Plane Spotters / Flight Radar Thread

Demon · 6 Jun 2024 at 11:45

Just been stuck in a meeting, glanced out the window and saw an A400M doing low pass runs over Staverton airfleld

It looks massive compared to the relatively small stuff we normally have..

Penfold101 · 6 Jun 2024 at 12:14

Demon said:
Just been stuck in a meeting, glanced out the window and saw an A400M doing low pass runs over Staverton airfleld

It looks massive compared to the relatively small stuff we normally have..

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Stu999 · 21 Jun 2024 at 12:00

Don’t see this one every day:

wolfie138 · 21 Jun 2024 at 15:53

when i was a kid they were dtill using a Dak as the mail plane, would see her quite regularly.

Penfold101 · 21 Jun 2024 at 15:59

Stu999 said:
Don’t see this one every day

wolfie138 said:
when i was a kid they were dtill using a Dak as the mail plane, would see her quite regularly.

I’ve been places abroad where upgraded DC-3’s are still used on regular flights - turboprops and a full overhaul to give them a new lease of life:

Yulaw · 21 Jun 2024 at 16:03

Stu999 said:
Don’t see this one every day:

Seen it fly over my house, Sedgefield area, very distinctive noise.

SexyGreyFox · 26 Jun 2024 at 14:31

Does anybody here use ADS-B?
I like to hover over the Channel and run the timeline watching the spotter planes looking for illegal immigrants.

Rroff · 26 Jun 2024 at 14:36

SexyGreyFox said:
Does anybody here use ADS-B?
I like to hover over the Channel and run the timeline watching the spotter planes looking for illegal immigrants.

The Canada Dash 8 or whatever it is?

Dup · 26 Jun 2024 at 18:38

Stu999 said:
Don’t see this one every day:

Snap. Heard then spotted this whilst out running on Monday.

SexyGreyFox · 26 Jun 2024 at 20:27

Rroff said:
The Canada Dash 8 or whatever it is?

They have different ones.
Just before this there was a yellow one looking.
Oh that says Dash 8.
Sometimes I watch the vessels looking for them with this - https://www.vesselfinder.com

aVdub · 17 Jul 2024 at 13:45

Interesting one right now with an Unknown flying into the UK from Cyprus (ish) with an Italian Leonardo T-346 Master that's flown in from Northern Italy buzzing around Bath and a Lockheed C130H Hercules of the Saudi Arabia - Air Force flown out from North UK to follow Unknowns path.

Unknown has dropped from 39,000ft over the channel to 9,800 as it approaches Bath.

Scuzi · 17 Jul 2024 at 14:00

aVdub said:
Interesting one right now with an Unknown flying into the UK from Cyprus (ish) with an Italian Leonardo T-346 Master that's flown in from Northern Italy buzzing around Bath and a Lockheed C130H Hercules of the Saudi Arabia - Air Force flown out from North UK to follow Unknowns path.

Unknown has dropped from 39,000ft over the channel to 9,800 as it approaches Bath.

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Scuzi said:
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Rroff · 20 Jul 2024 at 08:27

Pretty cool video of a B-2 - you don't often get in flight view of them:

sprite1275 · 20 Jul 2024 at 09:33

Rroff said:
Pretty cool video of a B-2 - you don't often get in flight view of them:

Cool. Although doesn't look very stable while flying. Unless it's because they were going slow.

Was looking at fairford on my OS maps app and there were 3 of them parked up.

Penfold101 · 20 Jul 2024 at 09:38

sprite1275 said:
Cool. Although doesn't look very stable while flying. Unless it's because they were going slow.

Was looking at fairford on my OS maps app and there were 3 of them parked up.

Slow, low level without any vertical stabilisers, in an aircraft designed in the 80’s…

Resident · 27 Jul 2024 at 15:17

Probably wrong thread.

I live under a regular flight path for Leeds/Bradford so frequently see planes flying over.

However over the last few weeks there has been a LOT of low flying helos, Sikorsky S-92A, marked up in Coastguard colours and flying out of Northumberland Airport, flying over the Pennines towards Manchester airport.

When I track these flights on FR24 they have no data other than the craft type, no tail reg etc, and the track stops with a "No flight data" message appearing on the website when the craft reaches Hayfield, about 18km east of MCR AP.

These flights don't fly above 1800ft (barometric) for the entire flight.

Peaked my curiosity, what do you guys think it could be?

VaderDSL · 8 Aug 2024 at 09:48

Incredible day at Lakenheath with the US air force. Was busier earlier in the day, around 7am on the video for a bunch of F22s

Think the F35s are currently parcitising engine out approaches apparently.

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~Mike~ · 12 Aug 2024 at 12:44

Something a bit different flying around Southampton Airport today, Flight Calibration Services.

arknor · 12 Aug 2024 at 14:12

A Typhoon or some such flew over Newcastle's City centre/west end earlier around 10am.
Don't see anything on flight radar.

I barely saw it but sounded like a Typhoon to me, seen them at airshows before.

Quick google suggests similar happened last year and that was a single plane on a routine low flying exercise from RAF Coningsby