Cool things seen on FlightRadar

Cool things seen on FlightRadar

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manracer

1,548 posts

112 months

Sunday 7th March 2021
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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.




aeropilot

38,281 posts

242 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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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...... frown

Dashnine

1,583 posts

65 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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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...... frown
Going on eBay are they?

alangla

5,652 posts

196 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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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.

DavieBNL

303 posts

78 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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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.

swampy442

1,697 posts

226 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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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

anonymous-user

69 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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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 think it’s more this kind of thing?





I assumed it was different paid jobs on different panels as they’d been replaced etc.

alangla

5,652 posts

196 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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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 think it’s more this kind of thing?





I assumed it was different paid jobs on different panels as they’d been replaced etc.
Yep, that & the picture of ZH874 above shows a large dark panel on the side.

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.

smack

9,754 posts

206 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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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.

DavieBNL

303 posts

78 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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Yes, apols for the duff gen there, they do indeed still have one left to handover.

velocemitch

3,964 posts

235 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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Hawker Hunter, out of Leeming today, doing loops around the North East and currently over the NY moors.


IJWS15

2,013 posts

100 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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Not seen any eight engined jets before today. started off near the Gulf and almost into Canada . . .

IJWS15

2,013 posts

100 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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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!

swampy442

1,697 posts

226 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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velocemitch said:
Hawker Hunter, out of Leeming today, doing loops around the North East and currently over the NY moors.

Spedeadam is booked, so we decided to attack ships round the North East area biggrin

aeropilot

38,281 posts

242 months

Monday 8th March 2021
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swampy442 said:
velocemitch said:
Hawker Hunter, out of Leeming today, doing loops around the North East and currently over the NY moors.

Spedeadam is booked, so we decided to attack ships round the North East area biggrin
laugh

The Bucc would be much better for that though wink
(if only)

Boatbuoy

1,962 posts

177 months

Tuesday 9th March 2021
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NASA’s SOFIA 747SP telescope casually passing over the UK just now. Shame it’s dark.


LotusOmega375D

8,717 posts

168 months

Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Presumably it works better at night?

LotusOmega375D

8,717 posts

168 months

Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Voyager returning to Brize Norton from Fort Hood, Texas. Presumably returning soldiers from exercises?


LHB

8,041 posts

158 months

Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Boatbuoy said:
NASA’s SOFIA 747SP telescope casually passing over the UK just now. Shame it’s dark.

Passed right over me in the Chilterns just as a C-17 was coming in at about 10,000ft into Brize Norton as well biggrin





Edited by LHB on Tuesday 9th March 22:31

mybrainhurts

90,809 posts

270 months

Tuesday 9th March 2021
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Boatbuoy said:
NASA’s SOFIA 747SP telescope casually passing over the UK just now. Shame it’s dark.

I spotted that a while ago. What does it do?