Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[aka_kerrly]

tedmus said:

towser44 said:

How much stuff did the US take to Newquay!? 2 USAF C17s just left Newquay, along with at least 2 I saw leaving earlier this week/late Sunday!

Didn't they ship Marine 1 & 2 in on C17s?

That would be my guess to. Rather bonkers turning up to a climate summit with 2 giant cargo planes & 2 helicopters

[zsdom]

aka_kerrly said:

tedmus said:

towser44 said:

How much stuff did the US take to Newquay!? 2 USAF C17s just left Newquay, along with at least 2 I saw leaving earlier this week/late Sunday!

Didn't they ship Marine 1 & 2 in on C17s?

That would be my guess to. Rather bonkers turning up to a climate summit with 2 giant cargo planes & 2 helicopters

26 C-17s visited the UK prior to his visit 2 with Sea Kings in, 3x KC-130 flew in with 4x Ospreys, there was also a C-32, E-4 an of course AF1

[LotusOmega375D]

Insane isn’t it? I know Cornwall has its nationalists, but it’s hardly downtown Kabul. I am sure our security forces could have handled it and even lent him a helicopter for the short hop to Windsor.

[MarkwG]

LotusOmega375D said:

Insane isn’t it? I know Cornwall has its nationalists, but it’s hardly downtown Kabul. I am sure our security forces could have handled it and even lent him a helicopter for the short hop to Windsor.

That's not how the US does it, I'm afraid. To be fair, they've lost Presidents before, so a dose of paranoia is perhaps to be expected.

[Dashnine]

zsdom said:

aka_kerrly said:

tedmus said:

towser44 said:

How much stuff did the US take to Newquay!? 2 USAF C17s just left Newquay, along with at least 2 I saw leaving earlier this week/late Sunday!

Didn't they ship Marine 1 & 2 in on C17s?

That would be my guess to. Rather bonkers turning up to a climate summit with 2 giant cargo planes & 2 helicopters

26 C-17s visited the UK prior to his visit 2 with Sea Kings in, 3x KC-130 flew in with 4x Ospreys, there was also a C-32, E-4 an of course AF1

Not forgetting the Beast - 9 tons of armoured limousine, and probably a back up car too.

Amusing to see he arrived at Windsor in a FFRR, maybe the Beast was too heavy for any under-road structures around an old castle. Not a problem they have in the USA.

[HM-2]

MarkwG said:

LotusOmega375D said:

Insane isn’t it? I know Cornwall has its nationalists, but it’s hardly downtown Kabul. I am sure our security forces could have handled it and even lent him a helicopter for the short hop to Windsor.

That's not how the US does it, I'm afraid. To be fair, they've lost Presidents before, so a dose of paranoia is perhaps to be expected.

Of the 172 assassinated heads of state since 1800:

6 have been Egyptian
5 have been Afghan
5 have been Iranian
5 have been Spanish
4 have been American
4 have been French
4 have been Romanian
3 have been Bangladeshi
3 have been Dominican
3 have been Greek
3 have been Lebanese
3 have been Iraqi
3 have been Mexican
3 have been Peruvian
3 have been Portuguese

US leaders do seem to get assassinated relatively often...as often as the French, slightly behind the Spanish or slightly ahead of the Iraqis (!)

[LHB]

U-2S up in California

[WilliamWoollard]

Just heard a Typhoon go over heading over to join his mates on the east coast,

[The Brummie]

WilliamWoollard said:

Just heard a Typhoon go over heading over to join his mates on the east coast,

He did a low pass at Brize & the went back home. Apparently he said to TTN28 that he would ‘race’ him back too Brize!!!

Goes without saying he was streets ahead.

[The Brummie]

Gazelle up over Chepstow.

[jimKRFC]

Just wondering, is there anyway to see what went over my house (whitley, Wiltshire) yesterday night (about 20.05)?

My lad said it was a Sea King (didn't think they flew anymore) and a dark colour, did look at Flightradar but couldn't see anything on there.

Cheers!

[105.4]

Spotted just now. Any ideas what and why chaps? (USAF)

[andyA700]

105.4 said:

Spotted just now. Any ideas what and why chaps? (USAF)

Looks as though it could be a Beechcraft 1900

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_1900#Mili...

[Boatbuoy]

Putin on his way into Geneva right now:

[towser44]

Boatbuoy said:

Putin on his way into Geneva right now:

One went in yesterday. It was holding at 24,000 whilst AirForce One and the accompanying 757 landed.

[yellowjack]

jimKRFC said:

Just wondering, is there anyway to see what went over my house (whitley, Wiltshire) yesterday night (about 20.05)?

My lad said it was a Sea King (didn't think they flew anymore) and a dark colour, did look at Flightradar but couldn't see anything on there.

Cheers!

Sea Kings still fly. Based in Portland, so Whitley in Wiltshire isn't that far away. A company called HeliOps reactivated a number of Sea King Mk.5s to provide training for Federal German Navy SAR crews. I've seen them numerous times over Dorset and Wiltshire when I've been out cycling... https://helioperations.co/portland
They also run a Sea King flight simulator at RNAS Culdrose, and have a storage and Maintenance facility at Somerton, Somerset.

[alangla]

Ryanair's first 737 Max 8 - https://www.flightradar24.com/RYR82MO/281206fc
Allegedly built March 2021 - anyone know if that's true? I thought there were Ryanair aircraft in store in Seattle throughout the grounding. TUI seem to have taken delivery of some recently, e.g. https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-tumv but these are showing as 2 years old despite not moving since they were built.

[tonyvid]

There is an F-15E up near York at the moment - Attack31 (edited to add - actually a pair)

[RobbyJ]

105.4 said:

Spotted just now. Any ideas what and why chaps? (USAF)

Says it at the bottom of your screenshot:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_C-12_Huro...

C-12D
U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force version. Based on the King Air A200CT, changes include larger cargo door, "high-flotation" landing gear (a Beechcraft option for larger main landing gear wheels for use on unimproved runways) (serial numbers BP-1, BP-22, BP-24 through BP-51).

They are a pretty common sight around the world.

Edited by RobbyJ on Wednesday 16th June 19:28

[105.4]

RobbyJ said:

Says it at the bottom of your screenshot:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beechcraft_C-12_Huro...

C-12D
U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force version. Based on the King Air A200CT, changes include larger cargo door, "high-flotation" landing gear (a Beechcraft option for larger main landing gear wheels for use on unimproved runways) (serial numbers BP-1, BP-22, BP-24 through BP-51).

They are a pretty common sight around the world.

Edited by RobbyJ on Wednesday 16th June 19:28

Thanks Rob,

My apologies, I didn’t really ask the right question.

What I should have asked is what role would a small plane like that have, especially for the USAF in the UK?