Not something you see on the A158 everyday

[beefy505]

Seen a few Wokka's but this is the first time one of these has come towards me
Fast forward to 2:45
A158 / Fat Albert / Herc

[Farjo]

???

Are you talking about the propeller airplane?

[rustyrider]

It's a Hercules, see them all over the place in East England.  Surprised you've not seen them before in Lincolnshire.

[Looney tune]

Very regular round here. Usualy get to look down at them when they fly down the glens, fair sight.

[steeeve66]

..is that it?? :eek

[bigralphie]

Beefy you owe me 2mins 45 ......I,m ex RAF

[steeeve66]

Beefy you owe me 2mins 45 ......I,m ex RAF

May I have my 2min 45 back as well? - I grew up nr Abingdon...

[snooky]

he's in or was in the bloody RAF, and that wasn't even low

[Skippernick]

he's keeping a low profile now :lol

[pete786.u]

I live near the I.W.M at Duxford, saw the  Catalina flying round on three consectuve days last week, probably been doing some maitenance on it and they were checking it out.
Get quite a lot of Apache helicopters around here as well.

[emjaykay]

Wokka?? A Wokka is a Chinook?

[rustyrider]

I have been reliably informed by an ex-Navy bloke at work that any helicopter is a Wokka but a Chinook is a Wokka-Wokka as it has 2 blades.......

Mind you, this is the same bloke that rather than describing the office as front, back, left, right, floor, wall and ceiling, insisted on referring to it as forward, aft, port, starboard, deck, bulkhead and deckhead. 

[BBROWN1664]

Pete

[BBROWN1664]

Pete, I was coming down the M11 around midday last Thursday and thought I saw a Catalina being thrown around above Duxford. It looked good.

I used to see the Hercs doing circuits around Swindon (cant remember the name of the base there).

[Robbie8666]

I drive past Odiham "home of the UK's Chinook Force" as it says on the sign! see chinooks daily, as I drive home to Cornwall past Salisbury area see lots of other aircraft.

swinging the latern time I remember been on the bridge of one her majesty's war canoes at the tender age of 19 when a fairly elderly senior officer said to me "RO when the WOKKA WOKKA arrives give me a shout!" i stood there open mouthed not knowing what to say but must admit when the said helicopter arrived its blades did make that sound!!

[sadlonelygit]

i used to drive over the Tal-y-llyn pass twice a day, not seeing but hearing/feeling a harrier/mrca/hawk come from behind you @50ft above you is not good for the nerves.
now i live in the faaaaaaarest all we have to deal with is apaches appearing above the treeline/wall in front of you and 'killing' you (coach driver)

[dolau]

I live in Mid Wales and get all of the above at all times of day :eek

Makes you jump sometimes when you dont hear them coming and as for the sheep  :lol

[ddtwelve]

what i want to know is why is he videoing a boring road for :rolleyes  especially with radio 2 on  :eek

[beefy505]

Yes I'm still in the mob (only for another 10 months though    ) they seem to use the 158 as a reference point every now and then, come along the coast and cut in from Skeg towards Lincoln.
That picture doesn't do it justice, it was bloody big and bloody low!!

And the at my age i'm not giving anybody their 2:45 back!!    It's mine all mine!!!!!!!

[Fazerider]

It's very difficult to capture the excitement of an aircraft pass with a wide angle lens.
Living near Farnborough I occasionally get the Red Arrows over the house as they're re-arranging themselves into a new formation, absolutely thrilling... yet the photo is most unimpressive. :rollin