Seen Over Your House Today

[NARSES2]

I do like the new livery on the CT-145 

[Steel Penguin]

its the cosford air show today.
there are no tickets left ( and more importantly im skint)

but just had the cry form Mrs SP " plane coming over"    as I race into the front room a Dakota with invasion stripes approached and went over the house.   And where theres one over flight, there are normally more.  might be a good afternoon.

[Steel Penguin]

had a single engine yellow biplane proceed across the back, wrong way for cosi so possibly just a general weekend pleasure flight.  and just had a gaggle of 5 and then 6 single engine fast jets  as they were tailing smoke for park of the time they were in view, im guessing the red arrows

[JayBee]

Had an RAF A400, AKA an Atlas C1, doing a couple of approaches here to-day.
On his first go around I noticed that he had something red on his fin.
The next time I was able to get a couple of, yes not very good photos, that showed the red on the fin was the RAF's 100th marking.







Jim

[NARSES2]

Nice one Jim 

[PR19_Kit]

Directly o'head my temporary home this morning I heard something that sounded like a Mega-Harvard!

I dashed outside only to see The Blades aerobatic team's four Extra 300SCs flying across in an EXTREMELY tight formation! They flew in echelon starboard and each wing was in between the previous aircraft's wing and tailplane! 

They weren't doing a display either, just cruising across the sky. Amazing.

[Rheged]

The usual light aircraft and special forces helicopter.........but then a brace of Chinooks, very low and flying south very fast.   Round about lunch time, either one very energetic Skyvan, or possibly a more lethargic two of them repeatedly buzzing round Shobden airfield.

[kerick]

Saw a very nice Sikorsky Seaking civilian version flying west along interstate 80 south of Chicago.

[Thorvic]

Had a Merlin HC3 fly over us as we were driving past Dorchester yesterday teatime as it was heading back to Yeovilton, then late last night as we sat in the Caravan at the top of the beach we could hear a helicopter and it turned our to be a pair of Merlins doing night ops at sea in Lyme Bay just before midnight. However they assumed a regular return to base over at height back to Yeovilton, in previous years we have had them fly low level directly over the van doing a night coastal insertion flying up the valley 

[rickshaw]

On the path towards recovery I convince SWMBO to take me to the local beach this morning for some sun and air.

While sitting in the car, I observed a pair of RAAF Pilatus PC-9s flying southwards.   I then observed about 10 minutes later a pair of RAAF Hawk 121s flying northwards.   Must be th start of a new training course for pilots at RAAF Pearce about 30 Km inland from here.

[PR19_Kit]

On the path towards recovery I convince SWMBO to take me to the local beach this morning for some sun and air.

While sitting in the car, I observed a pair of RAAF Pilatus PC-9s flying southwards.   I then observed about 10 minutes later a pair of RAAF Hawk 121s flying northwards.   Must be th start of a new training course for pilots at RAAF Pearce about 30 Km inland from here.

I hope that did you good Brian. 

[AeroplaneDriver]

Just home from a quick mini-vacation on the NC coast, not far from Cherry Point and New River MCAS and just a tad further from Seymour Johnson AFB.  Saw quite a few F-15Es, and Harriers zipping around, but they just don't do the low level stuff over the coast they used to do.  Everything I saw was in the 10-15,000 range.  Back at the same beach as a kid I would see A-4s and A-6s down below 1,000 routinely. 

I did get a few pics of gate guards and an Osprey taking off in the distance...



USMC Osprey taking off in the distance.  Sorry for the poor quality.



Marine A-6 standing guard over a Hampton Inn.  Again, sorry for poor quality, these were taken from the car.



Marine AV-8A near the Cherry Point entrance.  This is not the official base gate guard I don't think...that is an AV-8B right at the gate...this is the one maintained by the Town of Havelock I think. 



And finally, not an aerial machine, but thought you chaps may appreciate it....The Space Shuttle Challenger Commander was from Beaufort, NC.  There is a nice little memorial to him on the waterfront, and the local airport is named for him. 

[kitnut617]

Watched a C-17 land at YYC this afternoon, not sure of the operator though ----

[rickshaw]

On the path towards recovery I convince SWMBO to take me to the local beach this morning for some sun and air.

While sitting in the car, I observed a pair of RAAF Pilatus PC-9s flying southwards.   I then observed about 10 minutes later a pair of RAAF Hawk 121s flying northwards.   Must be th start of a new training course for pilots at RAAF Pearce about 30 Km inland from here.

I hope that did you good Brian. 

Thanks, mate.  It was a good morning.  I was buggered afterwards but it was good to get out.

[zenrat]

On the path towards recovery I convince SWMBO to take me to the local beach this morning for some sun and air.

While sitting in the car, I observed a pair of RAAF Pilatus PC-9s flying southwards.   I then observed about 10 minutes later a pair of RAAF Hawk 121s flying northwards.   Must be th start of a new training course for pilots at RAAF Pearce about 30 Km inland from here.

I hope that did you good Brian. 

Thanks, mate.  It was a good morning.  I was buggered afterwards but it was good to get out.

Good to hear it.  Small steps.  That's the way.