737 jet spotted in Hereford

9:41am Monday 25th February 2013 in News

The 737 fuselage makes its way through Hereford The 737 fuselage makes its way through Hereford

PASSERS-by were left rubbing their eyes in surprise at the sight of what appeared to be a Boeing 737 making its way through Hereford yesterday.

This image and story was sent in by HT reader Emil - many thanks to other readers who sent in reports and comments on this.

Reader Keith L Morgan commented that the fuselage came from  the Ross direction but had to go across the New Bridge around the roundabout and back across to get onto the Abergavenny Road as it was so big it could not take the left turn off the roundabout on the way in.

Meanwhile Charles Thompson posted a video - link below- on our Facebook page of the plane making its way through Belmont.

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Comments(53)

probono says...
10:15am Mon 25 Feb 13

Is there no lengths the metal thieves
will not go to ?

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GDJ says...
11:30am Mon 25 Feb 13

GDJ wrote:
Doesn't look like Ross on Wye to me. A roundabout with traffic lights, and with building hoardings by it. Now where could it be? More top class journalism!
New readers may be puzzled.

The HT originally stated that the fuselage was in Ross on Wye and gave the photo that title.

They have deleted some of the sarcastic comments and changed the story and photo label.

A short statement from the HT acknowledging this would be nice.

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littlewhitebull says...
11:35am Mon 25 Feb 13

Arriva Trains Wales is usually a very good service, but even I was surprised at the replacement bus service due to engineering works. Boeing, Boeing, Gone!

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Herefordian07 says...
11:41am Mon 25 Feb 13

Yes GDJ my lampooning comment was taken down, it was neither malicious nor abusive but must have hit a target somewhere! My apologies for the direct hit.

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Herefordian says...
11:52am Mon 25 Feb 13

And you have to go to The Ledbury Reporter to get Hereford News
It's a mess trying to find HEREFORD News!

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JohnBoym458 says...
11:55am Mon 25 Feb 13

I hope i haven't been put on the naughty step for my sarcastic remarks!!!!!!!! Sorry HT but you must get things right before putting them public......It did brighten my day over here in Saudi.....

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Herefordian07 says...
11:58am Mon 25 Feb 13

JohnBoym458, can I join you on the naughty step? What's your favourite tipple, we can drown our sorrows together.

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Interested Onlooker says...
12:00pm Mon 25 Feb 13

The story does (now) say that details and the picture were sent in by a reader so perhaps the information supplied wan't as clear as it could have been. I'm not sure I would instantly recognise every traffic roundabout in Herefordshire without any other distinguishing features - would you?

And Herefordian, I find that clicking on 'news' on the index banner thingy of the Hereford Times website brings up the current Hereford news quite effectively. Or do you mean that there's too much about the rest of Herefordshire? I'm sure the newspaper has never been intended to serve the city only.

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Gillian1961 says...
12:26pm Mon 25 Feb 13

My son took a photo of this plane going past the shops at the oval heading to pontrilas some thing to do with the SAS i did say to him that i hope them let the passengers off first

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probono says...
12:34pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Going to join the train that sits in a field outside Ewyas Harold I suspect

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silentbull says...
12:55pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Funny that we was talking about the new idea the council had last week about public transport


And now this arrives Mmmmm

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fordshire77 says...
1:38pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Anyone know any logical reason why this wasn’t transported during the night? would it not make more sense!

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William Rudd says...
1:51pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Because they thought Sunday would be a quiet day to transport it..

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mizza21 says...
2:02pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Interested Onlooker. You do not have to defend the paper just because you work for it.
The Hereford Times should be able to recognise the boarding in front of the OLM development in the centre of HEREford.

It's rather poor form to remove comments because they make you look a bit silly too.
Even if they are sarcastic.

Perhaps you could just laugh about it and reply to them saying how you've correcte the "disgraceful mistake" or whatever and you hope the posters aren't too upset.

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nickt2635 says...
2:29pm Mon 25 Feb 13

HT first reported that the plane was going from Kemble to Cirencester along the A429 and then taking the A419 to J15 of the M4!!! How the heck it got from the M4 to Hereford without doubling back on itself i don't know.

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Roger J says...
2:47pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Another part of the MOD cutbacks I guess, learning how to fly a plane with no wings.

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trucking says...
2:59pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Fordshire, it makes plenty of sense to do it in day light, look at how much rear overhang it has, when it turns it will swipe around and take out anyting in its way. Best option is to move it the day so the driver can see his load better, and other traffic can see it, much safer in my veiw.

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dippyhippy says...
3:21pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Mizza! Thank Christ you're back! Hope half term wasn't too stressful. Do you realise Bobby is "off work" with a repetetive strain injury?? I think he's just sick and tired,I am hoping a week off will re-charge his batteries! Its not the same without his tirades of abuse!

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mizza21 says...
4:07pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Hallo Dippy
I didn't know he was off.
Half term was spent fishing (not catching) on the Welsh Coast with the bin lids and the bread knife.
So in short.. Yes, rather stressful and I'm back at work for a rest now.

I wish the King all the best.

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megilleland says...
4:16pm Mon 25 Feb 13

This is a dummy run for the Rotherwas Enterprise zone when its turning out hundreds of Ukranian/Georgian war planes for Mr Cameron's shopping trips to the Middle East!

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dippyhippy says...
4:39pm Mon 25 Feb 13

Megilleland,many a true word said in jest!!

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Themightyboosh says...
4:57pm Mon 25 Feb 13

thats just plane terrible

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littlewhitebull says...
6:15pm Mon 25 Feb 13

An old friend of mine, who served in the Royal Navy as a pilot, always said the three best things in life were a good landing, a good ****, and a good bowel movement.
But, landing a plane on an aircraft carrier at night was an opportunity to
experience all three at the same time.

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Gillian1961 says...
10:42am Tue 26 Feb 13

monday guess what a low loader went though hereford carring airplane wings

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Biomech says...
11:56pm Tue 26 Feb 13

I can't lie, this did wind me up a bit. I mean really, as "oh look" as it may have been, have people never seen a plane before? The day before the HT ran the story, facebook and social media was going nuts with people getting out of their cars videoing it, taking photos. It's a plane for christ sake! :P

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littlewhitebull says...
6:39pm Wed 27 Feb 13

Biomech - for goodness sake, stop making me agree with you!
Journal also delivered to my door for free - reporting and coverage of most 'major' events pretty good. Do they have as many reporters as HT?
How much will the HT be this Thursday?
I'll have a quick look when I pick up my daily paper before work, but I shall not be buying if it's £1.20 again.

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littlewhitebull says...
11:50am Thu 28 Feb 13

Are the police in pursuit of the vandals who desecrated this beautiful aircraft with spots?
Where is Bobby these days? I feel I am facing a massive uphill battle at the moment without his contributions, especially as I have a day off work, today.

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Interested Onlooker says...
3:19pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Eh? For the record, mizza21, I don't have the misfortune of working at the salubrious-looking premises of the Hereford Times (I don't even work within 20 miles of Hereford) and the last time I looked, my payslip didn't say "Hereford Times" (nor, before you ask, Newsquest Hereford Ltd or its printers Newsquest Oxfordshire Ltd).
It's just that I sometimes apply a little thought to matters before posting.

Not that I'm defending most local newspapers' headlong rush into the whizzy world of constant blogging, instant insubstantial updates and frenetic web-engagement. It's a case of trying to do too much with too few resources and spreading out thin content with speculation and waffle of the likes which people post on these comments.

The HT's sister paper the Worcester News had a perfect example this morning with a 'live' stream about a relatively unexciting fire in a house. Apart from a couple of key details about a main road being closed, then later reopened, it was just a stream of random observations along the lines of "There's a fire ...... it's burning .... fire engines have arrived .... more fire engines have arrived .... there's still a fire ..... smoke can be seen coming from the fire ... firefighters are putting out the fire ......" and so on for several hours.

Papers can't win with some of you, can they? They put out stuff people are contacting them with as quickly as possible, and are accused of getting it wrong or incomplete. They don't rush to break the story online, and they're accused of ignoring 'real news'.

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Interested Onlooker says...
3:25pm Fri 1 Mar 13

I should have also added that I don't have anything to do with administering the Hereford Times website, either (and am not computer-proficient enough to hack into it remotely, I can assure you) so certainly cannot delete anyone's comments, sarcastic or otherwise.

Trust me, if I could hack in, a large part of the irrelevant or unintelligible drivel some people come out with on this and other such sites would vanish instantly. Not because I agree or disagree, but just because these comment boards wander off at a tangent into the realms of fantasy, surreal nonsense or gibberish.

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Biomech says...
3:37pm Fri 1 Mar 13

The thing is Onlooker, they don't rush to put out the news and get verbally battered. What they do is take a rumour and make a whole article page of the website for 2 lines with little actual informaiton.

I empathise that they can't get bullet fast news out, I really do. But what we're talking about is very very very basic things. Typos, wrong place names, I mean most of the additional information can be found by a commenter within minutes, all we asking for is a bit of the actually research part of journalism.

For speed, there are ways to approach this within social media, some companies employ entire teams to sit on facebook all day because it is that much of an important platform.

All it takes is to monitor these platforms and respond ON THESE PLATFORMS whilst building a substantial article.

For example, you could have Hereford Futures say "Building one is complete!" at 10am, the HT could pick this up, pad it a little and retweet/refacebook this news within 5 minutes.

1 social media position is all it would take. This would relieve all of the journalists from spending their time rehashing badly constructed VERY short news pieces and, instead, concentrate on writing a solid article.

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Biomech says...
3:38pm Fri 1 Mar 13

I do agree with comments wondering off to the world of Narnia frequently though :P

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Herefordian07 says...
4:42pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Biomech, I always enjoy your postings and often agree with what you say but I think you might be wandering off to Narnia a bit if you think Hereford Futures will ever complete a building in our lifetime. My best wishes to you and forgive me for my lampooning comment

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Biomech says...
4:55pm Fri 1 Mar 13

lol I know what you mean, several months ago I, along with god knows how many others, was banned from their facebook page for asking questions :P

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bobby47 says...
5:23pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Interested Onlooker and Biomech, I can't have this! If I can't wander off delivering absolute rubbish, utter nonsense, pointless drivel and tripe then Im finished. I'll have nothing to say.
Surely there must be a balance here. A place for you both to sensibly discuss current issues and a haven for me to write the rubbish that no sane person would consider authoring or reading.
As for the comment, 'wandering off at a tangent'. That comment suggests that I wander off because I've no control. Rubbish! I do it all on purpose and I've never done it accidentally.
And finally the word unintelligible which has been used to describe my offerings toward the art of interesting posting? That's your view but ask yourselves this, ' is there anything that you write that lifts, elevates and touches the human need to laugh and be happy and make the daily misery of life a little easier to bear.
My very warmest regards.

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Biomech says...
5:29pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Who let Bobby out of the Wardrobe?! ;P

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bobby47 says...
6:10pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Biomech, I found a key my friend.

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dippyhippy says...
6:55pm Fri 1 Mar 13

And thank God that you did!

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bobby47 says...
7:45pm Fri 1 Mar 13

Hello Dippy my dear old friend. Yours is a gentle, kind and light touch writing style and its very welcoming to any reader.
Whenever I read your Posts I simply smile and feel good!
If we all followed your example and showered kindness upon this, that and the other, we'd all be the better for it.
That's my tribute to you kiddo.

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bobby47 says...
7:37pm Sat 2 Mar 13

Interested Onlooker, I remember now. Now I remember why I dislike you and your writing style.
As I've been wrestling with your recent Post I kept muttering, 'pull yourself together not everyone has a sense of humour. Why are you needled by this? And then I remembered and now it's fine.
This is what you do. You don't really make any comment upon news but you do make your bile laced comments and direct them at others in order to massage your own ego and then clear off. Mostly your criticism is aimed at writing styles, grammar, spelling and punctuation. That's your thing!
Anyway, back to my point. My memory...On the 19/10/12 Hfds child protection services ruled inadequate by ofsted.'
During that thread of news you did what you do. Ignored the news and commented upon us the Posters and our ability or lack of it to spell, punctuate and produce a grammatically correct piece of written work.
Yeah, I remember you!

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dippyhippy says...
7:57pm Sat 2 Mar 13

bobby47 wrote:
Hello Dippy my dear old friend. Yours is a gentle, kind and light touch writing style and its very welcoming to any reader.
Whenever I read your Posts I simply smile and feel good!
If we all followed your example and showered kindness upon this, that and the other, we'd all be the better for it.
That's my tribute to you kiddo.
Many thanks for those kind words,Bobby, I also remember that story well, it was the catalyst for me to start posting. Sometimes the subject matter is too important to be sidetracked with comments about punctuation or grammatical errors.Most posters have a great sense of humour,and a bit of lively banter is enjoyed by all. Others seem to have an entirely different agenda......wether thats personal insults,or mean and vile posts. It would be nice to think that even when these things crop up,the majority of us can rise above it!!

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M M says...
8:04pm Sat 2 Mar 13

Bobby I enjoy your writing style, I wish I could write the way you do.
I would like to write absolute rubbish, utter nonsense, pointless drivel and tripe, it really makes my day reading it.
Yes I do have a sense of humour, which is badly needed in todays world.
I am sure you are missed by many posters when you're locked in the wardrobe.

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dippyhippy says...
8:52pm Sat 2 Mar 13

Sounds like the name for a murder mystery weekend doesn't it? " Who locked the King in the cupboard "......!!!

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bobby47 says...
9:57pm Sat 2 Mar 13

Thanks to you both. I do appreciate it. My moan aint about any objection or any difference of opinion.
Its good to argue and object and have a different view. But, its how you do it. How you express it.
Look for example at our William Rudd!
He'll disagree with everyone and everything but we all treasure his view and look forward to it. I know I do. This site would'nt be the same if Will wasn't here or thereabouts.
Its not the disagreement or the objection to a view, its how you transmit it and just lately our little place, here on the HT site, has become a place for spite and bile and a place where you cant have an opinion for fear of offending someone and getting showered in phlegm.
So someone cant spell. So what if they disagree and have an opposite point of view. As long as you show a bit of restraint and respect for oneanother instead of shouting, 'racist, bigot, idiot or mocking oneanothers writing style, then it shouldnt matter.
If we aint careful this place will become a haven for those who simply want to argue and pour scorn on another.
What I did, in my recent response to Schiztrol was wrong and this latest outburst toward Interested Onlooker aint much better but, if we dont start objecting to rudeness and those simply looking to hurt anothers feelings, then this site will be taken over by those who dont cherish it as much as we do.
Plus, they dont want shot of bloody Jarvis as much as we do.
My best regards.

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Biomech says...
12:45am Sun 3 Mar 13

Booby, I think you mean,

"news and commented upon us -comma- the Posters -comma- and our ability"

;P

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dippyhippy says...
9:26am Sun 3 Mar 13

Quite right Bobby,good manners cost nothing,and that should apply to this forum as much as anywhere else!

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bobby47 says...
11:03am Sun 3 Mar 13

And as for you Biomech, who I note has been messing with me vowels and consonants after Onlooker has sent me crashing down to kiss canvas, as fond as I am of you and your bloody writing style, don't you ever agree with Onlooker again and suggest that my tripe and drivel should be deleted.

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littlewhitebull says...
12:04pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Bobby - welcome back, my old friend. Your postings have been greatly mist. Smelling and ponctuation aint impotent? Drival and ruggish, my old mait! I writes purrfect Onglish at every oppertuneityty, at you well nose.

Take the foollowing as an exemplar of the problums that can be creatted:

Dear John,
I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous, kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless and inferior.
You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I have no feelings whatsoever when we're apart. I can be forever happy - will you let me be yours?
Gloria

Change the punctuation and see what happens:

Dear John,
I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous, kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being useless and inferior.
You have ruined me. For other men, I yearn. For you, I have no feelings whatsoever. When we're apart, I can be forever happy. Will you let me be?
Yours,
Gloria

BUT, Bobby - you are still purrfection!

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dippyhippy says...
12:57pm Sun 3 Mar 13

By Christ Littlewhitebull!! How can any post top that????

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dippyhippy says...
12:57pm Sun 3 Mar 13

By Christ Littlewhitebull!! How can any post top that????

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dippyhippy says...
12:59pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Apologies-so overawed by Littlewhitebulls post, I pressed the submit button twice!

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bobby47 says...
1:20pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Christ indeed. Brilliant. As Mizza would say, 'How do you like them apples Onlooker'.

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wyesider says...
5:07pm Sun 3 Mar 13

As a bit of an old pedant, I thought Little White Bull's contribution very amusing. Is he really a writer posing as a poster? His witty writing provides a useful antidote to some of the more contentious offerings.
Wit and humorous banter are useful in any postings on this site.
We can all get a bit 'hot under the collar' at times when debating issues, so a little injection of words aimed at making us smile can help us all.
Thanks to all posters who try to temper their contributions with some wit.
By all means let us be serious when required, but we do not have to bite harshly when views are challenged.

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dippyhippy says...
6:09pm Sun 3 Mar 13

Wyesider, you have ,very eloquently, made your point extremely well. I am in complete agreement with you. This is a discussion some of us have had before,hopefully,if everybody takes on board these comments,its a discussion we will not have to have again! Enjoy whats left of the weekend!

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