Planes
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@antipodean said in Planes:
Well designed engines - can barely hear them coming and then they're right on top of you!
This is the thing about modern aircraft that makes curfews in Sydney ridiculous. We're not flying 707s over your house anymore.
Very quiet on approach. Fucking loud once it passes, tho for only a few seconds, really.
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@mariner4life said in Planes:
@machpants is that because your nuts are already freakin' massive?
I dunno, but they've got a nice glow
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We often see RAF aircraft down our way - A400's, Hawks, Merlins and the occasional pair of F15's. But one of these lumbered across the sky on its way to Newquay airport.
Seriously awe-inspiring and makes the two F15's I saw flying low over the Bodmin valley look tame.
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@Victor-Meldrew big besties. Merlins are RN/RM, have been for a few years. Hawks might've been Navy too, but they retired theirs this year
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@Machpants said in Planes:
Hawks might've been Navy too, but they retired theirs this year
Culdrose I think. Lots of flypasts when the Hawks retired earlier this year. Miss them.
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@Victor-Meldrew said in Planes:
@Machpants said in Planes:
Hawks might've been Navy too, but they retired theirs this year
Culdrose I think. Lots of flypasts when the Hawks retired earlier this year. Miss them.
To used to be FRaDU at Yeovilton, then when Portland closed down, and lynx moved in, the hawks went to Culdrose. In the same way the RAF is trying to big up its squadron list, by giving squadron numbers to stuff that shouldn't be squadrons, the hawks became 723 NAS.
