manse Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 whit is all the jets flying over they seem to be every ten mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
humptygrumpty Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Yeah , been goin on for a couple o hours , maybe lost ? ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manse Posted September 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 could be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeoclett Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 every 2 mins here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manse Posted September 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 yeah coming more frequent my cats are outside just looking up at the sky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeoclett Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 can't see any exercises planned, and it appears to be single planes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manse Posted September 24, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 it is and its coming more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waarigeo Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Heard da noise here in Whalsay aboot half an hour ago. Windered whit it wis. Noo I ken. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeoclett Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Correction it is two, sounds like the Tornado exercises we used to get in fife. Is there a rig event going on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 can't see any exercises planned, and it appears to be single planes.They were planned for today, might just be running late. https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/239093/OLF_GOVUK_timetable_23_27Sep.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeoclett Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 Spinner, these are normally for the low-flying areas (Glens and Fife) and it is very rare that it would be after dark, especially in an area that is not commonly practised in. I had looked at that timetable, but was looking to see if there was a notification for an exercise at sea. Oh well a bit excitement... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairyian Posted September 24, 2013 Report Share Posted September 24, 2013 I think the atmospherics this evening was allowing the noise of high flying airliners to be much more easily heard than uisual ? http://www.flightradar24.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorrie Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 It sounded like fighters to me. Malcolm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SchmidtModerlines Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 there was two tornado's doing and exercise over scatsta and sullom yesterday, were going around for a good ten- fifteen mins, maybe just a night time exercise last night.but the do come to shetand atleast a few times a year, this is the 4th time ive seen them this year for training Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weisdale2 Posted September 25, 2013 Report Share Posted September 25, 2013 I think the atmospherics this evening was allowing the noise of high flying airliners to be much more easily heard than uisual ? http://www.flightradar24.com I am pretty sure that it was two military jets, probably tornado's, there lights were clearly visible above Weisdale as they passed over. They were traveling much faster than commercial airliners and regularly changing direction. At the time flightradar24 didn't show any commercial airliners over Shetland, the closest were approx 1-2 hundred miles to the west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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