Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
I believe they work up each Spring at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus, for more reliable weather.
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Samaritans' Purse DC-8 has just got airborne from Shannon. If it's coming this way, shame the cloud is pretty solid...
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Indian AF KC-130 just passed over inbound Cambridge...
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Italian Air Force KC-767 with a couple of jets in trail flew over at lunch time heading north, just too much cloud to photograph or see what the ‘chicks’ were
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By chance the 748VIP that was sitting at BSL for the last 12 years flew over southern UK on the 15th headed to Marana AZ for 'scrapping' even though it only has 42 flying hours on the clock. Apparently Boeing have purchased it. I would be very surprised if it was scrapped, more likely repurposed or parted out at worst. All the aforementioned courtesy of a tabloid ;-)
There are very few C-5's flying these days it would seem, I wonder why that might be ? The 'M' version was with the uprated engines and cockpit wasn't it? To carry on transporting outsize cargo for Uncle Sam for the foreseeable. Are they suffering from component drought ?
An AN124 went over London yesterday coming from the USA headed to Poland, perhaps it was subbing.
An AN124 went over London yesterday coming from the USA headed to Poland, perhaps it was subbing.
Over 50 C-5M are still in service, with (according to ADSB-Exchange) five airborne over the USA as I type this. There have been one or two overflying to Europe most days recently.
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Low flying C17 on the Pennine low fly route southbound, over flew me while driving down Saddleworth Moor at 17.30.
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Recently about one a week over SE UK - unusually, yesterday's was sending ADS-B position, whereas they normally don't, for example last Monday evening's westbound example.
