Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[naturals]

RustyMX5 said:

Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious

Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.

The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...

[C70R]

naturals said:

RustyMX5 said:

Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious

Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.

The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...

I think I've found a photo of this in action.

https://reposti.com/i/m/O1.jpg

[DaveyBoyWonder]

57Ford said:

Euro fighter on escort duty into MAN


Seems this guy was lost:


Correction: Seems they lost comms over the North Sea.

Edited by 57Ford on Monday 5th February 13:11

Reports in the York rag yesterday of being a loud bang heard in the morning... Was traced to this thing going supersonic on its way to intercept the Oslo flight.

[smallpaul]

naturals said:

RustyMX5 said:

Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious

Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.

The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...

There is generally a book (or Ipad) in the aircraft with signals and responses

If you want a further look: https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Pub...

[andyA700]

I can see an RAF C17 on the ground at Sculthorpe, so what is the procedure for landing and taking off from there? There doesn't seem to be much infrastructure on the ground.

[C70R]

andyA700 said:

I can see an RAF C17 on the ground at Sculthorpe, so what is the procedure for landing and taking off from there? There doesn't seem to be much infrastructure on the ground.

I'd imagine they turn the noisy things to max, and pull back on the stick.

On a more serious note, C17s and A400s are relatively common visitors in these parts. They seem to do a lot of 'go around' training (not sure of the vernacular) on the runway, and can be seen looping around the local skies at low altitude.

[towser44]

w8pmc said:

57Ford said:

What’s this that appeared outside my window at MAN this morning? Another Kuwait visit for refuelling? It’s just been pushed back and looks like preparing to go out.


Edit: found out

Edited by 57Ford on Thursday 1st February 12:29

If i'm not mistaken, that's based in Abu Dhabi. Flew out from there on Monday back to MAN & saw around 5 of them parked up.

There were 2 of these in last week. One was a divert and the second apparently was dropping off diplomatic vehicles (a BMW 7 Series or something was seen coming off it)

[RustyMX5]

smallpaul said:

naturals said:

RustyMX5 said:

Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious

Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.

The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...

There is generally a book (or Ipad) in the aircraft with signals and responses

If you want a further look: https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Pub...

Thanks chaps. Very interesting

[md.]

Most aircraft tracked are all above the UK!

[swampy442]

That must be the entire servicable Eurofighter fleet up!

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Can anyone id a v tailed jet? Chuck out some names
Skinny body

Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Wednesday 7th February 18:50

[naturals]

smallpaul said:

There is generally a book (or Ipad) in the aircraft with signals and responses

If you want a further look: https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Pub...

Ah yeah, the old wing rocking. Something I'm sure was covered in the EASA exams but got pushed out trying to remember the number of piano keys on a 60m wide runway ;-)

[MarkwG]

Trustmeimadoctor said:

Can anyone id a v tailed jet? Chuck out some names
Skinny body

Edited by Trustmeimadoctor on Wednesday 7th February 18:50

There aren't that many - Cirrus G2 would probably be my first guess, but depends on many things.

[Trustmeimadoctor]

Yes was one of those cheers!

[speedking31]

Fouga Magister was also relatively common, and with a thinner body.

[TCEvo]

Oil Spill Response 727's just come over Chelmsford:

[bobthemonkey]

RustyMX5 said:

smallpaul said:

naturals said:

RustyMX5 said:

Dumb question really. If a plane loses comms and a Eurofighter (or equivalent) is sent up to escort them, how does the plane know it has to follow the Eurofighter? It's not as though the Eurofighter is fitted with an LED tail light which can be programmed to say 'FOLLOW ME'. Just curious

Thankfully an extremely rare occurrence but I believe the procedure is that the fighter jet moves ahead and above your position to indicate they want you to follow.

The RT of this intercept is available on Twitter and is pretty interesting - https://x.com/EISNspotter/status/17545024362265641...

There is generally a book (or Ipad) in the aircraft with signals and responses

If you want a further look: https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/opencms/en/Pub...

Thanks chaps. Very interesting

It’s not LED, but the Swiss do have sign written drop tanks with the guard radio frequency on it!



Someone will explain it better, but 121.5 is the flying versions on 999.

[MarkwG]

bobthemonkey said:

It’s not LED, but the Swiss do have sign written drop tanks with the guard radio frequency on it!

Someone will explain it better, but 121.5 is the flying versions on 999.

That's a reasonable explanation tbh. 121.5 is an ICAO agreed universal frequency for that purpose. It's what the UK refers to as the distress & diversion frequency: there's an RAF unit at each of the ATC centres who listen out, & anyone in trouble can dial the frequency & get a response with hopefully a resolution to their difficulty.

I imagine it's painted on the Hornet's drop tank for an aircraft who's not responding to ATC calls.

[loughran]

My very own Goodfellas moment this morning but I managed to get away.

[rallye101]

Not that cool but think it's Jonathan Palmer being ferried to Thruxton going by the choppers registration