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[kaideejee]

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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

-- Kev

[typhoon_driver]

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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!

[Guest]

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Then you should hear the sound of a RM12 jet engine in a JAS 39 Gripen, now thats awesome!

[anukhet]

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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:

[kaideejee]

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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

[anukhet]

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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).

[jamesb]

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suppose nobody remembers the Vulcan taking off then?

[tim_jones]

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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

[jamesb]

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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

[anukhet]

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Is that the one with the pointy ears? Goes by the name of TPlane or something?

[roger_plant]

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Has LED changed its meaning to Light Entertainment Discussion?

[anukhet]

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We have digressed - sorry

[Guest]

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Karoline - only when based in Yorkshire, otherwise, its the plane

[typhoon_driver]

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hehe sorry to continue the off topic conversation but I usually manage to get into airshows for nothing because we do robot displays at a lot of them!

Well be at farnborough this year, so anyone that wants to have a go of the feather, come along!

[roger_plant]

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These very noisy jets are very impressive to watch close up, but a word of warning, they are not good for your health.

I spent 14 years in the RAF, most of them working on Lightings, Vulcans and other equally impressive and noisy beasts.

111 Squadron, AKA the Black Arrows aerobatic display team, practiced their displays and tried new manoeuvres often directly over my head, not more than 50 feet away and flying at Mach .99, once at Mach 1 plus.

As a souvenir of those otherwise enjoyable days, I have had severe tinitus in both ears for the last 20 years.