Low flying military aircraft

[biggs682]

we are quite often dive bombed by what we understand to be the red devils doing training at Sywell aerodrome

 

[welsh dragon]

Have you seen these guys?

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You never know. I have waved at the planes before, and even had a couple of them dip they're wings as they fly past.

 

[Mr Celine]

In the time I've lived here I've noticed that before every conflict the UK has been involved in (Gulf Wars, Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan etc) and during any serious sabre rattling there is always constant low flying going on for weeks.

It's been quiet for months. Putin appears to be aware of this.

 

[Profpointy]

reminds me of a day on the hills in Scotland some years ago. I was on a ridge at around 3000' and saw this eagle flying way below in the bottom of the valley - thought it might even be a golden eagle as it seemed a biggish bird; going along fairly quickly too: f-me it's a Tornado jet ! Not often you see a warplane from above that looks bird-sized. Must have been very close to the ground

 

[Doseone]

reminds me of a day on the hills in Scotland some years ago. I was on a ridge at around 3000' and saw this eagle flying way below in the bottom of the valley - thought it might even be a golden eagle as it seemed a biggish bird; going along fairly quickly too: f-me it's a Tornado jet ! Not often you see a warplane from above that looks bird-sized. Must have been very close to the ground

Had almost the same experience in Scotland when I was a kid. We were up the top of a big hill and were above five Lightnings that flew through in formation. It was a really impressive (and noisy!) sight.

 

[Foghat]

Most impressive low flying I saw was in Wales. I was on Milestone Buttress, looking along Llyn Ogwen towards Ogwyn Cottage. The valley gets quite narrow there, between Y Garn and Pen-y-Ole-Wen. A Hercules came along low level and stood on its wing tip to get through the gap.

I spent several weeks mapping Nant Ffrancon in 1991-2, and saw many aircraft at close quarters doing that turn (usually below or level with me as I was surveying the valley sides and upper reaches).

Most were fast jets doing handbrake turns, but on one occasion, three Hercules came trundling down Llyn Ogwen three-abreast. At the Idwal Cottage narrows, they were completely unfazed and carried on round, still in three-abreast formation and wingtips virtually scraping sheep off the mountainsides.

 

[hopless500]

We just got buzzed by two F15's screaming over. They are proper loud! One was doing a hard banked turn. On a sunny evening like this seeing these appear over the hill and disappear down the valley there are few more impressive sights. I could watch them all day. Those guys must have one of the best jobs in the world.

Used to live near RAF Marham and had lots of stuff going over. I loved it but did wonder when they were doing the low flying noisy stuff how someone on a horse would cope. Glad I was never out riding when they were on exercise. My cat at the time would cower in the lounge and stare wide eyed at the ceiling like it was going to fall in, it was that loud!

 

[hopless500]

In the time I've lived here I've noticed that before every conflict the UK has been involved in (Gulf Wars, Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan etc) and during any serious sabre rattling there is always constant low flying going on for weeks.

It's been quiet for months. Putin appears to be aware of this.

I noticed that too.

 

[rualexander]

Hercules' are a great sight.

Last year we were sat at St Mary's Loch near Moffat when a loud droning was followed by a low flyer that was so slow it was amazing it stayed up.

Going up and down the M74 you often see military aircraft low flying, and yesterday I was buzzed by a rescue helicopter on the M6 near Shap.

It was that low that my boss could hear it on the other end of the phone.

This one was above the loch just west of St Mary's Loch, a year past february.

 

[Over The Hill]

We have Chinooks here from RAF Odiham. They go over here almost every day.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Usually only the venerable old Search And Rescue Sea Kings from HMS Gannet, although we do occasionally get Lynxes and Chinooks etc going to/from Faslane/Coulport.

Also we have had the Red Arrows fly over the house as they banked to head back to a display they were doing several miles away, the occasional Herc has made an appearance over the years, including one last week, and I have also seen a VC-10 flying over my house too!!

 

[swansonj]

A low-flying helicopter caused the death of a leisure horse-rider in 2003, which wasn't quite so funny.

I have enough of an unreformed Y chromosome within me to identify with the visceral pleasure expressed in most of these posts - so thank you TMN for reminding us that Y chromosomes can be pretty selfish things.

 

[srw]

I get absolutely no visceral pleasure at all from a low-flying jet. It's an ugly and antisocial expression of military might and a reminder that the RAF still asserts absolute control over some of the more peaceful corners of this country.

There are supposed to be rules on how often and how low they can fly - but they're frequently breached.

 

[screenman]

I live within 10 miles of about 5 RAF bases so get to see plenty. Yesterday I stopped and took a couple of picture as I was going past Coningsby, the battle of Britain trio were doing low level flying, great sight.

 

[screenman]

I get absolutely no visceral pleasure at all from a low-flying jet. It's an ugly and antisocial expression of military might and a reminder that the RAF still asserts absolute control over some of the more peaceful corners of this country.

There are supposed to be rules on how often and how low they can fly - but they're frequently breached.

How do you know that last line?