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C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

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buzzer

C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by buzzer » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:38 pm

C-17 C/S Ascot 813 in the curcuit early this afternoon hope someone is able to tell me which one it was?!
nice to see the RAF using Newquay again :thumbs:

voodoo
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Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by voodoo » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:47 pm

U jammy boy! Was that on the box or did u happen to be passing??? All i clocked here today was a chinook and a lynx... Oh well could have been at work instead! :halo:

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Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by falconfighting » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:52 pm

Saw it heading towards exeter around

3pm from sw
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buzzer

Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by buzzer » Thu Sep 15, 2011 4:52 pm

voodoo wrote:U jammy boy! Was that on the box or did u happen to be passing??? All i clocked here today was a chinook and a lynx... Oh well could have been at work instead! :halo:
clocked it on the box.. and was pasing our rather good viewing point in truro ;) and could see it climbing out of newquay. got the bins on it to make shore i was'nt seeing things and yeap defo a C-17 :thumb: got the C/S.. now just need someone to tell me which one it was!! :P
someone must have clocked it down this way on PP?? :halo:

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Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by voodoo » Thu Sep 15, 2011 5:05 pm

Jolly good! Lol that mag mount is paying off big time at the mo! Getting allsorts on the boxes for a nice change :thumb: nice easy friday for you boys tomorrow as always :Wow: :Wow:

RichC

Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by RichC » Thu Sep 15, 2011 7:57 pm

Heard it come over me enroute low'ish...
Always nice to hear the whine come over.

buzzer

Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by buzzer » Thu Sep 15, 2011 8:10 pm

RichC wrote:Heard it come over me enroute low'ish...
Always nice to hear the whine come over.
did you manage to log it on Plane plotter rich?

RichC

Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by RichC » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:12 pm

No, sorry, Buzzer. I was trying to fend off my 4 year daughter who seems to like attacking me with her hobby horse!

RichC

Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by RichC » Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:14 pm

Just looked on live logs and it was ZZ172

buzzer

Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by buzzer » Thu Sep 15, 2011 10:22 pm

RichC wrote:Just looked on live logs and it was ZZ172
RICH C..YOU ARE A STAR! ;) Thank you very much for that :thumb:

buzzer

Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by buzzer » Fri Sep 16, 2011 5:55 pm

allso had Ascot 1229 in late this morning aswell.. post in the south section (in to farnborough) as being a kingair??
anyone confirm if this was the same aircraft doing an ILS approach late morning/early afternoon??

RichC

Re: C-17 at newquay this afternoon!

Post by RichC » Sat Sep 17, 2011 7:00 pm

ZK458 was that example, a Kingair.
Same aircraft.

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