FighterControl

Low flying prop just flew over Breage,from the course it either departed or overshot Culdrose,any ideas chaps?

Not sure Dave. But my dad said he seen it to.??
I wasn't quick enough to see it!

Much obliged for the reply Pete,indeed a mystery sir. I'm intrigued to learn the identity of the cab in question and hopefully someone can shed some light on this.

Shot in the dark but possibly something enroute/returning CU


Q) EGTT/QWELW/IV/BO/W/000/010/5049N00229W014
B) FROM: 14/02/09 16:00C) TO: 14/02/09 22:00
E) EXER RECALL. UP TO 4 MIXED TYPE ROTARY WING ACFT WILL OPERATE WI
5NM EITHER SIDE OF TRACK FROM 510030N 0023844W (YEOVILTON AD) TO
503800N 0022000W (WEYMOUTH). ACFT WILL BE IN CLOSE FORMATION AND
MAYBE UNABLE TO COMPLY WITH RAC. OPS CTC 07837 987333. 14-02-0052/AS4

Buz41 wrote:Aircraft with 2 white strobe lights was seen to overshoot or depart CU last evening. It banked left (over Breage) as if it was doing a circuit. Two minutes later it reappeared again banking left returning towards CU. it did not appear again. Too dark to see if it was rotary or fixed wing.

A Merlin had been flying during the day, were they getting some air test time in a weather window?

It wasn't a Merlin and was definitely fixed wing,judging from the sound I'd say a multiple prop type.I only caught it by chance because I was outside with the dogs at the time,certainly an uncharacteristic time for CU to have movements other than SAR.
Appreciate the responses gents,many thanks.

viewtopic.php?f=34&t=52133
This might?? Be a possibility for what was seen?
And looking at the date,was almost exactly 2 years ago?!
Could it have had anything to do with the PM visiting the south west today??

It certainly sounded like something along those lines Pete.

I wonder if it could have been King Air G-FPLD of Teesside based Flight Inspection of Cobham doing ILS calibration work ?
They usually fly at night or weekends and were down south last week so a possibility ?

David Thompson wrote:I wonder if it could have been King Air G-FPLD of Teesside based Flight Inspection of Cobham doing ILS calibration work ?
They usually fly at night or weekends and were down south last week so a possibility ?

I wouldn't have thought that the flight checker would have been working that late on a Sunday evening. And certainly not at culdrose!!
It worked culdrose end of January. So can't see it coming back again so soon. And especially not on a weekend?!!and after dark!!

I wouldn't have thought that the flight checker would have been working that late on a Sunday evening. And certainly not at culdrose!!
It worked culdrose end of January. So can't see it coming back again so soon. And especially not on a weekend?!!and after dark!!

They fly at night and weekends , they have to to fit in with both civillian and military operational airfields . They calibrate LHR on Christmas Day !
You'll see alot more of them down your way soon as they are moving to Bournemouth .

Sorry, i meant to post this yesterday, totally forgot. G-FPLD is the answer. It was in and out much of last week, in a taxi-like role, rather than calibrating. I noted it parked up at CU at around 10:30 Sunday morning.

Well there you are then.. sorry David..I was wrong and you were right!!
It was only the bleeding flight checker!!! Nothing more than a dirty civi!
Atleast back in the day of the Andover(and Varsity before that!) It was a mil type to photograph!!
But it clears that one up.

Malfatron Malkovic wrote:Sorry, i meant to post this yesterday, totally forgot. G-FPLD is the answer. It was in and out much of last week, in a taxi-like role, rather than calibrating. I noted it parked up at CU at around 10:30 Sunday morning.

Mystery solved,cheers chief.

buzzer wrote:Well there you are then.. sorry David..I was wrong and you were right!!
It was only the bleeding flight checker!!! Nothing more than a dirty civi!
Atleast back in the day of the Andover(and Varsity before that!) It was a mil type to photograph!!
But it clears that one up.

Not forgetting the Argosy , between the Varsity & Andover.