Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[loughran]

Petrus1983 said:

Here's a quick read for you Loughran

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/b-52-maintainer-ex...

[skeeterm5]

Penrhyn said:

12:36pm 30th March USAF B52 Bomber off east coast of England.

It flew over us at about 7000 ft on its way to Lossiemouth.

[rallye101]

Carnage on last week's storms at Heathrow....Go arounds must have cost a few pennies

[Petrus1983]

skeeterm5 said:

Penrhyn said:

12:36pm 30th March USAF B52 Bomber off east coast of England.

It flew over us at about 7000 ft on its way to Lossiemouth.

I wondered where it was heading to when I took this screenshot -

[craigjm]

UA921 from Heathrow to New York declared an emergency half way across and then quarantined away from the terminal with passengers taken off row by row by the security services. Any idea what happened ?

[Petrus1983]

craigjm said:

UA921 from Heathrow to New York declared an emergency half way across and then quarantined away from the terminal with passengers taken off row by row by the security services. Any idea what happened ?

AviationSource approached United Airlines for a comment regarding UA921 from last night.

It turns out it wasn’t a disruptive passenger, but actually a threat made to the airplane.

In the statement, UA said the following on this:

“United flight 921 from London to Newark landed safely in Newark on Monday after a non-credible threat was found written on a lavatory mirror.”

“Our pilots and law enforcement followed the regular procedure for this type of occurrence, which included having customers deplane a short distance from the terminal.”

“The aircraft will receive a security sweep and we’ll get our connecting customers to their destinations soon.”

[craigjm]

Thanks Petrus

[MrBig]

Couple of G550s making their way west across the Atlantic seemingly in convoy right now. No registration details though?

[Scabutz]

Don't you hate it when you hear that sound, and you think what is that. It sounds like a Chinook, the double slaps, it must be. Checks FR24, nothing, checks ADSB Exchange, nothing. Must be super secret.

Listens more closely, and then......yep its next door washing machine on a final spin. FML

[andyA700]

Scabutz said:

Don't you hate it when you hear that sound, and you think what is that. It sounds like a Chinook, the double slaps, it must be. Checks FR24, nothing, checks ADSB Exchange, nothing. Must be super secret.

Listens more closely, and then......yep its next door washing machine on a final spin. FML

Blimey, you must be my next door neighbour!
Anyway, around 3:00 in the afternoon yesterday, I was looking at ADSB and there was a jet, approaching low (sub 2,000ft) on an unusual flightpath. We are in Kent and this had taken off from North Weald. It was a jet Provost and it was making a fair bit of noise. It went down to the coast, turned around and came back again retracing his route. Never seen one before so this was a bit of a treat.

[Petrus1983]

MrBig said:

Couple of G550s making their way west across the Atlantic seemingly in convoy right now. No registration details though?

Could be the same family. My uncle was a Gulfstream IV pilot in the 90's and told me that often prominent families wouldn't all travel together incase the plane went down. He always thought it was BS and they just didn't want to be on the same plane as the kids and nanny.

[MarkwG]

Petrus1983 said:

MrBig said:

Couple of G550s making their way west across the Atlantic seemingly in convoy right now. No registration details though?

Could be the same family. My uncle was a Gulfstream IV pilot in the 90's and told me that often prominent families wouldn't all travel together incase the plane went down. He always thought it was BS and they just didn't want to be on the same plane as the kids and nanny.

Big electrical company in the '90s flew three Learjets around with different execs on, often following each other. They'd land & get in the same minibus to get to the terminal...

[interstellar]

Just seen this go over my house bound for Jamaica but says it’s being redirected to Melbourne in Florida, seems unusual 30 mins in?

[MrBig]

Is there some frisky weather in the Caribbean at the moment? Maybe planning to get as close as they can and hope the weather settles? Can't think of any other reason!

[djc206]

MrBig said:

Is there some frisky weather in the Caribbean at the moment? Maybe planning to get as close as they can and hope the weather settles? Can't think of any other reason!

Weather is glorious in Montego Bay.

My money is on dropping off crew and/or engineers and parts for G-TUIB which was supposed to head back from Melbourne to Gatwick last night but was cancelled.

[u-boat]

djc206 said:

Weather is glorious in Montego Bay.

My money is on dropping off crew and/or engineers and parts for G-TUIB which was supposed to head back from Melbourne to Gatwick last night but was cancelled.

Exactly right, it’s dropping off a tyre then continuing onto MBJ.

[djc206]

u-boat said:

djc206 said:

Weather is glorious in Montego Bay.

My money is on dropping off crew and/or engineers and parts for G-TUIB which was supposed to head back from Melbourne to Gatwick last night but was cancelled.

Exactly right, it’s dropping off a tyre then continuing onto MBJ.

No Kwik-Fit in Florida?

[interstellar]

u-boat said:

djc206 said:

Weather is glorious in Montego Bay.

My money is on dropping off crew and/or engineers and parts for G-TUIB which was supposed to head back from Melbourne to Gatwick last night but was cancelled.

Exactly right, it’s dropping off a tyre then continuing onto MBJ.

Where do you find this info?

thanks for confirming.

[Mezzanine]

Seen from my windscreen rather than on FlightRadar.

In the Northampton skies this afternoon:



I honestly thought he was ditching it due to the height and angle he appeared at!



(Apologies for the poor quality crop)

[gotoPzero]

Getting pretty sporty at Dublin today.