Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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Four USAF U-28As out of Ramstein crossing into Lincolnshire... PC-12s otherwise,..
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BRACKNELL ~ 11:40am. AgustaWestland AW139 T7-LSS at 600 feet impressive, W>E in white navy blue , out of east Swindon , into London via Sunningdale, Chertsey direct almost W>E.
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Bracknell ( South ) ~ 12:15pm Airbus A400M ZM407 W>E. 28,000 feet and climbing , out of Brize Norton , sounds great, off into Europe , and beyond ?? via Woking , Maidstone , Deal [ :-) What a great day for observing .. ]
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Nice to see a hot air balloon drifting gently southward over Kent... Unlike the noisy Fatlass that's just overflown me in Selsdon Woods - couldn't see it but looking up I did see a buzzard floating on the breeze. Also noisy was the urgent buzzsaw of an Avanti departing Biggin. Waiting to hear Spitfire, TE308/G-AWGB is out and about...
Edit: there's the Spitfire and I think I heard the dulcet tones of a considerately flown Harvard just now...
Edit: there's the Spitfire and I think I heard the dulcet tones of a considerately flown Harvard just now...
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13.30. o/head Bicester going S/East an AN12 buy sound, can't see (or could it be an A400 ?), ADS-B not available at moment,
any ideas ?.thanx
any ideas ?.thanx
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UR-CQD certainly passed over Biggin Hill around 1.30pm, clearly visible.
About half an hour later something with a big Lycoming passed a couple of miles to the south of me - high winged tail dragger flying slowly and quite tail low - think it was a Helio Courier but not sure and it didn't appear on any of the ADSB sites. Presumably G-BAGT if so, unless there are others in the UK.
Lots of light aircraft activity today before it's all stopped. Surrey Hills gliders and one of those Paramower things too...
About half an hour later something with a big Lycoming passed a couple of miles to the south of me - high winged tail dragger flying slowly and quite tail low - think it was a Helio Courier but not sure and it didn't appear on any of the ADSB sites. Presumably G-BAGT if so, unless there are others in the UK.
Lots of light aircraft activity today before it's all stopped. Surrey Hills gliders and one of those Paramower things too...
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Just remembered I also heard the first Belgian AF A400 crack over at about 2pm but couldn't see it - it appears to have been doing crew training circuits at Norwich, Cardiff and Brize....
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AN-26 UR-CQV about to pass over London on its way from Brum. Odd, they are on ADS0B Exchange and FR24 but not Flight Tracker.
I remember when AN-26s were rare in the UK, I saw one at Gatwick one Christmas, one of five on delivery to Cuba. It had broken down and been left behind. A couple of times I saw Cubana -26s droning eastbound from Shannon, I believe on their way for major overhaul.
I remember when AN-26s were rare in the UK, I saw one at Gatwick one Christmas, one of five on delivery to Cuba. It had broken down and been left behind. A couple of times I saw Cubana -26s droning eastbound from Shannon, I believe on their way for major overhaul.
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Very loud in my bathroom - but that's because the roof has just been removed! 
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Got my legs crossed! It is rather chilly...