All that jazz

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145 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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ukaskew said:
FW18 said:
B1s landed yesterday, think they are there till the 20th.
Something very loud flew directly over our house around 10:30 yesterday morning, the B-2s flew the same path last year so assumed it was USAF.

ADS-B gave no result, which was a first for me.
B52s are not equipped, too old. Not sure about B1s off top of my head.

ukaskew

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220 months

Sunday 4th September 2016
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chazola said:
B1 flew over Trowbridge yesterday morning, nice and loud smile Sadly didn't release any bombs though...
I'm in Hilperton, sadly just a bit too much cloud where I am to see them. Loud though!