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

[SpringHeeledJack]

For some reason, there have been quite a few P180's of the Italian forces (Army/Navy/AF) into and close to London in the last 2 weeks. Noisy buggers and beautifully ugly.

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Bolar 11 crossing the North Sea showing up as a T-38! Assume its actually a 48FW F-15 which usually seem to use Bolar for a callsign.

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About to watch a Citation Mustang land on Shoreham's little runway - it's in and out pretty regularly but always seems weird to me to see a biz jet in there!

Edit: plenty of room of course!

[DaveReidUK]

I hope he's thinking of rotating some time soon.

[SpringHeeledJack]

A CAVOK AN-12 just transiting SE UK making what could only be described as a staccato droning as it made it's way across the sky.. almost sounded mournful somehow.

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Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack

A CAVOK AN-12 just transiting SE UK making what could only be described as a staccato droning as it made it's way across the sky.. almost sounded mournful somehow.

I heard it, sounded quite interesting over the traffic...

Dave, seen it depart as well via the webcam once or twice; only time I've watched that railway embankment rushing towards me has been from a C150! Flew in a Rapide off that runway as well - you can't see bugger all ahead from Seat 1A in the passenger cabin!

[goldox]

"Anyone any idea what went screaming over Reading town centre yesterday (18th) late morning."

"Think that it may have been one or more of the Red Arrows Hawks! "

Cheers Chinooker!

[Geordie_Expat]

Originally Posted by treadigraph

About to watch a Citation Mustang land on Shoreham's little runway - it's in and out pretty regularly but always seems weird to me to see a biz jet in there!

Edit: plenty of room of course!

Very regular visitor. Have also seen (once) a Citation Jet CJ4. I wonder if 2-MSTG is actually based at Shoreham these days.

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Wow, N3682B, an Excalibur Beech 50 Twin Bonanza going into Fairoaks - direct descendent of the Queen Air and King Air I think...

[goldox]

CAVOK AN-12b UR-CEZ just passed right overhead at 14,000 but no sign of it due to cloud cover. DEEP drone tonight.
Heading south ex-Birmingham.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by treadigraph

Wow, N3682B, an Excalibur Beech 50 Twin Bonanza going into Fairoaks - direct descendent of the Queen Air and King Air I think...

I think it's the other way round - the Twin Bonanza was an ancestor of the Queen Air (aka Beech 65).

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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

I think it's the other way round - the Twin Bonanza was an ancestor of the Queen Air (aka Beech 65).

Sorry, that's wot I meant! Got it asc about desc... Nice machine, love to see it, think the engines have those lovely noisy augmented exhausts...

Edit: thinking it through further, Excalibur reminds me that it also step-fathered, via the Excalibur Queenair and Merlin II, the Merlin III and Metroliner though I think they share no common parts with the Beech designs.

[The AvgasDinosaur]

Heads up folks Cavok CVK7018 UR-CNN is en-route Algiers-BHX. Due in about 2 hours.
Hope you get blue skies🤞

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UR-CNN just giving Menorcan visitors a wake up call....

Edit: Just passed Reims still heading relentlessly north towards Brussels, he needs to hang a left soon...

Edit edit: ...which obligingly he has now done. Set a course more or less for Dover or Lambourne I think.

[The AvgasDinosaur]

Safely down at 1234.

[SpringHeeledJack]

Only mentioned for the reg, a TBM-900 floated past me on finals for Fairoaks earlier and it's reg was was T7-960. That's the first alpha-numeric San Marino reg I've seen.

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Every time I see T7960 as it appears on ADSB-Ex, I think it must be a Tiger Moth! A rather fast one of course...

[Geordie_Expat]

Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack

Only mentioned for the reg, a TBM-900 floated past me on finals for Fairoaks earlier and it's reg was was T7-960. That's the first alpha-numeric San Marino reg I've seen.

There is a T7 reg PC12 that is often out and about (seen at Perth and Shoreham).

[Trinity 09L]

I was on the Devon/Cornwall border alongside the A30 around midday today, then confirmed by the app two F15’s at around 5500ft, inbound westwards and then a full 180 around the countryside, great display.

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US Army Chinook clattering along the Thames heli-lane...

Originally Posted by Trinity 09L

I was on the Devon/Cornwall border alongside the A30 around midday today, then confirmed by the app two F15’s at around 5500ft, inbound westwards and then a full 180 around the countryside, great display.

I was in Tavistock in January and a pair beat the place up - I didn't see them (narrow street) but they appeared on ADSB once I'd got a pint in front of me...