Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
A quartet of KC125R's airborne over Yorkshire out of Mildenhall heading North East
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South African PC-12 ZS-LEE coasting in over Lydd. Might be inbound Biggin.
I havent seen much in the way of unsual craft butt he last few days there seems to have been an uptick in LHR outbounds via MID or SAM as well as OCK inbounds, nothign like normal of course but noticeably different from the silence of weeks ago. Also more and more overflight contrails so perhaps things are picking up a litt
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Definitely more movements all over the London TMA in the last couple of weeks. Perhaps it's just because of people determined to have a holiday elsewhere and will tail off after August, or perhaps it's the gradual reintroduction of capacity to meet demand.
As a spotter living near Heathrow in May 68 I remember listening to airband and hearing BEA Vanguards coming out of Le Bourget calling London when they were still well in French airspace. If French ATC went on strike today would BA still be operating in and out of de Gaulle?
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I think when French ATC were on strike back then military controllers were used until there was an accident and government stopped it.
As there are relatively few mil atc compared to civil perhaps the UK bound BEA Vanguards were quickly shuffled of to London Airways even if still over France. It was probably ok with limited amounts of traffic and once clear of the Paris area to do that.
Unlikely to work with todays traffic volumes of course
I think when French ATC were on strike back then military controllers were used until there was an accident and government stopped it.
As there are relatively few mil atc compared to civil perhaps the UK bound BEA Vanguards were quickly shuffled of to London Airways even if still over France. It was probably ok with limited amounts of traffic and once clear of the Paris area to do that.
Unlikely to work with todays traffic volumes of course
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BA A319 just gone over me inbound Heathrow from Newquay. Assume BA have taken on the route from FlyBe?
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They should have kept the other A318. Mind you, they were all business class weren't they?
