Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
One of those fokkers flew overhead again this morning (06:00 in case anybody is interested) heard it coming when it was over the North Sea, probably going to East Midlands, by the way an AN 26 that it was, not what l said the other day, sorry :-(
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Swedish C130.
At 1450 this afternoon Swedish C130 84005 crossed the N.Norfolk coast at 20000' and descending heading about 235 -240 ,destination ?? Just checked ADS-b and its about to land at Fairford.
At 1450 this afternoon Swedish C130 84005 crossed the N.Norfolk coast at 20000' and descending heading about 235 -240 ,destination ?? Just checked ADS-b and its about to land at Fairford.
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Oman C-295 Persuader just passing Maidstone fl160 routing into Fairford…..MJN910…..serial 911
German EC-145. routing over West Malling, also for Fairford……GAF842…..76+06
German EC-145. routing over West Malling, also for Fairford……GAF842…..76+06
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Czech Mi-8 just flew past a couple of miles south of Chateau Treadders - yakking on the phone to sis so didn't notice...
I'm in Jersey at the moment. About 11.30 a noisy piston twin circled round the south of the island, in front of me, at circuit height, about a mile offshore. Can't locate what it was. Any ideas ?
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A pause for thought when I noticed three French Atlantiques heading east across Northern France with tankers on a course to intercept. Then I remembered what today is. Lot's of mil activity in the Paris area now.
I'm just perusing a tracker now and saw the 3 Atlantiques to the NW of Paris and thought it worth a mention. I too wondered wth, but then saw the date and it clicked. That must be most of the the FN Atlantique fleet in the air, or at least the airworthy ones!
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Saw an Italian C-130 earlier and there is a German Navy P-3 heading west along the Thames Estuary... Destination Fairford!
I heard and saw the ITAF herc as it was so low, compared to normal. Missed the P3, what height was it at ? My mind is conjuring up a sub-1,000ft ASW mission profile.
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P-3 was up in the teens I think, couldn't see it but heard a deep drone. Had been walking across Croydon Airport a few mins earlier, might have had a better chance of seeing it. I was actually standing by the memorial to this accident when it flew by...
Also USAFE F-16s and Austrian Typhoons have sauntered past south of here this morning.
Also USAFE F-16s and Austrian Typhoons have sauntered past south of here this morning.
Forgive my ignorance, but is RIAT on this weekend and Farnborough next weekend ? I've not seen any notices of any sort tbh.
The invisible, but very aural PC-9 sounded like several, could that be the case ?
The invisible, but very aural PC-9 sounded like several, could that be the case ?
As much desired by the commercial side, who regarded interest in aviation as bizarre (although they all had done it in past years, including various Boeing pro's I had met).
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Not sure I've ever seen an AN-30... AN-12 just went over outta Liverpool...