Super Hornets take AKL by surprise

[markis10]

Just went over Brekky Creek with the 4 PIGs in front, pity no C17 or KDC-10 with them.

 

[SimonM]

A quick snap from my place, sorry about the focus.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4463328111_55d2124436_b.jpg

 

[albatross710]

A quick snap from my place, sorry about the focus.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2679/4463328111_55d2124436_b.jpg

Thanks for the pics. I watched from Coronation Drive bike path and they didn't look that low. My estimate 1,000 feet.

 

[Dave R32]

Didn't even hear them out here in beautiful sunny downtown Lawnton...

Cheers
Dave.

 

[samh004]

Completely missed them on the coast, didn’t even hear anything that sounded like them overhead!

 

[SimonM]

Thanks for the pics. I watched from Coronation Drive bike path and they didn't look that low. My estimate 1,000 feet.

I'm no good with height estimates, but from my viewpoint they were way below the higher buildings. The higher of the two buildings in the photo would be say 30 floors, so perhaps only 300 feet. Even correcting for the ground to air angle, the planes would still seem to be at much less than 1000 feet.

 

[straitman]

Completely missed them on the coast, didn’t even hear anything that sounded like them overhead!

I think the best view was on the television news :!:

 

[markis10]

Or on You Tube arriving into AKL

 

[straitman]

I think the best view was on the television news :!:

I'll rephrase.

I think the best view of the Australian arrival was on the television news :!:

 

[markis10]

Check this one out from QLD Uni - I am getting dizzy!

YouTube - Hornets fly over Brisbane

 

[anat0l]

Check this one out from QLD Uni - I am getting dizzy!

YouTube - Hornets fly over Brisbane

Yep....heard them roaring overhead loud and clear. I was in our outdoor cafe playing a game of chess when all of the sudden the Hornets made their presence well known.

 

[samh004]

Check this one out from QLD Uni - I am getting dizzy!

YouTube - Hornets fly over Brisbane

Pretty spectacular flying in those 2 formations.

 

[markis10]

Webtrak does not display military flights but you can see the effect of the flypast if you have a look at Brisbane at 1.04PM, the Bulimba station goes off at 45sec then again at 55sec as the second batch passed.