driving home past salisbury plains today, i had to make a phonecall to work, so dived off the road up a tank track lol. went about half a mile and there was a cross roads with a little hut with a guy in it, so thought better of it and turned around lol, and just as i did 2 apachi gun ships came out of nowhere and hovvered above me lol, so i fucked off as i didnt want a rocket up my arse!

anyway got back by the road and made my phonecalls then continued on my way. a little down the road there was a fucking loud noise as a jet plane shot accross the sky...

so i stopped to look, it was only a fooking euro fighter!

probably wont see one again so i stopped and watched it fucking about for half an hour

looks like one amazing machine



looks like they could tear you a new asshole

 

awesome

 

can't see the pic dan!


the plains are awesome when your off roading up there!

 

2RTR are testing a new HESH round for the challengers at the mo, so will be busier than normal, might be best to avoid at mo!!
Euro fighters are cool though.
tabetha

 

They must be testing it up at the demo site at Warminster then, cos that's about the only place on the Plain you can let go a 120 round.

Agreed, Apaches are THE mutts nuts of choppers.......

Mind you, I'm an ex Challenger man myself, so am biased to the tracked babies.

 

Iv'e been wondering where a lot of the army vehicles i have seen just outside amesbury/tidworth have been heading to. I guess that will be the place might take a nosey

 

a few weeks back I had gone down that way to see my sister, was sat in a pub beer garden just off the A303, when 2 apache helicoptors came flying over, they are fooking cool!!

 

I don't know exactly where, were you RTR then ?
tabetha

 

Eurofighter is an awesome bit of kit, i watched it display a few years back, had a bit of banter with the display pilot, very nice bloke, gave my kids some eurofighter stickers and brochures, took a few pics of it,

 

bah, this is a real mans plane

 

i was working away a few years aggo and comming back from scotland driving down a country road i noticed something from the corner of my eye so turned to see 2 apatchies flying close to the ground about 100m or so away looked excelent aparently they are nicknamed the black deth verry apt

 

descent but the proper mans plane had 4 of those engines and sounded better than any other motorised machine i have ever herd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhF8CnJVQPQ

 

it all was very cool!

so are you allowed to go up tank tracks etc?

it didnt say keep the fuck out like i expecting, but thought i was going to die so turned around lol

the eurofighter looked immense, the manouvrability (sp) of the thing was incredible

id so love a go in one!

 

saw the euro fighter for the 1st time at southend airshow was the bollocks!loved the noise it can nearly hover was well impressed!the next plane was the vulcan but the weather closed in and it got cancelled!

 

ive seen a vulcan take off at bruntingthorpe, the one they restored. that was pretty awesome too. but id rather have a euro fighter lol

 

dan if there are no flag's about then yeah go where ever but if those flags are up run like a mother fucker LOL


oh i see the Vulcan fly over swindon the other day...whoop!

 

XH 558 is the only one still flying. Based at brunters.

 

Tabetha,

No, I was Scots Dragoon Guards hun.

Was stationed at Tidworth, bottom end of the plain, years ago.

Brian

 

Have worked on the Challengers etc as a scaley back.

Then have also seen the Typhoon (Eurofighter) as I used work for BAE who are building them.

The Eurofigher is scary as it so manovourable!!!!!

 

I love the way others are really excited about UK military
I work on these everyday so even though I'm not complacent I don't get as excited as those who don't or not connected with the military at all. Although anyone who has a chance to get to Coningsby early morning during a weekday should see the display jet practising - well worth it as it is pretty special to watch.

 

Any military hardware on show, or being put through it's paces should send a shiver up the spine.
Used to watch the Tornado test pilot at Lossiemouth a lot when I was younger........that Dude was mental, and sooooooo fkin noisy.

Had a Challenger completely off the ground on driver training in Germany.




Oh, and the live firing action days at Warminster are pretty special if you can find out when they are. Open to public to watch too.........

 

People pay good money for a chance of driving a tank or whatever.....luckily for me I repair them every day and unfortunately have to take them on test drives....shit I know....Lol. Nothing better than going flat out over the Plain in any tracked vehicle !!!!


Regards Stebbo

 

Me mates son is between tidworth and minley at mo, his dad's captain in 2RTR, based at honington with JNBC.
tabetha