Plane Spotters / Flight Radar Thread

Rroff · 13 May 2022 at 00:07

Nelly said:
Can tell the difference when it's the American F15s flying around the area, a lot louder.

Same with some of the other US jets like the F18 - couple of months back had a flight of them come over very low the noise was incredible.

DustyMiller · 13 May 2022 at 08:36

We had a Jubilee practice fly-past of an A400 & C17 last night, did a number of passes at varying altitudes.

A440 & C17 Flypast Training

Rroff · 14 May 2022 at 13:35

Lancaster flying and the aircraft at the bottom right with a fighter jet like icon is a P-51 Mustang. Dunno if this is part of the Evening of Espionage air show - I'm guessing it is.

Efour · 14 May 2022 at 15:36

Rroff said:
Lancaster flying and the aircraft at the bottom right with a fighter jet like icon is a P-51 Mustang. Dunno if this is part of the Evening of Espionage air show - I'm guessing it is.

On its way to Ukraine. Lend lease.

Rroff · 17 May 2022 at 03:47

Boeing RC-135S Cobra Ball (Nitro11) up off North Korea in the Sea of Japan so US expecting ballistic missile tests and/or they are in progress.

gailjon · 17 May 2022 at 11:27

We live near Scampton and we had the Lancaster fly over our garden a coupe of days ago. Nothing better than a pint in the Dambusters beer garden with that flying overhead.

The Typhoon display team were practising a few weeks ago and our courtyard was a distinctly unpleasant place to be with the noise being amplified between the walls.

Uhtred · 17 May 2022 at 12:17

I live near shuttleworth and they had a Lancaster flypast a few weeks ago which I missed! I make a point of looking at the line-up and looking out for anything interesting but completely missed a thumping great big Lancaster less than a mile from my house. Sad times.

Rroff · 17 May 2022 at 22:40

Pythn52 Rivet Joint running tracks in the Persian Gulf off Iran - wonder what they are looking at - might be related to drills Israel is doing seeing what the Iranian response is maybe.

Erm yeah that’s hard to pick one · 21 May 2022 at 22:32

Anyone here running a Mode S Beast? I got sent one and bene testing it along side my FA Pro Stick Plus. Keeping it fair I’m using a splitter on the antenna.

Erm yeah that’s hard to pick one · 24 May 2022 at 22:39

Anyone decoding VDL/VDL2 and ARCAS in the UK? What’s frequencies are you tuned into?

andy_mk3 · 3 Jun 2022 at 23:19

Absolutely amazing Lancaster flyover earlier. So low!

Rroff · 7 Jun 2022 at 05:37

Don't often see the B-1s on there - with all the tankers I'm guessing there is a lot more with them as well.

SDK^ · 7 Jun 2022 at 13:39

I attended an air show last Friday which included a Battle of Britain fly over. First time I’ve seen the old planes IRL

Few of my photos

Hurricane, Spitfire and Lancaster Bomber

also the Reds

andy_mk3 · 7 Jun 2022 at 13:42

Superb pics. Looked to be a good show.

Stu999 · 28 Jun 2022 at 12:54

I thought the E3 Sentry had been retired? There’s one currently flying circuits over Northumberland. It was there yesterday too.

Rroff · 28 Jun 2022 at 13:28

Stu999 said:
I thought the E3 Sentry had been retired? There’s one currently flying circuits over Northumberland. It was there yesterday too.

I read something about it a couple of weeks ago but forget details - they'd either been pulled out for training purposes related to another country purchasing AWACS or due to the current situation with Ukraine.

Rroff · 28 Jun 2022 at 14:27

From Googling it seems some are being used to train Chilean crews who have bought 3 of them and others by the US Navy who are using them as a training platform for the E-6B.

soundb0y · 3 Jul 2022 at 15:08

Just had a Lancaster fly over home really slow and low.

I lost it on the flight tracker, anyone else seen it go over?

Where's it off to?

Rroff · 3 Jul 2022 at 15:27

Haven't been tracking it today but I've noticed it up over the last couple of days or so.

EDIT: Seems to be somewhere over the Yorkshire Dales currently. Back on FR as PA474.

Longbow · 3 Jul 2022 at 15:29

soundb0y said:
Just had a Lancaster fly over home really slow and low.

I lost it on the flight tracker, anyone else seen it go over?

Where's it off to?

It's still on the tracker: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c392

Several airshows today, but none that I know of in it's direction of travel?