Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[Stussy]

A more recognisable shape down here today!

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/pi...

[ecsrobin]

C70R said:

Well, that's certainly unusual...

Will be over Portsmouth and Southampton today can’t find a route though.

[ecsrobin]

It’s just got airborne from Calais and crossing the channel.

[aeropilot]

Had the sound of a Merlin past my 'home office' window about half an hour ago, and looked out to see a 'Yellow nosed Bast**d" flying past .....one of Air Leasing's Hispano Bouhon's that came from the Connie Edwards fleet a few years ago - a check onADS-B showed it departed Duxford, and was heading to Goodwood, where it landed a short while ago.

[GliderRider]

The Airship is heading along the South Coast at the moment. I just saw it heading along the front at Hayling Island. It should be over Portsmouth imminently.

Edited by GliderRider on Thursday 1st July 14:14

Edited by GliderRider on Thursday 1st July 14:15

[Scotty2]

Some info on the Zeppelin NT tour.

https://www.hampshirelive.news/news/hampshire-news...

Technically not a "blimp" but a semi rigid...

(I've been on one...) ;-)

[anonymous-user]

ecsrobin said:

It’s just got airborne from Calais and crossing the channel.

Looks awesome,just following the south coast and doing orbits of interesting spots!

[Dashnine]

Just had a bit of a shock, driving down a dale when around the corner comes this thing having some fun in the Dales too.

[anonymous-user]

Spitfire getting airborne to meet the German zeppelin.

[ecsrobin]

El stovey said:

ecsrobin said:

It’s just got airborne from Calais and crossing the channel.

Looks awesome,just following the south coast and doing orbits of interesting spots!

Flew past my office.

[Dashnine]

Just a bit of history for anyone unaware of the non-tyre related link between the Goodyear (not a) Blimp and motoring. The connection is to ZF as ZF or Zahnrad Fabrik (literally Gear Factory) was a company setup to make a new type of gear box for the original Zeppelins, using a new gear meshing invention from Switzerland (I think, doing this from memory).

Of course Zeppelin had a rather controversial history and faded to almost nothing commercially whereas ZF grew and grew to the automotive giant it is now.

Both Zeppelin and ZF are based at Friedrichshafen, the town council controlling the Zeppelin Foundation which owns 94% of ZF and the airship company, and is about as far south you can go in Germany before getting your feet wet in Lake Constance.

[mfmman]

ecsrobin said:

C70R said:

Well, that's certainly unusual...

Will be over Portsmouth and Southampton today can’t find a route though.

I wonder if filming for a TV doc or similar

[andyA700]

We live around twenty miles from Biggin hill and are underneath the flightpath for incoming flights. This morning a small Cessna jet came over, so I followed the flight path back to Sion airport in Switzerland. I then had a look at Google earth, to find out what different kinds of aircraft were on the deck. I then spotted this unmistakeable classic from the past. What a lovely aircraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEaSDqxZVoY

[The Brummie]

Sea King - I think it is one of the Historic Helicopter Flights aircraft.

[aeropilot]

The Brummie said:

Sea King - I think it is one of the Historic Helicopter Flights aircraft.

On its way back from its display at Old Warden airshow.

[naturals]

andyA700 said:

We live around twenty miles from Biggin hill and are underneath the flightpath for incoming flights. This morning a small Cessna jet came over, so I followed the flight path back to Sion airport in Switzerland. I then had a look at Google earth, to find out what different kinds of aircraft were on the deck. I then spotted this unmistakeable classic from the past. What a lovely aircraft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEaSDqxZVoY

I've taxied by it at Zurich a couple of times. So elegant compared to all the modern private jets which are usually on the apron there.

[Insurancejon]

while we were in the holding area prior to our race on Saturday (around 3.45pm) at Oulton park a huge white helicopter was circling above....any ideas what it was....markings looked a bit like US coastguard...ive been trying to do a play back on FR24 but can't find it

[Penrhyn]

I would imagine its the Bristow airsea rescue based at Caernavon. They are BIG and make a hell of a lot noise.

[speedking31]

It was. Flew along the North Wales coast doing a couple of circles, then south across Warrington, Winsford to Oulton Park.

[ecsrobin]

speedking31 said:

It was. Flew along the North Wales coast doing a couple of circles, then south across Warrington, Winsford to Oulton Park.

On a training sortie.