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[Jobbo]

Yes, something noisy flew low over my office near Stafford last week and nothing showed up on the radar. Usually it’s an A400M or Chinook.

[jamcg]

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When it’s something noisy here it’s usually a c17 globemaster. Screenshot from a video because I don’t know how to do videos on here

[Mito Man]

Can regular civilian aircraft turn off their transponders? There’s a house nearby with its own runway, the owner usually takes off at the weekends, does loops for 30 mins before landing again but I’ve never seen the airplane on Flightradar or ADSB.

[jamcg]

Depends where the airspace is. If it’s not used as a commercial air route they may not need a transponder in the airspace he’s operating in, and then just needs a two way radio

[dinny_g]

Apache just flew over - 200ft according to Flight Radar...

https://www.flightradar24.com/AAC311/37bfc3a9

[Jobbo]

The paraglider who flew over us a few weeks ago and may well have crash landed in a field a mile away didn't have a transponder. Which doesn't surprise me.

[nuttinnew]

Even with all the hubbub from Darragh I could still hear this trundle past way off in the distance;

[IanF]

I meant to say.. if you want to watch an AI controlled webcam at LHR then on its northerly runway.

https://youtube.com/@flightfocus365?si=GcalVwOL96zHNaI7

[nuttinnew]

Thanks

[Jobbo]

We were buzzed at about 200ft by a Chinook during Only Connect. No obvious reason why they decided to loop round over our house. The cats were quite perturbed.

[mik]

Test flights of the BoomSupersonc XB-1. Not very exciting, but interesting.

Private supersonic jet, with plans for a (supersonic but slower than Concorde) airliner too.

https://boomsupersonic.com/xb-1