Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[towser44]

Judging by the proximity (less than 50ft in altitude difference in one of them) the Hercs are being refuelled mid-air now!

[fatboy69]

What would this be?

Originated from just outside Hillingdon.... 40000 feet. Blocked.

[fatboy69]

And what is this? Not long departed Bristol.

[fatboy69]

Squawking general emergency.

[red_slr]

Looking at it now

[jbudgie]

Very low.

[red_slr]

Yep could not see it got the binos out

[Smiler.]

How are the icons used for the aircraft assigned to a flight?

I've often seen something displaying as a passenger jet when it's actually a light aircraft.


What is quite cool is that the SAAB deltawing have a deltawing icon.



Shame this wasn't actually one of them.

[red_slr]

Not being funny but this approach looks a bit odd. EGCC approach silent at the mo

[jbudgie]

Coming into Manchester it seems.

[red_slr]

Normal service resumed so don't know what that was all about.

[red_slr]

They turned back before decent so does not look like a major issue with loss of power or anything but was well under the glide slope by the looks of it around 1000ft when should have been more like 1500 if not 2000.

[48k]

This happened this afternoon:



I couldn't work out if it was genuine emergency or just some low flying as the altitude was going up and down between 1200 and about 700 feet. Either that or my phone signal was rubbish.

Have to say since FR changed the alerts recently they seem to have stopped reporting the squawk code 7500/7600/7700 and just say "General Emergency" and the tracking seems to have become a bit flakey.

[fatboy69]

What is this up to?

Military or private?[url]

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[fatboy69]

Maltese airline. Flying from Malaga, down safe at Manchester.

Assume it's another Monarch repatriation flight.

Weird approach path.

[red_slr]

That one caught my eye I must admit. An old beast. Quite busy the last hour or so round here.

[fatboy69]

G-ZBAT final flight out of BHX.

[fatboy69]

Watching the Monarch flight I spotted this.

Antonov AN134 en route to Brize. Due in at 19.53pm.

Edited by fatboy69 on Wednesday 4th October 19:24

[fatboy69]

G-OZBF departed Gatwick. Destination unknown.

[fatboy69]

Heading for Shannon along with a pair recently departed BHX.

OZBF & ZBAG into Shannon. OZBL now Lowestoft at 35000. Heading to Ostrava?

Edited by fatboy69 on Wednesday 4th October 23:22