Cool things seen on FlightRadar

Cool things seen on FlightRadar

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Petrus1983

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8,516 posts

161 months

Wednesday 22nd June 2016
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ApOrbital

9,939 posts

117 months

Friday 1st July 2016
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Three pumas flying very low in mk this morning only got to see one frown

motomk

2,148 posts

243 months

Tuesday 12th July 2016
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Transited through a bit of the world I know quite well.

https://www.flightradar24.com/RA2900G/a50cc6a

http://konyukhov.ru/en/index.html#map


SteveC72

155 posts

144 months

Tuesday 12th July 2016
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I noticed this the other month and thought it was rather creative.



Geneve

3,857 posts

218 months

Tuesday 12th July 2016
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towser44 said:
This is JKs Robinson :-)
Think he's sold it.

Never used 'FlightRadar', but I often get told where I've been - which suggests 'big brother' is watching. Presumably it interrogates the squawk from Mode Sierra transponders?

weeboot

1,063 posts

98 months

Wednesday 13th July 2016
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Geneve said:
Think he's sold it.

Never used 'FlightRadar', but I often get told where I've been - which suggests 'big brother' is watching. Presumably it interrogates the squawk from Mode Sierra transponders?
ADS-B transponders, largely.
Also MLAT calcs from non-ADS-B aircraft.

I run a receiver station which feeds FlightRadar and FlightAware.

RobbyJ

1,565 posts

221 months

Wednesday 13th July 2016
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I was wondering if J Kay had sold it. It was based at Heliair in Booker (High Wycombe) as he lives/lived near Maidenhead and it now seems to be based in Staverton?

Fabric

3,818 posts

191 months

Wednesday 13th July 2016
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Just watched a plane squawk 7700, then divert back to EDI (UA2081) - turns out it's the same one that performed an emergency landing there the day before due to a fuel leak. Comments on Twitter suggesting it stopped off runway too. eek

essayer

9,008 posts

193 months

Wednesday 13th July 2016
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Fabric said:
Just watched a plane squawk 7700, then divert back to EDI (UA2081) - turns out it's the same one that performed an emergency landing there the day before due to a fuel leak. Comments on Twitter suggesting it stopped off runway too. eek
Not that this should be a 7700 thread, but today an Iran Air A300 diverted into Vienna with an emergency, took off again, and has just diverted into Istanbul with another emergency!
Their new deal with Airbus can't come quick enough hehe

hammo19

4,897 posts

195 months

Wednesday 13th July 2016
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Balloon in Caribbean





mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

254 months

Wednesday 13th July 2016
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SteveC72 said:
I noticed this the other month and thought it was rather creative.

What a cock....rofl

Jezzerh

816 posts

121 months

Thursday 14th July 2016
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essayer said:
Not that this should be a 7700 thread, but today an Iran Air A300 diverted into Vienna with an emergency, took off again, and has just diverted into Istanbul with another emergency!
Their new deal with Airbus can't come quick enough hehe
I noticed that too! If I were a passenger I'd be taking the long way home I reckon!

ApOrbital

9,939 posts

117 months

Friday 15th July 2016
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G-XXEB 405FE9
The Queens Helicopter Flight TQF1R*
United Kingdom Civil
Sikorsky S-76 C++ S76

Altitude:
2850 ft
Speed:
Heading:
300.2°
Vertical Speed:
Squawk:
3710
Species:
Helicopter
Transponder:
ADS-B
Latitude:
51.57271°
Longitude:
-1.83769°

RobbyJ

1,565 posts

221 months

Friday 15th July 2016
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This just flew over my house slow and low a minute ago......




http://www.catalina.org.uk/our-catalina-g-pbya/

jhfozzy

1,345 posts

189 months

Friday 15th July 2016
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ApOrbital said:
G-XXEB 405FE9
The Queens Helicopter Flight TQF1R*
United Kingdom Civil
Sikorsky S-76 C++
Got a "cool starry bra" about the Queen's helicopter.

A relative of mine is a high court sheriff (sort of super bailiff) and he was at an aerodrome once trying to find an aircraft to "clamp".

Walking through different hangars, he came across a locked hanger, he forced entry (he's allowed to on business premises) and inside was a boxed off area. Trying to get into this area, he tripped an alarm or something as all of a sudden he was surrounded by "Men in black".

Turns out, after a lot of identification showing and phonecalls that he was trying to break into the Queen's helicopter compound.

It may be bulls**t, but it was a good story.

PD9

1,994 posts

184 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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Nasa 747 - Departs and lands at Christchurch on looping flights.


Greendubber

13,128 posts

202 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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PD9 said:
Nasa 747 - Departs and lands at Christchurch on looping flights.

Is that the one with the telescope in the back?

essayer

9,008 posts

193 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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PD9 said:
Nasa 747 - Departs and lands at Christchurch on looping flights.

I'd love to see a 747 do a loop wink

A6Ced

2,538 posts

253 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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RobbyJ said:
This just flew over my house slow and low a minute ago......




http://www.catalina.org.uk/our-catalina-g-pbya/
Think i saw that earlier flying northeast-ish over St. Albans around 7pm.


RobbyJ

1,565 posts

221 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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Yes it flew back over me too again late this afternoon smile