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F18's o/h Prestatyn

Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2023 9:09 am
by MADWOP
Sorry it's a bit late.

Heard fast jets yesterday at approx. 15:25 rushed outside in time to see one F18 heading south down
the Clwyd valley (later confirmed as two jets by a neighbour).
Looking at REAPER493's log for Waddington this morning (thank you) could have been BLADE01 188735 and 188742, times tally.
As usual nothing showing on ADS-B
Hope this is of use to someone.
Very rare to see fast jets other than Valley Hawks around here.
However last September the German Tonkas paid us a visit as did the Belgian F16's last April.
Don't know what the attraction is here but keep them coming.

Mike.

Re: F18's o/h Prestatyn

Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 5:27 am
by verreli
They've been doing the loop then heading north for the Lakes LL. Hopefully another sortie today giving different crew a tour of the UK countryside.

Re: F18's o/h Prestatyn

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 9:21 am
by MADWOP
Thanks for the reply, these were heading south(ish) probably lakes first then the loop?
Thanks anyway.

Re: F18's o/h Prestatyn

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 8:35 pm
by verreli
For the record the Fri 22 Sep sortie was scrubbed. There was a biblical rain shower mid afternoon in LFA17 but the weather was good when they'd have been coming through. I did look out for them.