R A F Typhoons Seen Over Swansea Today.

[mikey4444]

Two Typhoons made a high level and extremely noisy fly past up the Swansea Valley today. I hope that doesn't mean that Ruskies are on their way !

[mikey4444]

Thanks 237...never heard of Flightradar ! Do military aircraft appear as well as commercial flights ? If so, it seems remarkably lax, security-wise !

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237SJ
They most certainly are/were. I don't know now. Thought they spent time at Valley also and of course RAF Akrotari during our Winter.
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[Daffy6543]

We have them every few days over here, might be because they build and test fly them a few miles away though :)
They are in the air so often that sometimes we don't even notice, you become immune to the noise they make unless it interferes with/drowns out a phone call or something.

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237SJ
How are our inquisitive ursine visitors flagged on FlightRadar24. Are they named "Bear" or No Callsign, Hostile or what? Have you managed to track one yourself on this app?

[Slapshot]

nah....Phoons are always noisy.....

[whiskeryron]

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237SJ
If you click on them, at least one of them has flown up through Wales. A couple of them seem to be almost on top of one another. That`ll be the flying instructor in one plane with the student flying along in another. //
Once again sex rears it's ugly head LOL

[mikey4444]

This might come in handy soon !

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-31537705

Its Dads Army all over again !

[jourdain2]

The French air force has been remarkably lively over us lately.

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Mikey
Don't offer your services as a R.O.C volunteer. You seem to have a problem in differentiating a Typhoon and a Hawk. God help the RAF !! :-)

[Svejk]

The Germans have got a Luftwaffe base in W.Wales.(or did have for years)