Richard E Posted March 29, 2020 Share Posted March 29, 2020 (edited) 17 hours ago, rayprit said: This from an airline pilot helps explain what and why things are still flying(adverts to 2:44 so skip the first minute or so:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5HNUjVEPyQ Thanks for the link @rayprit he's a very interesting presenter who seems to know his subject Edited March 30, 2020 by Richard E Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick Brown Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share Posted March 30, 2020 Update for your interest. Rick. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 It was quite sobering yesterday afternoon watching a trail of five Easyjet A320s relocating from Edinburgh and Glasgow to Southend to go into storage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 Very quiet tonight over Europe, virtually everything in the air is a freighter. DHL, FedEx etc. They won't be grounded that's for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WV908 Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I live in North Lincolnshire, under the Eastern approach to Finningley, so it's usually difficult to discern military stuff (transitioning North West from Mildenhall, Lakenheath, Marham and Coningsby) from the civilian traffic, which often includes large russian beasts and a 727... It's been much easier of late - pretty much just Typhoons and light aircraft! Cheers, WV908 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 I tend to use 360radar, as it has better military coverage. I could not believe it yesterday when looking at Heathrow that there was nothing on finals. Never seen that before. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 (edited) All is not Doom and gloom. We have TWO flights in to Edinburgh today! 😁😁😁😁! Flight QR031 arrived from Doha at about 06.32 and, flight AF1486 is due from Paris at 08.46! I'm so excited! I'm going to hobble out for my allowed daily exercise to see it. Have things gotten so low, I'd get excited at the prospect of an Air France A320......! 🙄 Allan! Edited April 6, 2020 by Albeback52 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janneman36 Posted April 6, 2020 Share Posted April 6, 2020 Most aircraft are flying completely without passengers and only fly freight even the pax planes! For instance a United B787-10 took at least a freight load of 40 tonnes to Amsterdam last week.... Those aircraft that fly normally pax can use the seats as well an I have seen pictures that confirmed it... cheers, Jan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted April 9, 2020 Share Posted April 9, 2020 On 3/31/2020 at 10:40 PM, noelh said: Very quiet tonight over Europe, virtually everything in the air is a freighter. DHL, FedEx etc. They won't be grounded that's for sure. Every night at about 23:00 an HM Coast Guard Beech Super King Air has been leaving Doncaster Airport to operate a surveillance flight over the Straits of Dover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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