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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:36 pm

Olicat wrote:100%, Completely, absolutely, sure as sure can be!

Why?



I'm sure you'll definitely work it out soon! :D
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Wed Sep 14, 2011 6:37 pm

It definitely was :P
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Minty4371 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:20 pm

Tornado (steam locomotive) on our line at about 2:15 pm going to Lincoln :) :).
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:48 pm

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Poo!! I was coming home from Lincoln at that time.
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Minty4371 » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:54 pm

Pam
She was due into Lincoln at 14:45, but would have probably got there at 15:15.
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:57 pm

Thanks Minty - I've just checked and shes going back via Newark :(( - she would have passed with in 2 miles of my house on her way to Lincoln!! :(( :(( :((
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:28 pm

I saw her at Northampton the other night, sat taking on water from the local Fire Brigade bowser! ;)
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Gaz » Thu Sep 15, 2011 6:42 pm

Big ellycopta, quite high, looked like it was in a desert paint scheme, no idea what it was
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:12 pm

About 30 minutes ago a Herc low and fast right over my MX5 just outside the village ...Mmmmmmm lovely!! \:D/ :D
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Dee » Wed Sep 21, 2011 3:39 pm

This morning spotted from Nottinghamshire, The Red Arrows practicing!
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Wed Sep 21, 2011 5:55 pm

I heard a low pitched distant boom today which I believe was something like a tank on the Purbeck ranges.
Other than that nothing interesting happened
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby MOD » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:18 pm

Olicat wrote:I heard a low pitched distant boom today which I believe was something like a tank on the Purbeck ranges.
Other than that nothing interesting happened


The range at Lulworth/Tyneham was in use all last week. Very noisy.... ;)


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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:21 pm

probably what it was then, cool that I can hear it in Wimborne too!
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby MOD » Wed Sep 21, 2011 6:35 pm

Olicat wrote:probably what it was then, cool that I can hear it in Wimborne too!



I stayed at Meadow Cottage, Woodlands Nr Horton last week. Wimborne was a hit with Mrs Mod!!! The Drovers Inn at Gussage All Saints was first class. Low beams @ 5'8" and a waiter who is 6'9" tall was quite comical. He reminded me of Lurch!!.

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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Olicat » Wed Sep 21, 2011 7:05 pm

I don't think Ive been there before but Ive been in the Horton area a bit :)
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Mayfly » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:28 pm

Cluny wrote:Hihonyr8811 at Brunty :)



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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:20 pm

Shhhh I'm trying to read ;) :p =)) =))
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Xplumberlives » Thu Sep 22, 2011 6:54 pm

Just finishing dinner and the boys and I have been treated to a lovely display by the Silver B.B.M.F Spitfire over the RAF Wittering Officers Mess for the Sunset Ceremony! :ymapplause: :ymapplause: :ymapplause:
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:40 am

VC-10 went over our house about an hour ago, nice treat for a Monday morning \:D/ :D
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Cluny » Mon Sep 26, 2011 5:47 pm

Hihonyr8811 wrote:VC-10 went over our house about an hour ago, nice treat for a Monday morning \:D/ :D

We must of had an aircraft swap as we had a pair of Typhoons over Bicester this afternoon [14:13] heading towards Brize .
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Hihonyr8811 » Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:55 pm

:))
Another (or the same) VC-10 landed at Waddington this afternoon.

The one from this morning
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Jigsaw » Mon Sep 26, 2011 6:57 pm

Great pics Helen :D
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Gaz » Mon Sep 26, 2011 7:27 pm

Yep, very good!

Wonder if we'll be getting that one soon
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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby MOD » Mon Sep 26, 2011 9:16 pm

Could be Gaz. That's C1K XV107 'X' 'James Nicholson VC'.

I have it on reasonably good authority that the K3s will continue in service for a while longer than first thought. That's ZA147 'F' - ZA148 'G' - ZA149 'H' and ZA150 'J' . Apparently ZA149 is at St Athan having some undisclosed, but fairly extensive, work carried out on it.

So there may be, up to, 4 x K3s kept on and the sole surviving K4 ZD241 'N' - which is still at Mt Pleasant .

Fingers crossed.

BTW that last shot's a belter Helen :ymapplause:

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Re: Spotters Corner

Postby Gaz » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:54 pm

I've heard we're getting another one, fairly, soon
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