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General Aviation Discussion => General Aviation Discussion => Topic started by: Tango Tango Fanta on November 12, 2008, 02:42:29 PM

Title: Interesting commute this morning
Post by: Tango Tango Fanta on November 12, 2008, 02:42:29 PM

I was on my work today in Coleraine at about 8.40am and spotted a Dakota flying really low at about 250ft crossing the road about quarter mile ahead. Nice enough, but then 5 minutes later spotted two Navy Merlins in formation flying south along the River Bann - if only every work day started like that!

Title: Re: Interesting commute this morning
Post by: casper on November 12, 2008, 02:45:37 PM

Hi Tango Tango Fanta and welcome to the forum.
The Dakota could have been this one
http://www.dalesplanes.co.uk/index.php?topic=1136.0

Wonder if there's any exercises going on off the north coast

And yes if only every work day started like that :)

Title: Re: Interesting commute this morning
Post by: String on November 12, 2008, 02:59:47 PM

Just had a chat with my navy cousin, could be a submarine exercise out in the Atlantic had one mid-sept just of the coast donegall involving 1 tornado 2 Merlin's 1 Nimrod, must be a hunter killer scenario.