Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[RobbyJ]

jonny142 said:

A Few Minutes ago

Yeah I just spotted that, the G7 influx begins?

[Dr Jekyll]

djc206 said:

towser44 said:

Heading over Manchester at moment at 23,000 feet. Never seen one before!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morane-Saulnier_MS.7...

Wow that’s one I don’t think I’ve seen before. Good spot!

Seems to have started in Wick and ended up in Lille.

[havoc]

LHB said:

Just had this rather unusual beast fly over me!

anotherbigspender said:

Anyone know anything about this beast? Flew over the house yesterday at about 1,000ft and looked like it stopped in at Halfpenny Green Airport having come up from the south east coast.

Same thing overflew us at the weekend too...was stunned to see an ex-Soviet Navy helo bumbling overhead!

[LP12]

It's not ex-Soviet Navy. It's a Kamov KA-32 which is the civilianised variant of the Naval KA-27 NATO codename Helix.

[andym1603]

Dr Jekyll said:

Seems to have started in Wick and ended up in Lille.

I think Wick is the first stopping off point for fuel etc, after Iceland for those doing the trans-Atlantic crossings.

[DavieBNL]

andym1603 said:

Dr Jekyll said:

Seems to have started in Wick and ended up in Lille.

I think Wick is the first stopping off point for fuel etc, after Iceland for those doing the trans-Atlantic crossings.

Set off from Colorado a few days ago, several hops to get to UK. Looks a quite remarkable aircraft.

[LotusOmega375D]

RAF A400Ms playing at Red Arrows synchro pair over Morecambe Bay.

[Piginapoke]

Biden coming into Midenhall today- worth looking out for.

[LotusOmega375D]

Or maybe just listening out for, if AF1 is escorted by a pair of Lakenheath F15s, which don’t usually show up on my ADSB.

[B4rnst4ble]

havoc said:

Same thing overflew us at the weekend too...was stunned to see an ex-Soviet Navy helo bumbling overhead!

https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/gallery/helicopter-used-replace-emley-moor-20770127

Reading posts backwards already posted ! Sorry

Edited by B4rnst4ble on Wednesday 9th June 08:13

[LotusOmega375D]

Fairly prehistoric KC-135 inbound over Scotland. This one apparently first flew on 16 July 1958, so nearly 63 years ago.



Edit. Another one dropping in to Prestwick after a flight from Pittsburgh. That’s an An-124 at the top of the image, also on flight from USA.

Edited by LotusOmega375D on Wednesday 9th June 09:03

[Penrhyn]

A rare visiter


Picture by roope nikkinen

[Yertis]

Penrhyn said:

A rare visiter


Picture by roope nikkinen

I still find it remarkable that these Russian types are fairly commonplace now. When I grew up they were just fuzzy black and white pics and mysterious code-names in the Observer's Book of Aircraft.

[ch37]

Someone having some noisy fun out of Boscombe in the RAF Medicine Hawk this morning, g-force research I assume.

Noticed the trace doesn't keep up with the trail of fast jets, it has done quite a few loops around Trowbridge area but the trace jumps back several miles when it returns to an earlier point. I guess it's not designed to accurately trace those kinds of moves!

Edited by ch37 on Wednesday 9th June 10:59

[LotusOmega375D]

There was a flurry of F15 activity a few moments ago.

[tonyvid]

Is that as an escort to AF1, does anyone know it’s arrival time into Mildenhall?

[Ash_]

LotusOmega375D said:

There was a flurry of F15 activity a few moments ago.

Did you see them in the flesh (so to speak), as there's nothing on ADSB currently.

[LotusOmega375D]

Yes there were at least three. Barely had they took-off when they disappeared from ADSB. I only caught one in time with a screenshot, but that appears to be an E not a C. I didn’t have time to check the others, Could of course be nothing to do with Slow Joe’s visit.

[Ash_]

LotusOmega375D said:

Yes there were at least three. Barely had they took-off when they disappeared from ADSB. I only caught one in time with a screenshot, but that appears to be an E not a C. I didn’t have time to check the others, Could of course be nothing to do with Slow Joe’s visit.

Thanks I'm checking ADSB with interest now, but no sign of AF1, not sure it would even show up though to be honest. a couple of tankers, one UK and one US currently very close to each other heading towards Swindon, don't know if they're related to the days events.

[LotusOmega375D]

tonyvid said:

Is that as an escort to AF1, does anyone know it’s arrival time into Mildenhall?

Local press is saying 8pm or thereabouts, so he’s barely taken off, if that’s to be believed.