There I was minding my own business...

[vernon]

When I heard an unusually loud jet aircraft. I looked out of the window from my desk and saw what I thought was the Vulcan bomber. I ran outside and caught another fleeting glance as it disappeared over the tree line. A quick check on Twitter confirmed the sighting - I thought that it was wishful thinking on my part.

It also marks the first time that I have found a use for Twitter.

 

[LarryDuff]

A Vulcan flew quite low over ours last summer. A damned impressive sight it was too.

 

[inkd]

Was a gorgeous sight down at the Bournemouth air fest a few weeks back and got some cracking pics.

 

[raleighnut]

Not someone nicked your pulse jet then.

 

[screenman]

Just watched both of the Lancs go over close together.

 

[numbnuts]

A Vulcan WoW live long and prosper

 

[robjh]

The Vulcan flew over me as I was walking the dog the other day, near the Duxford airshow. Yes, it is undeniably a stirring and almost beautiful sight, but I nonetheless felt a chill remembering its purpose. It did a hugely impressive climb and roll, which is presumably what it would have done after releasing an atomic bomb.

 

[fossyant]

We saw two Lancaster bombers circle over Gronant in N Wales yesterday, I assume from the Southport Air Show

 

[raleighnut]

When I were a nipper the Vulcan was a common sight as we lived near to Bruntingthorpe, and then at school later in Lutterworth the Red Arrows used to do a practice (pre-season) display over the school.

 

[Globalti]

Two Lancs over Longridge Fell this afternoon - what a great sound!

 

[jayonabike]

I saw a Spitfire fly over on Friday whilst loading my lorry in Ware, a Lancaster flew over the garden a couple of weeks ago and back in June I saw a load (what is the collective noun for a group of planes) of Dakotas flying out to France for D Day whilst cycling through Oxfordshire.

 

[raleighnut]

Gaggle.

I saw a Spitfire fly over on Friday whilst loading my lorry in Ware, a Lancaster flew over the garden a couple of weeks ago and back in June I saw a load (what is the collective noun for a group of planes) of Dakotas flying out to France for D Day whilst cycling through Oxfordshire.

 

[Flying Dodo]

[QUOTE 3290943, member: 45"]Unfortunately I believe that this year is its last season. It flew over ours on the way back from Weston a few weeks ago.[/QUOTE]
It'll be flying next year and possibly the year after. They've been carefully managing engine use and by restricting the number of times they throttle up and down (which is the main issue with the remaining engine life) are managing to extend the number of flying hours, which also has the nice side effect of meaning their displays are louder, as they're being flown at a higher, more constant, throttle setting than before.

 

[Sara_H]

A couple of years ago one of those helicopters with two whirly's flew low over my house. Thought the house was going to fall down it shook so much.

 

[raleighnut]

It'll be flying next year and possibly the year after. They've been carefully managing engine use and by restricting the number of times they throttle up and down (which is the main issue with the remaining engine life) are managing to extend the number of flying hours, which also has the nice side effect of meaning their displays are louder, as they're being flown at a higher throttle setting than before.

Great sound. I once saw Concorde on a circle out of Donnington, nose up and not that far above stall speed with the throttles wide (judging by the black smoke out the rear) stunning noise.