Mr T Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 A Globemaster has been around twice this week, the one Fatfingers saw (ZZ191) and one on Monday glimpsed through low cloud. A Hebridean Islander was around on Wednesday for an engine change at LBA and the pilot flew a big NHS pattern on its airtest over the Pennines. Unfortunately it did not fly south of the airport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 On 21/05/2020 at 16:07, theplasticsurgeon said: A TR-1 just to the south of mine. Wish I had a better camera! TR-1? That takes me back. They stopped using that designation in the late 1980s! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 (edited) A Maltese Airways A340 on its way to Bournemouth, passed over at 3000ft according to ADSB. Rarely see anything that big, that low over our neck of the woods. Edited May 24, 2020 by Wez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 U2 Heading South. No Bono in sight, thank gawd. Rick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Got Rick's U2. What's the proper designation for this plane now? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundylunch Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 It's a U-2S - serial 68-10337 Tim !! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Do they still call them Dragon Lady? Or isn't that PC anymore? 6 minutes ago, Gundylunch said: It's a U-2S - serial 68-10337 Tim !! Rick, spent too many hours in the U2 bar... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gundylunch Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Rick Brown said: Do they still call them Dragon Lady? Or isn't that PC anymore? Rick, spent too many hours in the U2 bar... Yes they do.....................i think one of the current pilots is also female !! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 Just now, Gundylunch said: Yes they do.....................i think one of the current pilots is also female !! Wow! they'll be driving buses next! Rick. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Rick Brown said: U2 Heading South. No Bono in sight, thank gawd. Rick. So it would be a U-2 then; Bono is in U2. 👌 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sabrejet said: So it would be a U-2 then; Bono is in U2. 👌 Bono is in Dalkey with Matt Damon. No U2 in sight. But over my house right now is a Bombardier Global 6000 at an eye watering 43000 feet. Took off from Boston, destination who knows where. Perhaps some oligarch going home to Moscow. Whoever it is money is no object. Edited May 24, 2020 by noelh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Not sure what type it was, but this occurred earlier this afternoon. Very entertaining. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 (edited) On 24/05/2020 at 17:45, Gundylunch said: It's a U-2S - serial 68-10337 Tim !! Nice one. Not 'U2' or even 'u2', both of which I've seen used. In other news we had a (the?) Travel Air 4000 buzz over this afternoon. Veeery nice. Edited May 25, 2020 by Sabrejet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted May 26, 2020 Share Posted May 26, 2020 SAS Dauphin this afternoon: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Just had a Coast Guard S92 heading west. I assume it was a medivac flight into or out of the Leeds General Infirmary which is underneath the flightpath to LBA so anything coming in usually uses the airport approach path (Sea Kings and Lynxes used to be regulars before the YAA). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted May 27, 2020 Share Posted May 27, 2020 Not long had a P-51D fly over, heading west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Currently at this minute as I write, a Vulcanair P-68 Observer is running a survey looking flight over my area of West Sussex. Reg: OY-VNS. Has been for the last half hour or so. Interesting trace visible on FR24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark444 Posted May 28, 2020 Share Posted May 28, 2020 Here just 45 minutes west of Toronto.... nothing. Absolutely NOTHING for the past 2-1/2 months. No commercial flights, no contrails, just sky. The only things that have gone over are a Cessna 152 3 days ago and the RCAF Snowbirds a couple weeks ago. 😞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Herc ZH869 at Nought Feet. following the river North. Very impressive. Sigh. Missing it. Better hit the beer. Rick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Apache ZJ203 at nought feet. Heading West below the Malverns. Busy round here today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 Herc ZH872 nought feet heading West along M50. Having trouble nodding off in the garden with this lot zooming about. Rick, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyf117 Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 (edited) After a couple of weeks with Atlases passing overhead almost daily at a couple of thousand feet on practice approaches into Newquay - some of them up to half-a-dozen times - yesterday a C-17 came over a couple of times at similar heights on outbound legs, after flying approaches into Newquay from the opposite direction. Quite impressive against a cloudless blue sky - view very similar to fatfingers' middle pic on the previous page - and as it was coming into view the second time, crossing directly above it at 9,000ft and descending was one of Cranwell's Phenoms. Though they've been around almost three years, I'd never seen one before - not that I could see that much of it at that height! Edited May 29, 2020 by andyf117 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatfingers Posted May 29, 2020 Share Posted May 29, 2020 On 5/27/2020 at 11:24 AM, Mr T said: Just had a Coast Guard S92 heading west. I assume it was a medivac flight into or out of the Leeds General Infirmary which is underneath the flightpath to LBA so anything coming in usually uses the airport approach path (Sea Kings and Lynxes used to be regulars before the YAA). Ahhh so thats what it was. I heard it then saw it skitting across the sky and at first glance thought it was a Merlin. Regards, Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Des Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) HM Coastguard AW139 heading south along the coast just off the beachfront past Montrose a few minutes ago at very , very low level and a wide sweeping curve to take it around the headland and continue southwards a bit too fast for it being a local search so I imagine taking advantage of a training or a transit flight to fly the flag for all those socialising responsibly on the beach and links. Quite a common but unfortunately unpredictable occurrence on weekends during the summer although more common with the Bond 1 SAR AW139 out of Aberdeen which often follows up with an hour or so of search patterns just of the coast. Edited May 31, 2020 by Des Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Whilst on my daily walk around the village I manage to catch the sight of R4118 flying past. It's never a bad day when you get to see a Hurri! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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