Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[Total loss]

Project Loon over Kenya, the yellow & red dots.
Self navigating balloons used as Internet relay transmitters for remote parts of Kenya.

[The Brummie]

Sofia.

[The Brummie]

IL76 inbound East Midlands.

[magpie215]

The Brummie said:

IL76 inbound East Midlands.

Was just watching that one hoping it would have come a bit more West......might have gone outside to watch and have a listen.

[tonyvid]

The Brummie said:

Sofia.

That "is" a cool spot, well done!

[chopper602]

The Hunter is currently having a bit of a jolly around the Dales, Borders and North Yorks

[DavieBNL]

Be working the Range at Spadeadam

[Arun_D]

tonyvid said:

That "is" a cool spot, well done!

Currently airborne over Paderborn. I came here to post this as a cool spot but beaten to it yesterday!

[PRTVR]

Spanish firefighting aircraft probably carrying out training.

[TCEvo]

Just noticed a C5 Galaxy going over the Pennines at this evening (Wed @ 20:00 ish) at 36k ft.

[md.]

Crossed paths not long after...

[Zad]

aeropilot said:

Top Banana said:

Police and Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire seems to be out on a Jolly....way off their 'beat' and having a lap of the M25 ?

How bizarre?

G-POLX (which this is) is usually based at Doncaster. Given how closely it seems to be to the M25, I wonder if it is picking up some sort of squawker on a patrol car. Or maybe it was following a specific target. Not unusual for it to go outside the county, much cheaper to operate than rotary wing and can stay up for far longer.

[TCEvo]

Seems to be lots of stuff up at the moment - that NASA 747 SP's off the African coast.

[ecsrobin]

Zad said:

G-POLX (which this is) is usually based at Doncaster. Given how closely it seems to be to the M25, I wonder if it is picking up some sort of squawker on a patrol car. Or maybe it was following a specific target. Not unusual for it to go outside the county, much cheaper to operate than rotary wing and can stay up for far longer.

It’s a national asset although police aviation news is saying they’re up for the chop.

[Supernova190188]

Some cool aircraft up over the east of the country at the moment, 2 ospreys, a Hercules, 4 x eurofighters and an F35 too!

[anonymous-user]

Supernova190188 said:

Some cool aircraft up over the east of the country at the moment, 2 ospreys, a Hercules, 4 x eurofighters and an F35 too!

That must be awesome to see that regularly where you live.

I’m on the approach to a big airport and in the control zone so get nothing much other than normal airport traffic and the police etc hovering overhead before they can cross the runway centreline.

[C70R]

Possibly doesn't meet the "cool" threshold, but interesting to spot the Kent, Surrey and Sussex Air Ambulance heading straight across the runways at Gatwick.

Must be a fairly rare occurrence when Gatwick traffic is at normal levels.

[swampy442]

chopper602 said:

The Hunter is currently having a bit of a jolly around the Dales, Borders and North Yorks

Yep, at Spadeadam, will be here until the end of March

[Penrhyn]

Plenty of Eurofighters out today

5 on this one

On the right 3 on this one plus on the left the Hunter


Fantastic clear day for flying.

[chopper602]

swampy442 said:

Yep, at Spadeadam, will be here until the end of March

Looks like it operating out of Leeming?