This might possibly be the shortest flight by a 747 ever
Cardiff to St. Athan.
Another drone, Belgian this time, but not over the UK or Dover Strait...https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=44d421
Edit According to their air register it's a UAVFactory Penguin C belonging to Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques.
Last edited by PickleB; 23rd November 2020 at 12:35.
This might possibly be the shortest flight by a 747 ever
Cardiff to St. Athan.
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Indeed, how curious:
Catalina G-PBYA is flying southward at the moment: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=404865
See also www.catalina.org.uk/our-catalina-g-pbya
Last edited by PickleB; 1st December 2020 at 16:11.
I would presume the PBY is on the way beck to Duxford. I think thats where its based.
Any guesses as to where four Hawks from Valley are off to..and why?
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...,43c550,43c554
I think this is B-52 61-0001 and my guess is it's burning off fuel but I'm probably wrong: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae5898
Update Apparently Fairford are expecting the arrival of CAKE11: https://ffdmovements.blogspot.com
Last edited by PickleB; 3rd December 2020 at 17:24.
It's squawk code is 7700 "Special Purpose Code – Emergency" so you're probably correct.
Coincidentally I've been listening to the muffled sound of this coming through the cloud cover most of the afternoon wondering what it was. That track shows him going pretty much directly overhead.
Seems to be drifting with the wind unless it was some kind of "hold PPOS". Or they used Prescott Hill Climb as a fix :-)
B-52 lands at RAF Fairford following engine failure
The B-52 Stratofortress was reportedly returning from a global power mission over the Middle East when an emergency was declared.
An engine fire is thought to have caused one of the aircraft's engines to shut down.
The plane spent time circling the Gloucestershire skies to burn off fuel before touching down safely in Fairford.
Oh no! The dreaded 7 engine approach.
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And USN P8s are at Lossiemouth...see link for:
I'd spotted AE67F6 and AE67C5 in the last couple of days and was looking some background when I found that tweet.
I don’t really follow any of this air tracking stuff but today, around 2.20pm, over Tamworth, Staffordshire, a neighbour and I watched 4 planes flying at altitude line astern from west to east. How would I find out what they were? They were definitely travelling together, had us both intrigued.
There are a couple of sites that allow you to playback the days events but they filter out military and some other flights. I've had a look but cannot find anything. It's best to save https://globe.adsbexchange.com/ in your favourites and take a look as soon as you can. You may be able to find them for maybe an hour, possibly two...wherever they've flown to.
There's an unknown UAV (at least that's the icon they're show) on the Aberport range: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43d1f5.
Until very recently in ADS-B Exchange when I hovered the cursor over an aircraft a pop-up would appear with its basic details. This happened even when I had selected another aircraft and the full details for it were displayed in a side column. Thus I could be showing the information for one aircraft and query the details of another at the same time. The pop-up has stopped working and I miss this facility.
Does anyone else have the same issue, please? Or is it something I've done and can rectify? Help please...
On reflection it may be a Windows issue. Have you done the latest updates? I recently did a large Patch Tuesday update and I think the change may have started then.
For what it's worth, I am seeing the behaviour you describe in the Chrome browser (ChromeOS and Linux) as well as Firefox (Linux). However I can't confirm that it has changed as I can't recall ever trying it previously.
Would it be worth trying a post on their forum?
Last one made the short trip today...British Airways' last Boeing 747 reaches end of runway...but this one won't be getting chopped up (see video).
Gloster Meteor on the move: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=406c65 Appears to be the one owned by Martin-Baker.
Last edited by jools; 17th December 2020 at 11:07.
Here's something you don't see very often.
Did anyone here hear it?
https://twitter.com/RoyalAirForce/st...15046169489410
R
Ignorance breeds Fear. Fear breeds Hatred. Hatred breeds Ignorance. Break the chain.
There are a couple of videos circulating of people walking dogs or videoing themselves when the fighter flew over. This ( taken from youtube) looks like someone’s security cam
https://youtu.be/_p_74-50mKM
And BBC
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-essex-55634250
Steve
Last edited by higham5; 13th January 2021 at 09:23.
Going back quite a few years I was walking home from work with 2 of my work mates, we were stood chewing the fat when we heard this almighty explosion.
Our first thought was the petrol station close by had gone up but walking back it was all ok. Looking round you could see other people wondering what the hell had happened. I got home and messaged my mate who got on Twitter and the noise was heard from Northants to past Berkshire.
It really was something
Any ideas as to what this is?
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=000002
Seems to have taken off from and landed at RAF Lakenheath so probably US.
Last edited by jools; 19th January 2021 at 12:47.
No idea really but looking at what it was up to I'd guess it was something like a MC-12W (a bit like the UK's R-1) and that the USAF's equivalent of the RAF Regiment is on exercise at RAF Templeton.
In addition to a fleet of USN Boeing P-8A Poseidon aircraft operating out of RAF Lossiemouth, this has appeared https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=488ccd...a USAF PZL M28 Skytruck (see also N310MV...it is free to register if you haven't already...and https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberInquirhy where you enter that N number).
Last edited by PickleB; 27th January 2021 at 15:45.
Coastguard plane searching for missing fishing boat at the moment off Conwy. Lets hope they can find them.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
The HMCG helicopter has taken someone to Gwynedd Hospital. It was on the ground at their helipad but it is now airborne once again: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=406ddc. I've no way of telling it that is associated with the missing fishing boat or something else. Here's hoping for a favourable outcome for all casualties.
There are also several lifeboats active in the area of search: www.vesselfinder.com.
BBC link:
A major search operation is under way for three people missing on a fishing boat that left Conwy on Wednesday.
The vessel, believed to be the Nicola Faith, was expected back at midnight.
A coastguard spokeswoman said: "At just after 10am this morning, HM Coastguard received a report of an overdue fishing vessel with three people on board.
"The vessel had departed from Conwy, on the north coast of Wales, yesterday. The vessel was expected back in port at midnight last night."
Update Sadly, there is no good news: Coastguard calls off search.
Last edited by PickleB; 29th January 2021 at 20:27.
Goodness knows what this guy is up to, he's been flying over my place, and just about everywhere else around here and is still at it ! It's an American registered Gulfstream 111
N710CF is registered to the Calspan Corporation and they have an established relationship with the Empire Test Pilots' School at Boscombe Down. See this link, click on 'Our aircraft' and scroll down to Calspan Learjet.
See also Calspan Aircraft Operation Services.
Last edited by PickleB; 2nd February 2021 at 16:34.
Three military jets came over my house this evening. Very low, very fast and very loud!!
Couldn’t tell what they were as it was about 6.30 and dark but they seemed to be a couple of hundred feet up...?
I live about six miles east of Peterborough and often see USAF planes high up dogfighting but nothing this low ( I was under the impression they weren’t allowed to fly this low over housing?? ).
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