Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
Ryanair circuits and bumps. Mostly didn't check for full stops or otherwise. Not bad for 3 hours. About 16 circuits so far.
At least 3 flights,
I watched two passes on adsbexchange and they seemed to touch down (or maybe not?), possibly lose a few knots, and then very soon, accelerate and take off.
Times UTC.
East Midlands 13:30Z arrive Prestwick 14:25 and until 15:09 6 circuits land and taxi back
Prestwick 15:13 to 16:00 take off, 7 circuits land and taxi back
Prestwick 16:10 take off , 4 circuits so far to 16:35
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-08-08
At least 3 flights,
I watched two passes on adsbexchange and they seemed to touch down (or maybe not?), possibly lose a few knots, and then very soon, accelerate and take off.
Times UTC.
East Midlands 13:30Z arrive Prestwick 14:25 and until 15:09 6 circuits land and taxi back
Prestwick 15:13 to 16:00 take off, 7 circuits land and taxi back
Prestwick 16:10 take off , 4 circuits so far to 16:35
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-08-08
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As long as they're not at opposite ends of the circuit... and direction...
Recently reading Mike Riley's account of circuit training with Concorde there... also low level circuits with 747s at Shannon. Abiding memory from around 50 years ago of a DC-10 at very low level over Godstone, turning towards Gatters. Pretty sure it would have been Laker doing crew training, I must have been about 9 or 10 with an abiding interest in things aeronautical and just before I was introduced to spotting...
Recently reading Mike Riley's account of circuit training with Concorde there... also low level circuits with 747s at Shannon. Abiding memory from around 50 years ago of a DC-10 at very low level over Godstone, turning towards Gatters. Pretty sure it would have been Laker doing crew training, I must have been about 9 or 10 with an abiding interest in things aeronautical and just before I was introduced to spotting...
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Looks like a data cock up to me!
Assuming SAS37J is the same SAS flight!
Dark blue Dauphin with a white belly overflew here earlier, not on ADSB. Hope the boys were just out for a spree! Who dares wins, eh?
Assuming SAS37J is the same SAS flight!
Dark blue Dauphin with a white belly overflew here earlier, not on ADSB. Hope the boys were just out for a spree! Who dares wins, eh?
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A rather noisy twin prop just flew overhead making me look up to see what it was. Ooh! A pushalong. Don't see many of those these days. This one's very sleek and stylish.
1230 today at Greenwich, Central London. Nice old DH89 Dragon Rapide biplane arrived and did I think five tight circuits before heading on across London. Presume holding either waiting at the VRP 'Tip of the Isle of Dogs' for a clearance, or needed to do a tightly timed pass over some event. Anyway, great to see the Old Girl performing.
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Lovely Staggerwing N192H just landing at Biggin, seems to be based at Midden Zeeland.
Re the Rapide over London, Duxford's joy riders seem to do an extended trip with a tour along the Thames between Canary Wharf and Westminster.
Re the Rapide over London, Duxford's joy riders seem to do an extended trip with a tour along the Thames between Canary Wharf and Westminster.
I haven't actually seen (more often, heard approaching and gone out into the garden) the Duxford DH89 over London for a few years now; they normally file "Due south to London, turn over WHBM's house, due west to Westminster". Let alone all that holding over Greenwich.
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Taking a look it was G-AIDL (dear old heap!) from Dux, been down today as well. No holding over Greenwich today though. Can't see any airborne causes of a hold, maybe just giving folks a view of the Cutty Sark. I have noticed them several times over the summer.
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See the Israeli AF 707 snuck over about half an hour ago out of Mildenhall. Missed it and by the time it might havd been high enough to trail around Goodwood, Mother Nature's fluffy masses were massively fluffy. 
Mind you as it was formerly BCal's G-CDHW, I will have seen it many years ago...
Mind you as it was formerly BCal's G-CDHW, I will have seen it many years ago...
Was the above planned, or a drop-in ? I was under the impression that said steed was a tad difficult in less than pleasant lower-level weather, not to mention any stray volcanic particles as to be found around Iceland ?
Whatever, for the Icelandic spotters it must have seemed like Christmas had come early!
Whatever, for the Icelandic spotters it must have seemed like Christmas had come early!