Tornado/eurofighters over kent ?

[jr@]

Any heads up ? Seems to be 2 in the area on full reheat ?

Not just one pass either, not really common round north kent tbh

Any info people

[sc0tt]

Based in chafford hundred here - just shot outside to listen to them. Sounded like they were tearing through my lounge. On the second pass they seemed to take different routes.

[Mr_B]

In Dartford and just heard the same, did several fast passes to the south and then back again.

[tank slapper]

Passed over Essex near the M25 as well. I saw one, which looked to be heading in towards London at a fairly low altitude.

[twister]

There's been a pair of Typhoons sightseeing (*) around Northolt on and off for the past hour and a half, could be the same ones - they haven't been over this side of London for the whole of that time.


* aka training sorties in readiness for them being based here during the Olympics...

[sc0tt]

twister said:

There's been a pair of Typhoons sightseeing (*) around Northolt on and off for the past hour and a half, could be the same ones - they haven't been over this side of London for the whole of that time.


* aka training sorties in readiness for them being based here during the Olympics...

Sounds about right then. Thankyou.

[Stuart]

Yep, Olympic security exercise. http://goo.gl/lDc4n

[Defcon5]

I wish they would fly over my house.

[Mister V]

On a related note, On wednesday i was driving through Bodiam when a Hercules flew over at almost tree top height. Never seen one before down this way, Possibly related? Or doing something else?

[Simpo Two]

Stuart said:

Yep, Olympic security exercise. http://goo.gl/lDc4n

They only seem interested in the noise level. Good old Britain (but it was the same when the Dambusters were training too)

'Can't you use gliders? Them be nice and quiet'

[0000]

Defcon5 said:

I wish they would fly over my house.

With all the cutbacks you'd think they could do something like that BT FTTC/H competition, but instead of voting for your village to get faster internet you could guarantee some cash if your village gets a flypast.

[JonnyFive]

Yep, saw these last night near Thurrock.. Was very cool! Two of them kept buzzing the same area for a while.

[davebeast]

Was waiting at Lakeside for the missus to come out of work, thought it was the start of WW3!!! Sounded awesome, like thunder shooting across the sky.

[PaulG40]

Some funny quotes we've found on the internet so far...

'why the hell are typhoons flying over London, my kids nearly shat themselves!'

'Holy Sh@t! I thought our roof was gonna come off!'

'Everyone in London heard these Typhoons? It was crazy, quite frankly I though we was gonna die!'


Lol, funny how people freak out first before engaging brain.

[JonnyFive]

I knew straight away it was a pair of fast jets.. The silhouette of a Eurofighter in the sky above you is really fking cool!

Do all military use the green strobe and passenger planes are white strobes?

[Vieste]

Sonic boom in north yorkshire on friday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-16766616