Cool things seen on FlightRadar

Cool things seen on FlightRadar

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anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 24th September 2018
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People have taken off on the taxiways and landed on the taxiway and even the wrong airport. I’m not sure I’ve read about taking off in the wrong direction though.

I suppose it’s a problem that only really occurrs with intersection departures.

MarkwG

4,810 posts

188 months

Monday 24th September 2018
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I've seen it happen, also seen line up for the wrong end, & for the wrong airport. If it can go wrong, at some point it will.

AJB88

12,263 posts

170 months

Monday 24th September 2018
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red_slr said:
Citation 560XL I think.
N824PA was the plane

ghost83

5,475 posts

189 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Not on flight radar but we’ve just had 2 apaches land in outwood and then a Agusta 109 into the farmers field then off again! Was very slow to get the apaches but got the 109 coming in



Why don’t militaey show up on anything

And I’m guessing that one would be carrying special forces whilst guarded by the apaches

Edited by ghost83 on Wednesday 26th September 11:34

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Blue thunder, good spot.


red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Also if outwood in Wakefield I can only assume a genuine "hit the button" incident as they don't really deploy a QRF into urban areas without something serious going on.

FourWheelDrift

88,375 posts

283 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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red_slr said:
Blue thunder, good spot.
It's going vertical, must be Airwolf.

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Aircraft squaking on 7700 now over the Lake District.

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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US C-130 "KING39". Looks to be heading to Coningsby maybe,

ghost83

5,475 posts

189 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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red_slr said:
Also if outwood in Wakefield I can only assume a genuine "hit the button" incident as they don't really deploy a QRF into urban areas without something serious going on.
We get a lot of big military helicopters coming down to the farmers fields but this is the first I’ve seen 2 apaches and a 109 coming in together the noise of all 3 over the houses was extremely loud (around 250ft)

And wow the apaches are menacing

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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ghost83 said:
We get a lot of big military helicopters coming down to the farmers fields but this is the first I’ve seen 2 apaches and a 109 coming in together the noise of all 3 over the houses was extremely loud (around 250ft)

And wow the apaches are menacing
Must be training then in that case.

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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red_slr said:
US C-130 "KING39". Looks to be heading to Coningsby maybe,
Heading for Lakenheath now.

Charlie1986

2,016 posts

134 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Not on Any Radar app but 2 apaches and something else flying around Kent just now.

One apache just came over Hildenborough whilst the other two were a few miles away but could still be seen.

Also a lot of small jets coming and going from Biggin hill today and we have had a few Sprinters with ladders on the tooth in a grey colour on the route up to Biggin Hill followed by a few unmarked but heavily tinted BMW’s x5 and Landrovers with some heavily set guys in front lol

Ginetta G15 Girl

3,220 posts

183 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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red_slr said:
Heading for Lakenheath now.
More likely to be Mildenhall.

Lakenheath has Eagles and Strike Eagles, whereas Mildenhall is the AT&AAR (Air Transport and Air to Air Refueling) hub.

Both come under the Combined Approach Control of Mildenhall uing the remote radar head at Honington.

red_slr

17,122 posts

188 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Ginetta G15 Girl said:
red_slr said:
Heading for Lakenheath now.
More likely to be Mildenhall.

Lakenheath has Eagles and Strike Eagles, whereas Mildenhall is the AT&AAR (Air Transport and Air to Air Refueling) hub.

Both come under the Combined Approach Control of Mildenhall uing the remote radar head at Honington.
I guess you are right they dropped off radar about 10nm out so I don't know where they went after that but I guess engine failure as they were going really slow.

Ginetta G15 Girl

3,220 posts

183 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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Gear limiting speed on a Herc is 165kts. Normally you'd start the approach slope at 145kts with Approach flap, reducing to 140kts.to take Land Flap, then allow the spped to reduce to Vat+15Kts (Vat = Velocity at Threshold) with a touchdown of Vat-5 kts.

Certainly if I had such an emergency that I was Squawking 7700 (Mayday) I would want to go into Mildenhall since they are more au fait with the C-130 than would be Lakenheath.

I'd also imagine that Mildenhall has a higher Crash Cat (Emergency Services).

AJB88

12,263 posts

170 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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AJB88 said:
N824PA was the plane
I can't find much about this plane at all, reg seems to have belonged to an old Airbus?

djc206

12,241 posts

124 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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AJB88 said:
AJB88 said:
N824PA was the plane
I can't find much about this plane at all, reg seems to have belonged to an old Airbus?
Sure it wasn’t N842PA which is a G-IV?

AJB88

12,263 posts

170 months

Wednesday 26th September 2018
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djc206 said:
Sure it wasn’t N842PA which is a G-IV?
Yeh it could be looks like it.

craig1912

3,273 posts

111 months

Thursday 27th September 2018
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Some sort of problem at Southampton today. Nothing has landed for the last hour, some diverted and some just flying round in circles


Maybe fog although as clear as anything a few miles down the road

Edited by craig1912 on Thursday 27th September 09:17