Plane Spotters / Flight Radar Thread

[Rroff]

That is an unfortunate ident

 

[Rroff]

"Private owner" - yeah I too have a Typhoon parked up next to the pickup in my garage :s

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

A C130 Hercules (OMEN 1 I believe) is having a retirment flight over the midlands today.

 

[Uther]

They're going to fly right over my house, unfortunately I'm 500 miles away!

 

[Penfold101]

A C130 Hercules (OMEN 1 I believe) is having a retirment flight over the midlands today.

Its' going all over the UK, including up to Lossiemouth.

A flypast to mark the forthcoming retirement of the Hercules from RAF service

A flypast to mark the forthcoming retirement of the Hercules from RAF service will take place across all four nations of the United Kingdom on Wednesday 14 June.

www.raf.mod.uk

 

[Chuk_Chuk]

Its' going all over the UK, including up to Lossiemouth.

A flypast to mark the forthcoming retirement of the Hercules from RAF service

A flypast to mark the forthcoming retirement of the Hercules from RAF service will take place across all four nations of the United Kingdom on Wednesday 14 June.

www.raf.mod.uk

Two of the three have no callsigns and the transponder show up intermittently :|.

Side note, I don't know why but I really like the look of the A400

 

[FBi7]

I've many, many, hours in the back of a Fat Albert. Thought they'd last forever. Good times.

 

[Noakesy85]

My old man was a Mover in the RAF... spent his entire 35+year career loading HERCS across the world. I remember many years at Lyneham falling asleep to the droan from them doing run up tests on the Pans. Sad times.

 

[Rroff]

Two of the three have no callsigns and the transponder show up intermittently :|.

Side note, I don't know why but I really like the look of the A400

A400M is a beast of a plane though the noise levels are absurd and quite distinctive - I've had them come in over my house a couple of times at less than 200 feet while I've been napping :s

 

[Penfold101]

Two of the three have no callsigns and the transponder show up intermittently :|.

Side note, I don't know why but I really like the look of the A400

There may only be one transmitting as they're in formation, and thus under one callsign. In the same way you wouldn't have all 9 Red Arrows broadcasting at the same time when they're right next to each other...

 

[Feek]

That's sad to see about the C130.

 

[uvarvu]

Yep loved the sound of them.

RAF workhorse Hercules retires after more than 50 years of service (forces.net)

Where and when to watch the Hercules retirement flypast (forces.net)

 

[FBi7]

Meh, they just flew west of me, prob about 10 miles or so, at FL200. I could hear them, but with the bright blue sky, neither me or my 600mm lens could see them. Was hoping they'd come a bit closer for a final pic.

 

[Penfold101]

 

[Pen66]

Meh, they just flew west of me, prob about 10 miles or so, at FL200. I could hear them, but with the bright blue sky, neither me or my 600mm lens could see them. Was hoping they'd come a bit closer for a final pic.

Yeah the actual route was a bit crap and deviated from the suggested path given by the RAF. It completely missed the east coast of Scotland and headed to Glasgow instead.

 

[Penfold101]

Short and sweet - what I could capture on my phone as they went past Waddington:

 

[Rroff]

Not sure if an issue on my end or FR24 - but I think that plane picture is wrong

 

[Disco_P]

I doubt it was registered in 2015 as well

 

[Longbow]

The registration isn't the year.

Here's the aircraft before final paint: https://www.c-130.net/g3/c-130-photos/North-American-C-130-Photos/USCG-C-130-Photos/0V5A0162-imp

 

[Rroff]

I doubt it was registered in 2015 as well

I've not checked but probably when it became a coastguard assets - likely was in military or other use before that.