jowen7448 Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 Anyone else hear/feel the booms over Yorkshireabout 20 mins ago. Reported to be heard/felt over Leeds, Harrogate, Wakefield, Doncaster and over towards York. Apparently 2 RAF typhoons being scrambled broke sound barrier over Leeds. Made my house shake, set car alarms off. Poor cat still looks like he is bricking himself. Quote
TT350 Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 I thought they weren't allowed to go supersonic until a certain altitude? Still. Cool!!! Quote
ATTAK Z Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 Didn't hear the sonic booms but did hear a loud plane(s) over Robin Hood about that time ... checked on Radar 24 and there was nothing else in the area that loud ... just a couple of planes heading towards Leeds from Budapest and Corfu ? Quote
jowen7448 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Posted May 2, 2016 Only info I have is from twitter accounts from various sources. General consensus, after everyone worrying about bombs, is that QRA Typhoons scrambled from Coningsby authorised to break sound barrier over land. Quote
jowen7448 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Posted May 2, 2016 Either that or Leicester are having one hell of a party 3 Quote
G1en Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 Heard it loud in my house. All the street came out to investigate. Sounded like bombs going off. Still no news on why the fighters were scrambled and in such a hurry? Quote
jowen7448 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Posted May 2, 2016 Heard it loud in my house. All the street came out to investigate. Sounded like bombs going off. Still no news on why the fighters were scrambled and in such a hurry? Apparently passenger flight from Paris to Newcastle went off course. Now landed. BBC slower than twitter though Quote
jowen7448 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Posted May 2, 2016 (edited) http://www.bbc.co.uk...ngland-16766616 Edit: Posted this link that arrived via twitter, however I now realise it is 4 years old. I should really look before I leap, my apologies Edited May 2, 2016 by jowen7448 Quote
rtbiscuit Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 my money will be Russian jets testing the perimeter off the north sea they'll have scrambled the typhoons to escort them back out to sea. Quote
rtbiscuit Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 alright ignore my contribution lol i'm way off 1 Quote
jowen7448 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Posted May 2, 2016 alright ignore my contribution lol i'm way off In fairness my first guess once I knew it was Typhoons was the Russians. My initial guess whilst the rest of the street wanted to assume bombs was a minor earthquake. Quote
Andy_Muxlow Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 We had it over Peterborough a few months ago, people complained but think security is more important. They are only allowed when authorised. The one over Peterborough was to do with the Russians I believe. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote
TT350 Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 Right. Sick of these Russians. Let's launch all our planes, bombers and aircraft carriers at them. Oh wait...We've got 0 aircraft carriers or long range bombers, and about 13 fighter jets lol. 1 Quote
G1en Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 My better half thought they were demolishing ferrybridge power station cooling towers now it has been closed. I mean come on. I can never figure women out Quote
jowen7448 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Posted May 2, 2016 We had it over Peterborough a few months ago, people complained but think security is more important. They are only allowed when authorised. The one over Peterborough was to do with the Russians I believe. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Aye people here complaining it woke their kids up. Not knowing what it was at the time I did think would you not much rather that than a matter of national security was missed. Oh well... Off to bed now so hope there is no more need for jet travel in excess of the speed of sound. Quote
jowen7448 Posted May 2, 2016 Author Posted May 2, 2016 My better half thought they were demolishing ferrybridge power station cooling towers now it has been closed. I mean come on. I can never figure women out To be fair it is the right time of day for it Quote
TT350 Posted May 2, 2016 Posted May 2, 2016 http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2016-05-02/typhoon-fighter-jet-creates-sonic-boom-across-the-region/ Quote
Stutopia Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 It's been confirmed now as the sound of Nigel Pearson slamming his fists on his desk at the end of Spurs v Chelsea. Quote
Rock_Steady Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 Radio just said this morning, RAF jets scrambled to help another plane make a safe landing. Quote
Robchriscross Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 Shook the windows in our house and set alarms off in Pontefract Sent from my SM-G920F using Tapatalk Quote
grahamc Posted May 3, 2016 Posted May 3, 2016 my money will be Russian jets testing the perimeter off the north sea they'll have scrambled the typhoons to escort them back out to sea. Training exercise is the usual BS, so you may be right Quote
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