Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[towser44]

Italian Military A319 heading to Newquay and another French Airforce biz-jet (Dassault Falcon 7X) behind

Have the Germans already got their towels on the sunbeds or yet to arrive?

Edit - German Military A319 just off the Dutch/Belgian coast now

Edited by towser44 on Friday 11th June 09:59

[towser44]

Queens chopper heading down there too now, just approaching Salisbury, for their lunch at Eden Project with the leaders

[towser44]

Italian Airbus had a look at the runway first ha ha!

[Uncle John]

towser44 said:

Italian Airbus had a look at the runway first ha ha!

Still in the air. Strange.

[towser44]

Uncle John said:

towser44 said:

Italian Airbus had a look at the runway first ha ha!

Still in the air. Strange.

Wonder if there is fog or something? See if the German one holds which isn't far behind!

[eharding]

towser44 said:

Uncle John said:

towser44 said:

Italian Airbus had a look at the runway first ha ha!

Still in the air. Strange.

Wonder if there is fog or something? See if the German one holds which isn't far behind!

Newquay actuals showing a cloudbase of 800 feet but with good visibility underneath (that as 30 minutes ago), forecast is for possible temporary cloudbase coming down to 200 feet with drizzle and mist, 2k visibility and later this afternoon visibility possibly going down to 300m in fog.

[towser44]

Italian Airbus going in now. Missed the Japanese Air Force One Boeing 777, went in at midnight last night :-(

[2fast748]

yellowjack said:

TCEvo said:

Just noticed that & wondered what was going on.

Pair of Lynx' have just flown across central Chelmsford, currently heading towards the M25/Kent.

I hate to pick nits, but they won't have been Lynx. They've all been retired and Wildcat are in service now. I watched a Wildcat doing some low level stuff over Salisbury Plain today. I couldn't get close enough for a photo as I was stranded on a Bridleway on the wrong side of the A303.

There are a couple of Lynx showing up on ADSB Exchange at the minute (ZZ515 & ZZ526) but I have noticed the Wildcat being more prevalent recently.

ETA both Google to being WIldcats so maybe ADSB Exchange need update their identifiers?

[djc206]

Uncle John said:

towser44 said:

Italian Airbus had a look at the runway first ha ha!

Still in the air. Strange.

Surely it’s to allow all the pomp and ceremony to be readied?

[towser44]

djc206 said:

Uncle John said:

towser44 said:

Italian Airbus had a look at the runway first ha ha!

Still in the air. Strange.

Surely it’s to allow all the pomp and ceremony to be readied?

I think you're right, my dad called before and said the news kept going to the airport for the next dignitary coming down the plane steps!

[speedking31]

2fast748 said:

yellowjack said:

TCEvo said:

Just noticed that & wondered what was going on.

Pair of Lynx' have just flown across central Chelmsford, currently heading towards the M25/Kent.

I hate to pick nits, but they won't have been Lynx. They've all been retired and Wildcat are in service now. I watched a Wildcat doing some low level stuff over Salisbury Plain today. I couldn't get close enough for a photo as I was stranded on a Bridleway on the wrong side of the A303.

There are a couple of Lynx showing up on ADSB Exchange at the minute (ZZ515 & ZZ526) but I have noticed the Wildcat being more prevalent recently.

ETA both Google to being WIldcats so maybe ADSB Exchange need update their identifiers?

I watched a couple of SuperLynx flying around near Glastonbury Tor a couple of weeks ago. Basically a Lynx with extra bumps. Are they actually Wildcats?

In fact, coincidentally, ZZ409 is there now.

Edited by speedking31 on Friday 11th June 13:17

[andyA700]

There is a 747 cargo plane from McGuire AFB Wrightstown landing at Mildenhall right now. Maybe bringing in the doughnuts for the conference?

[red_slr]

2 EF2000s routing towards Cornwall at 500+kts with an A330 in tow and a French AWACS too.

[mfmman]

The AWACS has been plodding round in circles for ages now

[TCEvo]

yellowjack said:

TCEvo said:

Just noticed that & wondered what was going on.

Pair of Lynx' have just flown across central Chelmsford, currently heading towards the M25/Kent.

I hate to pick nits, but they won't have been Lynx. They've all been retired and Wildcat are in service now. I watched a Wildcat doing some low level stuff over Salisbury Plain today. I couldn't get close enough for a photo as I was stranded on a Bridleway on the wrong side of the A303.

No worries.

Also had a pair of Apache's fly over Chelmsford yesterday evening - seemed lower than usual.

[towser44]

Korean Military 747 just off the coast of Norfolk, heading to the summit

[Riley Blue]

towser44 said:

Korean Military 747 just off the coast of Norfolk, heading to the summit

Plus Japanese military 777 over Sweden, heading SW.

ETA: looks like it's popped into Gatwick.

Edited by Riley Blue on Friday 11th June 19:07

[egor110]

n116q6

bombardier plane just taken off from newquay and heading out towards the states , anyone know what it is ?

[djc206]

egor110 said:

n116q6

bombardier plane just taken off from newquay and heading out towards the states , anyone know what it is ?

Owned by netjets, they’re a fractional ownership company

[ecsrobin]

speedking31 said:

watched a couple of SuperLynx flying around near Glastonbury Tor a couple of weeks ago. Basically a Lynx with extra bumps. Are they actually Wildcats?

In fact, coincidentally, ZZ409 is there now.

Edited by speedking31 on Friday 11th June 13:17

That’s a wildcat.