Mystery aircraft sightings today

Hi

Has anyone got any info on these I saw over in Farnham, Surrey?

At 11.15am today I saw a biplane shadowing a larger aircraft. The larger aircraft was possibly a twin prop which loosely resembled an Islander being high winged. It looked quite sleek with an airliner type or protruding type nose. Had thin undercarriage struts in the downward position. The struts were situated closer to the tip of the wings rather than the main body of the airacrft.

The biplane sounded as if it could be a Stearman. Both aircraft were travelling in a generally southerly direction. I thought the formation rather unusual. Sorry if the info is confusing. Both aircraft were too far away for me to be more positive.

The second sighting was at 2.35pm. I could hear it for some time before I managed to locate it through a window. By then it was far away. This was a high wing monoplane and sounded like the Rearwin Cloudster that is based in Popham. It was heading in a generally north east direction and at one time was south of Farnborough airport but moving past it.

Can anybody out there corroborate these sightings or confirm any of the info or offer any suggestions?

Thank you

Martin

Martin

I was going to post this in the ‘Spotted’ thread!

I saw the biplane formation passing slightly to the east of us heading south east (roughly in the direction of Shoreham) at about 11.18 am.

The biplane did indeed look & sound like a Stearman (it also looked like it was painted blue), and was leading the formation. I’m not sure what the other aircraft was, but it was a larger high wing, sigle engine monoplane, possibly a turbo prop, and appeared to be painted white. :confused:

Cheers

Paul

The turbo twin could have been an Aero Commander although it has retractable gear.