Low-Level – Wales – 11th, 12th & 13th Feb 08

The pod will be the FLIR sensor. Part of the upgrade to GR.4 standard.

Looking at the gallaries on Warplane I see the strike Tornados are now carrying another blister on the port side opposite the LRMTS blister, anyone know what it is?

Thanks.

I travel into Wales much further north via Welshpool.

Details of where I took the images on Bwlch/Bwlch Exit and Cad East.

http://www.warplane.co.uk/Wales.htm

From

http://www.warplane.co.uk/

Cheers for that.
When I lived there, the machines would scream up the Usk Valley NW direction, (About 200 feet over my house) and I always assumed that once into the hills the hill-hugging was on MoD land and not accessible to public.
As I said, Damn!
The lowest platform I saw was a EH101 at about twice the height of the trees travelling at what seemed an unfeasible speed for that level. He was following the course of the river exactly.
I also saw (Once only) a C-17 go in low then climb to drop paras. That was in 2004.
The low level activity also continued in darkness, up to about 11pm. Judging by the engine noise it was probably Harriers and Tonkas.

Stunning.

In the 3 years I lived in that area (And didn’t use this forum), I didn’t know there was a viewing position higher than the machines.
Damn.

You probably pass my old house en route, I lived on the A40 near Crickhowell.

Thanks.

I travel into Wales much further north via Welshpool.

Details of where I took the images on Bwlch/Bwlch Exit and Cad East.

http://www.warplane.co.uk/Wales.htm

From

http://www.warplane.co.uk/

Stunning.

In the 3 years I lived in that area (And didn’t use this forum), I didn’t know there was a viewing position higher than the machines.
Damn.

You probably pass my old house en route, I lived on the A40 near Crickhowell.