Pictures you didn't take

xoxoxoBruce · 12-29-2014, 06:49 PM

I suspect there's a tribe in Vietnam who have one leg longer than the other.

xoxoxoBruce · 01-10-2015, 03:38 AM

Clever Delivery Man...

Gravdigr · 01-10-2015, 03:03 PM

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

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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.

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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.

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