Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[LotusOmega375D]

This A400M just went past my window a fair bit lower than the 10,000 ft that they usually fly over at!

[RosscoPCole]

What's going on here?

[C70R]

LotusOmega375D said:

This A400M just went past my window a fair bit lower than the 10,000 ft that they usually fly over at!

It really is quite something when you see them as low as that.

[Cheib]

LotusOmega375D said:

This A400M just went past my window a fair bit lower than the 10,000 ft that they usually fly over at!

I don’t know what it was as I was inside but an RAF jet of some sort just flew very,very low over our house….we live in North Bucks. Never see anything like that round here. Flight path was heading North….I guess that would be back towards RAF Conningsby from London

[Scaleybrat]

RosscoPCole said:

What's going on here?

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/2excel-starts-boscombe-down-test-flights-with-757-ahead-of-excalibur-updates/154973.article

[RosscoPCole]

Scaleybrat said:

RosscoPCole said:

What's going on here?

https://www.flightglobal.com/defence/2excel-starts-boscombe-down-test-flights-with-757-ahead-of-excalibur-updates/154973.article

Thank you.

[LotusOmega375D]

Seems like he was flying quite high when he went past me. Look at him now:

[Scabutz]

LotusOmega375D said:

Seems like he was flying quite high when he went past me. Look at him now:

My wife got buzzed by one of those at 1000ft the other day on her way home from work. Had to find it on FR playback as she couldnt describe it for st. Said it was a fighter plane

[C70R]

LotusOmega375D said:

Seems like he was flying quite high when he went past me. Look at him now:

He just came almost directly over me at ~500ft. I was on a Zoom call, and the other people probably wondered why I was staring blankly into the distance...

[LotusOmega375D]

Yes it’s nuts. He flew across the countryside by us at an indicated 175ft. To put that into perspective, the church spire next door is 172ft tall. Very impressive to fly it at such low level for so long.

[ApOrbital]

Just been flashed at by a Pilatus PC-12.

In mk.

[Voldemort]

Yesterday was the busiest day in aviation history for USA. With the TSA reporting 2,884,783 people screened on 51,332 scheduled flights!

[BFleming]

Virgin's "sustainable aviation fuels" flight is up up & away from Heathrow... VIR100:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=406e10

[Buzz84]

BFleming said:

Virgin's "sustainable aviation fuels" flight is up up & away from Heathrow... VIR100:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=406e10

Just looking on flight radar and there were 26K people tracking it as it took off!

https://www.flightradar24.com/VIR100/32ffbc14

[LotusOmega375D]

I wonder if it smells different to regular jet fuel? All large airports have that heady smell when you head out onto the apron.

[MarkwG]

LotusOmega375D said:

I wonder if it smells different to regular jet fuel? All large airports have that heady smell when you head out onto the apron.

Maybe it'll smell like a chippy !

[Buttery Ken]

Unusual flight path! Took off from Teeside, landed at Liverpool.

Any thoughts on what it was doing?

https://fr24.com/BE20/3301a97e

[MarkwG]

Tricky without a callsign or time frame, but I'd imagine survey work or flight checking perhaps.

[PRTVR]

MarkwG said:

Tricky without a callsign or time frame, but I'd imagine survey work or flight checking perhaps.

Looks like calibration work .
http://dtvmovements.co.uk/

[Daveb257]

C70R said:

It really is quite something when you see them as low as that.