Nimrod in the gorge

[Brian Fantana]

My brother was at the avon gorge hotel on Friday and said that a whacking great military aircraft, probably a nimrod was flying very low in the gorge, and went up & over the suspension bridge before flying off....has anyone here heard of this happening?! if so - is it a regular thing? I think it'd be pretty cool to see

[greggie87]

Wow, i live near there... would ahve been a sight!

I doubt it was officially planned...

[Six Fiend]

All sorts fly in and out of this area, the Spitfire was up today by the sound of it

[CatherineJ]

If it's a whacking great military plain that neck of the woods it is more than likely a Galaxy Transporter out of Lynham.

[tuffer]

CatherineJ said:

If it's a whacking great military plain that neck of the woods it is more than likely a Galaxy Transporter out of Lynham.

The RAF don't have Galaxies but they do have C17 Globemasters and they are based at Brize Norton. Lyneham have C130 Hercules.
Edited to add: Sorry for being such a pedant

Edited by tuffer on Tuesday 2nd June 18:36

[CatherineJ]

Thanks for the correction, but I can assure you they are constantly up at Lynham, bringing back the dead.

[Vidal Baboon]

CatherineJ said:

Thanks for the correction, but I can assure you they are constantly up at Lynham, bringing back the dead.

C-17

C130's are based at Lyneham.


C-17's are used to repatriate fallen UK Forces personnel- usually.


Gratuitous shot- i'm middle row second from right.

I believe there are a couple of movers in the SW forum- anyone recognise the MAMS team?

ERK



C5 Galaxy


C-17 Globemaster


I was lucky enough to do an Air Lift competition (Ex. Rodeo) with the RAF- held at McChord AFB in Seattle.
Where the USAF have a big fleet of C5's & C17's.

Both are fantastic bits of kit, but the C5 is alot bigger. Was great to see them being thrown around.

Edited by Vidal Baboon on Tuesday 2nd June 22:38

Edited by Vidal Baboon on Wednesday 3rd June 22:35

[tuffer]

Yep, they are C-17 Globemasters not Galaxies, I am sure Eric will be along shortly to tell us all the differences between the two.

[CatherineJ]

tuffer said:

Yep, they are C-17 Globemasters not Galaxies, I am sure Eric will be along shortly to tell us all the differences between the two.

No doubt he will.

[bobthemonkey]

It was a C130 Hercules; it passed my window by about 30ft (just before it got to the Avon Gorge hotel). It was at most 90 deg bank flying between the towers of the bridge.

I made a post about in in planes, boats etc.

[redbarron84]

Vidal Baboon said:

I believe there are a couple of movers in the SW forum- anyone recognise the MAMS team?

Mover right here..........unfortunetly i'm at work at Brize at the moment and the computer won't let me see the pictures. But once I get back in the house i'm sure i'll recognise some of the muppets in the photo. I'm sure Dave will be along shortly too (also a muppet! )

Definetley sounds like a Herc that flew through the gorge, they like that sort of thing....hard to imagine a nimrod doing low level flying......that defeats the object of why we have them!! (high level reconissance flying )

[Vidal Baboon]

redbarron84 said:

Vidal Baboon said:

I believe there are a couple of movers in the SW forum- anyone recognise the MAMS team?

Mover right here..........unfortunetly i'm at work at Brize at the moment and the computer won't let me see the pictures. But once I get back in the house i'm sure i'll recognise some of the muppets in the photo. I'm sure Dave will be along shortly too (also a muppet! )

Definetley sounds like a Herc that flew through the gorge, they like that sort of thing....hard to imagine a nimrod doing low level flying......that defeats the object of why we have them!! (high level reconissance flying )

Adam, it's Ben- I had a name change to suit the current car. Normal service will resume once I get pi**ed off with it

[redbarron84]

Hey dude, wondered where you dissapeared off to......did you ever turn up to the Gorge meet? Looked around for you but couldn't see you anywhere.





By the way....YHM

[Vidal Baboon]

redbarron84 said:

Hey dude, wondered where you dissapeared off to......did you ever turn up to the Gorge meet? Looked around for you but couldn't see you anywhere.





By the way....YHM

No worries mate


Did'nt make it up in the end mate, I was looking forward to you buying me a beer!

It was forcefully sugested that I do some DIY for the day (well I needed the beer credits from the Wife)

Made the most of them, to make up for the loss

Maybe I'll trundle up to one of the Wiltshire meets. The F just needs a rocket up its arse to be able to keep up