Post 471456 by Dangerous Dave on 2012-03-07 15:16:47
Over the last two days there have been some Jet fighter planes flying over the Dudley area, heard them yesterday at work, and just now I've heard them at home.
Whats going on?
Post 471458 by daza-b on 2012-03-07 15:18:38
[quote=bomb192uk;471456]Over the last two days there have been some Jet fighter planes flying over the Dudley area, heard them yesterday at work, and just now I've heard them at home.
Whats going on?[/quote]
preparing for war lol
Post 471460 by daza-b on 2012-03-07 15:20:22
[quote=bomb192uk;471459]Actually, scratch that, just googled it
http://www.dudleynews.co.uk/news/9575435.Typhoon_jets_preparing_for_Olympics/[/quote]
better than war thats for sure! lol
Post 471461 by Dangerous Dave on 2012-03-07 15:23:03
Yup. Though its a bit weird, why on earth would they need to "familiarise with the air space"? And why over Dudley? Something doesn't add up.
Post 471464 by daza-b on 2012-03-07 15:26:25
[quote=bomb192uk;471461]Yup. Though its a bit weird, why on earth would they need to "familiarise with the air space"? And why over Dudley? Something doesn't add up.[/quote]
we have had jets passing over us here in Morecambe, heard them for 1 week solid, first time i had heard them in the 4 years living here lol like i said, preparing for war lol
Post 471465 by Pinup_gal on 2012-03-07 15:27:16
Ahh that is what the noise was.
Perhaps they are finally going to give Dudley the regeneration it is crying out for ;)
Post 471474 by Cubes on 2012-03-07 15:50:35
They were over Middlesbrough last night, a pair of them in formation. Loud mothers aren't they. I actually ducked like a complete d!ck. Hope nobody was watching. They're back again now!
Post 471482 by wegal on 2012-03-07 16:12:29
they allowed one to go supersonic over land a few weeks ago.... apparently EVERYONE pooh'd their pants. I imagine that was quite a loud bang.
Post 471484 by M-R-P on 2012-03-07 16:12:59
Seen one fly just above the clifftop in poole for the bournemouth airshow. The pilot pulled the nose up and it pretty much stood on it's tail for a second, pointing up, then he hit the afterburners and went straight up and kept going. We could still hear it after about 5 minutes!
Got a vid somewhere.
Post 471492 by Dangerous Dave on 2012-03-07 17:04:27
Nice.
Love the noise off them, been to many airshows and the way they make your whole body shake is awesome.
Post 471494 by M-R-P on 2012-03-07 17:14:30
Not quite a Vulcan with the afterburners running but stunning anyway :)
Post 471498 by volvokid on 2012-03-07 18:04:25
They somtimes touch down in Aberdeen airport dont stop and go again, and holly hell ate they low the runway is beside my work
Post 471508 by Porcine_Aviator on 2012-03-07 18:29:13
We have had a C17 Skymaster flying in to Bristol doing touch and go. Very odd for a military aircraft to be flying in and out of a civil airport, loads of times. We often get fighters flying low level down the Bristol Channel.
As far as the sound barrier, we used to hear Concorde come through it every evening at 6:10 pm, and we still miss the bang even now. I've got a photo of her last flight going over Weston
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Post 471550 by foammanmark on 2012-03-07 19:26:55
I was at our warehouse in Cradley on the foam splitter, and we all heard the noise and thought the machine was knackering up. Great when we sussed out it was the jets!
Post 471567 by Santa on 2012-03-07 19:53:51
Think we declared war on Wolverhampton and forgot they had access to Cosford
Post 471574 by Cubes on 2012-03-07 20:06:35
I was in the garage earlier when I heard the loud noise. I went to turn the radio down but the noise disappeared at the same time, so I turned it back up again. Freakily, the noise came back as well. Turned out, it was The Jets.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm_QilrHkh8&feature=related"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm_QilrHkh8&feature=related[/ame]
Post 471607 by MWT5 on 2012-03-07 21:01:25
[quote=daza-b;471464]we have had jets passing over us here in Morecambe, heard them for 1 week solid, first time i had heard them in the 4 years living here lol like i said, preparing for war lol[/quote]
I'm shocked daza you never heard them before I used to work in Preston blackpool area and had to go on site at bae systems warton nr Preston this was where the eurofighter was built and RAF squadron was based they used to be two harriers then two typhoons take off they would then go off the coast and practise dog fights awesome sight and sound.
Post 471702 by swampy on 2012-03-07 22:52:08
im surrunded by RAF bases here in east anglia here the jets out alot and the helicoptors.
spent many a day looking over the planes at cosford (was born there, dad stationed there for 20 years), best thing is a hercules landing rear ramp down , jeep out the back whilst its still moving, ramp up and away it goes.
they use lots of civvy air fields to practise on, often not told what the site is but just given co ordiantes of it, helps them practise and be able to adpapt
Post 471712 by t5_monkey on 2012-03-07 22:59:37
Used to walk to work with tornados roaring on full Afterburner overhead at RAF marham - you could smell the jet fuel.
Now I live in Glasgow I wish they'd come back and drop a Jdam on me.
Post 471717 by Haizum74 on 2012-03-07 23:13:36
[quote=bomb192uk;471456]Over the last two days there have been some Jet fighter planes flying over the Dudley area, heard them yesterday at work, and just now I've heard them at home.
Whats going on?[/quote]
I believe the laymans term is called 'flying' I think. It involves said planes moving through air at differing heights. Its amazing technology you know.
Sorry, couldnt resist, was too easy
Post 471718 by Dangerous Dave on 2012-03-07 23:17:06
[quote=Haizum74;471717]I believe the laymans term is called 'flying' I think. It involves said planes moving through air at differing heights. Its amazing technology you know.
Sorry, couldnt resist, was too easy[/quote]
Ohhhh noooooo :D
You're terrible
Post 471721 by M-R-P on 2012-03-07 23:27:07
I've been itching to post this for months now...
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_gz3YHYmMU[/ame]
Finally a reason :)