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

Old 12th Jul 2022, 14:32
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Aha! Forgot all about the airshow....
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Old 13th Jul 2022, 06:38
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Just spied and heard an Antonov 124 rumble over the house heading south. Then missed another up the coast going North.
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Old 13th Jul 2022, 11:42
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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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Old 13th Jul 2022, 14:18
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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.

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Old 13th Jul 2022, 14:23
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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
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Old 13th Jul 2022, 16:06
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This C130 left Fairford at about 1620 and is currenly flying about ENE over Norfolkat 25000',obviously it didn't want to stay too long.
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Old 13th Jul 2022, 16:15
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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...
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Old 13th Jul 2022, 20:40
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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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Old 14th Jul 2022, 07:44
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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.
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Old 14th Jul 2022, 09:10
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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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Old 14th Jul 2022, 10:27
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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!
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Old 14th Jul 2022, 11:49
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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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Old 14th Jul 2022, 12:08
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A Slovenian AF PC-9 heading over London presently, perhaps also for Fairford ?
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Old 14th Jul 2022, 12:09
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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.
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Old 14th Jul 2022, 12:19
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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 ?
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Old 14th Jul 2022, 12:47
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Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack
Forgive my ignorance, but is RIAT on this weekend and Farnborough next weekend ? I've not seen any notices of any sort tbh.
The weekend element of the Farnborough show is a thing of the past. This year's show runs from next Monday, 18th, to Friday 22nd.
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Old 14th Jul 2022, 12:55
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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
The weekend element of the Farnborough show is a thing of the past. This year's show runs from next Monday, 18th, to Friday 22nd.
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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Old 14th Jul 2022, 17:13
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A Romanian AF AN-30 went over N London in the last 30mins headed to Fairford.
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Old 14th Jul 2022, 18:30
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Not sure I've ever seen an AN-30... AN-12 just went over outta Liverpool...
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Old 14th Jul 2022, 18:53
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Both heard and saw, though the photo I took looks like an orange smudge. Lovely to hear it though.
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