Seen Over Your House Today

The Wooksta! · December 21, 2014, 01:05:06 PM

Saw an RAF Hercules landing at Newcastle Airport as I was going into work on Friday.

kerick · December 21, 2014, 05:42:32 PM

Quote from: Captain Canada on December 21, 2014, 08:40:24 AM
It's always cool when the contrails hang like that. Really gives you an idea of the enormity of air travel. Saw somat similar in the USA a few weeks back.

Opposite effect on 9/11/2001 when everything was grounded. I live in the Chicago area and there are always contrails heading in every direction. Except that day. Clear blue sky and nothing to be seen. Very weird feeling.

Go4fun · December 21, 2014, 06:47:17 PM

Quote from: kerick on December 21, 2014, 05:42:32 PM
Quote from: Captain Canada on December 21, 2014, 08:40:24 AM
It's always cool when the contrails hang like that. Really gives you an idea of the enormity of air travel. Saw somat similar in the USA a few weeks back.

Opposite effect on 9/11/2001 when everything was grounded. I live in the Chicago area and there are always contrails heading in every direction. Except that day. Clear blue sky and nothing to be seen. Very weird feeling.

I was in the Kansas City area and never realized the volume of traffic KCI got until after 9-11.

JayBee · December 22, 2014, 03:54:31 AM

Just to change the subject. About twenty minutes ago this female Sparrowhawk dropped into the back garden and collected a fresh breakfast Starling.
She sat there, about 12-15 feet away, eating it then flew off with the remains about 15 minutes later.

zenrat · December 22, 2014, 04:10:49 AM

Nature red in beak and claw. Good pic.

scooter · December 22, 2014, 05:07:52 AM

Quote from: JayBee on December 22, 2014, 03:54:31 AM

"Dude, really? Do I sit there and watch you have breakfast?"

JayBee · December 22, 2014, 05:10:40 AM

Hi Scoot,

all I can say is who knows, maybe it does.

Jim

NARSES2 · December 22, 2014, 06:54:32 AM

Great photo Jim

Quote from: Logan Hartke on December 21, 2014, 11:06:42 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on December 21, 2014, 02:26:36 AM
Few years ago I spent Xmas and New Year in Orlando (yes Disneyworld) and was amazed how relatively quiet the hotels were on Xmas day it'self. Made it a really nice, comfortable day. The day after (Boxing day for the Brits) the whole world and his mother in law arrived, it was unbelievable

You're a madman. We got out before it got too busy there. I'm back home in Jacksonville, now.

Cheers,

Logan

Blame my friends from California

Seriously I thoroughly enjoyed it. Being in a Disney hotel helped as you got early entry to the attractions. Plus being a Londoner I'm used to large crowds and it wasn't as busy as London can get at times

PR19_Kit · December 22, 2014, 08:58:52 AM

They have 'Jim's Café' painted on his roof but he can't see it of course.

Captain Canada · December 31, 2014, 08:39:46 AM

Saw the pipeline patrol plane again. Had the wrong lens on my camera of course.... Looks like a Yankee reg on this one. One of these days I'll be ready for it !

The Chaos · December 31, 2014, 03:02:15 PM

At the mommet, a lot of Sylvesta Rockets.

Flyer · January 03, 2015, 10:19:51 AM

Pics of some of the firefighting Airtractors returning to the airport to reload while bombing a rather close bushfire here yesterday. 43+ Celsius and 60 to over 80km/h wind gusts.

PR19_Kit · January 03, 2015, 01:08:20 PM

Blimey, that last one is almost IN your house!

Captain Canada · January 03, 2015, 01:32:54 PM

Gorgeous shots. Looks like you got good and close eh ? Looks like a little Pratt and Whitney Canada sticker on the nose too

NARSES2 · January 04, 2015, 02:35:06 AM

Been a few shots of the fire bombers in Aus on the BBC News. I can never quite work out how effective some of these tactics are ? You look at the size of the fire and then the small amount of water/retardant the bombers can drop and it just doesn't compute in my brain. The cost/benefit analysis is probably an interesting one as well and has probably been done at some time and sealed away for a 100 years or so.