Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
Why would the E-4B be used as a transport for any US VIP ? As far as I was aware it was the command post used in a doomsday scenario to provide a 'Govt in the air' impervious to EMP's etc. Wouldn't the US Sec of Defence normally travel in a C40 or C32 ??
I always found the ghostly white of the E-4's matched their ominous purpose. They used to come in pairs to sit at Mildenhall during Presidential visits to the UK in the past.
I always found the ghostly white of the E-4's matched their ominous purpose. They used to come in pairs to sit at Mildenhall during Presidential visits to the UK in the past.
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Thanks lads - unlikely to see her if it's Stansted - come on USAF, Heathrow is nice and quiet... 
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French AF C-130 just droned gently over here, an Edinburgh visitor it seems - would have preferred the mighty Transall though... dontcha just love Tynes?
SecState and SecDef are in Europe visiting NATO related to Ukraine.
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There seem to be a lot of European-registered small turboprops - Saab 340s, Metros, Brasilias, etc, plying to and fro from Brum and elsewhere - I assume they are freighting small packages?
Nice to get a somewhat distant glimpse of a C-5 heading up from Bristol Channel to Clacton a short while ago - doing the usual Belgium avoidance procedure. Ah, I miss Starlifters...
Nice to get a somewhat distant glimpse of a C-5 heading up from Bristol Channel to Clacton a short while ago - doing the usual Belgium avoidance procedure. Ah, I miss Starlifters...
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The E-4 has flown from Stuttgart to Brussels this morning - presumably will be here either this afternoon or tomorrow.
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Could be Google Maps doing the 3D stuff. OY-MIS also busy to the south of Stansted earlier on.
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Big jet tv video from euro cargo freight hubs worth a watch - jerry
There seem to be a lot of European-registered small turboprops - Saab 340s, Metros, Brasilias, etc, plying to and fro from Brum and elsewhere - I assume they are freighting small packages?
Nice to get a somewhat distant glimpse of a C-5 heading up from Bristol Channel to Clacton a short while ago - doing the usual Belgium avoidance procedure. Ah, I miss Starlifters...
Nice to get a somewhat distant glimpse of a C-5 heading up from Bristol Channel to Clacton a short while ago - doing the usual Belgium avoidance procedure. Ah, I miss Starlifters...
again IMO.Last edited by TheFrenchConnection; 14th Apr 2021 at 17:04.
I posted on this the other day and the post disappeared after a few minutes. I assumed moderated out?
D-FIPS
OY-MNS
G-ZDEA
G-DSPY
All working furiously the other day. Tracks are either NW<->SE or NE<->SW and on one observed occasion they did both in one area. Suggests to me some magnetic element to the task? Perhaps. There is often a right/left/right (or is it the other way?) turn or some imprecise orbits before the runs start.
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11-4-2021 - Survey - Troon to South Bute, land and sea.
Transit to Prestwick 1 April.
Flew survey trips :-
2nd, 3, 5, 6 (30 mins), 7 (90 mins), 9, 10, 11th, ...?
Also off Holland and Ireland.
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Aerial survey over the sea is usually for environmental reasons and or prospective off shore wind farms. Off shore wind farms may as part of planning process/authorisation want sea bird surveys. Believe it or not they count birds floating on the sea from the imagery as well as other things.
Survey flight lines, depending if for lidar or imagery, will align with various things - wind direction to lower crab angles even with gyro mounts which can handle certain crab angles, terrain heights to minimise GSD fluctuation (and avoid need for 3D flight plans that have a lot of flying height changes) and terrain (or infrastructure) alignment - i.e. roads or coastlines.
Survey flight lines, depending if for lidar or imagery, will align with various things - wind direction to lower crab angles even with gyro mounts which can handle certain crab angles, terrain heights to minimise GSD fluctuation (and avoid need for 3D flight plans that have a lot of flying height changes) and terrain (or infrastructure) alignment - i.e. roads or coastlines.