Secret Flight Over Manchester UK 16.04.08
Ok ... I'll happily own up to a complete brain fade ....
I was not cleverly referring to a twin engined Caravan but the pure 'ole vanilla single .....
in my defence it was the colour I was thinking about ...
and despite that the question was genuine ... are we being asked about the (single engined) greyish Cessan Caravan that sometimes visits?
Or is this referring to the rather larger grey thing that apporached 23R the other day and then wandered off again without actually landing?
Or has someone finally noticed the twin engined grey thing that GMP send out over Wythensahw of a night?
I was not cleverly referring to a twin engined Caravan but the pure 'ole vanilla single .....
in my defence it was the colour I was thinking about ...
and despite that the question was genuine ... are we being asked about the (single engined) greyish Cessan Caravan that sometimes visits?
Or is this referring to the rather larger grey thing that apporached 23R the other day and then wandered off again without actually landing?
Or has someone finally noticed the twin engined grey thing that GMP send out over Wythensahw of a night?
The single engine caravan that makes regular appearances at MAN at the moment flies in and out VFR and shouldn't really cause any more problems to large traffic than the odd Cirrus or Seneca that use the airport.
The Herc which came in for a missed approach was well flightplanned in advance, so shouldn't have been a surprise to anybody.
The grey Defender just seems to slot in whenever/wherever it can, and doesn't always just focus on Wythenshawe, especially late at night.
The Herc which came in for a missed approach was well flightplanned in advance, so shouldn't have been a surprise to anybody.
The grey Defender just seems to slot in whenever/wherever it can, and doesn't always just focus on Wythenshawe, especially late at night.
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Was it about 16:00? heading south, approx 20K feet
Was in back garden, would say it was grey military twin turbo-prop.
Maybe CN235 or C295, engine noise brought it to my attention.
Was in back garden, would say it was grey military twin turbo-prop.
Maybe CN235 or C295, engine noise brought it to my attention.
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Had some very unusual aircraft movements over our area (Mansfield, Notts) over the last week or so.
A grey DC3 looking aircraft flew low on Sunday, and a couple of times
have had a grey turboprop flying low.
Yesterday afternoon the MAFF Do228 was flying low back and forth across some fields to the north, and to top it all off at 7pm last night two grey King Airs flew over in close formation at circa 2000'.
Probably all totally unrelated, but normally the only activity around us is the odd microlight!
A grey DC3 looking aircraft flew low on Sunday, and a couple of times
have had a grey turboprop flying low.
Yesterday afternoon the MAFF Do228 was flying low back and forth across some fields to the north, and to top it all off at 7pm last night two grey King Airs flew over in close formation at circa 2000'.
Probably all totally unrelated, but normally the only activity around us is the odd microlight!
And anyone who didn't see yesterdays departure of the "lego plane" missed a rare visitor.
Big red/yellow bombadier fire fighting water bomber ...... it looks like a kid drew it!!
Big red/yellow bombadier fire fighting water bomber ...... it looks like a kid drew it!!
It's not the "Lego" plane - that's a Danish registered Falcon 900!
But those brightly coloured Canadairs do seem to pass through MAN from Canada to the Med as the warmer weather approaches.
But those brightly coloured Canadairs do seem to pass through MAN from Canada to the Med as the warmer weather approaches.
