Interesting aircraft - what have you seen on your computer today?
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Thanks Dave!
Faint drone overhead just now, Aerostar apparently- there is a type I've not seen in a long while, sexiest modern twin GA type in my opinion! Not that I saw it...
Faint drone overhead just now, Aerostar apparently- there is a type I've not seen in a long while, sexiest modern twin GA type in my opinion! Not that I saw it...
Coastguard Navajo from Doncaster via Birmingham passed overhead heading east 10 mins ago now passing Gatwick. Avoiding the coast so far as best it can. Edit: Approaching Sandwich at 11:25
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Blimey, that was confusing, Global Express 9H-VJF outbound Farnborough at 19000 just passed under CL600 9H-VFJ inbound Luton/Stansted at 20000, overhead Redhill. Frequency separation if nothing else 
(I assume).
(I assume).
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Ah, a VDA AN-124 just sailed over, those unique (as far as I know) fore and aft strobe lights blinking away... Out of Toronto via Shannon.
See one went into Stansted last week, some weird outfit I'd never heard of... (sound of turning internet pages), ah, Maximus!
See one went into Stansted last week, some weird outfit I'd never heard of... (sound of turning internet pages), ah, Maximus!
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It’s quite often the Dragon Lady which makes so much noise. Working only a few miles from Fairford last year and the sky was roaring and a pair of them were really high already. See them coming back in quite often over Cheltenham these days.
One afternoon this week, about 3pm, a single B1 was really low over our house too heading in/back in to Fairford. Might have been more but it was between clouds.
One afternoon this week, about 3pm, a single B1 was really low over our house too heading in/back in to Fairford. Might have been more but it was between clouds.
Big surprise earlier today when I logged on to the Shoreham runway cam. Landing and takeoff was towards the camera and suddenly a Catalina taxyed in front of the camera then left at the next taxyway.
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Interesting aircraft spotted today-2
German Mu-2 zipped over a little while ago, out of Waterford and currently heading towards the Frankfurt area...
2x An-26 arrived NCL and later left early evening for ALF (Alta, Northern Norway) - noisy aircraft 
Good point - dressed for Arctic Ops in boob tubes and pelmet skirts
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Scout G-CIMX currently showing nearly 54,000' near Great Dunmow - shattering Jean Boulet's 1972 helicopter altitude world record of 41,000' in a Lama; trust the Nimbus doesn't conspire to also break Jean's subsequent and inadvertent record for the highest ever autorotation...
It's doing 500kts as well... ah, back down to 82kts.
It's doing 500kts as well... ah, back down to 82kts.
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First AN-12 I've heard in a while just droned over westbound... taken a rather indirect route from somewhere down near Troyes...
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When I glanced at ADSB Exchange half an hour ago, it was still hanging about amidst current traffic just east of Heathrow where I last noted it last night! Staying power! Its image has disappeared now...
My only interest is watching east and west bounds out of USA. Tonight China Southern 787 goes eastwards over Greenland towards China, but all the various 777 of several airlines, including Chinese carriers go west from the eastern seaboard. Any comments?
