Jet2.com - sightseeing trip?
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Jet2.com - sightseeing trip?
Playing with my flightradar app last night @ 22:00 and noticed a Jet2 737 that departed Manchester, flew direct to shetland and then did a couple of figure of eights over shetland @ 33000 ft. I didn't stay awake long enough to see where it headed then, probably back to Manchester - I'm guessing it was training or some sort of testing - just curious why they headed up north and the reason for the strange manoeuvres over shetland? There was also some lightning storms over the islands last night - could that be related to the flight?
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Figure of eight is to allow both sides to be able to look up during the turns, max AoB and very single light off. It's a good trip when the Aurora is active, but still interesting when it's not.
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