Flightradar24 fans

[dinny_g]

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

[Jobbo]

Take care fulfilling your dreams, kids. RIP Trevor.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23743 ... ane-crash/

[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.

[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

[GG.]

Take care fulfilling your dreams, kids. RIP Trevor.
https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/23743 ... ane-crash/

Sorry to hear about this - as you say - as for ways to go, doing something that he loved was not a bad one.

[GG.]

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.

[Jobbo]

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.

[mik]

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?

[mik]

Whoops.

[Simon]

2 dead. But hey, it's a girl! Whoopee!

[nuttinnew]

[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

[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.

[IanF]

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

[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!

[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

[nuttinnew]

This isn't how I remember it https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 55/zoom:19

[nuttinnew]

I've found what I was looking for now, this different looking boat; https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 60/zoom:10
Wiki page; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RFA_Proteus

[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

[nuttinnew]