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Rockatansky said:
Beato said:
A couple of Apaches out and about. Wondered what was flying past in formation when we were out with the dog!
Watching these on ads-b now, heard them transit in West Edinburgh. What are snake 54 and snake 57, the beechcraft shadow things up to??
I managed to grab a quick screenshot of Flightradar24 then it just vanished off the app..
What a noise... but could have left it a bit later on in the day!
Tracked on flight radar picking up your sandwich...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-5...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-5...
ben5575 said:
Tracked on flight radar picking up your sandwich...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-5...
I’m pretty sure if someone can afford to fly a helicopter around to pick up a sandwich they will give precisely not one iota about the £250 fine. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-5...
Besides if he is required to do it for currency for example who’s to say it’s a none essential bit of travel.
One of my wife’s friends flys his R44 to work most days.
manracer said:
Only just discovered this thread!
2 x C-130s flew over me today while on a walk, I heard a very different sound coming from the distance. Couldn't see them but knew it wasn't the usual 787 or a380 sound I usually hear from Manchester.
If the rumours turn out to be true, you won't be hearing them for much longer...... 2 x C-130s flew over me today while on a walk, I heard a very different sound coming from the distance. Couldn't see them but knew it wasn't the usual 787 or a380 sound I usually hear from Manchester.
aeropilot said:
manracer said:
Only just discovered this thread!
2 x C-130s flew over me today while on a walk, I heard a very different sound coming from the distance. Couldn't see them but knew it wasn't the usual 787 or a380 sound I usually hear from Manchester.
If the rumours turn out to be true, you won't be hearing them for much longer...... 2 x C-130s flew over me today while on a walk, I heard a very different sound coming from the distance. Couldn't see them but knew it wasn't the usual 787 or a380 sound I usually hear from Manchester.
2 questions - How come some of the Hercules seem to have much darker panels on the side (e.g. the upper picture above) - have they been really badly patch-painted after being reskinned or something?
Have the Dutch got rid of their ancient DC10 tankers? There used to be one that plodded around the North Sea pretty much every day, but it's now disappeared and a NATO owned but Dutch registered Voyager seems to have appeared in its place.
Have the Dutch got rid of their ancient DC10 tankers? There used to be one that plodded around the North Sea pretty much every day, but it's now disappeared and a NATO owned but Dutch registered Voyager seems to have appeared in its place.
alangla said:
2 questions - How come some of the Hercules seem to have much darker panels on the side (e.g. the upper picture above) - have they been really badly patch-painted after being reskinned or something?
Have the Dutch got rid of their ancient DC10 tankers? There used to be one that plodded around the North Sea pretty much every day, but it's now disappeared and a NATO owned but Dutch registered Voyager seems to have appeared in its place.
Dutch sold the KC-10s to Omega Air Refueling (US civvie AAR company) couple of years ago.Have the Dutch got rid of their ancient DC10 tankers? There used to be one that plodded around the North Sea pretty much every day, but it's now disappeared and a NATO owned but Dutch registered Voyager seems to have appeared in its place.
alangla said:
2 questions - How come some of the Hercules seem to have much darker panels on the side (e.g. the upper picture above) - have they been really badly patch-painted after being reskinned or something?
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The sides and belly have surface impact protection which is a darker green than the original paint.
swampy442 said:
alangla said:
2 questions - How come some of the Hercules seem to have much darker panels on the side (e.g. the upper picture above) - have they been really badly patch-painted after being reskinned or something?
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The sides and belly have surface impact protection which is a darker green than the original paint.
I assumed it was different paid jobs on different panels as they’d been replaced etc.
El stovey said:
swampy442 said:
alangla said:
2 questions - How come some of the Hercules seem to have much darker panels on the side (e.g. the upper picture above) - have they been really badly patch-painted after being reskinned or something?
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The sides and belly have surface impact protection which is a darker green than the original paint.
I assumed it was different paid jobs on different panels as they’d been replaced etc.
On the Dutch DC10s - I'm sure they were still flying about showing as Royal Netherlands Air Force up to the end of last year, unless they were being operated by a civvy company under contract.
DavieBNL said:
Dutch sold the KC-10s to Omega Air Refueling (US civvie AAR company) couple of years ago.
They still have one left (T-235), and it is still in use, but due to leave for Omega by the end of the year (one of their 707 tankers was in an episode of 'Mighty Planes', shown on Discovery/Quest). They are being replaced with 3 A330 MRTT's, aka Voyager, but with a Refuelling Boom which the RAF versions don't have, although we now have a load of aircraft that required boom (E-3, C-17, RC-135, and E-7's when they arrive, yes I know they have different designations because that is what the RAF do!) so we have to rely on the Yanks and their KC-135's out of Mildenhall.
MB140 said:
I’m pretty sure if someone can afford to fly a helicopter around to pick up a sandwich they will give precisely not one iota about the £250 fine.
Besides if he is required to do it for currency for example who’s to say it’s a none essential bit of travel.
One of my wife’s friends flys his R44 to work most days.
What is illegal about that - if a shop is allowed to open you are allowed to travel to it. It may be the only sandwich shop open where he knew he could park the helicopter! Besides if he is required to do it for currency for example who’s to say it’s a none essential bit of travel.
One of my wife’s friends flys his R44 to work most days.
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