Busy over West London today
Just been buzzed by 3 Chinook and 5 Apache
I presume connected with Zelensky’s visit
Busy over West London today
Just been buzzed by 3 Chinook and 5 Apache
I presume connected with Zelensky’s visit
Last edited by Sinnlover; 15th May 2023 at 14:02.
Pretty sure this was a special flight as it was not in the helilanes outside them (heading Straight for Northolt and not along the north circular as usual) and a lot lower than would be expected (200 feet) they were also all in tighter formation than usual. The Chinock in a V, the Apaches in trail.
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Two Chinooks flying to Luton and Chequers. BBC News shows a picture of Zelensky with one in the background. These two were trackable while the third (carrying Zelensky?) and the Apache were not (I looked).
I was wrong the Apache and Chinook were Dutch off on exercise
https://youtu.be/qlgasOTsg-w
A video of them arriving and then departing Northolt
Last edited by Sinnlover; 18th May 2023 at 21:38.
What's the flight path of the lanc this evening?
All round Lincolnshire...see link.
Edit: And she's up...https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c392
Last edited by PickleB; 16th May 2023 at 17:26.
Bit naff she's not flying over Derwent.
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This doesn't look like a training mission: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-05-17
Edit: And I cannot recall having seen a visitor from the Nigerian Air Force before: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-05-17
Last edited by PickleB; 17th May 2023 at 20:15.
Two Grumman Greyhounds on their way to back to Prestwick. https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae0456,ae0464
Something to do with Formidable Shield 2023 perhaps?
It's due to run May 8 to 26.
Update See:
Last edited by PickleB; 18th May 2023 at 21:30.
US military helicopters mid-Channel: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-05-19
Edit: I just checked and the USS Gerald R Ford is out there, plus at least one other US Navy ship, the USS Normandy.
Last edited by PickleB; 19th May 2023 at 11:39.
And a French fishing vessel is giving them some grief:
In action in the latter half of this video:
And some interesting aircraft landing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf2Ge9UFV_U
Edit More of the Grumman Greyhound: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-N8TIP82og
Last edited by PickleB; 19th May 2023 at 12:49.
We were treated to a spitfire (hurricane?) doing a loop just over our head this morning when walking the dog. Possibly treating a passenger, but a joy to watch regardless (south east of Ashford, around 11:10)
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
We were treated to six of these, all hovering and maneuvering at tree level a couple of weekends ago.
They were all pointing at the old base at Caerwent. They were there about 15 minutes and then disappeared over the Bristol channel, heading home I would guess.
Up the Channel, through the Dover Strait and now up the North Sea towards Scandinavia, as shown by the delivery flights: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-05-20
Update Bound for Oslo on Wednesday 24 May...link.
Last edited by PickleB; 23rd May 2023 at 21:37.
NASA C130 just flew over my neck of the woods: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=a53a95
This I think
The BBMF have a heavy weekend booked...https://www.military-airshows.co.uk/...hedule2023.htm...starting in Blackpool very soon.
Came over me in Shropshire really low beautiful.
Couldn't see them on the ADS-B but spotted 2 B1 Lancers in the skies today not far from my house , presumably just taken off from Fairford?
Yeah they’re on a detachment to Fairford at the moment. One of these agile deployments like the B-52s did a few months back. I suspect there’s some tie up with the NATO exercises out North Sea direction too.
Busy here this morning RAF cosford air show weekend practice just had a few hours in the garden wonderful I will be watching with my bins and live streaming.
As commented above these two followed the USS Gerald R Ford from the Atlantic, up the Channel and the North Sea to Scandanavia where the ship visited Oslo and her escort went to Gothenburg. While that was going on the C2 Greyhounds visited Prestwick, Oslo Gardermoen, Flughafen Sylt and Hohn Air Base.
Both ships transited the Channel again last night and are now somewhere in the Western Approaches with the C2s following them: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-06-12
Hercules flypast tomorrow (14/06/2023) https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/when...cules-flypast/
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Last edited by Middo; 13th June 2023 at 15:16.
B1 on exercise over the North Sea and Scandinavia https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae6bd3
Biden is on his way: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-07-09
Hc47 Chinook right over out place for a couple of hours , Met Police's helicopter joined for a circuit
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The fellow sitting on the tailgate seems to have the best job .....
4 US Army CH47 have just left Northolt and flown over.
Must be supporting Biden’s visit
Here is an incredibly poor photo of the 2nd one
The are now heading east along the Thames
Last edited by Sinnlover; 11th July 2023 at 16:58.
It will be interesting to see if they go all the way to Vilnius or stop at a US base in Europe: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...ace=2023-07-11
Another Chinook near Ashford, flying WSW @1715
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