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Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:45 pm
by alan_bowling
My house in Grantham was overflown by 2 very low flying delta wing aircraft with single large jet exhaust. Very smokey without reheat as well. Any visiting air forces here at the moment? Only managed to glimpse them as obviously not expecting fly past. Don't think they were F35's as didn't see twin tails. About 1.30pm.
Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:46 pm
by TB1
Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:52 pm
by Mike
alan_bowling wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:45 pm
My house in Grantham was overflown by 2 very low flying delta wing aircraft with single large jet exhaust. Very smokey without reheat as well. Any visiting air forces here at the moment? Only managed to glimpse them as obviously not expecting fly past. Don't think they were F35's as didn't see twin tails. About 1.30pm.
Coningsby Typhoons, see the thread that TB1 has posted above.
Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:32 pm
by Knife 04
Mike wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:52 pm
alan_bowling wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:45 pm
My house in Grantham was overflown by 2 very low flying delta wing aircraft with single large jet exhaust. Very smokey without reheat as well. Any visiting air forces here at the moment? Only managed to glimpse them as obviously not expecting fly past. Don't think they were F35's as didn't see twin tails. About 1.30pm.
Coningsby Typhoons, see the thread that TB1 has posted above.
Will Alan be able to see the other thread as this is his 1st post or has that rule been removed?
Darren
Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:47 pm
by Mike
Knife 04 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:32 pm
Will Alan be able to see the other thread as this is his 1st post or has that rule been removed?
Darren
That's a good point, he won't be able to see the Heads-up/OTT section until he has posted 5 times on the forum, but the link goes to the NOTAM section which he 'should' have access to.
Alan, the Typhoons were doing a flypast over Grantham Crematorium for a military funeral.
Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 4:50 pm
by reaper493
The link is to the NOTAM section so he should be able to see.
Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 5:50 pm
by C24
alan_bowling wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 1:45 pm
My house in Grantham was overflown by 2 very low flying delta wing aircraft with single large jet exhaust. Very smokey without reheat as well. Any visiting air forces here at the moment? Only managed to glimpse them as obviously not expecting fly past. Don't think they were F35's as didn't see twin tails. About 1.30pm.

2 very low flying delta wing aircraft with single large jet exhaust.
An interesting design. How does that work?

Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 6:42 pm
by seven
Mirage III, 2000 and Draken have been going it for longer than I care to remember...
Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 6:54 pm
by Mike
seven wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 6:42 pm
Mirage III, 2000 and Draken have been going it for longer than I care to remember...
I think C24 is trying very poorly to poke fun at Alan's post by asking how 2 aircraft could possibly share one exhaust between them.
Sigh.............................................

Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 6:56 pm
by FraserP
Two planes, one exhaust - droll!

Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:18 pm
by seven
Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2021 7:37 pm
by alan_bowling
Thanks all, makes sense about flypast at Grantham Crematorium as that would have exactly lined up with the flightpath.
Re: Overflown by 2 fighter jets
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:26 am
by C24