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Mach Loop
Sept 13, 2023 17:35:27 GMT
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Post by MJB on Sept 13, 2023 17:35:27 GMT
Anyone done the Mach Loop? Is it worth the time and effort?
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Post by peterob on Sept 13, 2023 17:48:57 GMT
Anyone done the Mach Loop? Is it worth the time and effort? I'll ask my son. I remember him talking about it once. I think you have to be quick and to like a lot of noise. I'm not sure how accessible are those vantage points where you can look down on the planes. When we were kids there was a lot of low flying in the valleys. It used to be one heck of a shock if they came over the hill because there was no notice - I think it is more predictable (when, where) now they fly the Mach Loop. |
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Post by steveandthedogs on Sept 14, 2023 20:53:52 GMT
Anyone done the Mach Loop? Is it worth the time and effort? Only if you want to climb up a bloody steep hill.
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Post by zx9 on Sept 15, 2023 9:05:27 GMT
Some of the guys over on Talk Photography forum post some great pictures from the March Loop, more than that I can not tell you.
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Post by steveandthedogs on Sept 16, 2023 10:51:08 GMT
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Post by don on Jan 9, 2024 10:04:36 GMT
Looks great but I won’t be going there , I’ll enjoy other people’s experience.
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Post by Chester PB on Jan 9, 2024 18:40:00 GMT
I've looked up 'Mach Loop', and find that I may have enjoyed it many years ago.
My wife and I had got to the top of the ridge at the 'Devil's Kitchen' in Snowdonia, only to find it just above the cloud base. The view on the way up had been wonderful, but at the top of the ridge we were below the cloud base so all we could see clearly were a few nearby sheep. Then we heard the noise of what proved to be an RAF Tornado that was just visible enough to be recognisable. It was initially flying below us on the far side of the ridge, then climbed just enough to pass directly over us. The noise was painful, but the sheep did not react or move, so presumably they were used to it.
This is from a Kodachrome 64 slide taken a few minutes before the RAF disturbed us (my wife doesn't want me to post her picture here, so I have blurred her face).  |
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