What's flying over York at the moment?

[ReedyGT]

Red Arrows came over East York about 3.30-3.35 and at 12.15 there was a VERY big jet, looked like a commmercial jumbo - flying VERY low out over Sheriff Hutton/Malton area...

[markmullen]

ReedyGT said:

Red Arrows came over East York about 3.30-3.35 and at 12.15 there was a VERY big jet, looked like a commmercial jumbo - flying VERY low out over Sheriff Hutton/Malton area...

Funnily enough this morning at about 8.40 on the way to work in Malton I could see what appeared to be a large commercial aircraft at very low level to the West over Malton, wasn't close enough to get any more detail but that's what it looked like.

[markmullen]

Buggles said:

Mark, was it a big white thing? A twin prop-engined aircraft buzzed me when I was walking the dogs in Rillington the other day. Looked a bit like a Dakota.

Yep, was right on the horizon so couldn't get too good an idea of shape but definitely white.

[anonymous-user]

The Sea King is back in the air around ours again today. Exercise must be continuing.

[markmullen]

At lunchtime I saw it again, large white or grey aircraft, quite a distinctive T shaped tailplane.

Now we've got Typhoons intercepting a little single engined job over the office, very low, big high energy turns, the lot, it is very loud and superb to watch.

[rhinochopig]

markmullen said:

At lunchtime I saw it again, large white or grey aircraft, quite a distinctive T shaped tailplane.

Now we've got Typhoons intercepting a little single engined job over the office, very low, big high energy turns, the lot, it is very loud and superb to watch.

I saw that south of ampleforth, slowand very low. Didn't see the t tale as it was a way off but it looked vaguely dc3 in shape.

[markmullen]

A photographer I know who is a staffer for the Scarborough Evening News has just tweeted that a DC3 is coming back to Scarborough, I've asked him for more details

[markmullen]

Just got this tweet:

"@attaboy51: @andrewhiggins1 @markmullenphoto I think the plane was C- FTGI belongs to Bell geospace, has been seen at Humberside airport recently."

[magpie215]

If it is C-FTGI it is a Basler turbine conversion DC-3 basically stretched and re engined with P&W PT6 turbine engines.

[rhinochopig]

Ah that would explain why it sounded wrong as well. Top scooby dooing chaps.

[markmullen]

Buggles said:

It certainly looks very like that, so I did a bit of a google on Bell Geospace...

'A privately held company that is the exclusive provider of three-dimensional full tensor gradient data to the oil and gas market.'

Wonder why they are flying over Rillington, repeatedly.

I wonder if it is anything to do with the potash exploration?

[markmullen]

http://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/business/...

[rhinochopig]

Buggles said:

Wow, thanks for that mate, I had no idea.

I wonder what implications that has for home owners in the area, if any.

AFAIK you own the mineral rights below your house, so there could be some wealthy farmers / land owners in the offing.

[Mattlan]

happening again today, but not so loud, so probably flying higher! Definately sounds jet based, really deep rumble, typically cloudy again so not able to spot!!

[rhinochopig]

Buggles said:

rhinochopig said:

AFAIK you own the mineral rights below your house, so there could be some wealthy farmers / land owners in the offing.

I might own it, but I don't think my Black and Decker will drill down far enough to get to it!

They'll pay you a percentage though. Funnily enough was discussing the very topic in the pub on Sat night. An ex-farmer mate of mine has some friends near the big potash mine (is it Boulby?) on the coast who made a lot of money by simply agreeing to let them mine under their land.

[rhinochopig]

Buggles said:

rhinochopig said:

They'll pay you a percentage though. Funnily enough was discussing the very topic in the pub on Sat night. An ex-farmer mate of mine has some friends near the big potash mine (is it Boulby?) on the coast who made a lot of money by simply agreeing to let them mine under their land.

Boulby yeah.

Umm, I'm not sure I like the idea of them mining underneath my house though!

That was my initial thought but then I was told how much you can make, and if your house fall into a hole into the ground - as long as you're not in it at the time - all will be made good again. Can't remember the specific numbers as it was late and those pesky black sheep had been forcing themselves upon me, but I do remember it being a very good salary, for essentially doing nothing.

Next time I see my mate I'll get him to remind me who much it was.

[markmullen]

This is almost certainly the right aircraft, I just found this on the Notice To Airmen (Notams)

"LOW LEVEL AERIAL SURVEY BY DC3 ACFT. ACTIVITY WI AIRSPACE BOX AS
FOLLOWS:
5403N 00106W-5421N 00106W-5421N 00013W-5403N 00013W (N YORKSHIRE).
OPS INFO CTC 00 1 2816107063. 12-05-0149/AS 2."

[rhinochopig]

Just this minute flown very very low over Helmsley. Hadn't realised it had a bloody great boom out the back.

[SeanyD]

Not sure if its the same, but noticed the awacs plane in the Newcastle area at lunchtime (the one with the giant smarty on its back, our 3 year old daughter points out), makes a fair bit of noise.

[ReedyGT]

Vulcan doing test flights today - Over York, Elvington and across to Church Fenton - Two new engines being tested apparently....