Fighter jets & Airforce one over london!

[Dansta]

Tommo and i were in town earlier and just as we were leaving i heard an alimighty thundering sound flyin over, it was a large plane with an american flag on the underneath flyin low just over waterloo bridge escorted by two figter jets!! seconds later.... another massive plane, the one that has like a big mushroom on top of it went over escorted by another two jets! slightly diff ones... another two large planes with escorts followed. what the fook was goin on i have no idea. they were flyin heaps low.

oh well....

 

[Jonaldinho]

Trooping the Colour or whatever its called. Its to mark the queens b-day I think. Lots of marching and flyovers.

 

[Dansta]

sounds about right... the first two were apparently Euro Typhoon Fighters.

 

[dazraffan]

Euro Typhoon Fighters

is that a joke ^^

got 4 30 year old migs at work at the there better than the eurosh*ter

 

[AliasOmega]

Quote: Originally posted by dazraffan on 11 June 2005


Euro Typhoon Fighters

is that a joke ^^

got 4 30 year old migs at work at the there better than the eurosh*ter

They were on about it pulling up too 20G, but the aircrew should be able too manage 12G with new flying kit. Also it produces over twice as much thrust as the tornado. (Good old Q-Course overview)



Sad...

 

[Chris1.4RT]

Quote: Originally posted by dazraffan on 11 June 2005


Euro Typhoon Fighters

is that a joke ^^

got 4 30 year old migs at work at the there better than the eurosh*ter






Son, are you on drugs?

Dansta, the mushroom planes will have probably been E-3 Sentry awacs planes.

[Edited by Chris1.4RT on 11 June 2005 at 8:58pm]

 

[Day]

No, hes right!

 

[Dansta]

dont look sh*t to me? but then again i dont really know planes....


http://www.eurofighter-typhoon.co.uk/gallery/albums/british/da4/165326-L_pre.jpg

 

[Dansta]

My cup would beat it tho.... ;op

http://www.eurofighter-typhoon.co.uk/gallery/albums/british/da4/165310-L_pre.jpg

 

[*CLIO16V*]

I saw this as well, Over by oxford!

They were euro fighters, The plane with the mushroom was a norad radar comand centre.

 

[Rick]

Quote: Originally posted by *CLIO16V* on 12 June 2005
The plane with the mushroom was a norad radar comand centre.


Is that the same as an AWACS then?

 

[Tom]

Yup!

 

[Zorba_the_greek]

yeah went right over my house really loud........................looked amazing

 

[casiodan]

just for your info, Airforce 1 is only Airforce 1 when the president is onboard.

I dont think Mr B was over here for trooping the colour was he!


[Edited by casiodan on 12 June 2005 at 3:49pm]

 

[bonza172]

yep mushroom one is a Nimrod! Its an intelligence plane used to take photos over certain classified areas of the earth. Mainly used in locating certain things. Also has a sophisticated radar section on board which can practically pick up any veihcle. There usual cruising height is 150,000 feet!!!!!

 

[casiodan]

Nimrod is the type of plane. (it wasnt a nimrod you saw i dont think).

AWACS is Airborne Warning And Control System

If it had the spinning disc on the top it will have been a boeing sentry.

The Nimrods had the radar stuff in its modified nose.

Sentry http://www.airliners.net/open.file/423006/M/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/423006/M/

Nimrod with AWACS http://www.airliners.net/open.file/350656/M/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/350656/M/

dont mean to sound too geeky or owt. Dad was in the airforce thats all.

 

[dazraffan]

Quote: Originally posted by bonza172 on 12 June 2005

yep mushroom one is a Nimrod! Its an intelligence plane used to take photos over certain classified areas of the earth. Mainly used in locating certain things. Also has a sophisticated radar section on board which can practically pick up any veihcle. There usual cruising height is 150,000 feet!!!!!

dont be daft it would start poping rivits at 50,000 feet

its not a bloody space shuttle its a 1950s airliner

 

[casiodan]

Quote: Originally posted by dazraffan on 12 June 2005

Quote: Originally posted by bonza172 on 12 June 2005

yep mushroom one is a Nimrod! Its an intelligence plane used to take photos over certain classified areas of the earth. Mainly used in locating certain things. Also has a sophisticated radar section on board which can practically pick up any veihcle. There usual cruising height is 150,000 feet!!!!!

dont be daft it would start poping rivits at 50,000 feet

its not a bloody space shuttle its a 1950s airliner

LOL

service ceiling is 41,000ft

 

[Dansta]

Quote: Originally posted by casiodan on 12 June 2005Nimrod is the type of plane. (it wasnt a nimrod you saw i dont think).AWACS is Airborne Warning And Control SystemIf it had the spinning disc on the top it will have been a boeing sentry. The Nimrods had the radar stuff in its modified nose.Sentry <FONT color=#e6e8fa size=2>http://www.airliners.net/open.file/423006/M/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/423006/M/<FONT color=#e6e8fa size=2>Nimrod with AWACS <FONT face=Arial>http://www.airliners.net/open.file/350656/M/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/350656/M/<FONT face=Arial color=#e6e8fa size=2>dont mean to sound too geeky or owt. Dad was in the airforce thats all. 


there was deffo a nimrod thing...and two sentrys...

 

[casiodan]

sounds about right for a flypast!

 

[Dansta]

pics of everything that went over here.... found some finally...

http://www.raf.mod.uk/news/limage_05_09.html

 

[leeds_182]

bunch a geeks

 

[bax_cup]

Take it you work at colt dazraffan? What 182 hav you got? Seen a few round there

 

[Smokey]

I have flown all metioned apart from the Mig

 

[bonza172]

ah i got it wrong my paps was on bout another plane got mixed up will ask him what plane he use to fly in. your right ceiling height of nimrod is 42k feet

 

[Griff]

Quote: Originally posted by dazraffan on 11 June 2005
Euro Typhoon Fightersis that a joke ^^got 4 30 year old migs at work at the there better than the eurosh*ter


You an expert in modern fighter aircraft then?

 

[blink172]

Quote: Originally posted by .Griff. on 17 June 2005

Quote: Originally posted by dazraffan on 11 June 2005


Euro Typhoon Fighters

is that a joke ^^

got 4 30 year old migs at work at the there better than the eurosh*ter

You an expert in modern fighter aircraft then?

Not that i know griff but Daz-RAF-Fan

 

[Griff]

Thats maybe but Ive got mates in the RAF (cartographer, Fire-service, Engineers etc) but if they came out with "oh a 30 year old mig is better than the eurofighter" id tell them they were talking crap.

If on the other hand they were experienced pilots then fair enough Id have to respect their statement.

 

[lou_m]

Quote: Originally posted by bonza172 on 12 June 2005yep mushroom one is a Nimrod! Its an intelligence plane used to take photos over certain classified areas of the earth. Mainly used in locating certain things. Also has a sophisticated radar section on board which can practically pick up any veihcle. There usual cruising height is 150,000 feet!!!!!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y190/Lou_m/DSCF2922.jpg

LOL, made me chuckle. I work on nimrods at kinloss at most of them fly at really low altitude when out doing search and rescue and sub hunting etc. They have a massive car wash type setup at the end of the taxiway so that they can get all the salt water off them just as they turn off the runway.

[Edited by lou_m on 6/17/2005 1:38:03 PM]

 

[dazraffan]

Quote: Originally posted by blink172 on 17 June 2005

Quote: Originally posted by .Griff. on 17 June 2005

Quote: Originally posted by dazraffan on 11 June 2005


Euro Typhoon Fighters

is that a joke ^^

got 4 30 year old migs at work at the there better than the eurosh*ter

You an expert in modern fighter aircraft then?

Not that i know griff but Daz-RAF-Fan

yes my name is darren raffan (its scotish) and yes i am a aiframe fitter in the RAF ive had the same jokes about my name for 8 years now