Cool things seen on FlightRadar
Discussion
RustyMX5 said:
Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious
Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...
naturals said:
RustyMX5 said:
Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious
Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...
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57Ford said:
Euro fighter on escort duty into MAN
Seems this guy was lost:
Correction: Seems they lost comms over the North Sea.
Reports in the York rag yesterday of being a loud bang heard in the morning... Was traced to this thing going supersonic on its way to intercept the Oslo flight.Seems this guy was lost:
Correction: Seems they lost comms over the North Sea.
Edited by 57Ford on Monday 5th February 13:11
naturals said:
RustyMX5 said:
Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious
Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...
If you want a further look: https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Pub...
andyA700 said:
I can see an RAF C17 on the ground at Sculthorpe, so what is the procedure for landing and taking off from there? There doesn't seem to be much infrastructure on the ground.
I'd imagine they turn the noisy things to max, and pull back on the stick.On a more serious note, C17s and A400s are relatively common visitors in these parts. They seem to do a lot of 'go around' training (not sure of the vernacular) on the runway, and can be seen looping around the local skies at low altitude.
w8pmc said:
57Ford said:
If i'm not mistaken, that's based in Abu Dhabi. Flew out from there on Monday back to MAN & saw around 5 of them parked up.
smallpaul said:
naturals said:
RustyMX5 said:
Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious
Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...
If you want a further look: https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Pub...
Thanks chaps. Very interesting
smallpaul said:
There is generally a book (or Ipad) in the aircraft with signals and responses
If you want a further look: https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Pub...
Ah yeah, the old wing rocking. Something I'm sure was covered in the EASA exams but got pushed out trying to remember the number of piano keys on a 60m wide runway ;-)If you want a further look: https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Pub...
RustyMX5 said:
smallpaul said:
naturals said:
RustyMX5 said:
Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious
Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...
If you want a further look: https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Pub...
Thanks chaps. Very interesting
Someone will explain it better, but 121.5 is the flying versions on 999.
bobthemonkey said:
It’s not LED, but the Swiss do have sign written drop tanks with the guard radio frequency on it!
Someone will explain it better, but 121.5 is the flying versions on 999.
That's a reasonable explanation tbh. 121.5 is an ICAO agreed universal frequency for that purpose. It's what the UK refers to as the distress & diversion frequency: there's an RAF unit at each of the ATC centres who listen out, & anyone in trouble can dial the frequency & get a response with hopefully a resolution to their difficulty.Someone will explain it better, but 121.5 is the flying versions on 999.
I imagine it's painted on the Hornet's drop tank for an aircraft who's not responding to ATC calls.
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