Strange Flight GoldCoast This Afternoon
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Strange Flight GoldCoast This Afternoon
Sounds a bit crazy... But whilst hanging out the washing....
Gold Coast: 5:10pm in Arundel - A Brown/Orange plane (jet), was heading NorWest'ish very low and making no sound. I'd guess it's height would have been no more than 1k at most. Looked like a normal small bodied jet (sort of size that flies from BNE to MEL/SYD). But certainly it was a Brown/Orange colour. No standout tail image that I could see.
In my 10 years here I have never seen a plane heading that way. We have the Southport airport close by and see many regular flights of 152's etc and the helicopters etc...
Which made me wonder about these aircraft, as they normally take off and land with a South/North direction.
I said to the missus "That's strange...". I went inside to find the iPhone and back outside watching this plane heading in to the setting sun, I opened up Plane Finder and this aircraft didn't show up.
Various other planes were up, Virgin, Q and so on. But not this plane...
Anyone have a guess as to what it was?
Gold Coast: 5:10pm in Arundel - A Brown/Orange plane (jet), was heading NorWest'ish very low and making no sound. I'd guess it's height would have been no more than 1k at most. Looked like a normal small bodied jet (sort of size that flies from BNE to MEL/SYD). But certainly it was a Brown/Orange colour. No standout tail image that I could see.
In my 10 years here I have never seen a plane heading that way. We have the Southport airport close by and see many regular flights of 152's etc and the helicopters etc...
Which made me wonder about these aircraft, as they normally take off and land with a South/North direction.
I said to the missus "That's strange...". I went inside to find the iPhone and back outside watching this plane heading in to the setting sun, I opened up Plane Finder and this aircraft didn't show up.
Various other planes were up, Virgin, Q and so on. But not this plane...
Anyone have a guess as to what it was?
This mob?
Or was AirAsia lost again?
Or was AirAsia lost again?
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yeah, i saw it too near Jimboomba flying low and slow, quiet as not climbing. Not an E Jet. Widebody, underwing engines, winglets, suspect things hanging from wings outboard of engines (view thru trees), heading towards Amberley. My guess MRTT (Multi role Tanker Transport), Airbus A330 converted to refueling aircraft, looking orange in setting sun.
Checked flightradar24 and it didn't show, hinting it is military aircraft.
The shape of the winglets was most A330 like.
Checked flightradar24 and it didn't show, hinting it is military aircraft.
The shape of the winglets was most A330 like.
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The USAF KC10's are operating out of BN at the moment so it could have been one of them. They don't normally show up on FR24. If you want to see the aircraft that don't appear on FR24 go to the South East QLD radar page.
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Nice to know about that page BPA. Have set it in favs.
I assume you are correct FS.
But why wouldn't it have a transponder operating even if it's military (ie: not war time event), and flying through/over residential areas
Well, i'm glad that's cleared up. The missus was doing the Twilight Zone jingle for hours taking the mickey out of me..
I assume you are correct FS.
But why wouldn't it have a transponder operating even if it's military (ie: not war time event), and flying through/over residential areas
Well, i'm glad that's cleared up. The missus was doing the Twilight Zone jingle for hours taking the mickey out of me..
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Nice to know about that page BPA. Have set it in favs.
I assume you are correct FS.
But why wouldn't it have a transponder operating even if it's military (ie: not war time event), and flying through/over residential areas
Well, i'm glad that's cleared up. The missus was doing the Twilight Zone jingle for hours taking the mickey out of me..
I assume you are correct FS.
But why wouldn't it have a transponder operating even if it's military (ie: not war time event), and flying through/over residential areas
Well, i'm glad that's cleared up. The missus was doing the Twilight Zone jingle for hours taking the mickey out of me..
They do have their transponder on, however they block/turn off the ADBS function which is what FR24 needs to pick them up. Some bizjets do the same.
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Could just be that flying so low no ADS-B receiver could see as its line of sight.
Flightradar uses ADS-B not transponders. Not sure about RAAF policy. The BBJs used to show up with their callsigns, now just says 737. Hercs, C-17s say type, the King Airs and Spartans often say callsign and I have seen KC-30s on it.
Could just be that flying so low no ADS-B receiver could see as its line of sight.
Could just be that flying so low no ADS-B receiver could see as its line of sight.
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There was a P8 Poseidon tooling round Melbourne earlier this week at FL130 and full ADS-B telemetry was being broadcast on this and other times I have noticed it. Training maybe?
