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

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by treadigraph

Edit: 2-RACE definitely an Agusta 109... ADSB Ex needs to update their database!

Yes, the Commander returned to the US register a couple of years ago.

[treadigraph]

Macchi M-345 CPX624 sailed over here earlier en route Stornoway, Brum, Lille and more onwards.

Gentle hum overhead is an eastbound Danish P-68 at 9000'....

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Cor, that Saudi AF Herc that just flew south over Croydon was loud! Another one further to the west...

[N707ZS]

Just watching G-ZABH one of the RAF Falcon 900s flying in the North sea at 700ft as RR1923.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by N707ZS

Just watching G-ZABH one of the RAF Falcon 900s flying in the North sea at 700ft as RR1923.

You need another R, Jim lad - RRR1923.

Sorry, couldn't resist !

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Noticed the call sign "KRF" the other day... 'twas the Royal Barge lugging KCIII over to Germany - took a mo to process!

[N707ZS]

Oooh R matey, was it Rishi dumping the opposition.

[SpringHeeledJack]

A US-regd S-76 chopper went overhead today in London. Not one of Trump's ;-)

[OUAQUKGF Ops]

As I write I have a couple of Typhoons swooping down over my house to carry out ground attacks on the cereal crop beyond my garden gate. It really is most invigorating to watch and no doubt even more invigorating for those partaking ! I expect it will rain as a result.

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Marauding thunderstorms passing over London are causing a rethink in Heathrow's eastern holds... I was looking forward to a bit of son et lumiere, but the electricity seemed to have been disconnected by the time the appropriate wet stuff reached my neck of the woods.

BAW900 describing a particularly nice drifting circular orbit east of Sevenoaks.

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On a train between Cambridge and Bury St E, noticed an LS6 on a cross country on ADSB keeping pace with us a mile or two north and orbiting in the odd thermal. At 3500' perhaps above the cloud base? Astonishingly hard to see, thought the wings would flash in the sun. Finally spotted him at Newmarket, below the cloud.

[Geordie_Expat]

Miles Messenger and Hornet Moth landed at Shoreham about 1530 this afternoon from Biggin.

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Hmm, Reds need to up their formation skills a bit this year...

[SpringHeeledJack]

A Coningby Typhoon went directly over London in the last hour at 41,000ft and 630kts on it's way back from a sortie at relatively low-levels in the Solent. Any ideas as to what that was about ? Not so often that such aircraft go over the city.

[sealo0]

Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack

A Coningby Typhoon went directly over London in the last hour at 41,000ft and 630kts on it's way back from a sortie at relatively low-levels in the Solent. Any ideas as to what that was about ? Not so often that such aircraft go over the city.

There was a navy vessel there or there abouts at the time , I just think it was related.

Mike

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Grimm 99, E-4B sneaking up the Bristol Channel inbound Mildenhall. Even if it did come my way, weather over London is still pants. And yesterday I was just a couple of miles from Mildenhall. One of these days I WILL catch up with an E-4. Air Force One landed at Belfast a few minutes ago.

[Akrotiri bad boy]

Akro Towers was just buzzed by a single seat Hunter heading south. Took me back to my 2TWU days at Lossie.

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WC-135R Constant Phoenix on approach into Mildenhall...

[SpringHeeledJack]

I'm assuming that that isn't a weather aircraft despite the prefix ? Perhaps a 'sniffer' of some kind ? Pretty rare all he same.

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This is a recently converted KC-135R - apparently I saw it as a KC-135A somewhere (gap in in the where/when column but prob Mildenhall or Fairford!) back in the day according to my mil file. Yes, a sniffer rather than weather.