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When aircraft fly below you!

Postby jonesy » Tue Nov 02, 2010 8:11 am

Over here in the UK, we are lucky to have low flying training areas dotted around the country. One of these is in Wales and it gets a lot of military aircraft flying through on training sorties. Below are photos from one day last month. They're not warbirds as such but the way the UK armed forces is being cut, a lot of these will be on the scrap heap soon!

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This had to be the catch of the day. I used to work on the K so I've got a soft spot for these work horses.

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It looks like the forum doesn't support photos at 1024 wide so I'm afraid the tails have been chopped off. Rest assures that the original photos haven't.

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Re: When aircraft fly below you!

Postby Conny » Tue Nov 02, 2010 12:37 pm

Interesting and highly detailed photos. The fourth photo of a C-130 is a bit different. Toward the end of the fuselage before the tail section, there are 2 protrusions sticking out on each side. Are these guns ports or flare dispensersor even cameras?
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Re: When aircraft fly below you!

Postby TopKick » Tue Nov 02, 2010 3:06 pm

Oh, they are Warbirds all right. They just aren't WWII Warbirds. 8)
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Re: When aircraft fly below you!

Postby dilvoy » Thu Nov 04, 2010 8:04 pm

Man you're lucky. I only get to see cool aircraft like that in San Francisco when the Blue Angles are flying for fleet week and that's only when the board of supervisors isen't saying nasty things about the Navy.
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Re: When aircraft fly below you!

Postby Derek Eddlestone » Sun Nov 07, 2010 4:55 pm

jonesy wrote:It looks like the forum doesn't support photos at 1024 wide so I'm afraid the tails have been chopped off. Rest assures that the original photos haven't.

Cheers,
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'Right Click' on image and select 'View Image' from drop down menu to see full sized or full screen view.

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Re: When aircraft fly below you!

Postby ng19delta » Mon Nov 08, 2010 8:20 pm

Boy, do you have one tall ladder!
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Re: When aircraft fly below you!

Postby jonesy » Tue Nov 09, 2010 8:15 am

ng19delta wrote:Boy, do you have one tall ladder!


Tell me about it! It's heavy too. :wink:

Sometimes even the pilots take a closer look.

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Re: When aircraft fly below you!

Postby DaninNM » Sun Nov 28, 2010 6:54 pm

The F15s with LN on the tails are 48th Tac Fighter Wing in RAF Lakenheath
WWII armor and towed guns.
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Re: When aircraft fly below you!

Postby south_side_slide » Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:43 pm

Beautiful shots of some beautiful birds :wink: I could have some close-ups like that as well, but they usually come by at tree-top right at the edge of the sound barrier..............so I usually have enough time to go :shock: and then they're gone! my favorite fly-by was the C-117 at 100 or so feet off the ground, so low I couldn't see it coming, but could darn sure hear it, next thing I see is the nose coming around the corner of my HOUSE!!!!!!!! Low enough that my son and I could see the whole darn crew and the pilot was kind enough to kick it completely sideways for us, wave and pull it up :) while me and the youngster were watching in awe, my wife is freaking out fumbling with the camera on her phone and couldn't get a shot :( but it was better than an airshow............they seem to love buzzing the lake!

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