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Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2023 2:27 pm
by dinny_g
Jobbo wrote: Wed Aug 23, 2023 12:52 pm
Not a million miles away, but no - close family (my sister-in-law's dad). When I heard he was flying a Spitfire I thought it would be all over the news but it was a replica so not going to get the same attention. He flew over our house to wave at our house warming party six years ago; he loved it. Such a shame.
I read about that this morning - very sad. Condolences to your extended family
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:54 am
by Jobbo
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Thu Aug 24, 2023 7:59 pm
by Jobbo
Back to what goes overhead - just heard a slightly unusual noise and it was two Ospreys:
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae4eec
Quite low; one of the cats looked out of the window so I did too and saw them.
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:50 pm
by integrale_evo
Had this noisy bugger go over at under 1000ft as I was just going off to bed the other night
Ospreys always seem to fly around in pairs around here, but always get a look when I hear them
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 3:04 pm
by GG.
Sorry to hear about this - as you say - as for ways to go, doing something that he loved was not a bad one.
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 3:06 pm
by GG.
integrale_evo wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:50 pm
Had this noisy bugger go over at under 1000ft as I was just going off to bed the other night
At the MIL's currently, which is just east of Brize Norton. We had a pair of Hercules make about 6 passes overhead last night at about 11pm! Noisy feckers but v cool.
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 4:00 pm
by Jobbo
integrale_evo wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:50 pm
Ospreys always seem to fly around in pairs around here, but always get a look when I hear them
Last night was the second time I've seen them here and it was a pair. One on radar, one off it so far as I could tell. Odd.
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 4:12 pm
by mik
Jobbo wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 4:00 pm
integrale_evo wrote: Fri Aug 25, 2023 2:50 pm
Ospreys always seem to fly around in pairs around here, but always get a look when I hear them
Last night was the second time I've seen them here and it was a pair. One on radar, one off it so far as I could tell. Odd.
Possibly mating pairs?
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 1:40 pm
by mik
Whoops.
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 2:13 pm
by Simon
2 dead. But hey, it's a girl! Whoopee!
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 2:41 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2023 11:14 pm
by jamcg
Saw this on Reddit- apparently the type of plane has an airworthiness directive in America because the wing spar attachment at the fuselage is know to corrode and fail- which is what looks to have happened in the video
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2023 7:53 am
by mik
Nice shot.
And in case you didn't know ('cos I didn't) - pasted from wiki
The R-3350-972-TC18DA-1 turbo-compound engines on the L-1049C had a new turbine system, the Power Recovery Turbines (PRT). Each engine's exhaust gas flowed through three turbines, increasing power by 550 hp (410 kW). One drawback of the PRT was the visible flame from the exhaust pipes; this was resolved by placing armor plating 2 in (5.1 cm) thick under the stack.
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2023 10:36 pm
by IanF
Mito Man wrote: Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:23 am
Being a bit of an aviation nerd I had to read about that, delta wings are very cool.
The specifications and efficiency of these seems quite incredible
https://www.verheesengineering.com/d2-twoseater/
I like how you can also stick it on a trailer and it doesn't look too unwieldy. Lots of people going up and down the M20 at this time of year with a massive glider in tow - however its so long that it looks unpleasant as soon as you get off the motorway.
https://x.com/stuck4ger/status/17005547 ... PEzi2DgYoQ
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2023 10:45 pm
by integrale_evo
F15 overhead earlier, looked it up as we usually get the big cargo / tankers and the odd osprey.
Looks like they’d been having fun out at sea!
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2023 6:20 am
by Jobbo
A Eurofighter was flying low over our house yesterday. Sadly I was at work but plenty of people took photos:
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/n ... ow-8748119
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:49 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:01 pm
by nuttinnew
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:54 pm
by John
When we visit Sennen Cove near Lands End I often use Marine Traffic to ID ships I spot out to sea. I’m slightly obsessed with this one although it doesn’t travel far
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/h ... 15/zoom:10
Re: Flightradar24 fans
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 9:16 pm
by nuttinnew
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 55/zoom:19