Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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RAF E-3 has just done a touch and go at Gatwick! And an Irish AC AW139 has been along the Thames helilane.
E-3 lined up for another go at Gatters.
E-3 lined up for another go at Gatters.
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AWACS style aircraft, aka b707 look alike, just had two approaches to Manchester - apologies don’t know it’s proper designation 😀. Just checked an E3....
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We had a brief visitation from a lone Typhoon here in York.
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French Transall just droned SE over Farnborough and Brighton, friend in Worthing heard its Tynes.
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Three two-seat Spitfires about just now, G-CCCA out of Duxford, G-AVAV out of Biggin and G-ILDA from Goodwood. Sounds like a radio phone-in (imagine my best Tony Blackburn impresion) "...and here's Gilda from Goodwood... she's grrrrreattttt!"
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Looks like a re-fueling exercise at the moment between a Voyager and Hercules off the Norfolk coast.Both came out of Brize Norton.
Edit. Hercules no longer visible on ADS-B.
Edit. Hercules no longer visible on ADS-B.
In my quiet location near Saratoga County airport NY, where most traffic is Cessna 172 sized and a few bizjets, this morning was brightened, and the peace and quiet shattered, by an F-15 at around 4,000ft.... stayed local for 15 mins or so. A very rare sight.
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Strangley, I did note one of NASA's B-57s out of Mildenhall on ADSB several years ago - it routed via the Fairford area to Strumble.
Pleasantly surprised by a Tiger Moth over York this morning. Twice!
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Spitfires G-ILDA and the globetrotting G-IRTY have been very active from Goodwood today - G-ILDA appears to have done an approach into Gatwick at lunchtime. Vaguely recall seeing a Spitfire land on 08 at Gatwick many years ago when I was driving up to Charlwood from Lowfield Heath - probably G-ASJV/MH434.
Had a glimpse of G-AVAV getting airborne from Biggin this morning, unfortunately the Merlin was largely drowned out by the preceding Airvan until they turned towards Sevenoaks...
Had a glimpse of G-AVAV getting airborne from Biggin this morning, unfortunately the Merlin was largely drowned out by the preceding Airvan until they turned towards Sevenoaks...