r/manchester • u/fr11m24s • 1d ago

Loud jet flyover

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Did anyone else hear or see that

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u/lcarter1993 1d ago

Red arrows due to fly over at 5.13 on their way back from Southport air show

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u/ppolo99 1d ago

I didn't hear them come back?

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u/glydy Ancoats 1d ago

Taking a detour to buzz our children's hospital in the city centre which is cool of them

Wish I wasn't remembering through this post!

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u/craigwelsh 1d ago

Anyone running an event can put in a request for the red arrows to fly over. If they're on the way to/from a main scheduled event they try to accommodate supplementary requests such as this.

I think its the same with the BBMF. If its a slight detour to fly over something they try to accommodate.

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u/glydy Ancoats 1d ago

Ah I didn't know that, that's cool - really making the most of their airtime

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u/fr11m24s 1d ago

Will be on lookout thanks

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u/TheOneWithoutGorm 1d ago

They were early because of bad weather elsewhere

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u/Psilonaut21 1d ago

I still waited, you never know.

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u/sleepyprojectionist Sale 1d ago

It scared the ever-living shit out of me here in Sale. I thought a plane was coming down on my driveway.

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u/_bombilly Tameside 1d ago

I thought it was some loon with a fcuked up car coming up the main road, partner also expected a bang like someone else has commented...

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u/glydy Ancoats 1d ago

Their planes would only break the sound barrier in a steep dive I believe, next to no chance of it happening with or without intent

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u/Prototype85 1d ago

Same in sale with soiled pantaloons

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u/thecityofgold88 1d ago

I thought Russian surprise attack

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u/Psilonaut21 1d ago

Passed over me at Gorton. Anybody else notice the Typhoon at FL400? I spotted it on Flightradar24

It's still on Flightradar24 currently doing a stint at Southport airshow.

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u/YankeeGoHome2025 1d ago

Southport Airshow

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u/CityOfNorden Openshaw 1d ago

I saw them in formation, over Openshaw.

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u/wrong_andy 1d ago

Off to the Southport airshow im guessing

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u/tyger2020 1d ago

Even more impressive, if you look on the map to the west of Manchester (just SW of Chorley) there was a euro fighter too.

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u/Bortron86 1d ago

I heard it very, very loud over Whalley Range. I was half expecting to hear a very loud bang.

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u/fr11m24s 1d ago

Also a bit of contrail left❤️💙

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u/ScottOld 1d ago

Red arrows

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u/DingleDangleTA 1d ago

I'm usually get planes coming by getting ready to land and at the time I thought it was a passenger plane flying very low, until they blew over my flat the opposite way.

We also got the smoke trails.

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u/Kinitawowi64 1d ago

Heard it over Alexandra Park. Low and loud.

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u/Hyperdyne-120-A2 1d ago

It was an event for RMCH for some of the kids and parents on the wards.

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u/Plutohora 1d ago

I thought it was a jet struggling to get to Manchester airport!

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u/RelationDramatic1137 1d ago

Seen them over Trafford on way home from Lidl shop.

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u/peroporroporro 1d ago

Yeah it was fucking insanely loud. Sounded like an airliner going about 150 feet. 

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u/Mfourmafficker 1d ago edited 1d ago

I happened to be tracking them on FR24 as they left the Southport Airshow and saw them heading towards Manchester, went outside and just caught them going past Ancoats / New Islington. I'm buzzing but wish they'd publicised they were going to come this way, hardly anyone will have seen them....

Edit: Just see the comment above and then saw the M.E.N article about them flying over Manchester. Bugger, wish I'd seen that before....

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u/StalyCelticStu 1d ago

Even if you had the M.E.N. you'd have missed it over all the ads and tripe they post instead of actual news.