Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[red_slr]

Might be having a go now

[red_slr]

Landed now. Perhaps a smidge fast on final but nothing unusual

[5150]

red_slr said:

Landed now. Perhaps a smidge fast on final but nothing unusual

If you've got a flap issue, you're likely to be coming in faster.

[mybrainhurts]

5150 said:

red_slr said:

Landed now. Perhaps a smidge fast on final but nothing unusual

If you've got a flap issue, you're likely to be coming in faster.

Pulled up just short of Liverpool, did it...?

[PD9]

What's happening here? Flight just landed @ GLA?

[LiamB]

Anyone got any ideas what this is doing? It's been buzzing around my house doing a similar route for the last couple of nights and doing my head in

[weeboot]

A quick search on Google leads me to this... " calibration of navigation and landing aids"

http://www.airport-technology.com/contractors/traf...

http://www.thejournal.co.uk/business/business-news...

[LHRFlightman]

LiamB said:

Anyone got any ideas what this is doing? It's been buzzing around my house doing a similar route for the last couple of nights and doing my head in

He's calibrating our ILS. Hasn't quite finished all the runs and is planned to be back on Friday night for about 90 mins more work.

[Dal3D]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/news/boeing-drawin...

[Smiler.]

Saw this the other day:

[ecsrobin]

Smiler. said:

Saw this the other day:

That’s a regular in the skies and has been for many years. Part of the Empire Test Pilot School. Quite a fleet they have.

[weeboot]

I'll do another data dump of all of my detected mil-spec stuff later for your perusal, if you're bored...

[alangla]

Linked from Flight Radar's twitter feed: https://www.flightradar24.com/BOE004/e54ad6b - a very, very large Dreamliner.

[ecsrobin]

alangla said:

Linked from Flight Radar's twitter feed: https://www.flightradar24.com/BOE004/e54ad6b - a very, very large Dreamliner.

Posted above.

After 15hours the plane is complete and now RTB.

[alangla]

ecsrobin said:

alangla said:

Linked from Flight Radar's twitter feed: https://www.flightradar24.com/BOE004/e54ad6b - a very, very large Dreamliner.

Posted above.

After 15hours the plane is complete and now RTB.

Argh, missed that, sorry.

[LHRFlightman]

LHRFlightman said:

LiamB said:

Anyone got any ideas what this is doing? It's been buzzing around my house doing a similar route for the last couple of nights and doing my head in

He's calibrating the Northolt ILS.

[Yertis]

ecsrobin said:

That’s a regular in the skies and has been for many years. Part of the Empire Test Pilot School. Quite a fleet they have.

Why did they get Alpha Jets and not Hawks?

[ecsrobin]

Yertis said:

ecsrobin said:

That’s a regular in the skies and has been for many years. Part of the Empire Test Pilot School. Quite a fleet they have.

Why did they get Alpha Jets and not Hawks?

They have hawks as well.

It’s a big fleet:

Avro RJ
Alphajet
Hawk
Tucano
DA42
Tornado GR4
Learjet
Saab 340a
Hunter
Saab gripen
A320

Plus they have access to even more fixed wing like F18.

Then there’s the rotary list.

http://www.etps.qinetiq.com/school/fleet/Pages/def...

[220]

weeboot said:

I'll do another data dump of all of my detected mil-spec stuff later for your perusal, if you're bored...

How do you do this? I'm uploading to 360 and flightaware but be interesting to see what I acually pick up.

[PRTVR]

Yertis said:

ecsrobin said:

That’s a regular in the skies and has been for many years. Part of the Empire Test Pilot School. Quite a fleet they have.

Why did they get Alpha Jets and not Hawks?

I remember watching in the distant past a program about the test pilot school, they flew lots of different aircraft because ultimately this is what they would be asked to do, new untested aircraft will come along and they would be tasked to test them, having experience of different aircrafts prepared them for this.
The work load on the course was incredibly,not only testing aircraft but writing reports, the program was a fantastic insight into the workings of the school.