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Garden spotting OTT'ers

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by das » Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:05 am

How lucky was this! Just opened window with camera in hand to phot a RCH flt, and this pair of beauties zoomed past! :P
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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by Pune » Sat Sep 08, 2012 1:40 pm

Just passed overhead Stratford upon Avon: C17 033126, info' courtesy of GT3ZZZ
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If you can keep your head whilst all around are losing theirs, you have probably completely misread the situation!!

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by Cyberfox » Tue Sep 11, 2012 9:17 pm

You guys are all so lucky!
The 'no-fly' bubble around South Manchester is really annoying! :grr:

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by Hurn » Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:11 pm

Couldn't believe my eyes when this B-52 trundled overhead just a few minutes ago heading in a Northerly direction. :Wow:

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by rotarypete » Thu Sep 13, 2012 12:20 pm

Just seen in binos heading north of the Lambourn Downs at 1318hrs.

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by das » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:30 pm

Hurn wrote:Couldn't believe my eyes when this B-52 trundled overhead just a few minutes ago heading in a Northerly direction. :Wow:

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great catch, and good clear shot too! nice

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by Dannnn » Thu Sep 13, 2012 4:47 pm

Hey all, few things coming in to Brize over the last 3 days. Sentry on the 11th, Tornado and tri-star yesterday and the Antonov today. All taken from the garden :P
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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by das » Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:00 pm

dont know what this is, but just bimbled ott my flat in Brampton

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by Mike » Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:10 pm

Ray, that's G-STCH - a Fieseler Fi-156A-1 Storch.

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by das » Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:33 pm

Mike R wrote:Ray, that's G-STCH - a Fieseler Fi-156A-1 Storch.
cheers for that, I thought it was maybe something civy pretending to be a Storch. Glad its a real one! :clap:

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by beefsteak » Mon Sep 17, 2012 9:49 am

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by BP2324 » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:55 pm

Been a bit slow recently, over deepest darkest SW Essex (NE London)
but two movements today and I had the camera ready.

Firstly a nice two ship:
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and then this:
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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by stuie492 » Tue Sep 18, 2012 4:58 pm

Saw these two heading wattisham way west of braintree.

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by Dannnn » Thu Sep 20, 2012 12:48 pm

C17 coming in to Brize bringing the bodies of the 3 recently fallen soldiers home.
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C17 ZZ177 Repatriation flight 20.09.12 by Dan Partlett, on Flickr

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by Woodford » Thu Sep 27, 2012 7:30 pm

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by jaybee » Thu Sep 27, 2012 8:30 pm

Well spotted and wonder if this is making its way to Newcastle or on its way back?.. :)
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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by Woodford » Thu Sep 27, 2012 11:08 pm

this was heading away from Newcastle Jay
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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by jaybee » Fri Sep 28, 2012 8:51 am

I was just trying to work out which coast line
the plane was going down .So it was on the West coast
South bound :unsure: .It gets like this when you pass the 60 mark ha,ha..
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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by sschofield » Fri Sep 28, 2012 9:45 am

Isn't the last one an A330? It looks too long for a 310 and looks like it has "proper" winglets?

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Re: Garden spotting OTT'ers

Post by Hurn » Thu Oct 04, 2012 10:51 am

Just had this Apache give us a very close flyby. :D

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