Seen Over Your House Today

[zenrat]

Very pretty.  There's the making of an aircraft camo scheme there.

[NARSES2]

We've got some owls nesting near us, I hear them most evenings, nights and early mornings this time of year, and I also hear them tearing something apart to feed their young as well. Well I assume it's them, otherwise there's something nasty about 

[Leading Observer]

Heard a low growl of radial engines, rushed out in time to catch B-17 Sally B passing over the village

[PR19_Kit]

Wonderful! Not something you see every day.

[jcf]

Very pretty.  There's the making of an aircraft camo scheme there.

On a Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk, which is how the bird was referred to until it was renamed the
American Kestrel because it's a falcon not a hawk.


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[Old Wombat]

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But;

[The Rat]

On a Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawk, which is how the bird was referred to until it was renamed the
American Kestrel because it's a falcon not a hawk.

Correct. And to add to the confusion, the 'sparrowhawk' in Britain is actually an accipiter, Accipiter nisus, more closely related to the North American sharp-shinned hawk, Accipiter striatus. This highlights the use of Latin binomials; many people think it's highbrow, but when you seriously get into nature stuff, you realise quickly that it cuts out a lot of confusion. 

[jcf]

Image fail.

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Which is weird because I can see it and it was uploaded to the What-If server as usual. 

[PR19_Kit]

Quite often images are uploaded to the server here and don't appear in the post itself for some time, and then pop up later on.

It's happened maybe half a dozen times in the last month or so.

[perttime]

Two F-35s.
There's supposed to be other US, UK and French aircraft participating in an exercise, starting today.... With some luck, I might even spot RQ-4D Phoenix UAVs.

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edit: two Rafales in tight formation spotted.
Eurofighters and F-15s might also visit.

[Old Wombat]

Image fail.

But;

Which is weird because I can see it and it was uploaded to the What-If server as usual.

And today I can see it.   

[Rheged]

A few minutes ago, a pair of USAF Hercules....Herculeses.....Herculi.... at about 2000feet. heading south west out of Wales.  Not exactly in formation, but about a minute apart

[Leading Observer]

Wonderful! Not something you see every day.

As I live close to Old Warden and not that far from Duxford, whilst it's not a daily occurrence, to quote Sir Tom Jones, It's not unusual

[Captain Canada]

Had three MI ANG KC-135s fly over the house in short order Sunday evening. Looked at the radar, and there were about 30 refuellers heading overseas !

[NARSES2]

Had three MI ANG KC-135s fly over the house in short order Sunday evening. Looked at the radar, and there were about 30 refuellers heading overseas !

To paraphrase the old football/pub chant :-

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