Seen Over Your House Today

lancer · August 16, 2013, 01:58:07 PM

Had a Spit fly over my place earlier this evening, pretty cool looking.

Spey_Phantom · August 19, 2013, 04:55:29 AM

while at the dinnertable a moment ago, we had a pass of an RAF Chinook HC.2

PR19_Kit · August 19, 2013, 05:54:18 AM

Mrs_PR19 and I were at a friend's BBQ yesterday and they live high above the Severn on the Welsh side so we looked DOWN on the two Severn Bridges! Around 1400 hrs we heard a drone and down the valley came a Dragon Rapide!

One of the other guests 'identified' it as a 'Dakota'

so I just had to point out few differences, like the extra wing on the Rapide.....

pyro-manic · August 19, 2013, 11:18:03 AM

Got to love a bit of De Havilland!

The Portland coastie AW139 has been buzzing around today. Probably watching the traffic chaos that has gridlocked the town centre for most of the afternoon...

Green Dragon · August 20, 2013, 10:49:45 AM

House was buzzed a couple of times around 21:30 last night by what sounded like an EC135. saw it on the third pass but it was just strobes!

Paul Harrison

strilekawk · August 20, 2013, 07:12:09 PM

Ericson Aircrane on it's way to fight some brush fires somewhere between Bakersfield and Los Angeles. Also spotted the local air ambulance a Bell 407 outbound and then inbound. I'm kind of lucky as far as helos go, I work at the only Level 1 Trauma center between Bakersfield and Fresno so our flight deck sees around 3 dustoffs most days.

kitnut617 · August 21, 2013, 05:47:51 AM

It's crop-spraying season around my parts, there's been one buzzing around for a couple of days, even came right over the house a couple of times as it transitioned to the field it was spraying. Too low and quick for me to get outside with the camera though ---

Spey_Phantom · August 21, 2013, 07:04:17 AM

got a wake-up call this morning by a low-flying Belgian Navy Alouette III.
and at lunchtime, on my way home from shopping for shirts, i stopped by the fence at Ostend Airport and spotted this beautifull Boeing Stearman/Kaydet.
i only had my pocket camera on hand, so sorry for the low quality.

darthspud · August 21, 2013, 10:28:16 AM

GR4 Tornado heading northwards late/mid afternoon, Hammering along about 200ft up trying not to lose the M5.

pyro-manic · August 21, 2013, 12:23:29 PM

Nice spot, Nils!

Saw the Red Arrows today, flying down Chesil Beach on the way to open the carnival in Weymouth. Saw a little bit of their smoke too, but as it's 10 miles from where I work it wasn't terribly exciting. Later on got buzzed by a Lynx Mk8.

kitnut617 · August 21, 2013, 05:34:49 PM

Quote from: pyro-manic on August 21, 2013, 12:23:29 PM
Nice spot, Nils!

Saw the Red Arrows today, flying down Chesil Beach on the way to open the carnival in Weymouth. Saw a little bit of their smoke too, but as it's 10 miles from where I work it wasn't terribly exciting. Later on got buzzed by a Lynx Mk8.

Saw my brother off back to the UK today, he said he'll get back to Bournemouth just in time to see the airshow off the beach there this weekend ---

pyro-manic · August 22, 2013, 12:18:10 PM

I'll be working, so I won't get to see it, but it's supposed to be quite good.

Rheged · August 23, 2013, 10:32:04 AM

NOT SEEN OVER MY HOUSE TODAY!!!

This is the first day for months that I have NOT seen the local air ambulance helicopter!!!

NARSES2 · August 24, 2013, 06:38:20 AM

A thumping great black rain cloud - had to put the lights on

JayBee · August 24, 2013, 12:15:04 PM

1830 ish, Prestwick, S.W. Scotland.
It is a lovely sunny Summer's evening.
The barbeque is lit and..
Mr. & Mrs. JayBee are sitting in the garden with glasses of wine.
An aircraft is heard having just taken off from Prestwick (only a mile and a half away),
piston but not a usual sound.
Then out from behind the trees comes..........

a HURRICANE.

AHH! Sigh for a Merlin.
(Apologise to the late Alex Henshaw)

We were both excited especially Mrs. JayBee as it was the first Hurricane she had ever seen.