Grim Reaper!

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Rory76
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Lone Eagle been flying top cover over the house for the last hour or so- finally able to find it against the sky to ID it, neighbours must've thought I was going nuts!

Lovely sunlit topsides and wing streamers- oh for a mahoosive zoom lens!
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Great. And you are where? :whistle:

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Deepest Herefordshire. Had Tiffies and Hawks doing CAS circuits before but first Eagle Ive seen loitering rather than transiting to Wales.
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Near Eastnor Castle?

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Q) EGTT/QWELW/IV/BO/W/000/240/5202N00222W005
B) FROM: 14/02/27 08:00C) TO: 14/02/27 22:00
E) FORWARD AIR CONTROL EXER. MULTIPLE FAST JET ACFT WILL CONDUCT HIGH
ENERGY MANOEUVRES WI 5NM RADIUS 520215N 0022202W (EASTNOR CASTLE,
LEDBURY, HEREFORDSHIRE). ACFT MAY OPR OUTSIDE GIVEN AREA AND MAY BE
UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH RAC. MAJORITY OF ACT 2000FT AGL AND BLW. CREWS
WISHING TO TRANSIT THE AREA SHOULD CTC JAEGER CONTROL ON 267.500MHZ
OR 292.150MHZ. OPS CTC 07881 667511 OR 07973 260115. 14-02-0151/AS 7
LOWER: SFC
UPPER: 24000FT AMSL

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Yep that's the one. Had some lovely low-med alt stuff circling over us in the past. This one's a fair bit higher tho- took me forever to spot it in the glare, and only just discernible silhouette without binoculars.
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Loads of fast movers over South Shropshire this morning, unfortunately haven't seen any with the lie of the trees around my office :grin:
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Its literally been none stop in the Lich with Eagles coming and going since 8am :yahoo:

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Had a Tonka circling about half an hour back, and poss a Hawk T.2.
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Tornado circled Eastnor for over an hour this afternoon as if on a bit of string- breaking off for the occasional low and fast run and climb out. Just getting the finale now off a couple of tail chasing Tiffies circling line astern, before doing diving runs on the hill at the end of our road.

Fantastic stuff.

:rock: :yahoo: :rock:
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Dunno who's night flying, but a lot still flying around Ledbury and the Malverns after dark.
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