Sonic Boom

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

For the first Black Buck raid the primary aircraft had a window seal fail shortly after takeoff so it wouldn't hold cabin pressure. Backup aircraft completed the mission.

That was it... cheers! Knew there was some issue

 

[potatolord]

They're a bit flaky... completely obsolete, they were pretty much dragged out of retirement for the Falklands conflict. IIRC the second one they had lined up couldn't fly because of some issue or other, so one went alone...

Saw one at Rolls-Royce families day many years ago (an epic day which I'll never forget, despite it being about 30 years ago now) and it truly silenced the crowd. Probably. Either that or it just drowned them out...

One flew over my house a few years back while I was knocking plaster off a wall with a Hilti drill, and I heard it over that!

Just got out in time to see it.

 

[stockhausen]

A sonic boom has been heard across the East of England after RAF Typhoon aircraft were launched to intercept a plane that had lost communications.
It was heard across Cambridgeshire, Essex and London at about 13:05 GMT.
The RAF said the aircraft took off from RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire and "safely escorted" the civilian aircraft to London Stansted Airport in Essex.
"The Typhoon aircraft were authorised to transit at supersonic speed for operational reasons," he said. BBC Online

Safely escorted

 

[HoneyBadger]

Either I just heard another one, or the bird scarer in the filed at the back of my house has had an upgrade!

 

[Feek]

Safely escorted

Ties in with the track I posted.

 

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain. Due to reasons, we're going to Stansted. Just ignore the police dudes with big guns, it's all cool, really."

 

[Efour]

It was a Eurofighter heading down from Coningsby towards the Channel, 40000ft, 1200mph. Disappeared off freedar now.

What school did you go to överlag? I'm from hornchurch/Romford

 

[dowie]

Was it this guy practicing his moves?

 

[sideways14a]

I have an FL radar24 node on my house roof, it doesnt get planes anywhere near down there though.... unless they are at the altitude of the international space station

 

[stockhausen]

Was it this guy practicing his moves?

You do love your LARPing, don't you Dowie.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Safely escorted

AKA “Fully compliant with instructions from the fighter aircraft pointing 27mm cannons and air to air missiles at them..”

 

[Conscript]

Saw a post about it on the local neighbourhood Facebook group. Lots of people in my area (Medway) talking about it. I didn't hear a thing, though

 

[DoneADougalOnSofa]

Article about it up on BBC site now

 

[Gav_r26]

AKA “Fully compliant with instructions from the fighter aircraft pointing 27mm cannons and air to air missiles at them..”

Especially when it was taken to the naughty corner of Stansted and the police helicopter spent the next 30 mins hovering over it. Not buying its was just a comms failure which was then re-established personally, which is what's been reported.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Yeah, that makes me believe this wasn’t just a simple comms problem as well.

 

[Doggie2k]

I thought there was an accident outside my house it was that loud East London here

 

[wildman]

Are Guile and Ryu fighting at the local air force base?

Saw an Amercian Colonel with a blonde flattop walking into Milden Hall closely followed by someone that looked like Jackie Chan. Think round 1 was iminent.

 

[Nasher]

So it was the Luftwaffe, the Germans are trying to invade again

 

[Rroff]

Yeah, that makes me believe this wasn’t just a simple comms problem as well.

The way the initial information went out was different to previous civilian traffic incidents - very curt acknowledgement with further details withheld which is usually for a reason.

 

[Nasher]

It's a private jet, unlikely to be a hijack. There is a photo of it sat on the runway. It has a very pimp paintjob