Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[MarkwG]

^D-FIPS^ - seems to be a para dropping aircraft, so I would guess some meat bombing practice?

[tedmus]

Definitely survey work, photography for Google maps I read on a local spotters FB page. Can see the cameras in the pics here.

https://derbosoft.proboards.com/thread/35126/fips-...

[PRTVR]

American C130 and helicopter working what looks like a search pattern of cadiz Spain.

[Charlie1986]

So this has popped up on twitter today

[aeropilot]

Charlie1986 said:

So this has popped up on twitter today

Already posted yesterday in the Karachi crash thread.

This was entirely expected after the Pakistan authorities admitted this the other week. It was just a case of how long the ban would be.

[Quhet]

NM62 said:

Now "pissing around" down at Brum

This is now over Bristol doing passes over the airport. Must be quite a fun gig at the moment for the crew!

[alangla]

Cam-force 1/The Boris Mobile out doing its day job - https://www.flightradar24.com/TTN39/24d2e003

[alangla]

One of the long-term Glasgow residents seems to have been started up & preparing to head back to Heathrow - https://www.flightradar24.com/BAW9252/24d326f0 also, the 2nd 787-10 for BA arrived this morning.

[BFleming]

alangla said:

Cam-force 1/The Boris Mobile out doing its day job - https://www.flightradar24.com/TTN39/24d2e003

The new paint job looks very... erm... non-RAF.

[Dr Jekyll]

BFleming said:

The new paint job looks very... erm... non-RAF.

Not massively different from the old RAF transport scheme

[alangla]

BFleming said:

alangla said:

Cam-force 1/The Boris Mobile out doing its day job - https://www.flightradar24.com/TTN39/24d2e003

The new paint job looks very... erm... non-RAF.

Is there any significance to the 6 horizontal lines behind the door? I notice the grey ones have them as well.

[aeropilot]

LotusOmega375D said:

The Hunter ended up taking a very circuitous route to Yeovilton.

Looks like the Hunter is about to depart Yeovilton.

[NM62]

Quhet said:

NM62 said:

Now "pissing around" down at Brum

This is now over Bristol doing passes over the airport. Must be quite a fun gig at the moment for the crew!

Indeed - The transport fleet are all getting quite a lot of practise at the minute, probably more than usual and definitely more noticeable.

It was nice to see the E-3 circuit bashing at Ringway last week too.

Always welcome in my eyes - trouble is they are just out of range for me

[anonymous-user]

alangla said:

BFleming said:

alangla said:

Cam-force 1/The Boris Mobile out doing its day job - https://www.flightradar24.com/TTN39/24d2e003

The new paint job looks very... erm... non-RAF.

Is there any significance to the 6 horizontal lines behind the door? I notice the grey ones have them as well.

Infrared and normal lights

[The Brummie]

Antonov AN124 - too cloudy to see anything at the moment.

[NM62]

Haven't seen a Merlin / Metroliner for a few years

[LotusOmega375D]

B52 returning to Barksdale AFB after a trip to Nevada.

[Easternlight]

There's a lot of activity over Norfolk and Suffolk this week, Ospreys, Apaches and C130's coming out of Mildenhall.

[FunkyNige]

Easternlight said:

There's a lot of activity over Norfolk and Suffolk this week, Ospreys, Apaches and C130's coming out of Mildenhall.

Are those two taking photos? There's currently a pair of F35s doing loops around Marham with a sneaky Shadow R1 circling at the same time.
There was also a fast jet making an absolute racket above Norwich at about 9am this morning!

[LotusOmega375D]

The Sentinel has taken an odd flight path including an octagon of East Anglia.