I think I saw the Wallace again at Old Warden a few years ago.
Just had Spitfire 'IDN right over the top - nice to see it out to the west of the Biggin circuit! Inbound bizjet traffic I should think... |
Originally Posted by G-ARZG
(Post 11094140)
If FR24 is correct, a US Army C-12 King Air just dropped into LHR from Wiesbaden in the last hour Welcome, Duke 35.
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Pleasure to hear - though not able to see! - BBMF's Hurricane PZ865 and Spitfire XIX PM631 at lunchtime - they individually beat up Kenley about an hour apart. I was out walking through woods at the time, the Hurricane was less than half a mile away...
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Copenhagen to Washington turned round over Northern Ireland |
US military Pilatus PC12 Spectre just left Wick
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Interesting activity in the Arabian Gulf / Afghan area observed on FR24 over the last week. I've noted 28 different USAF C-17s, 34 C-135s, 10 KC-10s and (surprisingly) 5 B-52Hs. I'm sure I missed a lot more.
C-130 activities have included Stinger, Ghostrider, Commando II, Combat Spear and Combat King. Two Rivet Joints have been busy too. USS Ronald Reagan is anchored off Pakistan so there's a lot of US Navy flying, as well as the RAF and several European air forces. Take a look - the place is alive! |
http://www.aviationdb.com/Aviation/I...logolarge1.gif N52178 More free information from AviationDB for aircraft registration number N52178. Can include other aircraft with the same tail or N number, sales and ownership history, FAA and NTSB accident reports, SDRs, and more. Cancel Date 1991-02-15 Airworthiness Date Expiration Date Manufacturer_Name CESSNA Model Name 172P Registrant Name SALE REPORTED Street Registrant City XXX Registrant State OK Registrant Zip Code 73125 Country UNITED STATES Region Unknown Registrant Type Individual Fract Owner Certificate Issue Date Status N-Number Assigned and Registered Serial Number 17274428 Aircraft Type Fixed wing single engine Mode S Code 51510023 Year Mfr Aircraft Category Land Builder Certification Type Certificated Number Engines 1 Number Seats 4 Aircraft Weight CLASS 1 Aircraft Cruising Speed 0 Airworthiness Classification Primary N52177 N52178 N52179 Has been apparently active on FlightRadar24 in and around Kabul,Mazar-I-Sharif and southern Tajikistan. Currently at UTDT comments and observations please |
AviationDB is not known as a reliable source, as the above example illustrates.
Firstly, N52178 is a manufacturer's test registration, worn by dozens of Cessnas over the years. The Cessna 172P whose details are quoted was cancelled from the US register in 1991, then spent 25 years in Ireland (not the UK), and is currently registered in Germany. It's normally based at Flensburg, Schleswig-Holstein, and sports a rather attractive white/yellow/blue scheme (with matching floats). Whatever you saw on your screen in and around Afghanistan, it certainly wasn't that C172. |
A bit more digging indicates that it was almost certainly an Afghan AF Cessna AC-208B (based on the civilian C208 Caravan).
US buys Afghanistan "Eliminator" attack planes — Cessnas with Hellfires. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....05b5354373.jpg |
Just had a Saudi C-130H, callsign RSF1049 overhead Birmingham(UK). Seems to be going SW from here
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Here is one very interesting aircraft I've seen about two weeks ago.
Never heard of it before. A Dornier CD2 Seastar. Push-pull turbprop. |
I recall the Seastar appearing at Farnborough in the 1980s and not being developed in a production aircraft - looks like it may now be a goer...
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Just had a Saudi C-130H, callsign RSF1049 overhead Birmingham(UK). Seems to be going SW from here That Seastar looks pretty cool, I wonder what the market is these days for such a beast, probably not that cheap. |
Originally Posted by DaveReidUK
(Post 11097527)
A bit more digging indicates that it was almost certainly an Afghan AF Cessna AC-208B (based on the civilian C208 Caravan).
US buys Afghanistan "Eliminator" attack planes — Cessnas with Hellfires. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune....05b5354373.jpg |
Beagle Terriers
Few weeks ago, when we had summer, two Beagle Terriers passed my house on Saturday evening.
Only one showed up on FR24 but there were definitely two! My most unusual spot so far....:ooh: |
Someone is driving round Hampshire in a vehicle callsign CAATEST...
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SNOOP 55……RC-135V currently southbound out of Mildenhall
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Saw something latish last night, across NE London heading SE, looked like landing light which went out, then a faint suspicion of nav/strobes and a con trail but hard to see clearly. Nothing on ADSB that fitted. If no con trail then maybe one of those Islanders...
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Just seen G-ODIP (Aviat Husky on floats) dashing along at 79 knots! Many years since I flew the wheeled one based at EGNF, my first tail dragger landing.
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I enjoyed a flight in a J-3 Cub floatplane once - I suspect 79kts would be about twice its VNE! :)
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