Plane Spotters / Flight Radar Thread
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Those definitely aren't native to the UK. We're they heading south for the winter?
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Hornets don’t migrate..
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Had some fun and games around our way lately, not seen much media noise about it but there have been reports of multiple drones interfering with operations at Lakenheath and Mildenhall for the last three nights running. Last night an inbound flight of F35s had a delay before they could land and their tanker had to divert. Apparently they have sent jets up tonight in response to something (I can see lights in that direction in the distance which are consistent with the F15s we often see about) which seems a little unusual as they don't generally fly on a Friday evening.
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The above has made the news...
Mystery drones seen over three US air bases in East Anglia
The United States Air Force says it is unclear if the "small unmanned aerial systems" were hostile.
www.bbc.co.uk
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I'm pretty sure that's nowhere near true, even theoretically. There are pretty obvious reasons why they couldn't do the trip at maximum speed.
Given Concorde did it in around three and a half hours at Mach 2 and a Hornet is incapable of supercruise (the ability to cruise faster than the speed of sound without Afterburner) you are correct.
The ferry speed and range of those jets with external tanks fitted is well below the distance from London to East coast USA so they'd need to refuel mid air which is not carried out at very high speeds. Also pushing max speed those jets would exhaust their fuel in under 20 minutes with external tanks.
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Maybe with the infinite fuel cheat on, but that’s about it.
Nowhere near this beast though:
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Nowhere near this beast though:
From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight - The Aviation Geek Club
From New York to London in less than two hours: the story of the SR-71 Blackbird that set a new speed record with New York to London flight
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It’s possible there will be craziness this weekend at some airports, no doubt there’ll be a lot of live streams. With severe gales for parts of the country from the north west it’ll be cross winds for a lot of airports. Lots of go around, diverts etc I imagine.
Some kind of incident at Gatwick with an Easyjet flight landed squawking 7700 - 6-7 emergency appliances went out to it - dunno any details.
Looks like it made it to the terminal so probably not too serious.
EDIT: Also another plane which diverted back to Gatwick after attempting landing at Guernsey dunno if related.
Looks like it made it to the terminal so probably not too serious.
EDIT: Also another plane which diverted back to Gatwick after attempting landing at Guernsey dunno if related.
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Fog at Guernsey. EGJB 262250Z 09007KT 0150 FG OVC000 08/08 Q1032.
Regarding the mayday into Gatwick, it could be anything. Good sign that it taxied to the gate. It’s normal to stand up a local standby for declared emergencies, even if it is just precautionary.
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Indeed. The last thing you want in the case of a possible issue (ie, unsafe or spurious landing gear indication) which turns into an ACTUAL emergency and the fire crews are still watching TV…
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Guernsey is a pain when it comes to fog, after having had unexpected flight cancellations from there, I'll always sail now. Of course, there's the chance of wind stopping the boats.