[Bionic]

BB, I only said a Lancaster bomber because thats what OH said. Its possible I misheard him of course and it was a Hercules, or even stranger that he might be wrong 
Either way, it was a lovely sight
Sally

[NormandyMary]

My dad flew Wellingtons in the war. After the war he had the honour of flying all the bigwigs, including Eisenhower, to the war trials at Nuremburg.
He was a Flight Lieutenant and after the war, he applied to the RAF to stay in as a pilot. They said that he could stay in but he would no longer be an officer, only a sergeant. He left the RAF in protest and went into insurance!!!

[jaykay]

We get a lot of planes, from the incredibly noisy put-your-fingers-in-your-ears Typhoons, to the make-your-heart-thud Chinook helicopters (the animals hate these most) to the enormous Hercules C3s.

Both the Chinooks and the C3s fly very low, the C3s looking like you could touch them. These are the ones that sometimes folk say 'Lancaster bomber' when they see it, but in fact they're cargo/support planes.

[Penninehillbilly]

WE get the heavier planes over here sometimes (whatever they are), they are something special to see aren't they, sometimes see them going up the main valley, they are actually about level with us, strange seeing them below the skyline.
2 chinooks came over yesterday, heading north, heard them long before they came over the hill, also the jets, sometimes they are so low I wait for the crash just after they go over the hill top heading south, I've been known to duck when out in the garden, not because they would hit me, just the power force? of the sound. Sounds daft reading that back, but that's how it felt.
OH laughed when I said I could see the pilot, but he's rarely here during the day, doesn't know everything then.