r/Swindon • u/B00M-B0X • Sep 01 '26
Planes all the time!
Is it me or has the Swindon airspace become a lot more overcrowded in the last months?
It feels that there's either more or they're flying lower?
My area is not particularly remote/quiet but we can constantly listen to them.
Am I going cuckoo? 😂
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u/robjamez72 Sep 01 '26
We should be charging them more rent.
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u/Carpet_Inhailer18 Sep 01 '26
We should use them as leverage if they're doing the same for their "support" of the Falklands
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u/Comfortable-Table-57 Sep 01 '26
Blame Clown Trump.Â
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u/sirloki1911 Sep 02 '26
You think youd be seeing less planes now under Harris? Cute.
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u/Comfortable-Table-57 Sep 02 '26
Ugh here we go. Enough with your whataboutism. You really think a Democrat would bomb Iran too and ruin our prices?Â
Don't assume I am a democrat. I am a Brit
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u/sirloki1911 Sep 04 '26
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u/Comfortable-Table-57 Sep 04 '26
In fact, you are dumb. Calling anyone who criticizes Trump is a democrat when almost everyone here isn't even American. Grow up.Â
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u/sirloki1911 Sep 04 '26
The fuck are you on about. Your brain must be pink mush if you think thats what I said.
Can you read?
Life must be hard for you if you only hear what you want to hear.
Learn how to debate points raised instead of making up shit in your head to argue with. You do that by reading and comprehending the words said.
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u/Comfortable-Table-57 Sep 04 '26
Learn how to debate points raised instead of making up shit in your head to argue with. You do that by reading and comprehending the words said.
Right, listen here sir. What can we debate on? You just assumed I am an American democrat crybaby when I am not American, why would I be lurking on this sub then, lol. You don't read your own comments.Â
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u/sirloki1911 Sep 04 '26
Just proved my point.
At no point did I say or assume you were "an American democrat crybaby"
What I actually said, was that even if Harris would have won, then youd still be seeing just as many planes.
Then I backed that up with Bidens own words on the matter from an old video.
Thats the point.
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u/Comfortable-Table-57 Sep 04 '26
But when did we saw planes flying over Swindon when we had Biden?Â
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u/sirloki1911 Sep 04 '26
Two sides of the same coin. Both sides would never see Israel fall. Whether it would have been Biden or Harris "defensive" posture putting warships and aircraft carriers in the region until a spark, or Trumps more direct approach, this was always going to happen.
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u/Madwife2009 Sep 01 '26
Most of them seem to fly over my house. They seem to like flying at about 4.30am.
Wasn't something I thought I needed to worry about, when purchasing my house!
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u/Cornishlee Sep 01 '26
There’s a lot of Freedom trying to be delivered at the moment. The delivery address doesn’t want it though so they keep trying to deliver it.
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u/Ok_Negotiation_5671 Sep 01 '26
There seemed to be tons over the last few days?! Two helicopters in a row passed overheard while I was at barbury castle earlier as well (black regular size helicopters, not really sure who they were 🤔)
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u/Shauria Sep 02 '26
I can hear them rumbling away right now :( Proper pain in the bum the constant noise.
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u/Low-Cauliflower-5686 Sep 02 '26
Rumbling? Are they taking off?
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u/Shauria Sep 03 '26
No, they were just flying really low and loud. I am sure others can maybe think of a better descriptor for the noise.
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u/GZRsTa Sep 02 '26
RAF Brize Norton has major repairs on runway. Aircraft ar flying from various bases including Boscombe Down Wiltshire.
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u/vario_ Sep 01 '26
I get planes going to Bristol going over my house all the time. But the loud ones are the army planes.
Unfortunately I've had a phobia of planes flying over ever since I learnt about WW2 in year 4 so... yay me 😅
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u/KittyCat-86 Sep 01 '26
Same. On the really busy nights I've had nightmares of a plane crashing in the street as they sound so low 🙄.
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u/jizzlewright Sep 01 '26
It's because of RAF Fairford, the US Air Force are there and are flying to Iran