Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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It's some sort of airport support vehicle. VIsible on flight tracker now, looks like its been up the runways and so on during lulls lin movements.
It must have been the one that was heading to Hahn above, which looks as if it made an approach to HHN and then headed at least as far as Leicester before I stopped watching it.
There was a 727 (G-OSRA) around the NW at the same time.
There was a 727 (G-OSRA) around the NW at the same time.
If it's been doing work on the runways it doesn't need to wait for gaps in movements as Heathrow is once again only using one of its two runways for the time being.
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This was actually 16-02801 which is a US Army C-12 (Beech King Air).
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It couldn't land at Hahn due to fog, so diverted to Manchester.
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My sister rang me on Monday morning and brightly asked "are you in the Wetherspoons drinking coffee?" "Er, bit difficult at the moment..." Well, she does live in (almost) rural Norfolk...
Interestingly, it's still current on the US civil register, as N250AA.
I'm not sure that it's technically a C-12. It was built as a B300C (King Air 350C), in the same batch as the half-dozen UC-12W's, but of course the latter is a USMC designation rather than an Army one.
I'm not sure that it's technically a C-12. It was built as a B300C (King Air 350C), in the same batch as the half-dozen UC-12W's, but of course the latter is a USMC designation rather than an Army one.
Must be very fond memories as the AN-124 is still at Manchester..
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Apparently an AN-12 (UR-CKL) just flew over me at 22000' and I didn't hear it...
Another memory from the days of yaw... JAT AN-12s had a weekly freight flight out of Heathrow, Saturdays I think it was. Used to growl out over Purley when 28 (as was) was in use... Early 80s? Fred Olsen Electra Saturday mornings as well, though they didn't depart via Purley...
Another memory from the days of yaw... JAT AN-12s had a weekly freight flight out of Heathrow, Saturdays I think it was. Used to growl out over Purley when 28 (as was) was in use... Early 80s? Fred Olsen Electra Saturday mornings as well, though they didn't depart via Purley...
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USAF C-130J just went over as well, did see it and heard it - fairly quiet though it had just begun descending in Mildenhall.
I saw that AN-12 directly overhead and scarcely heard it - and I was outside far from traffic or other noise.
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King Air 350 N789LL operated by US Special Operations Command on its way south over Cheshire from Prestwick. Also a Romanian AF C-27J heading NE across Belgium...
The Belarus Rubystar An-12 which I heard over Glasgow a few weeks ago went Vitry-Keflavik-Gander-Bermuda-Havana.
I presumed it wasn't equipped or permitted to take a more direct route..
I presumed it wasn't equipped or permitted to take a more direct route..
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Yeah I certainly heard the one this morning, lovely deep drone straight overhead. Too much cloud, didn't recognise the reg as a regular round these parts...