Atlas transit Kyle of Sutherland 25 May

[N57.96 W4.46]

Really enjoyed today’s low level transit of an Atlas heading east along the Kyle of Sutherland this afternoon. Please visit again!

[treadigraph]

For a second there I thought you meant a rocket out of Cape Canaveral! ;)

[cliver029]

I don't know if anyone else has noticed, but if you follow FR24 you will have seen RAF C17's, A400's and
If I'm not mistaken the odd Voyager recently flying round the UK and doing circuits at all sorts of local airports.
Is this a cunning plan to get crews familiar with conditions around the regional airports or simply giving the local air traffic
teams some big plane continuity practice in anticipation of the opening up of the sky's again?

[Green Flash]

Seems said Atlas was on the Grand Tour. bro in law has a farm in Easter Ross and it went 'horsing up the glen' past his place. ADS-B https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c5e4 can filter just mil tracks (not all!) and indeed it looks like COMET455 is northbound at this time.

[N57.96 W4.46]

Thanks for the link. Looked great from my sunroom. Seemed a lot faster than the c130s that we sometimes see up here.

[unmanned_droid]

Yes, since there is so little air traffic passing over Bristol at the minute, whenever I hear an aircraft I take a look at FR24 to see who's out and about.

Brize inhabitants seem to be enjoying operating around the UK at the moment, and good on 'em!

Other users not broadcasting on ADSB also seem to be just as busy.

[NorthernChappie]

And southbound over Kingussie and Newtonmore. Would love to say 250 ft but taking the angle and elevation against our local mountain about 1 mile away, more like 750. Can't complain though. Only other thing in the last couple of days was a Poseidon doing big circles.