Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[NM62]

aeropilot said:

NM62 said:

darreni said:

Lots of unidentified stuff up marked with CWL from waddington etc & a load of stuff with SYS markers too. anyone know what these are?

Usually denotes their base

CWL = Cranwell
SYS = Shawbury ( although they these use other call signs such as IRMINE / Maximise / Snitch as well )
BKH = Barkston Heath

SHF = Usually denotes Support Helicopter Fleet ( Chinooks , Pumas ) but they use others as well.

I am sure there are others but these are the ones I see regularly

There's a Grob up at the moment out of Cranwell bucking the trend, with a WRBOY1 callsign.

Hence the usually - that frame has been busy today

[thewarlock]

Interesting callsign.

[djc206]

SOFIA about to get airborne from Cologne callsign NASA747

[darreni]

C70R said:

Use ADSB, and you'll see what they are.

Thanks for that, ADSB has soo much more detail.

[Quattromaster]

Managed to do a screen shot of an aircraft exactly halfway between JFK and Dubai.

I know, I know, I need a life, lol.

[ecsrobin]

thewarlock said:

Interesting callsign.

7sqn chinooks have a formation callsign of Giver, so you’d have the formation lead as Giver 1!

[The Brummie]

SOFIA heading back to Cologne.

[The Brummie]

Typhoons annoying Devonians!!!!

[aeropilot]

The Brummie said:

Typhoons annoying Devonians!!!!

I watched that one transit across UK and hour or so ago, heading down to take a drink from the Voyager. doing circuits off the North Devon coast.....

There were a couple of Typhoons buzzing around Mid-Wales as well.

[The Brummie]

aeropilot said:

The Brummie said:

Typhoons annoying Devonians!!!!

I watched that one transit across UK and hour or so ago, heading down to take a drink from the Voyager. doing circuits off the North Devon coast.....

There were a couple of Typhoons buzzing around Mid-Wales as well.

The Voyager has now gone back too Brize & the Typhoons are going home to Coningsby.

Rumoured that the RAF have now been allowed back to the Mach Loop with Typhoons after their enforced absence.

[Burrow01]

The Brummie said:

aeropilot said:

The Brummie said:

Typhoons annoying Devonians!!!!

I watched that one transit across UK and hour or so ago, heading down to take a drink from the Voyager. doing circuits off the North Devon coast.....

There were a couple of Typhoons buzzing around Mid-Wales as well.

The Voyager has now gone back too Brize & the Typhoons are going home to Coningsby.

Rumoured that the RAF have now been allowed back to the Mach Loop with Typhoons after their enforced absence.

Just had the Typhoon fly over my house on the way back to Coningsby :-)

[ch37]

Very noisy here on the edge of Salisbury Plain too, lots of jets and even a Herc, which used to be a many-times daily occurrence but is now a rare sight with them no longer being at Lyneham.

It's been quiet for most of winter here, probably the longest spell I can remember without significant activity (I'm on the edge of Keevil).

[IJWS15]

MB140 said:

IJWS15 said:

Why do the Eurofighters drop off the display when they enter a refueling area? Seen 2 just disapear in the last 2 days.

Because they come under the control of the refuelling plane once visual ...................

Thanks

[IJWS15]

IJWS15 said:

Thanks

I guess someone forgot to turn something off here. no difference in altitude

[LotusOmega375D]

Turkish Airforce C130E approaching Prestwick after a long flight from Ankara. According to Google, the distance is 4175km and the Herc has a range of 3800km...

[gobuddygo]

Perfect circles over Northumberland by NATO32

[alangla]

LotusOmega375D said:

Turkish Airforce C130E approaching Prestwick after a long flight from Ankara. According to Google, the distance is 4175km and the Herc has a range of 3800km...

Could have filled up on the way possibly? Brize Norton posted this video of one of their Hercules filling up from a Voyager earlier in the week - https://twitter.com/RAFBrizeNorton/status/13616233...

[Burrow01]

LotusOmega375D said:

Turkish Airforce C130E approaching Prestwick after a long flight from Ankara. According to Google, the distance is 4175km and the Herc has a range of 3800km...

Pretty sure its longer than 3800km

I've flown from Germany to Goose Bay in Canada non stop in one

RAF quote around 5000km as the ferry range

https://www.raf.mod.uk/aircraft/hercules-c130j/

[The Brummie]

KC135 out of Mildenhall.



I wonder where he is off too. Meeting up with a B52 maybe?



USAF 737.

[Beato]

Very noisy right over the top of the house. Well sounded like it. Thought it was as A400 but Antonov instead!