Unusual Tonker training flight?

[hidetheelephants]

I've just had a Tornado go overhead seemingly in hot pursuit of what looked like a pair of Tucanos(they were at a distance so cannot be sure, but they were in close formation and looked like a Tuc silhouette). I live on the Clyde, so Tonkers used to be regularly whizzing about hiding from pursuers, especially in the years before the F4s were withdrawn, but not so much recently. New training regime? Or has someone pressed the 'OMG terrorists!' button again?

ETA they just did it again!

Edited by hidetheelephants on Tuesday 16th November 15:14

[Ledaig]

hidetheelephants said:

I've just had a Tornado go overhead seemingly in hot pursuit of what looked like a pair of Tucanos(they were at a distance so cannot be sure, but they were in close formation and looked like a Tuc silhouette). I live on the Clyde, so Tonkers used to be regularly whizzing about hiding from pursuers, especially in the years before the F4s were withdrawn, but not so much recently. New training regime? Or has someone pressed the 'OMG terrorists!' button again?

ETA they just did it again!

Edited by hidetheelephants on Tuesday 16th November 15:14

Remembering back to the program Fighter Pilot (long, long time ago), I do seem to recall that training flights would sometimes be bounced by 'regulars' who were out and about.

Although, I have no idea if...

a) They still do it.
or
b) If it has anything to do with what you observed.

[mrloudly]

Few years ago I was flying a Robin 400 up to Carlisle from Sywell working the RAF on a Radar Advisory service on the way up.
A call came over "G-B... you have traffic manoeuvring in your eight O'clock height unknown". After the usual "G-.... is looking" response, I spotted a Tuccano
Inverted just behind my port wing. We were at 4000', he must have spotted us above and "Pinged" us from below rolling and pulling to complete his attack, it was really
cool to see.
Mind you, whilst learning to fly in the eighties had several "Dogfights" with A10's. That was real fun as we could always out turn them :-) I miss them and the 111's out of Heyford :-(

Edited by mrloudly on Tuesday 16th November 17:11

[anonymous-user]

Sounds like a bit of 2v1 fighter affil.
Sport of kings, more so if one half of the equation is rotary.