Hi all. Perhaps someone could give me an answer to this. I was in the Dorset town of Shaftsbury today when a twin (jet) engined airliner came in at about 1,000 feet heading west. The tail fin was painted with an orange logo of some sort, and it was being tailed by two military fighters, one either side and slightly behind of the wings. It flew overhead very slow and disappeared off into the distance. Time was roughly 1 PM, give or take half an hour.
What was it doing?:confused:
By: RichyD - 13th March 2007 at 09:12
Hi all. Perhaps someone could give me an answer to this. I was in the Dorset town of Shaftsbury today when a twin (jet) engined airliner came in at about 1,000 feet heading west. The tail fin was painted with an orange logo of some sort, and it was being tailed by two military fighters, one either side and slightly behind of the wings. It flew overhead very slow and disappeared off into the distance. Time was roughly 1 PM, give or take half an hour.
What was it doing?:confused:
Hi,
The same aircraft came in low over Yeovilton at about 500 – 1000 ft. The large aircraft I believe was a 757 flanked by two Hawk’s. No idea as to the reason behind this though.:confused:
Regards
Richy.
By: Airspeed Horsa - 12th March 2007 at 19:44
One on each wing. Should have made it clearer!:o
By: philgatwick05 - 12th March 2007 at 19:38
By twin do you mean 2 engines, i.e. one on each wing or, by the title of the thread, do you mean 2 on each wing and a 4 engined jet, like a 747?
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