05/08/19 ODDBALL THREESOME AND OTHER ODDS SEEN OTT ASH GREEN

[jargon]

13.57 Heard first, then seen over to the west heading North this really odd trio

OY-THP PC12 'JACK & JONES'

HELICOPTER

SPITFIRE

This turns out to be Round the World Spitfire IX G-IRTY on its way from Goodwood to Newcastle then on to Lossiemouth for overnight on the beginning of its round the world flight. OY-THP is the support ship and I presume the helicopter was doing some photography although I didn't take in the type I was just  concentrating on the other two. OY-THP was on fr24 & Planefinder replay but not the other two

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Other sightings this afternoon include

14.05 N60JM PA46 heading to Fairoaks id etc per fr24

14.34 G-RVNK P68 heading Southish id per fr24

16.27 G-DHCZ Beaver heading northish

16.55 Apache heading Westish

18.06 G-BJEC islander heading Northish

Regards

John

[keithh]

I tracked them but unfortunately they were just too Far East to be seen from Reading

[jargon]

Hi Keith

I was taken by surprise, didn't know about the event (might have nipped down to Goodwood if I'd known), lucky I was outside lopping bushes, just a really interesting noise had me racing round trees to get a view, then back to grab a camera then one shot at the PC12 before the all disappeared from view

Another observer has the Helicopter as R66 G-NJNH,

Probably the most intriguing noise combination since the Skyvan/Vimy Replica combination had me racing for a window on the Vimy's final flight into Brooklands

Regards

John