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  1. Spamcan81

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    You the names of the helos completely wrong I'm afraid. One Sea King AEW2 and three Merlins. :)
     
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    I assume you're talking about the fly past?
     
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    Yep and the one enforcing the "no fly zone" was a Wildcat. Developed from the Lynx but the giveaway is the twin tail.
     
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    Thanks.

    I'm not an aviation nut & its been a long day!

    The light made it hard to see what was what, so had to rely on the media & any tw@tter feeds contained there in from the fleet air arm!......

    There were a couple of jets that came in hard & fast just after the stern had passed into the harbour, but the settings on the camera were all wrong - too late to change them!
     
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    I saw 2 F18 hornets fly past today, hugging the coast about 1300 heading towards brighton , might these have been them?
     
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    The Navy only operate one type of jet at the moment so my money is on them being Hawks from 763 NAS.
     
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    In answer to both - I really don't know!

    They came in low from the IoW & the light wasn't good - blink & you miss em & given they would've had to do a sharp turn before before they hit Portsdown - also the Red Arrows were supposed to perform a fly past as well, but were still in bed because it was too early! :rolleyes:

    Having Goggled both types, my ninds eye says F18's, s they fit the shape more....... if anyone can find out what 'hit' Portsmouth at 07:10 then we'll all know.....
     
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    If these aircraft " hit" portsmouth about 0710, then it most likily wouldn't have been the same pair as i saw my Hornets later in the day i got a clear look and they were Hornets, not eagles, or any other type, the wing shape was clearly that of a hornet with curved wing roots single engine , we do get some last jet action here but so far its been USAF Eagles , i wonder is the George bush laying off the isle off wight and the crews are practicing using the south coast to navigate ? i had a RAF Heracles flying down the coast a few weeks back very low, and fast with its ramp down, we occationally get Chinocks also doing the same.
     
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    Aviation forums confirm the fixed wing element of the flypast was a pair of Hawks.

    By the way martin, a Hornet is twin engined.
    http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/587e7feeee14b63e338b6efb-2200/undefined
     
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    I think you just failed your Royal Observer Corps entrance exam. :)
     
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    If one of them had flown over Portsmouth yesterday, that would have been the aviation event of the century. :)
     
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    i have to agree with that, the Sea hornet had a very short service life.
     
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