Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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Thanks Big Eric. Assume the T-50s will be ferried here and are not in the Hercs?
Another unusual sight for this neck of the woods, Loganair ATR whizzed over a little while ago, inbound Heathrow from the IOM...
...and a Portuguese P-3 just went by - thought I'd have heard it!
Another unusual sight for this neck of the woods, Loganair ATR whizzed over a little while ago, inbound Heathrow from the IOM...
...and a Portuguese P-3 just went by - thought I'd have heard it!
...and a Portuguese P-3 just went by - thought I'd have heard it!
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Cheers! I'd forgotten they'd been here before. Must break down easily for transportation - thinking about it, a ferry trip would be a hell of an undertaking, Russia's out, would they be welcome in China?
(Who recalls the Alconbury Aggressor F-5s arriving four at a time in C-5As in 1976?)
(Who recalls the Alconbury Aggressor F-5s arriving four at a time in C-5As in 1976?)
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Presume Stansted is the destination as Boscombe would not have appropriate unloading equipment?
Anyone hear the matutinal AN-12 around 8.30? Presumably heading to Brum...
Anyone hear the matutinal AN-12 around 8.30? Presumably heading to Brum...
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Another unusual type over northern London - Belgian F-16 westbound towards Brize/Fairford...
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An experimental Beechcraft Corp T-6-c buzzing overhead London having come all the way from Wichita heading to somewhere SE of the UK. A long ferry flight for what looks like a ground attack/trainer aircraft.
Saturday at around 1615 heard slow revving radials over Evesham I failed to see it but FR24 showed it as G- VROE a.n Anson ex Blackbushe registered to Air Atlantique
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Is this thread purely for U.K. overflights ? Or can other interesting and curious aircraft be posted ?
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Just noticed Singapore 23, A359 flying over, apparently JFK-SIN - 9500 miles via a great circle, God knows how far it is avoiding Russia... nearly 20 hours aloft. Not for me thanks!
Often does that track. I've seen it doing the length of the Mediterranean before now, and it normally goes south of London, across France. Tends to go eastbound both ways, the outward from Singapore across the Pacific. It used to occasionally route overhead the North Pole as well.
SQ21, the sister flight usually goes over London, or thereabouts around 9pm local most evenings (SQ23 no idea). I've watched it on and off for the last month or so and like both posters above the thought that it's journey takes from 18.5 to 19.5hrs depending on winds/routing is truly amazing. It blows my mind that it has (I presume) 200+ passengers plus catering plus luggage plus cargo and fuel reserves for weather diversions etc, c r a z y! A tribute to Airbus on their A350. Apparently Qantas is soon to be commencing LHR-SYD direct flights using the A350-1000 that will be well over 20hrs aloft. I hope they offer thrombosis socks to the passengers whilst boarding :-)