Plane Spotters / Flight Radar Thread

andy_mk3 · 19 May 2020 at 22:42

Had a C17 flying over really low earlier! Did a couple of passes at 1000ft

Feek · 22 May 2020 at 00:32

C17 up now (half past midnight!) out of Brize doing touch and goes at Wittering.

andy_mk3 · 22 May 2020 at 08:46

Was flying directly over my house

JunkBot · 22 May 2020 at 09:45

Feek said:
C17 up now (half past midnight!) out of Brize doing touch and goes at Wittering.

Why would it be doing touch and go’s at 0030? Any ideas?

VaderDSL · 22 May 2020 at 09:50

JunkBot said:
Why would it be doing touch and go’s at 0030? Any ideas?

ifr training?

Feek · 22 May 2020 at 15:38

Here we go.

Minibiker · 22 May 2020 at 15:42

Feek said:
Here we go.

My kids have been loving this flying over most days... Its been out again today

DustyMiller · 26 May 2020 at 10:39

@Feek. Sir I am currently building my Flight Aware setup, and need to know what i need to configure to have it feed into your site.

Feek · 26 May 2020 at 11:06

DustyMiller said:
@Feek. Sir I am currently building my Flight Aware setup, and need to know what i need to configure to have it feed into your site.

Fantastic, the more the merrier, thank you!

When you've got it running, drop me a trust message and I'll send you the instructions - It's basically a short script and an entry in cron to start it off, you don't need to open any ports or do anything fancy.

byeo · 26 May 2020 at 11:12

Did anyone pick up the U2 over the North Sea at 60,000ft yesterday while descending into RAF Fairford.

Feek · 26 May 2020 at 11:16

byeo said:
Did anyone pick up the U2 over the North Sea at 60,000ft yesterday while descending into RAF Fairford.

Aww crap. I probably did and I'd normally refer back to the timelapse on my receiver but it's stored in a temporary area and holds the previous twenty four hours. It's cleared on reboot and I've rebooted my receiver this morning while I've been doing some work on it.

The Funktopus · 26 May 2020 at 17:27

Seen one of the RAF’s new Poseidon MRA1s for the first time today, it passed over my house at fairly low altitude a couple of times, so I’m guessing it must have been doing touch and go’s on Liverpool John Lennon’s runway.

almoststew1990 · 29 May 2020 at 13:29

I just happened to look out side and saw what I think was a Lockheed C-130 Hercules coming into Southampton airport. Loudly. Any idea what that is about?

Edit - a few of them are coming down. It hasn't been this busy in months!

adwol48 · 29 May 2020 at 14:05

Two what I assumes are Apache AH Mk 1 flying over the field and just off to the side of my house quite low today although the camera seems to make them appear a lot higher up then they actaully where Large pictures

Firestar_3x · 15 Jun 2020 at 11:17

USAF F-15c has crashed into the north sea during a training mission.

Feek · 15 Jun 2020 at 11:30

Firestar_3x said:
USAF F-15c has crashed into the north sea during a training mission.

Ouch, I've just looked on my timelapse and I didn't spot it at all, either too far up or too low for me to see.

/edit - Although I can see what looks like S&R

Danthus · 15 Jun 2020 at 12:18

Marine radar image showing Search and Rescue.

Firestar_3x · 15 Jun 2020 at 12:29

Crashed near loads of offshore platforms, so standby vessels heading to the area, hope the pilot ejected.

SupraWez · 15 Jun 2020 at 12:53

No news on the pilot as yet, apparently part of 4 jet formation from Lakenheath

ajf · 15 Jun 2020 at 13:36

Not sure if it was part of those four, but another was squawking emergency with a cracked canopy.
Maybe bird strikes?