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

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YouTube tells me there's B-1s at Fairford and Scooters (A-4s) at Lakenheath. Love the howl the A-4 makes, don't believe I've ever seen one flying. Sat in a cockpit once in California, quite snug!

Also Canadian Armed forces A330 out of East Midlands to somewhere in Europe noted on ADSB earlier.

[SLXOwft]

T-99 the Argentinian B737 that was withdrawn from RIAT is currently heading 106° in the instep of Italy out of Las Palmas prsumable heading for LLBG/TLV like many other military transports have.

[SpringHeeledJack]

There has been a steady stream of South American Mil airliners going back and forth E-W since the last few days. A proper evacuation plan at least.

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KSS Air Ambulance just heading back to Redhill from Kings College Hospital, did a smart 180 over Coulsdon and returned to KCH. Forget to offload the patient?

[SpringHeeledJack]

Two more Mexican AF 737's went over central London earlier this morning headed to the Eastern Med.

[DaveReidUK]

Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack

Two more Mexican AF 737's went over central London earlier this morning headed to the Eastern Med.

Looks like the same two, twice over (so to speak).

[India Four Two]

Southwest of Calgary today, I saw a strange, chunky, twin-turboprop, flying towards me. It was only when it was side-on and I saw the swept-back leading-edges, that I realized it was a Basler DC-3.

It had been doing some strange maneuvers before I saw it.

[SpringHeeledJack]

Maybe a test-flight after some Mx, or was it surveying ?

[India Four Two]

Looking at the tracks over a wider area, maybe practicing ILS intercepts. Definitely not surveying.

[SpringHeeledJack]

Whatever, whichever IFT, lucky you!

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Whatever it was doing, it was centred on Okotoks.

[India Four Two]

Originally Posted by SpringHeeledJack

Whatever, whichever IFT, lucky you!

First time I've seen one in the air.

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Treated to the unusual sight of a USAF C-130J leaving a trail at 25000'...

[SpringHeeledJack]

Seeing a prop-job trailing is always nice somehow, perhaps due to it's general rarity.

[SpringHeeledJack]

A 'new' 744F went into LHR this morning, on the Romanian register and looking rather like the latest iteration of Thai's livery.

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Qantas A380 out of Heathrow earlier with an "ASY" callsign, presume relief flight to Tel Aviv.

[dixi188]

Is there a VOR installed at Bournemouth? There is a Navajo "VOR1" doing an approx 60 mile circuit around BOH as though it is calibrating something, or is it to do with the new radar?

[TCAS FAN]

Originally Posted by dixi188

Is there a VOR installed at Bournemouth? There is a Navajo "VOR1" doing an approx 60 mile circuit around BOH as though it is calibrating something, or is it to do with the new radar?

No VOR at BOH, sounds like it was a radar calibration/coverage flight check.

[TCAS FAN]

Originally Posted by TCAS FAN

No VOR at BOH, sounds like it was a radar calibration/coverage flight check.

Confirmed via NOTAM C5636/23Q)EGTT/QSPXX/IV/BO/AE/000/021/5047N00151W009
A) EGHH
B)2310160530 C)2310202030 E)RADAR COMMISSIONING TRIALS TAKING PLACE AT BOURNEMOUTH AD

[dixi188]

Thanks guys, didn't think there was a VOR there.
I remember the Ibsley one though.
Also remember the HRN and FAW NDBs. In the early 1970s the frequencys were swopped between them and this caused some confusion.