Seen Over Your House Today

[Rheged]

I act as a National Trust guide on Saturdays and Mondays at Berrington Hall, 13 miles from home.  Today was KITE DAY. 10 metre dragon kites, a pink pig kite and one that looked suspiciously like a Canberra kite.  Then  on the way home a couple of Herculeses flying East from Wales, very low. They were coming at me nose on as I drove home, so no chance of photos  or even seeing registration numbers.

[JayBee]

Day before yesterday SWMBO and I were at the local retail park, the weather was dismal, low cloud light rain, YEUGH.
As we came back to the car, sound of a low flying aircraft, it appeared and flew over us, Clearly going into PIK, but visual in those conditions ?
It did look very darkly coloured.
It now turns out that it was a USAF MC-130J which just did a go around and departed somewhere.

Jim

[Rheged]

At about 3:30 this afternoon, VERY low, a dull green Hercules with a thundering great Union Flag  design on the tail. It looked similar to the current Red Arrows tail design, but with more white in it.   What, I wonder, was it doing low over North Herefordshire?

[The Wooksta!]

Perhaps a jolly outing for the Gun Club?

[KiwiZac]

At about 3:30 this afternoon, VERY low, a dull green Hercules with a thundering great Union Flag  design on the tail. It looked similar to the current Red Arrows tail design, but with more white in it.   What, I wonder, was it doing low over North Herefordshire?

Not this one?

Duxford Wednesday 20th July:
Hercules ZH880 showing another link to the Great War:

[PR19_Kit]

More likely this one, taken at Fairford, as it's the current RAF 'Show Herk'. Its fin design does look a tad like the Reds' fin design this year.

[kitnut617]

Yesterday at YYC, two Voyagers were on Apron 9, I saw one arrive and then later in the day, one left. I also saw a C-17 flying over the airport at medium height, it has quite a distinguished exhaust flow pattern and I could very easily identify it as a C-17.  Now whose C-17 is another question altogether  -----     It was heading north,north-east ---

[Captain Canada]

What a gorgeous Herc. Thanks for sharing the pics !

[Captain Canada]

A couple of pics from my travels. Flying over the old BCATP base of Centralia



2 Hornets at Pearson



Fisheries and Oceans at Halifax



Turbo Beaver also at Halifax

[kerick]

Local crop duster covering the end rows.

On the way home from work I saw him from a distance and had to stop.

[Captain Canada]

Very cool. Love watching them. Even worth inhaling the fumes lol. Always had an AgCat around when we were kids.

[NARSES2]

In the recent BBC series on air travel they visited Halifax as it's had so a huge number of types land there because of it being first land fall that way across. In the control tower they have a model of every type that's landed there hanging from the ceiling. You need to try and wangle a trip to have a look Capt 

[Captain Canada]

That would be nice to see ! They have a nice display in St. John's Newfoundland as well.

[Rheged]

Whilst out deadheading roses a few minutes ago, an OV-10 Bronco!   Against the sun so I couldn't see any markings or colouring, but the silhouette could have been nothing else. Heading slightly west of south, possibly towards the Bristol Channel. Might have been a Bronco Demo Team aircraft.  They are supposed to be appearing at Culdrose at the week end.

http://www.broncodemoteam.com. 

[rickshaw]

I was sitting in a carpark by the beach this morning, enjoying a nice cup of coffee when an RAAF PC-9 came overhead.  One of the few times I've actually been able to see them, as they buzz around.  Sounded, as always like a chainsaw going flat out and flashed past.   Was under a thousand feet as well.