Pictures you didn't take

Carruthers · 01-10-2015, 04:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

It's not too often that you can stand on terra firma, and look down at a plane in flight.

I'd hazard a guess and say that was taken in Low Flying Area 7 in Wales, and known informally as the 'Mach Loop' (Machynlleth Loop - no, I can't pronounce it).
Used by the RAF and other NATO Air Forces, it's a favourite spot for aviation enthusiasts.

Aircrew are well aware of the likelihood of spectators along the route...

Mach Loop

I Can't Stop Watching Aircraft Turning & Burning Through 'Mach Loop'

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Gravdigr · 01-12-2015, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Carruthers

(Machynlleth Loop - no, I can't pronounce it)

Ya get a pass on pronouncing anything in Welsh.

Thanks for that info.

Carruthers · 01-12-2015, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr

Ya get a pass on pronouncing anything in Welsh.

My neighbour is Welsh and I got her to pronounce 'Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch'

Attempts by the uninitiated tend to sound like a coughing fit.

Wikipedia

glatt · 01-12-2015, 01:35 PM

That Mach loop looks fun. If I lived near there, I would visit. In fact, I'd go camping there.

I recall visiting a castle in either Wales or France (a few of the details are fuzzy) and standing on the wall, looking out over the countryside, and there was a military jet of some sort flying close to the ground in a loop across the valley, coming fairly close to the castle and then banking into a corner to continue the loop. I watched it doing these laps for about 20 minutes or so. Really cool.

Carruthers · 01-12-2015, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I recall visiting a castle in either Wales or France....

Was it Conwy Castle, in North Wales by any chance?

RAF Valley is on the island of Anglesey just to the west. It's a fast jet training base and one or two of the aircraft shown in the video come from there.

Conwy Castle Street View

glatt · 01-12-2015, 02:06 PM

I don't remember any water at the castle with the jet. So I don't think it was Conway castle. Although the castle does look familiar. I think I visited that one. (My parents let us kids navigate while we were sightseeing in Wales, and we directed the VW bus to a dozen or so castles, and they all jumble together 3 decades later.)

Carruthers · 01-12-2015, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I don't remember any water at the castle with the jet. So I don't think it was Conway castle. Although the castle does look familiar. I think I visited that one. (My parents let us kids navigate while we were sightseeing in Wales, and we directed the VW bus to a dozen or so castles, and they all jumble together 3 decades later.)

I know what you mean. My four visits to the US seem to have merged into one despite stacks of photos to jog the memory.

01-12-2015, 01:35 PM	#4
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That Mach loop looks fun. If I lived near there, I would visit. In fact, I'd go camping there. I recall visiting a castle in either Wales or France (a few of the details are fuzzy) and standing on the wall, looking out over the countryside, and there was a military jet of some sort flying close to the ground in a loop across the valley, coming fairly close to the castle and then banking into a corner to continue the loop. I watched it doing these laps for about 20 minutes or so. Really cool.

01-12-2015, 02:06 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I don't remember any water at the castle with the jet. So I don't think it was Conway castle. Although the castle does look familiar. I think I visited that one. (My parents let us kids navigate while we were sightseeing in Wales, and we directed the VW bus to a dozen or so castles, and they all jumble together 3 decades later.)

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