torque wrote:Those planes are crazy how do they go so fast so low to the ground ?
Those planes probably come from RAF Scampton which isn't far from you John.
Many years ago I cadged a ride in a Vulcan from Scampton, now they were epically noisy.
My dad was an aerodynamicist on Tornado (Panavia MRCA project) at Warton where they were made,
so we got used to them flying along supersonic 10ft above the waves just offshore, it requires a special type
of nutter to fly like that & one of the prototypes did end up in the Irish Sea. Knowing some of the test pilots,
they were probably flying supersonic upside down at 10ft above the sea at the time & a wave got them. RAF pilots are usually younger & haven't got old enough to do such stupid things, they stick at to at least 15ft above the sea .
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