Classic British Flight Sim

I know you two go to.....er,I mean WORK :k: :k: at Manchester airport so see what you can find out about this.

A work colleague(Basher Bennett,so named because he used to work on steam loco's at Crewe Works and has a love of big hammers,Stillson wrenches and heavy duty pry bars)has asked me what it is that growls its way up out of Manc and over Congleton at around 5am :shock: :shock: most mornings.

It's no good me looking and listening for it as I'll be snoring like a pig at that ungodly hour of a weekday morning.

Bash isn't very knowledgable on aeroplanes,I mean,he knows what a Spit or Lanc or Hurri or Jumbo or Concorde is(and he's pretty sure it's not any of those!!!)but not much else.

Orright?....Not 'arf.

Mark :-({|=

could be anything....lol :dance:

Blimey, thats got me baffled as well. Not entirely sure as it literally could be anything!

If he's not well up on aviation then I don't suppose its worth asking him to elaborate on the sounds? (ie jet or prop)

Perhaps Jetty might know as he does work there. I cover all over the place

Eddie

Do you have Electra's at that time?

(Lockheed not Carmen's)

Garry

Garry Russell wrote:Eddie

Do you have Electra's at that time?

(Lockheed not Carmen's)

Garry

You been peering in my locker at work Garry?!

AFAIK the Electra's no longer come into Manchester. Theres nothing suggested on Ringway reports either. Again, perhaps Jetty knows more about it.

I know as a rule the Electra's operate (or used to) out of Liverpool JL.

Hi Eddie

The Elctra is quite rare now

Maybe the aircraft is not out of Manchester but from somewhere else an in the still of the early morning sounds lower and the route is near to one out of Manchester.

Garry

Garry Russell wrote:Hi Eddie

The Elctra is quite rare now

Maybe the aircraft is not out of Manchester but from somewhere else an in the still of the early morning sounds lower and the route is near to one out of Manchester.

Garry

Very possible. I know traffic from EGCC & EGPP pass close to each other frequently, albeit at different heights. Your right though and I think the Electra could be heard from Congleton if thats its routing away from JL.

Migman wrote .......growls its way up out of Manc and over Congleton at around 5am

possible it's one of the Bear Cat engines
I hear out of West Palm Beach Int.
ohh never heard of a Bear Cat Engine?
No mistaking them................
you can hear that Bear chasing the Cat all around that Engine :roll: :roll:
:bigrin:
growl

I'll ask Trident Man what it is. He works at MAN and is often up at un-godly hours.

As stated earlier in this thread it could well be anything!! we have had AN22's but this is quite rare ill have a word with a guy i know who works in the tower as to what it may be.