Cool things seen on FlightRadar

Cool things seen on FlightRadar

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PD9

1,999 posts

187 months

Sunday 17th July 2016
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Greendubber said:
PD9 said:
Nasa 747 - Departs and lands at Christchurch on looping flights.
Is that the one with the telescope in the back?
Had a look and sure is: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/sofia-heads-to-new-zea...

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

256 months

Monday 18th July 2016
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PD9 said:
Greendubber said:
PD9 said:
Nasa 747 - Departs and lands at Christchurch on looping flights.
Is that the one with the telescope in the back?
Had a look and sure is: http://www.nasa.gov/feature/sofia-heads-to-new-zea...
Yep - I was on board a couple of weeks ago. Incredibly interesting bit of kit, need to sort through my photos from it.

Typical 10 hour flights with relatively complex curved flight plan, increasing altitude as they use up fuel (higher is better) and enough fuel left to divert to Auckland should they need to.

RobDickinson

31,343 posts

256 months

Monday 18th July 2016
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Greendubber

13,258 posts

205 months

Monday 18th July 2016
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Awesome smile

DJFish

5,930 posts

265 months

Friday 22nd July 2016
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There was a high flying helicopter overhead yesterday which is unusual in Essex, It's usually a police helicopter 100ft over the house shining a light in the garden, turns out it was this:

www.helis.com/database/cn/16332/
It appears to be a frequent visitor to the UK......


StonetheCrows

769 posts

210 months

Sunday 24th July 2016
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Made a change from the usual Easyjet, Ryanair and Whizz arrivals in to Luton





weeboot

1,063 posts

101 months

Monday 25th July 2016
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Not on FlightRadar, but on my tracking station...

NM62

952 posts

152 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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weeboot said:


Not on FlightRadar, but on my tracking station...
I saw one of them (forgive my ignorance but how many have the RAF got ?) yesterday at around 16:15 - heading towards Brize Norton - about 2 miles from our holiday home.

ETA - just saw the Callsign and that tied up too - after he landed he was practising a reversing manoeuvre.

Fluid

1,737 posts

187 months

Tuesday 26th July 2016
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NM62 said:
weeboot said:


Not on FlightRadar, but on my tracking station...
I saw one of them (forgive my ignorance but how many have the RAF got ?) yesterday at around 16:15 - heading towards Brize Norton - about 2 miles from our holiday home.

ETA - just saw the Callsign and that tied up too - after he landed he was practising a reversing manoeuvre.
Number 10, ZM410 was delivered at the weekend.

ETA correct tail number prefix, I had used a C17 one.



Edited by Fluid on Tuesday 26th July 20:08

NM62

952 posts

152 months

Wednesday 27th July 2016
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Fluid said:
Number 10, ZM410 was delivered at the weekend.

ETA correct tail number prefix, I had used a C17 one.



Edited by Fluid on Tuesday 26th July 20:08
Number 10 already, knew they had ordered 22 and the last one is due 2019 so that fits.

muppetdave

2,118 posts

227 months

Thursday 11th August 2016
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They're doing trials with the A400 at Woodbridge in Suffolk if you're interested: http://www.eadt.co.uk/news/raf_cargo_plane_to_unde...

alangla

4,904 posts

183 months

Thursday 11th August 2016
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Airbus Beluga F-GSTD seems to be heading for the wing factory in North Wales just now

sicasey

637 posts

163 months

Thursday 11th August 2016
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alangla said:
Airbus Beluga F-GSTD seems to be heading for the wing factory in North Wales just now
Interesting, just watching that now.

anonymous-user

56 months

Tuesday 16th August 2016
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Google maps updating in Wales.

Hub

6,451 posts

200 months

Thursday 1st September 2016
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Nasa flying quite high - are they observing the hurricane in the region?

mrtwisty

3,057 posts

167 months

Thursday 1st September 2016
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I wonder of you chaps will know...?

Dark green (military I presume) four engined prop plane going back and forth over the Porthcothan/Constantine Bay area on Monday afternoon - what would it likely have been?

Was quite interesting watching it (and later the Red Arrows) from my kayak off the coast smile

alangla

4,904 posts

183 months

Wednesday 7th September 2016
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Brand new Ryanair 737 on its delivery voyage - https://www.flightradar24.com/RYR800V/aebf22d

kiethton

13,945 posts

182 months

Wednesday 7th September 2016
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alangla said:
Brand new Ryanair 737 on its delivery voyage - https://www.flightradar24.com/RYR800V/aebf22d
Didn't think that it'd have the range for that?

anonymous-user

56 months

Wednesday 7th September 2016
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alangla said:
Brand new Ryanair 737 on its delivery voyage - https://www.flightradar24.com/RYR800V/aebf22d
Non stop? Must have properly brimmed it before setting off

Hub

6,451 posts

200 months

Wednesday 7th September 2016
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Being empty probably makes it easier, and a nice jet stream tail wind too. Surely they all must make that journey across the Atlantic to start with.