Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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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.
KC135 southbound over Jersey this breakfast time. FL190 - interesting. Don’t see many of them around here !
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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 ..
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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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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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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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...
...and it landed at Edinburgh. Must be summat other than a Hawkeye shurely...
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Cloudy when it went over me... Preceded by another AN-26, UR-CSJ I think it was...
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).