I've become a part time plane spotter

I’m doing the same here in Majorca,well was doing till the cloud rolled in,fucking crap weather

Busy that Palma airport by the way,was around 9 queuing up to get in other day that’s busier than Heathrow for landings !

Only small stuff into here though 757 biggest I’ve seen
 
Hiley rated said:
We’re under the flight path in to Manchester and use Flightradar to check the comings and goings. It is interesting sometimes when some of them put in an extra loop or two for whatever reason. It’s amazing how quickly they come and go. Feck me I sound boring!!
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When they stack, or go round in circles, it may be that they have made up time on the journey and waiting for their landing slot, or that they haven't got clearance to land.

Also, they could be overweight to land, and are just burning fuel, although this is pretty rare these days.
 
I have a confession......When the fighters are practising their dog fighting above our house, I have been known, on occasion, to grab my bins and retreat to the seclusion of the garage and watch it all unfold above. I quickly scamper in at the sight of a passing vehicle so as not to raise suspicion and give the impression of a serial dogger. Am I a sad old bastard.....
 
blue b4 the moon said:
We've spoken before about Rhodes, you'd love the hotels in Kremasti, 25 secs from landing, a nice diversion from watching the kite surfers.
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We've stayed in the Ialysos / Trianda area a few times in years gone by so I know the area you're talking about. Some fantastic sights from there
 
Tuearts right boot said:
I have a confession......When the fighters are practising their dog fighting above our house, I have been known, on occasion, to grab my bins and retreat to the seclusion of the garage and watch it all unfold above. I quickly scamper in at the sight of a passing vehicle so as not to raise suspicion and give the impression of a serial dogger. Am I a sad old bastard.....
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Knob out watching dogging, hmm, I can understand, but knob out watching dogfighting in your garage through binos mate ? : /.... Explains why you scamper in at the sight of a passing vehicle; )
 
I must admit, I'd like to sunbathe on St. Maarten's beach. I think I could put up with being sand blasted!
At home, I'm at the 6 mile mark for 23R, and before they built the Bredbury Business Park, I had a direct view (with my binoculars) of the planes taking off/landing from my bedroom window. Then they built the Allsports (remember them?) warehouse and buggered the view.

(To clarify: they didn't actually take off/land from my bedroom window. They were around 6 miles away, at the airport.)
 
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I was waiting to pick Mrsery & mini misery up from Lpool airport and was tracking the flight on Flightradar.
Well the little plane on my phone screen landed and then carried on into the Mersey ffs.
I shat myself until I saw the wench wobbling up the road.
I didn’t know wether to laugh or cry!
 
yeseye said:
I was waiting to pick Mrsery & mini misery up from Lpool airport and was tracking the flight on Flightradar.
Well the little plane on my phone screen landed and then carried on into the Mersey ffs.
I shat myself until I saw the wench wobbling up the road.
I didn’t know wether to laugh or cry!
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When the planes get low, the positional accuracy can drop off dramatically and make it appear as if they've crashed.
 
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