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Re: Interesting or unusual planes?
« Reply #2200 on: 15 December, 2023, 06:07:18 am »

Re: Interesting or unusual planes?
« Reply #2201 on: 15 December, 2023, 12:05:58 pm »
Very pretty picture.

Is nearly-in the frozen lake the only safe area to land?
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Re: Interesting or unusual planes?
« Reply #2202 on: 15 December, 2023, 11:14:36 pm »
Yeah, winter makes it both harder and easier. A lot more of the wetlands become landable, but the snow will also hide all kinds of surprises.


Re: Interesting or unusual planes?
« Reply #2204 on: 02 January, 2024, 11:28:19 am »
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Blah its a T7 twin seater. If it was a single seater F.6 or FGA.9 I might be looking at how big a crane would be needed to get it into my back garden. Such a beautiful aircraft.
I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that.

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Re: Interesting or unusual planes?
« Reply #2205 on: 17 January, 2024, 05:36:49 pm »
I was waiting at the bus stop post-Asda this afternoon when I heard the rotor slap.

"That's a Chinook or similar", I thought.

Yup. Right over Crawley.
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Re: Interesting or unusual planes?
« Reply #2206 on: 17 January, 2024, 05:46:55 pm »
"Come, friendly Chinooks, and drop things on Crawley"
It is simpler than it looks.

Re: Interesting or unusual planes?
« Reply #2207 on: 17 January, 2024, 06:06:50 pm »
They used to fly down the Lea Valley when work was based next to the River Lea.
Stuff on desks would vibrate when they were at their closest.

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Re: Interesting or unusual planes?
« Reply #2208 on: 08 February, 2024, 08:06:46 pm »
What's that noise? A bunch of Eurofighters going over Furryboottoon according to FR24.

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Re: Interesting or unusual planes?
« Reply #2209 on: 19 February, 2024, 05:13:37 pm »
A Chinook with 2 netfulls of cargo dangling on cables or somesuch. Given that it had only flown a short distance  from RAF Odiham (a couple of fields distance at most) before it looped round above me to return, I guess it was some sort of training exercise. By the time I reached the other side of the airfield, it was hovering near the ground, with only one dangly thing.

With a totally unsuitable 20mm lens

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