Eurofighter just flew past my window

Happy · 28 Aug 2009 at 19:36

Dark_Angel said:
Didn't they do a mythbusters episode of this, where they had a plane (a fighter plane) fly by a wooden shack they created to see if it would crack the window, at insanely low altitudes?

Yes, at absurdly low attitudes, that would be completely illegal and unsafe, and they only just managed to crack a plastic window. But that was due to it flexing too much.

Cosimo · 28 Aug 2009 at 19:41

Tefal said:
*bets the op never posts in this thread again

What are the odds.

mattyprice4004 · 28 Aug 2009 at 19:42

No pics. You fail.

DJMK4 · 28 Aug 2009 at 19:45

I have them come over now and again, i live about 5 minutes from the Caerwent army base in south wales

kaiowas · 28 Aug 2009 at 19:50

Had a few over here lately, the other week there were a couple playing about chasing each other in a tight figure 8 circuit. Mostly get F15s and Hercs so it makes a bit of a change

Kristoph · 28 Aug 2009 at 19:57

Saw the Eurofighter and the Vulcan at Bournemouth recently, both amazing to watch.

The eurofighter was suprisingly loud when it used the afterburners, and wouldnt be suprised if it was a big old window with a flimsy piece of glass.

physichull · 28 Aug 2009 at 20:38

Saw the Eurofighter and the Tornado at Bournemouth beach last year. I can categorically say that the Tornado was MUCH the louder plane.

monkeygremlin · 28 Aug 2009 at 20:45

Le_Petit_Lapin said:
Have you tried lighting a cigar off the engine exhaust yet?

This reminds me of when I was at the North Weald Fighter Meet many years ago. A Tornado was taxiing from the parking stand ready for it's display and like a fool I thought I'd take a photo as it turned in front of me, so I stand right against the fence. "I'll just wait until it turns fully away from me, just a few more seconds, .....now!" I click the shutter just as I'm pushed off balance by the exhuast and take a picture of the sky.

Rroff · 28 Aug 2009 at 20:47

Co-incidentally had one fly over (yes using after burners) as I came out of work today... I live in Somerset a few miles from Yeovilton airbase - he was a good 7,000 feet or so up by my reckoning and it was still pretty loud... no windows were in danger tho...

peetee · 28 Aug 2009 at 21:34

Yeovilton, the worlds most depressing airbase. Haha.
The GR9s aint too much quieter than the eurofighter to be honest.

Id hate living on a base with eurofighters and what not mind..
Or chinooks, theyr a nightmare too.
God bless merlins and seakings!

Puzzled · 28 Aug 2009 at 21:43

Kristoph said:
Saw the Eurofighter and the Vulcan at Bournemouth recently, both amazing to watch.

The eurofighter was suprisingly loud when it used the afterburners, and wouldnt be suprised if it was a big old window with a flimsy piece of glass.

I saw them both on the Saturday.

The Vulcan was my favourite of the day as it was the first time I had seen it (the noise is amazing) but the eurofighter was bloody good.

It's really weird to watch them fly as it just moves so differently to everything else. The way it could change direction was amazing.

Vulcan is planned to appear at Silverstone tomorrow afternoon, so if you live nearby you should hear it coming

Housey · 28 Aug 2009 at 21:48

You must live on the highway to the danger zone.

^^Gord^^ · 28 Aug 2009 at 21:53

Eddie182 said:
Worse, on the base, in a barrack block with a window the faces the airfield.

Happy to swap for a week!

physichull said:
Saw the Eurofighter and the Tornado at Bournemouth beach last year. I can categorically say that the Tornado was MUCH the louder plane.

Agreed, the old Tornado GR4 display was amazingly loud!

[TBR]MadMark · 29 Aug 2009 at 00:12

In all the years I have lived and worked around the Coningsby area I have never heard of a window breaking or cracking from a typhoon or with the F3 before it. Highly improbable imo.

Viper² · 29 Aug 2009 at 00:15

Ban OP.

Morlan · 29 Aug 2009 at 00:19

So did it crack your window or were you telling filthy lies? Tisk tisk.

Andelusion · 29 Aug 2009 at 00:21

My guess is he'll never post in the thread again

J86 · 29 Aug 2009 at 00:54

It's a web cam picture I believe...

Killerkebab · 29 Aug 2009 at 00:54

Lynndinky said:
In all the years I have lived and worked around the Coningsby area I have never heard of a window breaking or cracking from a typhoon or with the F3 before it. Highly improbable imo.

There are literally hundreds of stories of windows mysteriously breaking after Tornado flights in the middle east though...

cheets64 · 29 Aug 2009 at 01:10

haha I love Highway to the danger ZOONNNNE at the airshow Sunderland stuck in a time warp?

Couple of years ago the Red Arrows fly over my house in formation that was amazing, just heard this rumble and was near the back down and jumped out and saw them in formation about 800 feet from the ground.

Take all your fancy tech but nothing beats this
Swearing.