AN12 over Thames Valley.

[Trevatanus]

Heard an AN12 over fly Sandhurst a few times recently, appears to be doing some sort of scheduled freight work.
I thought I heard it last night, checked Plane Finder, apparently it was 27,000 up and en-route from PIK, sounded a lot lower though.
Yet to actually see it.
So if your local, and you hear a very large prop aircraft, that's what it could well be.

[clarkey]

Yes, I heard it last night - about 9pm or so? Bloody noisy.

[ecsrobin]

This pops up every few months on here. I forget what manufacturer but it's car parts.

[Crush]

Cavok Air?

[Trevatanus]

Crush said:

Cavok Air?

Call sign was CVK7077 so quite possibly

[GoBig]

Yep, heard the noise last night as it flew over here.

Confirmed on FR en route from Prestwick.

[Trevatanus]

Becoming quite a regular visitor

[silverfoxcc]

Been hearing that for years!!! ( Bracknell) never bothered to check the net as i thought it was a Hercules!

[scrwright]

Think I saw one land at manchester yesterday. One of the perks of an office 1/2 way up the old tower building there

[RobbyJ]

CVK7058 - Aerovis Airlines Reg UR-CBG just heading North over the south coast now, on it's current heading it should fly over Sandhusrt way.

[Charlie1986]

Where did it fly from the track on FR24 starts in the Atlantic!

[Trevatanus]

Charlie1986 said:

Where did it fly from the track on FR24 starts in the Atlantic!

I could tell you, but then I would need to kill you!

[Trevatanus]

RobbyJ said:

CVK7058 - Aerovis Airlines Reg UR-CBG just heading North over the south coast now, on it's current heading it should fly over Sandhusrt way.

Too far East now

[RobbyJ]

Yeah sorry, it's landing at Luton now and routed over West London.

I do love these aircraft but I've not heard one fly over home for a couple of months now. A couple of the Cavok ones have been in the US, South America, Cuba and the Caribbean Islands recently, UR-CKM and UR-CKL I think from memory. I'm always curious as to what they are shipping.

[RobbyJ]

Charlie1986 said:

Where did it fly from the track on FR24 starts in the Atlantic!

It took off from Tenerife

[FurtiveFreddy]

Is there any way to set up an alert on your smartphone/pc to tell you a specific plane is going to overfly you?

[RobbyJ]

FurtiveFreddy said:

Is there any way to set up an alert on your smartphone/pc to tell you a specific plane is going to overfly you?

Yes, I use FR24Premium on my iPhone and have a number of alerts setup.

Mine alerts me to certain planes and helis by their registration number. You can also set this up either globally or in a radius of your current location.

I also have it setup to alert me of all global 7700 emergencies.

It's a great app, I also use it on the PC sometimes too.