Happened for real to a Ryanair flight this week; it was escorted into Stansted. False alarm (bomb scare).
Jorgan, those two Chinooks might have been the ones SlowSwimmer saw on a hillside when supporting a Spine runner. They got some good shots since they were pretty close (that’s SS with his phone in the shot).
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Nice black norseman tee on show there!
That’s quite a phone
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Saw a spitfire a couple of times on my ride this afternoon. No pictures, both sightings i was going uphill and struggling with it.
Also a very fancy 911 GT3.
Both sounded pretty spectacular!
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Rolls Royce Merlin engine is the best sounding engine ever.
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absolutely…
Somewhere in this photo are three Chinooks, making a hell of a racquet, seen on my ride yesterday. Also went past the airfield at Netheravon and saw a Red Devil’s drop plane on max climb. Guessing a Pilatus Porter, or similar. Was too hot to hang around to see them drop, though.
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Well, we’ll have to take your word for that 
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Found 2 of them in formation, where’s the 3rd?
About 1/4km behind em - just under the bottom left of the cloud.
It was a fun game - Helicopter or bird
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the RAF have been working hard on their cam and concealment…
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Do they do subs as well?
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Just heard that Merlin rumble announcing the arrival of a Lancaster, Spitfire and another fighter (too far away to see if it was a Spitfire or Hurricane) heading towards Northolt.
Often see things fly in/out of Northolt, mostly it is boring business jets, but occasionally something more interesting like Battle of Briitain flights, C5 carrying Marine One for a presidential visit. Marine One, Ospreys, or Typhoons when they were based there during the Olympics.
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Nice. ADSB exchange is good for tracking Mil aircraft to see what they are. Flight Radar doesnt show a lot of military stuff.
Other day I heard the unmistakable whomp of a Chinook. Couldn’t see the bastard out then window but found it on ADSB
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Bit gutted (in a sense) I don’t run with a phone. Was up on Woodbury common today when 2 Merlins came swooping in from the south. Sun was out, the sea in the distance and these two badboys flying in above the heathlands looked pretty epic. They did a loop as we were running around a copse and they then proceeded to drop down and land no more than 50m from the trail that we were on. Pretty cool!
They sat there for 5 mins then took off again, and off they went. A nice surprise for our run.
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Saw a pair of these flying up Wasdale last week
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