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Old 22nd May 2010, 17:09
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BugOutWest
 
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Atlantic Airlines mixing it with gliders etc ...

Hmmm, since my last post I have discovered radarvirtuel.com. From this I managed to find the flight parameters of an Atlantic Airlines B733 (?) flying on an easterly heading over Gransden glider site at between 2,500 and 3,000ft at around 1632Z today.

I wasn't there at the time, but I saw the aircraft from my garden. It was too far away to be a nuisance, of course, but I was extremely concerned at the aircraft's height -- particularly since my son was gliding at that airfield only a few hours earlier.

Again, flying an airliner in open airspace in the vicinity of gliders which are virtually invisible to radar, and which are very difficult to pick up visually is for me extremely poor airmanship.

Any dissenters?

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