Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
Understand it is going to be used for English Channel monitoring patrols.
How accurate is FR24 info?
Just had a Patenavia Victor of Ravenair overhead tracking 270. According to the FR details its supposed to be Liverpool Aberdeen so what's he doing heading west just south of Mansfield on what appears to be a reciprocal to Liverpool?
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Egyptian AN-72 heading north over France, sadly descending the other side of Paris so presume inbound Orly or somewhere...
It's been somewhat 'busy' along the Thames in the last hour, 3 CH-47's of the RNAF, 5 AH-1's of the RNAF, 2 CH-47's of Odiham's finest going at a good pace up and down. I can't remember when there's been so many movements in such a short time frame.
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A flight of 3 Chinooks heading up the Pennines followed 40 min later by a flight 3 Apaches then 20 min later a flight of 2 Apaches all heading north.
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Danish MH-60 pootling around up near Cape Wrath and a Norwegian P-8 has been for a day trip out into the Atlantic from Lossie - currently heading up the Celtic Sea towards Strumble.
How accurate is FR24 info?
For an airliner, that's usually a reasonable assumption. For GA aircraft, much less so.
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Low flying C17 south bound on the Pennines this afternoon around 15.45. Looked to go a little lower than normal up the Wessenden valley.
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There was an A400 doing a low level run through SE Scotland, down the Pennines, past Marsden about 3.35, then looks like it went on down along the Derwent, Howden and Ladybower reservoirs - as it's the 80th anniversary today, why not? - before heading over to Wales for some more low level work through the valleys there, then back to Brize via Tidworth.
Southern gliders have been enjoying the northerly breeze over the last several days, noted a few out from Lasham and Challock working the long South Downs scarp at low level along with the Parham and Ringmer pilots.
Southern gliders have been enjoying the northerly breeze over the last several days, noted a few out from Lasham and Challock working the long South Downs scarp at low level along with the Parham and Ringmer pilots.
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There's a Pilatus PC-6 out of Cumbernauld that has taken the long and winding road to Edinburgh and worked its way back roughly along the M8 and has been circling around Wishaw for the last 30 minutes. It might be longer but we only really noticed the buzzy little thing a while ago and despite all the circling we've not actually seen it but only heard it.
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Your aircraft is correct as you probably were aware, it was your A400. It was about 2 miles from me at similar height from study window,
The T tail and swept wing through me, and I was not outside so could not hear any engine sounds. It was lower than the normal Hercules we get, so if the crew are reading this you don’t normally dip below the Wessenden hill side from our view point so lower than normal ? WFH this week so noticed more aerial activity and the weather has been kind ( you see KNC the sun does shine hear occasionally 🙂
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Your aircraft is correct as you probably were aware, it was your A400. It was about 2 miles from me at similar height from study window,
The T tail and swept wing through me, and I was not outside so could not hear any engine sounds. It was lower than the normal Hercules we get, so if the crew are reading this you don’t normally dip below the Wessenden hill side from our view point so lower than normal ? WFH this week so noticed more aerial activity and the weather has been kind ( you see KNC the sun does shine hear occasionally 🙂
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Mr Mac , if I was WFH in that area, I'd probably find myself in the Sair Inn - must be a decade since I last visited, hope it is still as good as I recall! 
Probably not what it says on the tin?
SU57 over Europe??? Seems to be struggling for speed and height?
Any ideas? Is it a spoof and if so who by?
Any ideas? Is it a spoof and if so who by?
In the still of the night ...
Antonov 26 UR-CKV, heading outbound from Birmingham to Europe, tracking SE at 17,000 ft overhead the M25 and Lambourne VOR in Essex at 2 am, but still quite audible at London City. It's unusual for the Antonovs to be running over London in the middle of the night.
Antonov 26 UR-CKV, heading outbound from Birmingham to Europe, tracking SE at 17,000 ft overhead the M25 and Lambourne VOR in Essex at 2 am, but still quite audible at London City. It's unusual for the Antonovs to be running over London in the middle of the night.