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

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by Gulf4uk

Z21121 C130 Tunisian AF Passed near FAB 1150 shame it had just clouded over and started to rain

It's a C-130, but not a C130 (though Tunisia has those, too).

Specifically, one of its two C-130Js, so the flight-trackers ought to show it as ICAO C30J.

[BSD]

A Gulfsteram 650 flanked (closely) by 2 piston singles (Extras?) at 3000', here over NW Essex, heading north towards Duxford.

A most welcome, not everyday sight.

Now, who might know what that was all about?

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I've read elsewhere that this afternoon US-owned P-51C Berlin Express and P-51D Hun Hunter returned to Duxford from Switzerland where they've been based for a couple of years. May well be what you saw, lucky chap!

[student88]

Originally Posted by BSD

A Gulfsteram 650 flanked (closely) by 2 piston singles (Extras?) at 3000', here over NW Essex, heading north towards Duxford.

A most welcome, not everyday sight.

Now, who might know what that was all about?

I saw this too, blocked from FR24 but eventually landing at Biggin Hill - anyone know any more? The flight originated from Dijon.

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What time was it?

[BSD]

I guess around 4:00 pm. I heard the piston engines from within the house, their “unsynchronised beat notes” drew me out to see what it was.

Ashamed of myself when I realise I might have mistaken 2 P51s for Extras!

[treadigraph]

Easy mistake-a to make-a!

Can't see them on Plane Finder but the owner of the Mustangs has (I believe) several Gulfstreams at his disposal...

[DaveReidUK]

The Gulfstream was probably N1F.

It's been at Biggin since 25th June, departed just after 10 am yesterday southbound and arrived back from the north just after 6:30 pm.

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That's the one I was expecting to see on Plane Finder and didn't! The other is N1TF for the late patriarch of the family.

[esscee]

Typhoons x3 around east Devon and a V-22 around BZZ.

[treadigraph]

Originally Posted by BSD

A Gulfsteram 650 flanked (closely) by 2 piston singles (Extras?) at 3000', here over NW Essex, heading north towards Duxford.

A most welcome, not everyday sight.

Now, who might know what that was all about?

Some nice pics here...

[SpringHeeledJack]

A Swiss Air Force Challenger into Biggin Hill. I wonder why it wouldn't be at Northolt ?

[KING6024]

A Voyager and Typhoon together in AAF zone off Norfolk at about 1235 local today.16000' and about 400ish kts.

[SpringHeeledJack]

Bombardier Service Centre at Biggin Hill might be the lure?

Good point! I had only considered it's military/govt role and therefore Northolt seemed the obvious choice.

[treadigraph]

It's showing up on ADSB in the vicinity of the old Surrey Aviation/Fairflight hangar on the SE corner of the airport at the moment - is that now Bombardier?

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack

A Swiss Air Force Challenger into Biggin Hill.

Are you sure it arrived today? Other reports suggest it's actually been at Biggin since mid-June.

[G-ARZG]

Originally Posted by treadigraph

It's showing up on ADSB in the vicinity of the old Surrey Aviation/Fairflight hangar on the SE corner of the airport at the moment - is that now Bombardier?

Yep, that's one of their hangars

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Thanks 'ZG!

Air Nunavut Falcon 20 C-GZOX just heading east towards Dover...

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

Are you sure it arrived today? Other reports suggest it's actually been at Biggin since mid-June.

Answering my own question, it was confirmed as landing at Biggin around 07:45 on 15th June. A Swiss AF PC-24 made a brief visit at lunchtime the same day, presumably acting as a crew ferry.

It looks like it was powered up on the ramp at Biggin today following maintenance, hence its brief appearance on the flight-trackers. At a guess, we'll see another PC-24 visit sometime in the next few days with the crew for the return flight to Belp.

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Hadn't heard an Antonov for a while, AN-26 UR-CQE out of Brum at 6.30am...