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A formation of Dutch and UK AH64D are going to be doing a tour of the country...
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This may be of interest to some here
A formation of Dutch and UK AH64D are going to be doing a tour of the country...
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This crew is a long way from home.
Could not see it due to cloud but could hear it go over.
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An A4 over East Anglia!
Looks to be an ex Israeli aircraft.
We had a MC130J Commando II (Spooky) over West London today.
It was about 20,000 but was clearly visible trundling overhead.
A Super Stallion has just flown over on the way to Northolt.
Very large and very loud
4 US Army CH47 have just left Northolt and flown over.
Must be supporting Biden’s visit
Here is an incredibly poor photo of the 2nd one
The are now heading east along the Thames ...
A mate is up in Liverpool, and has just been buzzed by them.
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I was wrong the Apache and Chinook were Dutch off on exercise
https://youtu.be/qlgasOTsg-w
A video of them...
Pretty sure this was a special flight as it was not in the helilanes outside them (heading Straight for Northolt and not along the north circular as usual) and a lot lower than would be expected (200...
Busy over West London today
Just been buzzed by 3 Chinook and 5 Apache
I presume connected with Zelensky’s visit
The red arrows flew over my roof approx 40 seconds after crossing the palace, the choppers routed just to the north didn’t see any of them.
Yep, I guess it would be
Pickle Bs link shows it better than flight radar .
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Yep not sure what all the RAF transports are doing in trail.
2 usaf stratotankers up as well.
Constant phoenix and an RAF A400m over south west London this morning
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Hmmm could be spun as ‘attacking’ a NATO asset. It was only a matter of time. Something like this was bound to happen. Thankfully neither side lost and life.
The last 747 delivery?
A Ukrainian registered AN12 has just flown over my house, in its way from Birmingham to Skopje
Hmm I wonder what that is carrying?...
That the the risk of being a boring s0d (yes I know I am one)
Boom has the following benefits:
Quicker fuel transfer so better for larger aircraft.
Less pressure on the receiver pilot as the boom...
Agreed, probe and drogue also has the benefit of being able to refuel more than one aircraft at a time and there is redundancy in the event of failure.
It should be noted that the US Navy also use...
They did this when they flew her down from Scotland.
Bu99er missed it
It went straight over my house!
Yes
But also follow set routes to avoid conflict with other traffic
North wales is home of the Mach Loop
The premier low level training area in the UK if not europe.
It’s great to watch them...
He went a bit further south over Richmond.
There was an AH over this afternoon.
He has just passed over my house.
Just spotted a Hind and a Mil17 in formation over the Docklands
Unfortunately I was not quick enough to get a picture