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For anyone interested….Exercise “Cobra Warrior” starts next week and is due to last three weeks! Exercise aircraft from several airforces, are currently assembling at both RAF Coningsby and Waddington. Recent arrivals have been Saudi airforce Typhoons into Coningsby along with associated C-130 and A330 flights taking place! Finnish a/f F-18’s should have arrived today as well. Tomorrow, (weds 01), there should be 2x Indian a/f C-17’s and an IL-78, (tanker version of IL-76) routing into Waddington. IL-78 should be dragging 5x Mirage 2000’s into Waddington…..these should all route up from the south!
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Forgot to mention in my previous post, that there are B-52’s currently operating out of Moron in Spain…..one of their first missions has brought two up over the UK, basically coming up from the southwest and routing via Shawbury/Leeming out over the North Sea and Scandinavia.
As i type this, one, callsign “Noble 21” is southbound over Carlisle fl270 returning to Moron.
Should be visible on both FR24 and Adsb!
As i type this, one, callsign “Noble 21” is southbound over Carlisle fl270 returning to Moron.
Should be visible on both FR24 and Adsb!
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As i type this, one, callsign “Noble 21” is southbound over Carlisle fl270 returning to Moron.
Should be visible on both FR24 and Adsb!
Should be visible on both FR24 and Adsb!
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For anyone interested….Exercise “Cobra Warrior” starts next week and is due to last three weeks! Exercise aircraft from several airforces, are currently assembling at both RAF Coningsby and Waddington. Recent arrivals have been Saudi airforce Typhoons into Coningsby along with associated C-130 and A330 flights taking place! Finnish a/f F-18’s should have arrived today as well. Tomorrow, (weds 01), there should be 2x Indian a/f C-17’s and an IL-78, (tanker version of IL-76) routing into Waddington. IL-78 should be dragging 5x Mirage 2000’s into Waddington…..these should all route up from the south!
Thanx!
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ADSB shows the Indian IL-78 to be currently abeam Napoli, so perhaps an approx 1730UTC arrival into Waddington?
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IL-78 just approaching Troyes, two B-52s making stately progress down the Western side of the UK after today's mission. Same way same day, one over Devon, the other the Lakes!
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Old friends...
Nice to see Flight's old Seneca G-BACB trundle overhead a few minutes ago. If memory serves, I first saw it at the Greenham Common International Air Tattoo in 1976! Rarely saw it otherwise...
Also, Arrows G-FULL yesterday and G-DMCS earlier, both registrations I recall from 40 plus years ago.
Also, Arrows G-FULL yesterday and G-DMCS earlier, both registrations I recall from 40 plus years ago.
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Belgian F-16 hurtling north across the Channel towards Seaford and thereafter me... flight seems to have emanated from down near Albacete... Will I hear it if it holds its course?
A few miles east the other side of Biggin - passing over Wisbech and descending, looks like heading into Waddington or wherever Coronet Wotsit is being hosted.
A few miles east the other side of Biggin - passing over Wisbech and descending, looks like heading into Waddington or wherever Coronet Wotsit is being hosted.
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The Indian AF IL78 and the 2 C17's flew over London on their way back to India today and to say they took an eccentric route from Waddington would be an understatement. Friendly ELINT between friends ?? ;-)
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Pair of B-52s cracking NE over Cornwall/Devon border. Assume they'll do the same as last week and turn north up towards Scotland and Norway.
Out of interest, they always seem to fly missions at 27/28000'. Just wondered why, are they most efficient at that altitude or staying out of the way of commercial traffic? I did note one out of Barksdale last year which was up at 50000' (so it said), looked like it might have been an air test
Out of interest, they always seem to fly missions at 27/28000'. Just wondered why, are they most efficient at that altitude or staying out of the way of commercial traffic? I did note one out of Barksdale last year which was up at 50000' (so it said), looked like it might have been an air test
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Incidentally, whilst reviewing the DHC-8 interception on Saturday, I noticed a Wideroe DHC-8 inbound Heathrow from Bergen - interesting curvy route down over Scotland and the west Midlands, followed by a couple of orbits between Woking and Farnborough, before joining the base leg for 27L. Not sure if the orbits were due to the shenanigans with the wayward aircraft or just because it wouldn't fit in with the usual holds at either Bovingdon or Epsom.
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Guernsey registered Alouette blatting around to the west of me, sadly not close enough to see! Currently over Richmond Park, perhaps going sight seeing along the Thames...
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Interesting holding patterns around Heathrow around 6am or so this morning, usual places just somewhat agley... wind? Couple of go arounds in the mix and just had an Air India 787 transit overhead from Gatters to Heathrow, see he spent a while in the Biggin hold around 11am before diverting to Gatwick. Edit: see all the holds were busy then, assume fuel rather than wind a bit out of limits?
Edit: interesting - civvy Lynx heading vaguely this way, just passing Guildford. Think it belongs to the guy who has a Sea King... Looks like he landed somewhere just south of Dorking...
Edit: interesting - civvy Lynx heading vaguely this way, just passing Guildford. Think it belongs to the guy who has a Sea King... Looks like he landed somewhere just south of Dorking...
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