What flew over your house (yesterday)

[The Smythe Meister]

They had a bit of a hiccup and was delayed coming here. We've purchased Migs and Sukhois in the past so were invited. Can't recall if they had visited for the last LIMA shows. Our fellow modelling member is an Airforce Attache to Moscow and has recently been appointed to Belarus. An ex Mig 29 aerobatic team leader for the Smokie Bandits so perhaps connections I guess or otherwise. Langkawi is a popular destination for Russian tourists.

Cheers,
Wabble

Understood Richard.
..... Still seems a bit wierd to me though.

[Waspie]

Understood Richard. :smiling3:
..... Still seems a bit wierd to me though.

It's the way the Russian machine works. Weedle their way in to countries with arms deals, (via display teams, warships formal visit, military personnel on bestest behaviour). Look at South Africa frequent visits by Russian and Chinese military). Turkey!!! Playing one against the other, (Nato vs Russia/China).
Putin will never sway from the old party line.

[Waspie]

Well, I would report an aircraft overhead!! But contrails at flight level who knows with whatever making them doesn't count I guess!!

[Geoffers]

A Spitfire and Hurricane from the BofBMF flew over but I was too slow to get any pics :confounded:

Apparently they and the Lancaster were making several flyovers around the UK to mark the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Atlantic.

Geoff.

[adt70hk]

No prizes for guessing what this is!

There was an event in NW Milton Keynes not far from where I was playing table tennis as church this afternoon....we had the door open as it was warm when I heard this....

It had apparently flown over Bletchley Park five minutes before!

[Waspie]

No prizes for guessing what this is!

There was an event in NW Milton Keynes not far from where I was playing table tennis as church this afternoon....we had the door open as it was warm when I heard this....

It had apparently flown over Bletchley Park five minutes before!

It must have gone on to the Torbay airshow after, (or before??). Been looking for it but it obviously never flew over Lyme Bay!
What did fly over my place was the HMCG fixed wing aircraft. Made me wonder if it too was for the airshow OR was it monitoring an oil spill as it flew over three times!

[adt70hk]

It must have gone on to the Torbay airshow after, (or before??). Been looking for it but it obviously never flew over Lyme Bay!
What did fly over my place was the HMCG fixed wing aircraft. Made me wonder if it too was for the airshow OR was it monitoring an oil spill as it flew over three times!

That's a shame....my guess is afterwards....given we're between you and its base.

I'm actually down you neck of the woods in three wees for Tankfest.

[Waspie]

Get your binoculars out. Heard it long before I spotted the thing!!!

Loverly day for it too!!!

[Mini Me]

So, are you talking 'bout the Chinese weather balloon or the oop:bird on the roof?:tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:

[Waspie]

So, are you talking 'bout the Chinese weather balloon or the oop:bird on the roof?:tears-of-joy::tears-of-joy:

Sorry Rick Nil point for the Wx Balloon and zero for the ShyTalk!!! :smiling5:

[yak face]

Get your binoculars out. Heard it long before I spotted the thing!!!

Loverly day for it too!!!

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Get your binoculars out. Heard it long before I spotted the thing!!!

Loverly day for it too!!!

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You must have very good hearing doug , to hear a Tesco carrier bag rustling in the wind from that far away ! Ive tried zooming in but all i can see is a carrier bag , what was it ?

[Tim Marlow]

You must have very good hearing doug , to hear a Tesco carrier bag rustling in the wind from that far away ! Ive tried zooming in but all i can see is a carrier bag , what was it ?

Personally I think it’s ET on a day trip….

[Waspie]

Ok, I must admit took some finding after hearing it. Living on the coast, first thought was a new method of illegals getting in!!
THEN, I spotted the para glider sporting a very loud fan!!!!
Don’t usually see them that high!! Not over Fraggle anyway!! (That’s Portland by the way).

[Tim Marlow]

Ok, I must admit took some finding after hearing it. Living on the coast, first thought was a new method of illegals getting in!!
THEN, I spotted the para glider sporting a very loud fan!!!!
Don’t usually see them that high!! Not over Fraggle anyway!! (That’s Portland by the way).

Ah….I can see it now you’ve said it….used to get them circling interminably around old Sarum airfield when I lived in Salisbury.

[Guest]

No photos, but I was sitting on the sofa yesterday late in the afternoon and heard a noise as if somebody was using heavy power tools on masonry. Since there’s scaffolding against a house further down the street, I figured they were hard at work there. Then I noticed one of the neighbours’ daughters standing on the pavement outside, looking up at the sky. When I went into the back garden to see for myself, I was greeted by the sight of three AH-64 Apaches in formation, flying almost directly overhead in the direction of the sea.

The mystery was solved by this morning’s paper, which had an article about how yesterday, 11 Airmobile Brigade of the Royal Netherlands Army held an exercise some 20 km east of here.