I've become a part time plane spotter

grunge · 23 Nov 2021

Marklr said:
Do you remember the old "guppy" that used to fly into MCR airport?

Can't be real...it would never fly!

I remember the plan but not the Airport landing. saw it at air shows though.

meeesh · 23 Nov 2021

Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

View flight B0550 from Paris to Manchester on Flightradar24

www.flightradar24.com

They nearly here

Marklr · 23 Nov 2021

meeesh said:
Live Flight Tracker - Real-Time Flight Tracker Map | Flightradar24

View flight B0550 from Paris to Manchester on Flightradar24

www.flightradar24.com

They nearly here

PSG?

meeesh · 23 Nov 2021

Marklr said:
PSG?

Yea

mcfcinprague · 23 Nov 2021

Fiftyyearsandcounting said:
I've lived for a few years now in the West Country, Concorde used to fly directly over my house. No matter how many times I saw it, it was a stunning sight.
Incidentally, back in the Mid-60's, I was waiting for a job interview and gazing out of the window from the top floor of Ship Canal House. A guy asked me what I was staring at, I replied I was watching a Bristol Britannia approaching Ringway, he argued it was a Vickers Viscount. I was right, he was the interviewer, I got the job.

Blimey Ship Canal House, I worked there from 1969 for a few years when I worked for The Manchester Ship Canal Company. Happy Days.

unexpected item · 23 Nov 2021

If you just want military aircraft types, then this is good (takes 30 secs or so to load air tracks at first)

https://military.freedar.uk/VirtualRadar/mobile.html

There's a freedar app too which is handy for when you're out and about and see something interesting. As the name suggests, it's free.

manimanc · 23 Nov 2021

Been a few Antonovs flying over, mainly the 26s and the 12s.

rowarta · 23 Nov 2021

just posted, includes the Etihad in the City colours

Fiftyyearsandcounting · 23 Nov 2021

mcfcinprague said:
Blimey Ship Canal House, I worked there from 1969 for a few years when I worked for The Manchester Ship Canal Company. Happy Days.

The suave and debonair Edward Bacon and his mad brother Newton in his jodhpurs and riding boots!

Marklr · 28 Feb 2022

Mysterious plane over Poland...pilot's a genius loony.

Marklr · 28 Feb 2022

Do you think there’s a no-fly zone over Ukraine?

PannickAtTheDisco · 28 Feb 2022

Marklr said:
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Do you think there’s a no-fly zone over Ukraine?

and Belarus pretty much now, as no western airlines fly over it and Russian planes aren't allowed west.

RadcliffeRick · 1 Mar 2022

Interesting to see how many military planes are flying in East Europe now

cleavers · 1 Mar 2022

Marklr said:
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Do you think there’s a no-fly zone over Ukraine?

A "no fly zone" is any aircraft including military, not general civilian aircraft, civiliian aircraft are just not flying in the region due to the risk they could be shot down.

From this picture you could also say Scandinavia is a "no fly zone" too.

Military aircraft generally don't have their transponders switched on if they are somewhere they shouldn't be, so you wouldn't see them anyway, but as posted above, some military aircraft do have their transponders on when over certain territory, just so mistakes aren't made.

cleavers · 1 Mar 2022

Incidentally check out callsign 11100169 which has been flying hexagonal circuits from a Polish airfield close to the Ukraine border since 2009GMT tonight, at quite low speeds, at 17,000 feet, it's most likely a surveillance drone.

idahoblues · 1 Mar 2022

RadcliffeRick said:
Interesting to see how many military planes are flying in East Europe now

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Weird huh

Marklr · 1 Mar 2022

cleavers said:
Incidentally check out callsign 11100169 which has been flying hexagonal circuits from a Polish airfield close to the Ukraine border since 2009GMT tonight, at quite low speeds, at 17,000 feet, it's most likely a surveillance drone.