Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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It's a static exhibit, the full list of movements can be found here :- https://threshold.aero/riat-2022-movements
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Try the RIAT section within the UK Airshows section and (if you are a member with at least 5 posts anywhere on the forum) try the UK OTT/Heads-up section.
Aha! I was only looking on the normal Fairford forum and there seemed to be mostly posts about dragon ladies....I'm not a member and only visit now and again, so despite looking through the various categories didn't see the airshow sections. Thanks for the pointers.
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Thanks for the heads up about the E-4, I was in a pub garden totally oblivious to things aeronautical all yesterday afternoon!
Another E-4 is airborne and on its way home from Souda Bay on Crete, been on stand-by for Biden during his ME visit. Sadly I doubt it'll head up our way, prob do some air to air refuelling off western France.
Another E-4 is airborne and on its way home from Souda Bay on Crete, been on stand-by for Biden during his ME visit. Sadly I doubt it'll head up our way, prob do some air to air refuelling off western France.
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E-4 refuelled by 3 KC-135s off Lands End.
Air Force One inbound Mildenhall.
Air Force One inbound Mildenhall.
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No way! Too far and too hot! 
Have been browsing ADS-B Exchange - tracking 9564 aircraft (adsbexchange.com) this evening and noticed an unusual aircraft over Central Scotland for some hours with limited but interesting info : Reg/Type Code GND, no speed given but altitude shown as 62,000 ft. Any idea what this might be?
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Sad loss of an old friend and her crew - seems to have crashed from altitude; Serbia to Jordan but crashed in Greece. It was the one that got commented on here over time as always making an exceptionally loud transit overhead. I wonder if it had some issue with prop synchronisers or similar. Or maybe a cargo fire.
Military weapons to Bangladesh, apparently (possibly Russian ones if loaded in Serbia - nobody will admit to buying Russian products at the moment). The sort of thing these guys do, no questions asked.
Greece plane crash: Cargo aircraft was carrying weapons to Bangladesh - minister - BBC News
Actually seems to have turned back to Kavala when over the Aegean. Seems to have been going down at 5,000 ft/min and over 200kts at the end, not aligned with the runway. Poor crew.
Military weapons to Bangladesh, apparently (possibly Russian ones if loaded in Serbia - nobody will admit to buying Russian products at the moment). The sort of thing these guys do, no questions asked.
Greece plane crash: Cargo aircraft was carrying weapons to Bangladesh - minister - BBC News
Actually seems to have turned back to Kavala when over the Aegean. Seems to have been going down at 5,000 ft/min and over 200kts at the end, not aligned with the runway. Poor crew.
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Gulfstream 5 heading this way apparently at 49000' - see they can get up to 51000'... Saw him too, leaving a con trail - suspect that's the highest flying aircraft I've ever seen!
Re the P180, heard it go over while I was in the shower, pretty the last time I went to the RIAT in the 1990s, the ItAF looped one!
Edit: out of interest, would today's extreme temperatures have any significant effect on altitude readouts? I assume ADSB is picking up data from a pressure sensitive altimeter?
Re the P180, heard it go over while I was in the shower, pretty the last time I went to the RIAT in the 1990s, the ItAF looped one!
Edit: out of interest, would today's extreme temperatures have any significant effect on altitude readouts? I assume ADSB is picking up data from a pressure sensitive altimeter?
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