Do you get views of passing aircraft where you live?

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Re: Do you get views of passing aircraft where you live?

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I'm less than 300 metres from and parallel to the runway at Birmingham. The Police chopper regularly hovers over our garden waiting to cross the runway at night! :dizzy:

At least one military movement a week (usually a Voyager at the weekend), at the height of the Afghanistan campaign we had a C-17 in almost daily brining in wounded so it was never a happy sight.

Recently we've had Irish Air Corps movements too.

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Views of Aircraft on short finals for Edinburgh Airport.

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Unknown74 wrote:Views of Aircraft on short finals for Edinburgh Airport.


Which end of the runway?

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I'm also within sight of aircraft on approach to Edinburgh, although when they reach me they're at the 'gently descending before turning left at Inchcolm' stage! :grin:
Posting comments on an aviation-related chatroom, are ya? Looks like it an' all...

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Re: Do you get views of passing aircraft where you live?

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Skyflash wrote:I'm also within sight of aircraft on approach to Edinburgh, although when they reach me they're at the 'gently descending before turning left at Inchcolm' stage! :grin:


Newhaven, Leith, Aberdour or Dalgety Bay?

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Civilian into Stansted and Heathrow.
Military mainly Apache's from Wattisham, occasionally C130, Tornadoes, F15'S,

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I'll be getting LOADS more when they build Heathrow's new runway........... :mad: :mad: :mad:
I see the odd Military aircraft going into RAF Northolt, and some OTT stuff