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Trevatanus said:
fullbeem said:
2 apache helicopters went over where i work. Suprisingly not showing up on flightradar.
Work in Leicester, not Aleppo
Don't think Flightradar shows Mil stuff.Work in Leicester, not Aleppo
Around this time if you look about 1500km east of Greenland and 1500km north of the top of Norway you usually find a lone aircraft flying from US to China. I often wonder what its like to fly these routes as there cant rally be any ATC to speak of and no other traffic for 1000km + 360 degrees. They are often quite low too - seen them as low as 29,000 feet which cant be great for fuel? Also to make things really interesting the aircraft type is often 777 which I know is safe and all but I think a 747 or 380 or even 340 would be better!
red_slr said:
Around this time if you look about 1500km east of Greenland and 1500km north of the top of Norway you usually find a lone aircraft flying from US to China. I often wonder what its like to fly these routes as there cant rally be any ATC to speak of and no other traffic for 1000km + 360 degrees. They are often quite low too - seen them as low as 29,000 feet which cant be great for fuel? Also to make things really interesting the aircraft type is often 777 which I know is safe and all but I think a 747 or 380 or even 340 would be better!
Normally always someone looking after them when they are in remote or oceanic areas. One of the sectors I work on is a very large Oceanic sector. I preface it by saying it is nowhere near as busy as Europe or the North Atlantic. Sometimes you are looking after the same aircraft for 4 or 5 hours. Most of it, is looked after using Datalink and the occasional few on HF radio. Bigger spacing is used between them out in the Ocean because position fixing is not as quick as radar or ADSB.One aircraft we have flies to South Africa, you might "talk" to it on datalink (like email/sms) once or twice in those 5 or 6 hours only for level changes.
red_slr said:
Around this time if you look about 1500km east of Greenland and 1500km north of the top of Norway you usually find a lone aircraft flying from US to China. I often wonder what its like to fly these routes as there cant rally be any ATC to speak of and no other traffic for 1000km + 360 degrees. They are often quite low too - seen them as low as 29,000 feet which cant be great for fuel? Also to make things really interesting the aircraft type is often 777 which I know is safe and all but I think a 747 or 380 or even 340 would be better!
There are strict FL restrictions by the Russian's and they will only accept flights at certain levels. Most of the flights depart around the same time so it's a first come first served basis on who gets their requested level by the time they reach Russia. If they're not at a FL accepted by Russia then they'll either have to climb to one that is (often unable due to weight) or descend to something unpleasant like FL290.The eastern US to China flights generally go due north through Gander oceanic FIR (working HF 8891 or 11279 KHz) once they reach 70-75 degrees north and stay with them until 90N when they're switched over to Magadan radio or Murmansk radio on HF. CPDLC comms run out once they're out of range of Edmonton FIR so they have to resort to voice comms the old school way on HF. Interestingly, Magadan and Murmansk are often uncontactable on HF and Gander can often be heard giving the flights their respective landline telephone numbers and tell the flight to call them via their satphone to give their position report !
When the winds are a bit unfavourable they'll fly a more north-easterly track across Greenland and north of Iceland which is mostly in VHF coverage until they get way north of Iceland then back on HF until the 0 degrees long boundary with Bodø (Norway) who will work them on HF to 30E then it's into Russia's control.
Does anyone have any idea what the frequent (every few days) Ryanair flights from Prestwick to North Uist & back are? One's currently in the air (just approaching Prestwick - https://www.flightradar24.com/RYR5/bc01359)
I know Ryanair do circuits at Prestwick pretty much daily (usually an aircraft from East Midlands) but the trips to the Hebrides seem a bit less frequent. Also, noticed that the circuits seem to be 737-800s recently, used to be their one & only 737-700 that turned up.
I know Ryanair do circuits at Prestwick pretty much daily (usually an aircraft from East Midlands) but the trips to the Hebrides seem a bit less frequent. Also, noticed that the circuits seem to be 737-800s recently, used to be their one & only 737-700 that turned up.
alangla said:
Does anyone have any idea what the frequent (every few days) Ryanair flights from Prestwick to North Uist & back are? One's currently in the air (just approaching Prestwick - https://www.flightradar24.com/RYR5/bc01359)
I know Ryanair do circuits at Prestwick pretty much daily (usually an aircraft from East Midlands) but the trips to the Hebrides seem a bit less frequent. Also, noticed that the circuits seem to be 737-800s recently, used to be their one & only 737-700 that turned up.
The 737-700 is their crew trainer. I expect the flights to Uist and back are probably crew training too. RYR5 seems to be a generic flight number from looking at the FR history back to June so it's not fixed for any particular route which adds weight to it being used for crew training and/or positioning flights.I know Ryanair do circuits at Prestwick pretty much daily (usually an aircraft from East Midlands) but the trips to the Hebrides seem a bit less frequent. Also, noticed that the circuits seem to be 737-800s recently, used to be their one & only 737-700 that turned up.
alangla said:
Does anyone have any idea what the frequent (every few days) Ryanair flights from Prestwick to North Uist & back are? One's currently in the air (just approaching Prestwick - https://www.flightradar24.com/RYR5/bc01359)
I know Ryanair do circuits at Prestwick pretty much daily (usually an aircraft from East Midlands) but the trips to the Hebrides seem a bit less frequent. Also, noticed that the circuits seem to be 737-800s recently, used to be their one & only 737-700 that turned up.
It's their new Glasgow (Prestwick) to New York (North Uist international) route. By using these airports Ryanair can pass savings on to the customer. I know Ryanair do circuits at Prestwick pretty much daily (usually an aircraft from East Midlands) but the trips to the Hebrides seem a bit less frequent. Also, noticed that the circuits seem to be 737-800s recently, used to be their one & only 737-700 that turned up.
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