Interesting and unusual occurrence

[davejb]

Hi all , i dont know if anyone else saw this today, there was a flight of 6 propeller driven aircraft that flew over my house today heading North, i couldnt ID them as they had passed before i got out in the garden, a few hours later another 3 passed over but these were Yaks, same direction of travel, then late afternoon my friend phoned me and said i was to go outside quickly as there was a private jet with 2 fully armed tornados as escort heading my way, i heard them and saw what looked like a lear jet with two Tornados one either side in formation, and yes they were fully loaded with ordnance on pylons, that is very strange to see this over my way , i see warbirds literally every week of some description fly over but never a private jet with a fully armed military fighter escort, does anyone have any additional info
Cheers Dave

[big ned]

Hi Dave,

It was the flypast for the ending of Operation Ellamy, the prosecution of the no fly zone over Libya. There was a ceremony in London for it.

Ministry of Defence ‏ @DefenceHQ

As part of Op Ellamy (Libya) homecoming, 1 Sentry E3D, 2 Typhoons, 1 Sentinel & 2 Tornado GR4s will fly S-N over Parliament at 1745.

You probably saw the Sentinel with the two GR4's, roughly around the above time?? Dunno what the crack with the Yak's is though...

Here's a pic of the flight from Twatter.

Regards, Ned.

[Adrian]

That would be Ade on his way home from work I imagine.......

[davejb]

Thanks Ned, well that clears that up, i thought we were being invaded, no i dont know about the Yaks either but there are a couple at North Weald that fly over pretty often along with a Jet Provost, what the other prop craft were i have no idea but six all together made one hell of a racket, but music to my ears, and Adrian, you could be right about Ade, i bet he was telling the pilot to" get a spurt on Lez has my tea ready " lol
Cheers Dave