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Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?

Old 5th Nov 2020, 11:18
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
Lest anyone might think Brize has seen multiple foreign A400Ms today, those are one and the same aircraft.
It's been doing circuits at Norwich again today, currently heading SW over Stevenage at 21000'.
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Old 5th Nov 2020, 12:40
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Originally Posted by Brookmans Park
Has anyone noticed the return which pops up about 1000 miles west of Cape Town at random times speed 170 alt 0ft sometimes shows reg N274ZT
Assuming that you mean popping up on a flight-tracker rather than in real life, which one are you seeing it on?
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The Belgian/Luxembourg A400 just went over again after more circuits at Cardiff and Brize, saw it this time - and at no extra cost, Met Office Cessna 421 G-HIJK which appears to be visiting Biggin flew over at the same time - I didn't know they had an aircraft!
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Just had big twin turbine low wing o/head Bicester low, u/c went down heading in Kidlington (Oxford London A/port ????) direction I thought ATP (Saab ? not a Beech variant,) any ideas, as before my ADS-B down, thanks.
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KC135 southbound over Jersey this breakfast time. FL190 - interesting. Don’t see many of them around here !

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Originally Posted by zetec2
Just had big twin turbine low wing o/head Bicester low, u/c went down heading in Kidlington (Oxford London A/port ????) direction I thought ATP (Saab ? not a Beech variant,) any ideas, as before my ADS-B down, thanks.
​​​​​​​Saab 340 SP-MRB.
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Old 5th Nov 2020, 15:42
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Originally Posted by zetec2
heading in Kidlington (Oxford London A/port ????) direction
Ah yes, the "London" airport that's actually closer to the centre of Birmingham than to the capital.
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Thank you "Treads", appreciated, I first flew at Kidlington back in the 50's when it was grass, Oxford Aeroplane Club, with the white Tiger Moths, Oxford UAS silver Chipmunks, also home to Mew Gull Gp-AEXF, BAC Drone G-AEKV with the Carden Ford engine and the first Piper Tri Pacer G-AORO, oh happy days.
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Yesterday Thursday 15:45, unusual visitor , over Bracknell ( East Berkshire ) Apache at ~ 500 feet , mid Bracknell W>E ...slow ( ATC? ) , while on my walkabout , no swimming a mile a day for the time being :-( . Managed to get my telephone out just in time.
And this morning ( 10.25 ish ) a couple of single prop types, about 5 minutes apart heading NW ~ 1000 feet out of Blackbushe BBS

Unusual sight over East Berkshire ..

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Old 6th Nov 2020, 14:24
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White Bell 412 (4 blader) East to West very low o/head our house (opposite airfield) Bicester - just now, 15.25 ?
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A400M Again out of Brize heading East..

~ 15.20 approx. Airbus A400M ZM419 out of Brize Norton , South Bracknell W>E 28,000 feet climbing, - again great sound , routing Woking, Maidstone .. Deal and beyond .
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Old 6th Nov 2020, 15:23
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Originally Posted by zetec2
White Bell 412 (4 blader) East to West very low o/head our house (opposite airfield) Bicester - just now, 15.25 ?
Can't see anything other than slightly earlier Air Ambulance Aw169 G-PICU flew NE/SW and a little to the east of Bicester - not white though, it's a rather vile green and grey... The 412 was probably either to low or not providing a return the ADS-B plotters can pick up I guess...
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Hi Treaders, definitely a 412, we usually get it on Friday teatime routing same way, just not quick enough to grab a picture,
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Nice overfly S>N mid Bracknell at 8,000 feet Airbus A320-251N G-UZHE

15:45 Nice overfly S>N , mid Bracknell at 8,000 feet Airbus A320-251N G-UZHE , neo of course from FUERTEVENTURA FUE to LUTON , fairly common these types of fly overs especially South > North into Luton from Spain etc . all times of day , here .. TFC
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THE OPPOSITE : ~ 16:05 Boeing 737-8AS EI-ENG overflying mid Bracknell N>S at about 16,000 feet , Luton - Alicante , could just make it out through the strange part cloud cover today , Blackbushe BBS saying ~ 1000 feet but I would say higher ..
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Aircraft currently NE of Cromer, reportedly 162801 which would make it a USN E-2C Hawkeye out of Brno. Airspeed looks about right (300kt) with a bit of wind assistance perhaps...

...and it landed at Edinburgh. Must be summat other than a Hawkeye shurely...

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Aircraft currently NE of Cromer, reportedly 162801 which would make it a USN E-2C Hawkeye out of Brno. Airspeed looks about right (300kt) with a bit of wind assistance perhaps...

...and it landed at Edinburgh. Must be summat other than a Hawkeye shurely...
Yes, that E-2C went to AMARG in 2000 ...
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Old 10th Nov 2020, 13:49
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Quite a sight in the clear blue skies today
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Cloudy when it went over me... Preceded by another AN-26, UR-CSJ I think it was...
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I'd be fascinated to know what PlaneFinder thinks is at (or above) Heathrow in the above screenshot, apparently en route from ASD (Bahamas) to MUA (Solomon Islands).
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