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mik wrote: Sat Feb 21, 2026 5:51 pm

https://www.instagram.com/aquatic_charl ... AhqRXETwn/

Caught a low pass today

Quite balletic and surprisingly slow-mo', at least that meant they could get out.


I'll try not reposting this one

I guess barn find planes are a whole new level….

Not a bad effort.

Looks like it needs to be trimmed properly - too nose heavy so level flight needs loads of elevator > excess drag.

(At first I thought he was dragging a rope/ cable behind him - then I realised it’s a front and rear cable for the wing).

Crazy scenes

I especially like how he looses his arm when the canopy closes on his elbow

The Goodyear blimp is above Dartford. Wonder where it’s going? Can’t be F1 as that’s Pirelli…

Was that airforce 1 which just flew over?

Yes Trump posted about it but it was odd. He’s meant to be flying on the new Qatar donated 747 but didn’t…

If I’d known he was coming past I would have given a wanker wave

Apparently the new one was seen over Suffolk about 4h ago

I think both old and new are on their way to Mildenhall

Mito Man wrote: Wed Jul 08, 2026 10:43 pm Yes Trump posted about it but it was odd. He’s meant to be flying on the new Qatar donated 747 but didn’t…

He doesn't trust it because... you know... it has none of the in air safety measures that Air Force One has

Sounded a bit like a chinook..



But more than one!

My nephew is massively into photography, particularly planes, so was looking at building one of these as he's usually glued to Flight radar.

Damn Raspberry Pis cost a fortune these days though!



GitHub link:
https://github.com/yashmulgaonkar/FlightScnr_Pi

Very impressive, but..... 24hrs in an aircraft

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ing-flight

mik wrote: Wed Jul 29, 2026 10:02 am Very impressive, but..... 24hrs in an aircraft

https://www.theguardian.com/business/20 ... ing-flight

Yeah, nah.