Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[Jezzerh]

Beato said:

Very noisy right over the top of the house. Well sounded like it. Thought it was as A400 but Antonov instead!

Still droning, just came over here.

[The Brummie]

Wonder where he is off to???

[alangla]

gobuddygo said:

Perfect circles over Northumberland by NATO32

Someone's drawing something, ahem, similar, over Glasgow in a BA 777 - https://www.flightradar24.com/BAW9120/26dc7b5a

[gobuddygo]

alangla said:

Someone's drawing something, ahem, similar, over Glasgow in a BA 777 - https://www.flightradar24.com/BAW9120/26dc7b5a

Ha ha very good deserves a screenshot.

[thewarlock]

What is this?!

[djc206]

thewarlock said:

What is this?!

It’s wrong! Definitely not from Jo’burg and definitely not that registration. Probably USAF out for a play in the NWMTA.

[tonyvid]

I have a flock of KC135 overhead at the moment(Suffolk), looks like they have been up over the north of Scotland this morning so are there some more B52s in the region?

[Trevatanus]

tonyvid said:

I have a flock of KC135 overhead at the moment(Suffolk), looks like they have been up over the north of Scotland this morning so are there some more B52s in the region?

I am sure that I read earlier about some B1's heading for Norway and that there would be KC135's up for that.

[gobuddygo]

Never seen one of these before hoping it turns left and comes over Leeds where i am.

[Trevatanus]

US Navy overhead

[tonyvid]

Trevatanus said:

tonyvid said:

I have a flock of KC135 overhead at the moment(Suffolk), looks like they have been up over the north of Scotland this morning so are there some more B52s in the region?

I am sure that I read earlier about some B1's heading for Norway and that there would be KC135's up for that.

[gobuddygo]

I guess this is pretty cool.

[aeropilot]

Trevatanus said:

tonyvid said:

I have a flock of KC135 overhead at the moment(Suffolk), looks like they have been up over the north of Scotland this morning so are there some more B52s in the region?

I am sure that I read earlier about some B1's heading for Norway and that there would be KC135's up for that.

They've just started another reduction of the B1-B active fleet, with the first of 17 airframes being withdrawn from use and heading off to the boneyard in the desert for reclamation.
This will mean the B1-B fleet will be reduced down to 45 active airframes.

[tonyvid]

aeropilot said:

Trevatanus said:

tonyvid said:

I have a flock of KC135 overhead at the moment(Suffolk), looks like they have been up over the north of Scotland this morning so are there some more B52s in the region?

I am sure that I read earlier about some B1's heading for Norway and that there would be KC135's up for that.

They've just started another reduction of the B1-B active fleet, with the first of 17 airframes being withdrawn from use and heading off to the boneyard in the desert for reclamation.
This will mean the B1-B fleet will be reduced down to 45 active airframes.

From my trip to The 'Yard in 2016, they will be a bit of a rare sight in the UK with so few left on the fleet

[thewarlock]

tonyvid said:

From my trip to The 'Yard in 2016, they will be a bit of a rare sight in the UK with so few left on the fleet

Very cool.

Envious, would love to go there.

[tonyvid]

It was just gobsmacking quite how many aircraft are there, you have to get on a coach at the PIMA museum as the base is an active one, it trundles up and down while a grizzled ex-airforce chappie gives a brilliant and humourous talk about it all - you start by driving past about a mile of C130s!

[Russ35]

gobuddygo said:

I guess this is pretty cool.

Had a few nice views of it while it hung around the airport after take-off.

Shortly before that took-off, G-HUEY (UH-1) was out and about. Looking at their facebook page it was CAA test flight and inspection day.

https://www.facebook.com/hueyhelicopteruk/?ref=pag...

[TechBod]

LotusOmega375D said:

Turkish Airforce C130E approaching Prestwick after a long flight from Ankara. According to Google, the distance is 4175km and the Herc has a range of 3800km...

Never heard of AAR??

[LotusOmega375D]

TechBod said:

LotusOmega375D said:

Turkish Airforce C130E approaching Prestwick after a long flight from Ankara. According to Google, the distance is 4175km and the Herc has a range of 3800km...

Never heard of AAR??

I tracked its flight path from Ankara and it kept a steady route and altitude, so I don’t think that was a factor. There are also plenty of options for refuelling on the ground, so. I doubt AAR. One final point, Is this aircraft is even equipped for AAR. It doesn’t have a probe like an RAF Herc, so maybe the US system if anything?

[DavieBNL]

TechBod said:

LotusOmega375D said:

Turkish Airforce C130E approaching Prestwick after a long flight from Ankara. According to Google, the distance is 4175km and the Herc has a range of 3800km...

Never heard of AAR??

AAR - What on a Turkish E model?