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I love those. Fantastic when they fly a couple of hundred feet over your head and you get a real idea of size.
Didnt really compare to standing by a runway while Tornado took off tho. One minute fairly quiet, then the sound hits you, then its quiet again except for the car alarms going off all around :proud:
-- Kev
lol i know what u mean kev. I was shooting on a range right next to where some tornado F3s were taking off, it was awesome.
Then again ive stood next to a runway when one of the only two typhoons in the RAF was taking off, once again, awesome! :proud:
Then you should hear the sound of a RM12 jet engine in a JAS 39 Gripen, now thats awesome!
Not as bad as innocently driving home when 3 whatevers came inland screaming over the cliffs flying about 300ft above sea level but only about 50ft above the road........I very nearly pood :sad:
Theres a valley - somewhere in wales i think? where you can drive along and fighters scream past BELOW you, further down the valley.
Not seen it myself but know someone who has. Was a good few years ago tho and I think they might have stopped using it.
Wouldnt have fancied being in a boat near where that Tornado ditched in the sea at blackpool a few years back either.
-- Kev
Its somewhere near Betws-y-Coed (I think thats how its spelt) on the way to Mt Snowdon. I remember it too from many many years ago.
The USAF also has a bad reputation for rattling the windowframes too as I found out around 6am one morning when I was staying in Brandon, Suffolk (near Lakenheath).
suppose nobody remembers the Vulcan taking off then?
Nobody ever forgets the Vulcan ;)
Ive not seen/heard one taking off, but to see one pull out of a steep dive and climb steeply away from very near ground level is a truly unforgettable experience. It must be well over 25 years ago but I still vividly remember the noise ;)
Last ever flight at Fariford..... all the car alarms went off and apparently a window or two cracked/broke.... dunno for sure though.
Ah, those were the days
Is that the one with the pointy ears? Goes by the name of TPlane or something? :proud: