Plane Spotters / Flight Radar Thread

Jamauk said:
That's disappointing I was planning on going this year, Luckily I hadn't booked tickets yet. Maybe next year.
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We'd booked for the three day show and five days of camping, I'd spent a small fortune on the show and upgrading my camping gear :rolleyes:, but it is what it is, off to Coningsby next week for five days, staying in a lodge at Tattershall lakes :D .
But leading onto . . . Has anyone been to the Miami Air and Sea Show, as me and the Miss are interested
 
Some slighty unusual activity going on today. Not really sure what it means, if anything.

Trump is obviously out in Turkey atm with both his shiny new AF1 and the previous aircraft. It’s pretty normal for AF1 to stop and refuel at RAF Mildenhall as it transits back to the US from these kind of trips and it’s expected that either one or both aircraft will be dropping in this evening some time.

Unlike many bases there is no ‘official’ viewing area for spotters at Mildenhall but there are a few places that are used often, one of which is a privately owned field/campsite which backs onto the bases perimeter fence (Usually referred to as ‘Johns Field’ for those who know it.) There is normally good, unrestricted viewing from here and I’ve been several times as the wife is a bit of a plane geek and we live about 45 minutes away.

Apparently, this afternoon they have been putting up screens on the airfield side of the fence alongside this field suggesting there is something about this evenings visit that they’d rather keep hidden from prying eyes.
 
kaiowas said:
Some slighty unusual activity going on today. Not really sure what it means, if anything.

Trump is obviously out in Turkey atm with both his shiny new AF1 and the previous aircraft. It’s pretty normal for AF1 to stop and refuel at RAF Mildenhall as it transits back to the US from these kind of trips and it’s expected that either one or both aircraft will be dropping in this evening some time.

Unlike many bases there is no ‘official’ viewing area for spotters at Mildenhall but there are a few places that are used often, one of which is a privately owned field/campsite which backs onto the bases perimeter fence (Usually referred to as ‘Johns Field’ for those who know it.) There is normally good, unrestricted viewing from here and I’ve been several times as the wife is a bit of a plane geek and we live about 45 minutes away.

Apparently, this afternoon they have been putting up screens on the airfield side of the fence alongside this field suggesting there is something about this evenings visit that they’d rather keep hidden from prying eyes.
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get ladders/ scaffold, tall vans. ? is it possible
periscope cameras
 
whitecrook said:
get ladders/ scaffold, tall vans. ? is it possible
periscope cameras
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Ted Coningsby is currently streaming from there and seems to have an unobstructed view so not sure if it’s just a token effort that will be easily circumvented or whether it’ll be a full on arms race to see who can get higher.
 
kaiowas said:
Ted Coningsby is currently streaming from there and seems to have an unobstructed view so not sure if it’s just a token effort that will be easily circumvented or whether it’ll be a full on arms race to see who can get higher.
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i forgot about this. did anything come of it ? any pics worth sharing
 
Wanted to fly on his fancy new plane but couldn't go all the way as it hasn't been fitted out with the required defensive and other systems to go anywhere near the middle east.

So let's fly 2 747s over at the US tax payers expense and do a frame change half way through and call it an opportunity for US service personnel to view the aircraft.

The guys a tool honestly.
 
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