 Plane flew over south Newbury (22nd Aug 2015, 6.30pm) |
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 Aug 23 2015, 09:01 AM
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Does anyone know what it was?
I know nothing about planes but I'd like to know more about this one. It was very thin, fairly long, had a pretty wide wing span, the wings were straight and fixed, there were no propellers (so jet powered?), it wasn't going all that quickly, it was definitely not a passenger jet. I did wonder if it was some kind of drone but it looked far to big. It was also pretty noisy. No idea where to start looking to find out what it could have been. Any suggestions? |
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Aug 23 2015, 10:00 AM
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I was doing a barbeque at that time. What I saw was about six motorised gliders flying in a south easterly direction. One was flying low and sounded jet powered. I Googled it and found there are indeed jet gliders. They may have been flying to Lasham, a major center for glider aviation.
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Aug 23 2015, 10:02 AM
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They were all flying very slowly. The others sounded propeller driven.
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 Aug 24 2015, 11:33 AM
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QUOTE (Claude @ Aug 23 2015, 10:01 AM)  Does anyone know what it was? I know nothing about planes but I'd like to know more about this one. It was very thin, fairly long, had a pretty wide wing span, the wings were straight and fixed, there were no propellers (so jet powered?), it wasn't going all that quickly, it was definitely not a passenger jet. I did wonder if it was some kind of drone but it looked far to big. It was also pretty noisy. No idea where to start looking to find out what it could have been. Any suggestions? See Vulcan post here; was this what you saw?. |
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Aug 24 2015, 11:53 AM
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Probably Clarke Kent in his underwear
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Aug 24 2015, 04:26 PM
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QUOTE (GMR @ Aug 24 2015, 12:53 PM) Probably Clarke Kent in his underwear Thank goodness you used emoticons otherwise your attempt at humour would have gone right over my head.... 
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Aug 25 2015, 04:58 AM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Aug 24 2015, 05:26 PM) Thank goodness you used emoticons otherwise your attempt at humour would have gone right over my head.... Ah, now you see that attempt at humour was obvious even without the emoticon because it was not an insult or derogatory remark about another member................you see.       
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Sep 3 2015, 11:10 AM
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QUOTE (Blake @ Aug 23 2015, 11:00 AM) I was doing a barbeque at that time. What I saw was about six motorised gliders flying in a south easterly direction. One was flying low and sounded jet powered. I Googled it and found there are indeed jet gliders. They may have been flying to Lasham, a major center for glider aviation. Thanks Blake, that sounds exactly like what it was. I only saw one, not 6, but I appreciate you taking the time all the same. QUOTE (gel @ Aug 24 2015, 12:33 PM) See Vulcan post here; was this what you saw?. Errrrm, very little in my description matches what a Vulcan looks/sounds like, and the date/time of the sighting doesn't match either, but thanks for the contribution. |
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Sep 3 2015, 11:46 AM
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QUOTE (Claude @ Aug 23 2015, 10:01 AM) Does anyone know what it was? I know nothing about planes but I'd like to know more about this one. It was very thin, fairly long, had a pretty wide wing span, the wings were straight and fixed, there were no propellers (so jet powered?), it wasn't going all that quickly, it was definitely not a passenger jet. I did wonder if it was some kind of drone but it looked far to big. It was also pretty noisy. No idea where to start looking to find out what it could have been. Any suggestions? Forgive my ignorance but what you described actually sounds like a U2 Dragon Lady. But what one would be doing flying over this burgh is anyone's guess. -------------------- Gammon. And proud!
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Sep 3 2015, 12:01 PM
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QUOTE (Turin Machine @ Sep 3 2015, 12:46 PM) Forgive my ignorance but what you described actually sounds like a U2 Dragon Lady. But what one would be doing flying over this burgh is anyone's guess. Great shout, it did look very similar, but without wing-mounted engines. Other than that, it could have been identical. |
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Sep 3 2015, 12:20 PM
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U2s still operate from Sculthorpe .Norfolk.
ce PS I didn't say that.... |
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Sep 4 2015, 11:06 AM
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You can never tell what is going on up there. 15 years or so ago, before I could find the battery for my video camera.
A B1 circled my garden in Norfolk. Shock and Awe. It had flown over from US, done a flight over Duxford and was then heading for tea&crumpets at RAF Marham. It was massive . |
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Sep 4 2015, 01:37 PM
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QUOTE (Nothing Much @ Sep 3 2015, 01:20 PM) U2s still operate from Sculthorpe .Norfolk. ce PS I didn't say that.... They used to operate out of Alconbury, along with the Warthogs. Great days. |
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Sep 4 2015, 02:05 PM
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You're right, they did, along with (for a while) the f16. I believe It's been closed now which is sad, I remember watching Hunt for Red October at the Spartan, and I thought English football supporters were partisan!
-------------------- Gammon. And proud!
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