Did anyone else hear the loud planes flying over yesterday evening? At first I thought it was someone dragging the big wheelie bins down the road, except our road isn’t long enough and no ones going to drag four or more bins behind them for 10mins.
Apparently it was routine but I’ve never heard them round here before. We thought maybe there was another oil tanker thing going on or a strike in the Middle East.
Download an app called FlightRadar24 and you can look. If an aircraft doesn’t show (Police and some military don’t), try ADSB exchange. Sad I know but I like watching the Police helicopters searching and following cars
It’s a regular occurrence to see and hear C-17 Globemasters and RAF Airbus flying over where we are because we’re reasonably close to an RAF airbase.
The Globemaster and Airbus are quite loud especially when they’re flying low. They generally do a whole load of circuits around the area sometimes for half an hour or more. I suppose they have to get their flying hours in!
FlightRadar24 is pretty good and most aircraft show up on there, although as @Stacy2 said some military and Police don’t.
Yeah its very unusual to hear them round here but they were definately circling. The most we normally get is the beautiful sound of the BBMF flying on their way to a show somewhere. When we first moved here we’d get hot air balloons coming down a little too low. Something about the wind over the hill behind us that would drag them down to roof top level.
My o/h used to live on Raf Wyton and recounts one time when a Tornado blew out the front windows in about six houses on base including hers when she was at home….
Ok so on further clarification AJ from herself, it was actually Raf Benson not Wyton
It was six houses affected out of about thirty in what was termed the “Leper Colony" ie the married quarters away from the main areas and nearer to the runway.
Obviously planes took off all the time really loud and close but she can’t remember now what the reason was for the incident but it wasn’t taken lightly, people could have been injured etc.
