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perchanski
06-09-2009, 08:24 PM
Hi All
I've been meaning to ask this for ages to you guys and gals on the forum. When i was a young lad about 1971 ish, I was at home when i heard the usual noise of a large airplane flying over, as usual i ran outside to see this Jet fighter or whatever, but what i saw was a very very large Boeing type plane with hundreds of what seemed like little boeing flying around it, they seemed to all belong together flying in a kind of formation. Now what i am not 100% sure about is if this was a dream cos it was so long ago, but it does still seem quite vivid in my mind, or was it real, or possibly a mirage. Just wondered if antone else had a similar viewing all those years ago.
Please no funny jokes!! It was in the essex area toward east London.
Cheers

venividivici2311
06-09-2009, 10:59 PM
Hi All
I've been meaning to ask this for ages to you guys and gals on the forum. When i was a young lad about 1971 ish, I was at home when i heard the usual noise of a large airplane flying over, as usual i ran outside to see this Jet fighter or whatever, but what i saw was a very very large Boeing type plane with hundreds of what seemed like little boeing flying around it, they seemed to all belong together flying in a kind of formation. Now what i am not 100% sure about is if this was a dream cos it was so long ago, but it does still seem quite vivid in my mind, or was it real, or possibly a mirage. Just wondered if antone else had a similar viewing all those years ago.
Please no funny jokes!! It was in the essex area toward east London.
Cheers

Hey perchanski,

It could be a refuel plane with fighter escorts,but im not sure,you said 100s of little planes around,pretty big escort though,whas there an airshow in the vicinity that time,could be a demo of some sort. You don't see them very often at low altitude but it is possible,not with so many planes but it could be.
I hope i've helped :)

perchanski
07-09-2009, 12:20 AM
Hi, you may be correct, it was a long time ago, sorry for posting, it may have been a dream
good luck everyone....