New to FC or not so new? Introduce yourself here.

[SamHartlepool96]

Hello, been a lurker for a little bit and had a keen interest in military aviation for a while, recently got into airband scanning during lockdown and it’s great for working at home, better than a normal radio!

[paddyboy]

Hi Sam

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum

Paddyboy

[SamHartlepool96]

Thanks Paddyboy!

[Feccy]

Hey fellow plane geeks

New to the forum, but been looking up at the sky for years - my dad's fault for taking me to Prestwick Airport aged 4!! (crikey almost 50 years ago!!)

Currently in Aberdeenshire so not a lot of above action but the occasional Typhoon buzzes past the house now and again!

I was working at RAF Lossiemouth building the new P8 hangars for a few months around 2 years ago - watching the practice QRA (did I get that right?) take-offs with full afterburners was fun to say the least! Prior to that working in Craigellachie with no end of fast jets screaming over the office

Spend my time now (working from home) with an eye on 360radar (I'm a contributor) for anything interesting passing overhead and listening to the milair scanner for any chitchat - quite a lot this morning on 253.125 MHz!

TTFN

[paddyboy]

Hi Feccy

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum

Paddyboy

[DMK79FC]

Hi
New to the forum. Main aircraft hobby is the dreaded civil...but will take an interest in anything aviation. Live in Leyland and work in Preston so can hear and see quite a few Eurofighters in and out of Warton, just difficult to get over there to do any spotting at the moment given the restrictions and even without the restrictionsn work and the two young kids get in the way. Been seeing more and more of the P-8s from Lossie heading south to Sigonella over the top of home and FC is always the source for confirmation it seems. Pretty sure I was a member previously but lost account details over time.
Cheers
Darren

[paddyboy]

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum, Darren

Paddyboy

[DMK79FC]

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum, Darren

Paddyboy

Cheers Paddyboy

[C24]

Hello to all of you ( happy new year P&A )

If you have as much pleasure from FC as some of us oldies, you will be glad that you have begun to contribute.

Joe-bloggs hang on to your Pentax. Mine still comes in handy and you seldom get their value when selling.

Stay Safe. Hands, Face, Space there is light at the end of the .

[TREBOR62]

Hi All
I've been into military aircraft since a boy and have recently got into the virtual radar scene using flightaware etc and a friend suggested this forum so here I am. So between scanners and raspberry pi monitors its been all go and the house is covered in all sorts of antennas
Clive

[paddyboy]

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum Clive

Paddyboy

[Canarypilot]

Hello all. Glad to be part of this interesting and fun forum. Looking forward to being part of it and to continue my education in aviation which has been ongoing for 50 yrs. I did start my PPL in Florida in 2001 but due to bad weather never completed it. I tried to continue in the UK but things went against me so this was never completed. Not meant to be and never now will be.

Military aviation has been an interest since my parents moved to Brandon in 1982 and, when home from University it was wonderful seeing the F1-11s flying overhead, not forgetting the even more wonderful A-10 tank buster's.

Today I have my own property (6 yrs) in Brandon which is right on the flight path of Lakenheath, about 1.5 miles from the end of the runway. I am in my element and have just, at recommendation of a friend, purchased a scanner and a couple of dipole antenna's so I can expand my hobby now I am semi-retired.

I love photography and am still trying to get the perfect shot. Thus far it has eluded me and prob always will but I will keep going with stills and video and try and learn from my peers.

Thanks for having me on this forum.

[paddyboy]

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum matey

Happy listening

Paddyboy

[Canarypilot]

Thanks for the nice welcome!

[Laarbruch]

Hi all,
my Name is Horst age 62 living in west germany not so far away from the dutch border.
I remember the good old times at the fences of RAF Gütersloh, Wildenrath and Laarbruch Lightnings Canberras Hunters
Jaguars Phantoms Harriers. So i am of the elder generation i guess :-)

[Tiger 1]

Hi Canarypilot and Laarbruch

I'm sure you guys will enjoy the forum as much as we all do... Its a great forum full of friendly people with a vast knowledge of all things aviation... from spotting, serials, photography and more.

If you have any questions or need help... just ask... I'm sure the guys on here will be able and happy to help.

Living on the flight path to Lakenheath and spotting Lightnings, Jags and Phantoms in Germany... Phantastic.

Time Machine Please

Enjoy the forum guys.

Stay Safe

T1

[paddyboy]

Hi Horst

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum

You’ve named some proper ‘frames there

Paddyboy

[Sony]

Morning all, my names Ben, first airshow attended was RAF Chivenor in 1989, then the next year was Abingdon 1990 with the famous fly-past, and that was it I was hooked ! Been into aviation ever since and not missed a RIAT apart from 1993. Only recently started getting into logging serial numbers this year, but thankfully managed to pull off lots of historic data from online sources. Thanks for the acceptance into the forum.

Ben

[paddyboy]

Hi Ben

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum

Paddyboy

[MarkBurke8374]

Hi all. Im mark. Been a long time reading the stuff on FC but never posted anything till now. Love getting down to lakenheath and mildenhall as much as I can. You all put some really helpful stuff on here.