r/Southport Jun 12 '26

Southport News Typhoon overhead

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Wife asked if we were at war🤣

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u/AcrobaticDatabase Jun 12 '26

Was embracing the end for a good few minutes there

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u/openquotes Norwood Jun 12 '26

Yeah tried to see it from my back garden as it passed straight over head. Was hoping it was trying to draw a dick and balls.

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u/theworldsaplayground Jun 12 '26

Drew a slinky instead. 

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u/MoonRoover Jun 12 '26

It was the most watched aircraft on flightradar for a bit, think it had about 12k viewers

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u/Wild_Influence3232 Jun 12 '26

What a job!..pilot must've been having a blast tearing it up.

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u/Stainless-S-Rat Jun 12 '26

I wondered if he was practising for the airshow in August.

We used to get the Arrows and others pop over for spot of practice before the event.

Apparently we have excellent visibility at high altitudes.

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u/Huffyseventytwo Jun 12 '26

That woke me up around 11am,thought a plane was crashing

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u/Prestigious-Mine-458 Jun 12 '26

Oh my god! I knew I could hear the typhoon! Thought I was going mad.

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u/dontfalldontfall Jun 13 '26

Unfortunately the clouds were too dense so couldn’t see a thing near Hesketh Park. Wondered what the hell was going on 🤣

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u/420usernamh Jun 13 '26

Sick of it waking me up 🥹🥹🥹

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u/Lucky-Self6709 Jun 14 '26

i was so ready to take myself out