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This is a list of notable alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the United Kingdom. Many more sightings have become known since the gradual release, between 2008 and 2013, of the Ministry of Defence's UFO sighting reports by the National Archives. In recent years, there have been many sightings of groups of slowly moving ...
Big Jet TV is a British YouTube channel that records and livestreams aeroplanes landing at major airports. [2] It made international headlines in 2022 during Storm Eunice, as the channel livestreamed planes landing at London's Heathrow Airport in very high winds. [3] The BBC carried a report titled "Big Jet TV turns plane-watching into a ...
Aircraft spotting. A group of spotters at Domodedovo International Airport taking photos of a KrasAir Ilyushin Il-96-300 in 2008. Aircraft spotting, or planespotting, is a hobby consisting of observing and tracking aircraft, which is usually accomplished by photography or videography. Besides monitoring aircraft, planespotting enthusiasts (who ...
Release. 23 July (2019-07-23) – 25 July 2019 (2019-07-25) Planespotting Live is a live television programme broadcast on BBC Four over three nights between 23 and 25 July 2019. Announced on 5 July 2019, [1] it follows on from similar "live" programmes on the BBC such as Trainspotting Live, Airport Live and Volcano Live.
Myrtle Avenue is a street in Hatton in the London Borough of Hounslow which is near the eastern end of Heathrow Airport 's south runway, 27L. [ 1] This makes it noisy when aircraft are landing or taking off from 27L, or taking off from 9R, though its view of the aircraft has made it the prime location for plane spotting. [ 2]
An RAF pilot was sent out from Waterbeach RAF Station in a de Havilland Venom, a jet aircraft with aircraft interception radar. The pilot reported spotting the object on radar and visually observing a luminous white object that moved behind his craft when he attempted to intercept. [98] [99] 1956-08-13 Elizabeth Klarer • AF, South Africa ...
Over the course of 3 consecutive nights in June 2019, Laughlin co-presented Plane Spotting Live [63] for BBC Four with Peter Snow and Andi Peters. The programme was broadcast live from a set constructed on East Midlands Aeropark, alongside the runway of East Midlands Airport. [64]
Mach Loop. A C-130 passing through the Mach Loop, as photographed from a promontory. The Mach Loop (also known as the Machynlleth Loop, Welsh: Dolen Mach) is a series of valleys in the United Kingdom in west-central Wales, notable for their use as low-level training areas for fast aircraft. The system of valleys lies 13 km (8 mi) east of ...