snowtracdave Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 Chinook right overhead again this morning . Bedford TM carrying an office cabin on the back heading towards Mersea Island this afternoon . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willyslancs Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 been a hurricane and 109 repica here this weekend.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smithy Posted July 1, 2013 Share Posted July 1, 2013 been a hurricane and 109 repica here this weekend.......... I wonder if it was the Hurricane replica I saw on the trailer then. Little hard to distinguish when both going in opposite directions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted July 2, 2013 Share Posted July 2, 2013 Last week heading up Micklegate in York, nice looking Lightweight, with a spotlight on the nearside.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Heard a Merlin a few minutes ago and went out just in time to have my own personal display by a Spitfire right overhead . Did several turns and rolls over here and across Mersea before passing back overhead waggling the wings and heading off back over Colchester . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted July 5, 2013 Share Posted July 5, 2013 Watched the Vulcan doing a brilliant display over RAF Scampton today. Obviously getting ready for Waddington this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locolines Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Spitfire heading north east. cruising reasonably low in a pure blue sky Still watching over us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuno Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 A Lockheed Super Constellation turned a full circle just outside my window (ok... in some distance :-D) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monty2 Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 (edited) We had nice weather for a change in the netherlands. As result everybody finally pulled the old classic out of the garage. Can across some JEEP's, 1950 rolls, Bentley blower at a friends place i like them spitfires are to expensive but this is next best just missing the wings. in 10 days another 500 reply's or more I reckon, nothing to do with the weather. Edited July 6, 2013 by monty2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g0ozs Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Armoured Jeep at Landguard Fort Felixstowe yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Two small piston engine planes flying together yesterday - did they have Russian markings - or am I seeing things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex van de Wetering Posted July 9, 2013 Share Posted July 9, 2013 Not spotted first hand, but just spotted some interesting vehicles in a report on today's "Tour de France" stage. The location should be Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan if I am correct. Forum member "Supertrack" with his Ward maybe????? Alex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 (edited) Well, yesterday - 2 x Oshkosh rigs running unladen up the M11. Taken from a slightly smaller low loader as we dragged slowly past! Very nice outfits - they certainly do look the part, but really should have SCAMMELL badges and mud flaps..... The dual winches and fairleads are an interesting set-up. Edited July 10, 2013 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caddy Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 And that slightly smaller rig seems to be in lane 3 of a 3 lane motorway...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike65 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Well, yesterday - 2 x Oshkosh rigs running unladen up the M11. Taken from a slightly smaller low loader as we dragged slowly past!Very nice outfits - they certainly do look the part, but really should have SCAMMELL badges and mud flaps..... The dual winches and fairleads are an interesting set-up. [ATTACH=CONFIG]79122[/ATTACH] And that slightly smaller rig seems to be in lane 3 of a 3 lane motorway...... Yes that looks like the Bishops Stortford turn off, but according to the sign 3 lane motorway is disputable as the inner lane is clearly defined as an off lane and the other 2 straight on and it does go off droppimg the main road down to 2 lanes through the junction and remains 2 afterwards. Did it on the way to Duxford last month. Possibly a slightly premature overtake, where is the traffic officer Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big ray Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 I wont tell anyone if you dont !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 (edited) I think you'll find the 'move over into right 2 lanes to keep on M11' section starts some way before this point. In fact we had pulled over as soon as it started to let the trailing Oshkosh - who was indicating he wanted to pull over - do the same (we got a nice big thumbs up out of the cab for that!), this photo is of the lead one. :police: Edited July 10, 2013 by N.O.S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulture Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 We had nice weather for a change in the netherlands. As result everybody finally pulled the old classic out of the garage. Can across some JEEP's, 1950 rolls, Bentley blower at a friends place i like them spitfires are to expensive but this is next best just missing the wings. [ATTACH=CONFIG]78932[/ATTACH] in 10 days another 500 reply's or more I reckon, nothing to do with the weather. Wow, that Bentley blower looks amazing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Where I work, about 10 miles South of Ashford, there is wide open countryside, often get the RAF doing low level flying though there, but today was different. This morning a lone Spitfire flew over low, heading towards Lydd. In the afternoon I heard a drone and saw a tight formation of 3 Spitfires go by, as I watched them I was aware that they were turning back and that a helicopter was hovering above them no far away, then time and time again they would sweep by, passing under and over the helicopter from all angles. This went on for at least 30 mins ............ work had to stop. Later on I saw the helicopter had returned and that it had a large remote camera on the nose, soon the Spitfires returned only this time they were doing the works, big loops all in the same tight formation, coming over us on every pass, another 30mins or so. I seems these were The Horsemen who are making their debut as a Spitfire display team at Duxford this weekend, check out this link; http://www.airshows.org.uk/news/2013/06/airshow-news-a-worldwide-debut-an%E2%80%8Bd-some-1940s-nostalg%E2%80%8Bia-at-the-flying-leg%E2%80%8Bends-air-show%E2%80%8B/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locolines Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Where I work, about 10 miles South of Ashford, there is wide open countryside, often get the RAF doing low level flying though there, but today was different. This morning a lone Spitfire flew over low, heading towards Lydd. In the afternoon I heard a drone and saw a tight formation of 3 Spitfires go by, as I watched them I was aware that they were turning back and that a helicopter was hovering above them no far away, then time and time again they would sweep by, passing under and over the helicopter from all angles. This went on for at least 30 mins ............ work had to stop. Later on I saw the helicopter had returned and that it had a large remote camera on the nose, soon the Spitfires returned only this time they were doing the works, big loops all in the same tight formation, coming over us on every pass, another 30mins or so. I seems these were The Horsemen who are making their debut as a Spitfire display team at Duxford this weekend, check out this link; http://www.airshows.org.uk/news/2013/06/airshow-news-a-worldwide-debut-an%E2%80%8Bd-some-1940s-nostalg%E2%80%8Bia-at-the-flying-leg%E2%80%8Bends-air-show%E2%80%8B/ Wow... I am really jealous. Nothing chokes me up more than the sight of Spitfires Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gritineye Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Where I work, about 10 miles South of Ashford, there is wide open countryside, often get the RAF doing low level flying though there, but today was different. This morning a lone Spitfire flew over low, heading towards Lydd. In the afternoon I heard a drone and saw a tight formation of 3 Spitfires go by, as I watched them I was aware that they were turning back and that a helicopter was hovering above them no far away, then time and time again they would sweep by, passing under and over the helicopter from all angles. This went on for at least 30 mins ............ work had to stop. Later on I saw the helicopter had returned and that it had a large remote camera on the nose, soon the Spitfires returned only this time they were doing the works, big loops all in the same tight formation, coming over us on every pass, another 30mins or so. I seems these were The Horsemen who are making their debut as a Spitfire display team at Duxford this weekend, check out this link; http://www.airshows.org.uk/news/2013/06/airshow-news-a-worldwide-debut-an%E2%80%8Bd-some-1940s-nostalg%E2%80%8Bia-at-the-flying-leg%E2%80%8Bends-air-show%E2%80%8B/ Yep, the lone one flew right over my house this morning, then back again this aft, followed by the three together in close formation, think they would have been heading for Shoreham.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted July 11, 2013 Author Share Posted July 11, 2013 Wow... I am really jealous. Nothing chokes me up more than the sight of Spitfires There was no way I could not watch them. ...... if I am a bit late getting to W&P you know why, servicing on the wagon was held up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Ashby Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 There was no way I could not watch them. ...... if I am a bit late getting to W&P you know why, servicing on the wagon was held up. Lucky you Richard, you boys in the east get all the fun, I just get buzzed at 0 feet by every fighter in NATO......puts the chickens off lay......... Bah Pete the sun burnt farmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerry275 Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Anyone else see the flying boat going over Colchester towards Clacton today. twin engine, with an American emblem on 1 wing. Sorry not clued up on flying boats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Degsy Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Possibly a Catalina. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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