Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
While the P-3C has been retired from US Navy front-line service, two squadrons of Orions reman in service with the USN Reserve, VP-62 at Jacksonville and VP-69 at Whidbey Island. VP-62 operate seven P-3C one of which is 161121.
And the reference to "amarcexperience.com" is just plain wrong - a 2-second search of their database shows 161121 is not at Davis Monthan.
And the reference to "amarcexperience.com" is just plain wrong - a 2-second search of their database shows 161121 is not at Davis Monthan.
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P-3C BMUP+ (Scotty?) 161404 aloft from Jacksonville and heading south over Daytona Beach at 250kt - also a couple of P-8s up, ones doing around 380kt - pretty sure 161404 is probably as advertised. Anyone at Tico who can look up in a few mins? 
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AN-124 just sailed over at 32000 - could hear it quite clearly but a cloudy wet thing is poised to dump on Chateau Moi shortly and has blotted out the blue bits.
Had a distant view of Spit TE308/G-AWGB this morning heading back into Biggin - airborne again about 15 mins later, a quick turn around - presume they were fitting rides in between showers and perhaps using one of the others for cockpit drill.
Had a distant view of Spit TE308/G-AWGB this morning heading back into Biggin - airborne again about 15 mins later, a quick turn around - presume they were fitting rides in between showers and perhaps using one of the others for cockpit drill.
There was an ILsixty two (my keyboard won't let me use the figure six) showing up on FR24 yesterday, but with no details. West of Brest heading NW , out of Misrata in Libya ; no destination given.
We don't see too many of those in these parts !
We don't see too many of those in these parts !
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Press down your alt key and type 5 and then 4 with your other hand, let go of the alt key and, hey presto, you'll have the number 6 !
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Probably not seen , unless you live in East Anglia ,but today around 17:30 2x B52’s callsign “Mace 23/24” routed over Southern England trailing at fl290. Both routed abeam Mildenhall to BKY then SAM before heading towards the Channel Islands. Both didn’t show up on normal tracking sites!
Obviously the poster of the photo was incorrect, apologies!
Probably not seen , unless you live in East Anglia ,but today around 17:30 2x B52’s callsign “Mace 23/24” routed over Southern England trailing at fl290. Both routed abeam Mildenhall to BKY then SAM before heading towards the Channel Islands. Both didn’t show up on normal tracking sites!
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I'm assuming that this is the same Belarussian job that is a freighter and seems to like Doncaster, or are there now other IL-62's rescued and flying civil again ?
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Missed it all 
but I did note another P-3 sneaking west down the south coast - a Canadian CP-140...
but I did note another P-3 sneaking west down the south coast - a Canadian CP-140...
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KC-46 back into Mildenhall across London a few minutes ago and another coming across France now, probably over London in about 15 mins or so...
Edit: Second one came a bit further west, across Biggin; the sky was kind and I saw this one - first I've seen. Took a pic but prob not worth bothering on max digital zoom. Where be those B-52s...?
Edit: Second one came a bit further west, across Biggin; the sky was kind and I saw this one - first I've seen. Took a pic but prob not worth bothering on max digital zoom. Where be those B-52s...?
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