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

Old 14th Feb 2021, 08:00
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Can anyone identify the engines on the aircraft in the second of Dave Reid's links above. Not the shape of the old P&W nor the newer CFMs.
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Old 14th Feb 2021, 08:11
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Can anyone identify the engines on the aircraft in the second of Dave Reid's links above. Not the shape of the old P&W nor the newer CFMs.
As already noted, JT8D-219s.

The aircraft in question was retired to AMARC in 2015, which would suggest that the upgrade programme is dormant, if not dead.
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Old 14th Feb 2021, 08:27
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Oops, thanks Dave. Didn't properly read the post before browsing the photos! Thanks.
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Old 16th Feb 2021, 14:28
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A very loud Qatar AF C-130 overhead London early afternoon, a Ukranian AN-26 going along the South Coast and a US GLF3 doing spaghetti circuits over the west country, either Mil or Geo by the looks of it.
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Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack
A very loud Qatar AF C-130 overhead London early afternoon, a Ukranian AN-26 going along the South Coast and a US GLF3 doing spaghetti circuits over the west country, either Mil or Geo by the looks of it.
The Qatar C-130J popped up briefly yesterday with a Marshalls callsign, so looks like a post-maintenance airtest. Today's flight used the more usual DEMA callsign and disappeared heading SSE at FL270, so presumably homebound.
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The A318 'Babybus' is in flight. FR24 shows BA9279 from MAD-ENS - Madrid, yes; Enschede, not sure about that as currently 1330 GMT out over the bay of Biscay!
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A380 F-WWOW at play in the Brest area - also a pair of French Falcon 20s F-GPAA and AD, presumably being used in a similar role to the FR Falcons.
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Old 17th Feb 2021, 13:16
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Originally Posted by Tocsin
The A318 'Babybus' is in flight. FR24 shows BA9279 from MAD-ENS - Madrid, yes; Enschede, not sure about that as currently 1330 GMT out over the bay of Biscay!
Bound for Enschede, which will be its final resting place.
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Old 17th Feb 2021, 13:45
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Half the RAF are up over the North Sea as well
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Old 17th Feb 2021, 13:55
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Scrapping or some sort of ground based use?
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You're right Dave, but not exactly the most direct routing! Final fly-by (at FL390) of LHR?
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KC-135 and 4 ‘chicks’ went over northbound at lunchtime, but couldn't make out what type
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Scrapping or some sort of ground based use?
Parting out.
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Bloody hell - only 12 years old...
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Polish Air Force CASA C295M flew high overhead Oxford area (out of Dublin) a short while ago heading east.
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Bloody hell - only 12 years old...
When Malev went down in 2012, I think their 737-600s were parted out at only 5 years old.
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just had a a comment from SWMBO living here in Bicester, used to dash outside in days past when the Air Atlantique DC6 & Electra's used to go overhead on their paper runs etc, still doing same some 20 years later when the AN12 & 26 go overhead, what will the next 20 years bring ? assuming am still alive & can still dash outside ?.
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Originally Posted by dixi188
When Malev went down in 2012, I think their 737-600s were parted out at only 5 years old.
They were scrapped at Goodyear in early 2012, having been delivered to Malev in 2003-2004, so around 8 years old when they met their demise.
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French AF Xingu out of Brum just passed over me during a nice sunny spell.

See Boeing only built 69 737-600s and most have been scrapped or are parked - seems to equate roughly to the 100 in size.
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I saw the Xingu as well, or should I say heard it and spotted the whitish dot heading over. Can't be many of them flying outside of the FAF squadrons these days.
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