Seen Over Your House Today

[Gondor]

Just had a flight of Helicopters flying down river. I was a little slow getting outside to get a good view of them, so I have no idea what they were. Time 10:50 local, at least four of them and all of them single rotor aircraft and the same type.

Gondor

[PR19_Kit]

Not exactly 'over my house', or even over anything, apart from the road, but I spotted and all over yellow RAF Sea King (202 Sqdn. as I saw the duck under the cockpit...) travelling North on the A34 just south of Oxford. I didn't know there were any left outside museums, but maybe this one was in transit between one museum and another.

[perttime]

A400
I cannot think of what else it could be: a pretty big grey beast with 4 propellers and T-tail.

[PR19_Kit]

That describes an A400M EXACTLY!

[Nick]

Not exactly 'over my house', or even over anything, apart from the road, but I spotted and all over yellow RAF Sea King (202 Sqdn. as I saw the duck under the cockpit...) travelling North on the A34 just south of Oxford. I didn't know there were any left outside museums, but maybe this one was in transit between one museum and another.

It was probably one of Historic Helicopters fleet. They are based near Yeovil.
They had a Sea King dressed up as Marine One a while back.

https://www.historichelicopters.com/
https://www.historichelicopters.com/westland-sea-king-har3-xz588/

[Captain Canada]

"we know where your going, we know where your going" 

Scary, but yes we do !

[Captain Canada]

This C-17 did a run from Selfridge to Moron and back. Must be taking kit belonging to the 127th Air Refuelling Wing.

[kitbasher]

Two Goodwood-based Spitfires have just zipped past the bottom of the road, heading east.

Now following them on Flightradar24, they appear to have been in a photoshoot (or a dogfight!) with a Cessna Caravan just off Beachy Head.  Now heading back.

Binoculars time!

EDIT: and one Spit over the house on the way back to Goodwood.

EDIT 2: I was mistaken.  It was Spitfire Tr.9 G-TCHI plus HA-1112 G-AWHH.  The latter appears to have gone back to Biggin Hill (went to Goodwood yesterday).

EDIT 3: courtesy of Flighradar24 I was able to deduce that it was Hotel India playing above Pagham on Thursday when I popped over to the Manhood Peninsula.  Yes it really is called that!

[NARSES2]

This C-17 did a run from Selfridge to Moron and back.

I had to check that and was amazed to discover how many places in the world are called Moron (mainly hispanic roots). Me, being a typical insular Cockney just assumed it was a miss-type and moron basicaly meant idiot. Oh the wonders off the English language   

[Rheged]

This C-17 did a run from Selfridge to Moron and back.

I had to check that and was amazed to discover how many places in the world are called Moron (mainly hispanic roots). Me, being a typical insular Cockney just assumed it was a miss-type and moron basicaly meant idiot. Oh the wonders off the English language   

Geo-pedant mode on

Moron:=  Arabic origin, probably denoting a 'hidden' place.

Geo-pedant mode off

[NARSES2]

This C-17 did a run from Selfridge to Moron and back.

I had to check that and was amazed to discover how many places in the world are called Moron (mainly hispanic roots). Me, being a typical insular Cockney just assumed it was a miss-type and moron basicaly meant idiot. Oh the wonders off the English language   

Geo-pedant mode on

Moron:=  Arabic origin, probably denoting a 'hidden' place.

Geo-pedant mode off

Ah, well that probably explains why a lot of the places that came up are in southern Spain.  They then obviously took the name with them to the America's.

[Gondor]

More helicopters flying overhead, definitely a Chinook among them and not all of them at the same time. I think there is a big exercise further north, this would explain the heavier-than-usual aviation traffic.

Gondor

[Captain Canada]

O had never thought of that....I just remember it from the Gulf Wars and thought everybody knew it lol

[Leading Observer]

Just heard a strange engine sound, and very low over the house flew the Dassault Flamant which had been at Shuttleworth this weekend. It was heading more or less southeast, so likely heading home to the continent