Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[NoIP]

Trevatanus said:

NoIP said:

Nanook said:

I saw what looked like an Electra (188) last night about 6 o'clock or so, leaving Glasgow Airport heading North.

Unlikely to have been an Electra, anyone know what it might have been? Didn't appear on Flightradar24.

Prescott Support Hercules N3755P. Operates secret US government contracts and not trackable. Was in Glasgow on 5th and there's a pic of it there on Flickr too : https://flic.kr/p/VavatN

Edited by NoIP on Friday 7th July 08:30

Out of interest, is it a Hercules, or an L-100? Not being picky, just curious.

Both models are called Hercules.

N3755P is an L-100-30 known as a model 382G. Basically a civilian stretched version of the C-130E.

[Trevatanus]

NoIP said:

Trevatanus said:

NoIP said:

Nanook said:

I saw what looked like an Electra (188) last night about 6 o'clock or so, leaving Glasgow Airport heading North.

Unlikely to have been an Electra, anyone know what it might have been? Didn't appear on Flightradar24.

Prescott Support Hercules N3755P. Operates secret US government contracts and not trackable. Was in Glasgow on 5th and there's a pic of it there on Flickr too : https://flic.kr/p/VavatN

Edited by NoIP on Friday 7th July 08:30

Out of interest, is it a Hercules, or an L-100? Not being picky, just curious.

Both models are called Hercules.

N3755P is an L-100-30 known as a model 382G. Basically a civilian stretched version of the C-130E.

Sorry, I realised that after I posted, just wondered if it were the Civi or Mil variant.

[Quickmoose]

ukaskew said:

Would loved to have seen a trace of the B-2 yesterday, it seemed to be hanging around for a loooooong time before it's two fly-pasts.

That thing flew over my house just before Kimi and Seb got punctures...
I ran outside looked up to where the noise was and got an eyeful of the sun.... and then it merged with the cloud then was visible again as it got smaller.
Amazing sight...other worldly ....kind of terrifying...

[Trevatanus]

Quickmoose said:

ukaskew said:

Would loved to have seen a trace of the B-2 yesterday, it seemed to be hanging around for a loooooong time before it's two fly-pasts.

That thing flew over my house just before Kimi and Seb got punctures...
I ran outside looked up to where the noise was and got an eyeful of the sun.... and then it merged with the cloud then was visible again as it got smaller.
Amazing sight...other worldly ....kind of terrifying...

I believe they tested it near Area 51? Makes you wonder if some of the UFO sightings were this. I know what I would think if I saw it and didn't know what it was.

[Quickmoose]

Trevatanus said:

Quickmoose said:

ukaskew said:

Would loved to have seen a trace of the B-2 yesterday, it seemed to be hanging around for a loooooong time before it's two fly-pasts.

That thing flew over my house just before Kimi and Seb got punctures...
I ran outside looked up to where the noise was and got an eyeful of the sun.... and then it merged with the cloud then was visible again as it got smaller.
Amazing sight...other worldly ....kind of terrifying...

I believe they tested it near Area 51? Makes you wonder if some of the UFO sightings were this. I know what I would think if I saw it and didn't know what it was.

100%
If you had no knowledge of it, and weren't interested in planes in any way, seeing this thing....it's unlike anything else. I guess only the noise and speed/movement is the only thing that plane like. Take the noise out of the equation though and hmmm it would make quite a few people wonder...

[ukaskew]

Trevatanus said:

I believe they tested it near Area 51? Makes you wonder if some of the UFO sightings were this. I know what I would think if I saw it and didn't know what it was.

I showed my colleagues in the office today and even today 30 years later they wondered what the hell it was, had never seen anything like it. I think it's fair to say had they seen it fly over they may have questioned whether it was of this world.

[red_slr]

ukaskew said:

Trevatanus said:

I believe they tested it near Area 51? Makes you wonder if some of the UFO sightings were this. I know what I would think if I saw it and didn't know what it was.

I showed my colleagues in the office today and even today 30 years later they wondered what the hell it was, had never seen anything like it. I think it's fair to say had they seen it fly over they may have questioned whether it was of this world.

I always wonder what made them stop building them after such a short production run and also what made them go from black project to a grey project in the space of 5 years or so. All very interesting stuff.

[Boatbuoy]

red_slr said:

I always wonder what made them stop building them after such a short production run and also what made them go from black project to a grey project in the space of 5 years or so. All very interesting stuff.

Possibly something to do with the $2.1bn pricetag of each aircraft?

[4x4Tyke]

Flying saucers became flying triangles around the time of the Nighthawk.

[SpamCan]

4x4Tyke said:

Flying saucers became flying triangles around the time of the Nighthawk.

I watched a programme a while back on the SR-71 and the A-12 which preceeded it and whilst it (A-12) was being tested (from Area 51/Groom Lake/Homey Airport) they were asked a number of times by Project Blue Book (the USA's UFO investigation program) whether or not they were flying something; Blue Book were told to go and make something up!

I wonder how many of the famous UFO incidents of the last 70 odd years will be debunked (even in the eyes of the UFO = alien craft brigade) by files becoming de-classified over the coming years.

[NEEP]

I presume some sort of Mapping flight, OS maybe?

[weeboot]

For the geeks in the room, for there are many, all of the MIL flights picked up by my kit in the last week.

https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?resid=7D3C5C2A...

[mybrainhurts]

NEEP said:

I presume some sort of Mapping flight, OS maybe?

Nah, it's Doctor Who, grappling with the satnav....

[MissChief]

I was at the GP at the weekend and sitting close to the Heliport most of the time. There was a helicopter, G-TRMP that was very busy. Anyone know if it's owned by Trump?

[naturals]

MissChief said:

I was at the GP at the weekend and sitting close to the Heliport most of the time. There was a helicopter, G-TRMP that was very busy. Anyone know if it's owned by Trump?

If you google the reg you get some pictures of it in this colour scheme...



And some older pictures in this...



So I'd say it's safe to assume it is / was one of Trump's.

[Greendubber]

That flew over my house a while back and I wondered if it was one of his, I only look it up because it was so loud.

[AbzST64]

There's a plane currently in Aberdeen (Trumps Plane) N757AF, but can't track it?

Has it been disabled since he's been president? Im guessing it's his sons who's here?

[naturals]

AbzST64 said:

There's a plane currently in Aberdeen (Trumps Plane) N757AF, but can't track it?

Has it been disabled since he's been president? Im guessing it's his sons who's here?

Pretty sure it was invisible a few years ago when it was in the UK - I think he had its details taken down well before he threw his name into the ring as a candidate.

[peter tdci]

MissChief said:

I was at the GP at the weekend and sitting close to the Heliport most of the time. There was a helicopter, G-TRMP that was very busy. Anyone know if it's owned by Trump?

From the CAA registration search site:

Type:
SIKORSKY S-76B

Registered Owners:
DT CONNECT EUROPE LTD
TRUMP TURNBERRY, MAIDENS ROAD
TURNBERRY
GIRVAN
KA26 9LT

Aircraft operated by AOC Holder:
CARDINAL HELICOPTER SERVICES LTD

[towser44]

This has been circling over my house for the last 3 hours. Apparently it's flaps are stuck and it is burning fuel and waiting for the runway to dry!