Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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I do hope you were smiling, WUB! Love to have seen and heard the AN-22...
Biggin were using all three of their airworthy 2 seat Spits today, got several nice views of them taking off while abusing my feet in the countryside to the west of the airfield.
Bit of a shock to see Heathrow arrivals in both the Biggin and Ockham holds this afternoon and noted some were having a turn about Lambourne as well - things are starting to pick up!
Biggin were using all three of their airworthy 2 seat Spits today, got several nice views of them taking off while abusing my feet in the countryside to the west of the airfield.
Bit of a shock to see Heathrow arrivals in both the Biggin and Ockham holds this afternoon and noted some were having a turn about Lambourne as well - things are starting to pick up!
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Also reminded today that piston-engined Islanders always sound unsynchronised - Trislanders even more so!
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It's heading ESE out of Ostend now - shame it's not coming this way...
As good a reason as any to invite one in! Convair 990?
Have see the odd exec 727 around in recent years, any still flying apart from the sprayers here? I get the impression most of the remaining flyers are hauling freight until they break or are wrecked in the parts of the world where propliners previously ruled the roost (other than North America!).
Have see the odd exec 727 around in recent years, any still flying apart from the sprayers here? I get the impression most of the remaining flyers are hauling freight until they break or are wrecked in the parts of the world where propliners previously ruled the roost (other than North America!).
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Kingdom of the Netherlands AF A330 MRTT T-055 descending back to base from Aalborg - noticed it doing circuits somewhere earlier today and it defied identification - maybe at Eindhoven.
Loads of gliders up today!
Loads of gliders up today!
Airbus delivers first A330 MRTT to NATO Multinational Multi Role Tanker Transport Fleet
A U2 inbound to UK and a Raptor over Shleswig Holstein
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'Raptor' is the callsign, ADS-B works from HEX codes in the database and not directly from aircraft serials.