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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mr Skrunts on 12 April 2021, 10:30:31
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Lots of people traveling today
But the interesting one looks like one of the red Arrows is up practicing. :y :y
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(https://i.postimg.cc/DwzhgFZ5/F24-001.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/bs44y712)
(https://i.postimg.cc/1Rc47mmZ/F24-003.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/NLFg5w2N)
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Also looks like Google/Ordanance survey are out takeing pictures of us well
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
:y :y
There are days when there are loads of Gliders active in the Hull area, facinateing seeing the trails they leave. ::)
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I always have this open on the PC : https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
We get all sorts popping in, doing touch and go's so always handy to see at a glance what it is
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I always have this open on the PC : https://globe.adsbexchange.com/
We get all sorts popping in, doing touch and go's so always handy to see at a glance what it is
I like that site, listings on screen etc, also the ammount of planes on the screen etc. :y
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
Do you think that "the authorities" will allow all military aircraft operations to show on this public site? I would not be surprised if there is some kind of blocking going on for those 'sensitive' operations by the RAF and the USAF ;)
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...........................and in particular I am thinking about flights by £190 million pound stealth fighters :D ;)
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
Do you think that "the authorities" will allow all military aircraft operations to show on this public site? I would not be surprised if there is some kind of blocking going on for those 'sensitive' operations by the RAF and the USAF ;)
There is. It won't show the (almost) daily U2 flight to the Baltic, or the covert police surveillance flights which are going on virtually nightly over Ipswich at the moment ;)
They also fail to pick up the USMC aircraft carrier Iwo Jima which is currently in the Western approaches, with (approx.) 6 Harriers, 10 CV-22's, 2 CH-53's and 2 MH-60's.
Hang on, a black van has just pulled up outside - I wonder what they want....
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
Do you think that "the authorities" will allow all military aircraft operations to show on this public site? I would not be surprised if there is some kind of blocking going on for those 'sensitive' operations by the RAF and the USAF ;)
There is. It won't show the (almost) daily U2 flight to the Baltic, or the covert police surveillance flights which are going on virtually nightly over Ipswich at the moment ;)
They also fail to pick up the USMC aircraft carrier Iwo Jima which is currently in the Western approaches, with (approx.) 6 Harriers, 10 CV-22's, 2 CH-53's and 2 MH-60's.
Hang on, a black van has just pulled up outside - I wonder what they want....
Don't panic, it's probably just amazon.
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
Do you think that "the authorities" will allow all military aircraft operations to show on this public site? I would not be surprised if there is some kind of blocking going on for those 'sensitive' operations by the RAF and the USAF ;)
There is. It won't show the (almost) daily U2 flight to the Baltic, or the covert police surveillance flights which are going on virtually nightly over Ipswich at the moment ;)
They also fail to pick up the USMC aircraft carrier Iwo Jima which is currently in the Western approaches, with (approx.) 6 Harriers, 10 CV-22's, 2 CH-53's and 2 MH-60's.
Hang on, a black van has just pulled up outside - I wonder what they want....
Don't panic, it's probably just amazon.
I'd be more worried about the British Gas van parked up across the street all day. ;D
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
Do you think that "the authorities" will allow all military aircraft operations to show on this public site? I would not be surprised if there is some kind of blocking going on for those 'sensitive' operations by the RAF and the USAF ;)
There is. It won't show the (almost) daily U2 flight to the Baltic, or the covert police surveillance flights which are going on virtually nightly over Ipswich at the moment ;)
They also fail to pick up the USMC aircraft carrier Iwo Jima which is currently in the Western approaches, with (approx.) 6 Harriers, 10 CV-22's, 2 CH-53's and 2 MH-60's.
Hang on, a black van has just pulled up outside - I wonder what they want....
Don't panic, it's probably just amazon.
I'd be more worried about the British Gas van parked up across the street all day. ;D
;D ;D ;D ;D :y
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Remember aircraft have to turn on a transponder to appear on this, so it's very much an "opt in" thing. ;)
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The A400 that occasionally goes over here isn't always switched on... Can't hide to distinct noise it makes, even from 23,000 ft up ;D
Likewise the Chinooks from Odiham at 50 ft up... You can't see them, but you can't miss them. :D
Almost as distinctive as a Vietnam era Huey 8)
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
Do you think that "the authorities" will allow all military aircraft operations to show on this public site? I would not be surprised if there is some kind of blocking going on for those 'sensitive' operations by the RAF and the USAF ;)
I will just highlight the important word here..... :y
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With the right software it's possible to track almost anything nowadays. The best systems don't rely on Mode S/ADSB any more.
https://i.postimg.cc/xC2jKp1f/U2demo.gif
Every U2 flight in/out of the UK for the past year has been tracked. There is currently one orbiting over south wales with some sort of problem waiting to land back where it came from when the fog lifts.
What is now attracting attention are the covert police operations. 'They' appear to be using civilian registered twin aircraft, and orbiting sites of special interest for several hours at a time. One theory is that the aircraft are carrying 4th/5th Gen phone 'masts' and acting as piggy in the middle interceptors to detect bad guys using burner phones.
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2 RAF training ?
Savage 11 + 12
Is there another RAF display team or are these still part of the Red Arrows?
(https://i.postimg.cc/gkQR9rpn/F24-004.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/tYd7WqYj)
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They are Hawk's Same plane as Red's but proper military use / training rather than display, we have them frequently here.
RAF pilots tend to start in Texan's around here (based at Valley), then move to the Hawks.
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Savage callsign is used by 100Sqn based at RAF Leeming in Yorkshire. They aren't a training squadron themselves. One of their roles is to fly as 'aggressors', which means they play the baddies in war games allowing front line fighter units (and warships) to practice intercepting a target which is 'fighting' to get away, or maneuvering to try and shoot you down.
100Sqn are the only RAF unit other than the Red Arrows still flying the Hawk T1 - Training at RAF Valley is done using the much newer Hawk T2. The only other unit still flying the Hawk T1 is 736 NAS at RNAS Culdrose, who use the Hawk to simulate missile attacks on RN Warships whilst the warships are working up for deployment.
The retirement of all Hawk T1 (except for the Reds) was announced in the Defence Review last month, so the future for 100 Sqn and 736 NAS is uncertain/bleak.
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With the right software it's possible to track almost anything nowadays. The best systems don't rely on Mode S/ADSB any more.
https://i.postimg.cc/xC2jKp1f/U2demo.gif
Every U2 flight in/out of the UK for the past year has been tracked. There is currently one orbiting over south wales with some sort of problem waiting to land back where it came from when the fog lifts.
What is now attracting attention are the covert police operations. 'They' appear to be using civilian registered twin aircraft, and orbiting sites of special interest for several hours at a time. One theory is that the aircraft are carrying 4th/5th Gen phone 'masts' and acting as piggy in the middle interceptors to detect bad guys using burner phones.
This seems to bother you ??? Paranoid perhaps?
Of course, it could also be flights carrying out runway or air navigation surveys, or pilot training. Any number of reasons for aircraft to be doing pretty much anything.
And besides, it isn't as though various agencies haven't been using various aircraft for various things for decades. And any non military aircraft are on the CAA registry (or the equivalent if registered elsewhere) ;D
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With the right software it's possible to track almost anything nowadays. The best systems don't rely on Mode S/ADSB any more.
https://i.postimg.cc/xC2jKp1f/U2demo.gif
Every U2 flight in/out of the UK for the past year has been tracked. There is currently one orbiting over south wales with some sort of problem waiting to land back where it came from when the fog lifts.
What is now attracting attention are the covert police operations. 'They' appear to be using civilian registered twin aircraft, and orbiting sites of special interest for several hours at a time. One theory is that the aircraft are carrying 4th/5th Gen phone 'masts' and acting as piggy in the middle interceptors to detect bad guys using burner phones.
This seems to bother you ??? Paranoid perhaps?
Of course, it could also be flights carrying out runway or air navigation surveys, or pilot training. Any number of reasons for aircraft to be doing pretty much anything.
And besides, it isn't as though various agencies haven't been using various aircraft for various things for decades. And any non military aircraft are on the CAA registry (or the equivalent if registered elsewhere) ;D
True, but flying in controlled airspace with all civilian transponders turned off (Modes A, C and S), whilst responding to military IFF interrogation is unusual for aircraft on the CAA registry. If you or I tried that we'd have a Typhoon up our jacksie fairly swiftly.
I suppose it could just be a coincidence that 'new' mobile cells pop up whilst this is happening, and those mobile mast appear to move with the aircraft in question.
I don't need to be paranioid because I know they're after me. And I don't own a mobile phone, so these tactics don't bother me ;D
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Yet here you are, typing on the interweb ;D
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Savage callsign is used by 100Sqn based at RAF Leeming in Yorkshire. They aren't a training squadron themselves. One of their roles is to fly as 'aggressors', which means they play the baddies in war games allowing front line fighter units (and warships) to practice intercepting a target which is 'fighting' to get away, or maneuvering to try and shoot you down.
100Sqn are the only RAF unit other than the Red Arrows still flying the Hawk T1 - Training at RAF Valley is done using the much newer Hawk T2. The only other unit still flying the Hawk T1 is 736 NAS at RNAS Culdrose, who use the Hawk to simulate missile attacks on RN Warships whilst the warships are working up for deployment.
The retirement of all Hawk T1 (except for the Reds) was announced in the Defence Review last month, so the future for 100 Sqn and 736 NAS is uncertain/bleak.
They are although one short at the moment ::)
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
:y :y
There are days when there are loads of Gliders active in the Hull area, facinateing seeing the trails they leave. ::)
;D
They don't come as far south as Hull / Humber due to the lack of thermals
They take off from Pocklington and tend to float around the Vale of York :y
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
:y :y
There are days when there are loads of Gliders active in the Hull area, facinateing seeing the trails they leave. ::)
;D
They don't come as far south as Hull / Humber due to the lack of thermals
They take off from Pocklington and tend to float around the Vale of York :y
There are thermals everywhere on a good day.
The main factors are wind direction and airspace, assuming they're not ridge soaring which is obviously confined to the right ground features.
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
:y :y
There are days when there are loads of Gliders active in the Hull area, facinateing seeing the trails they leave. ::)
;D
They don't come as far south as Hull / Humber due to the lack of thermals
They take off from Pocklington and tend to float around the Vale of York :y
There are thermals everywhere on a good day.
The main factors are wind direction and airspace, assuming they're not ridge soaring which is obviously confined to the right ground features.
Hi Kev
Are you still gliding ?
I'd have thought it would have been a bit dead on the thermal front with the flat ground and with the cooler Humber in the middle :-\
I know there is a east / west flight corridor that comes right over the top of Hull.
We also get quite a few military aircraft transiting north / south under the flight path :)
I was sat near the Humber bridge last month watching a couple of Typhoons playing / burning fuel up :)
I take it fuel is less expensive then tyres nowadays ;D
I know that the old lightnings was always burning any excess off before dropping back into Binbrook back in the day :y
Not like they had much fuel to waste in the first place ;D
I've been watching the Air sea rescue S92's out of Humberside Airport on Flight Radar myself quite a bit.
They tend to transit north @2000ft / 135 knots north upto a training spot just north of the Whitby coast late at night a few times a week then back home over the top of my house.
Noisy buggers ;D
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I have been using Freedar.uk more recently as it shows more military aircraft :y
:y :y
There are days when there are loads of Gliders active in the Hull area, facinateing seeing the trails they leave. ::)
;D
They don't come as far south as Hull / Humber due to the lack of thermals
They take off from Pocklington and tend to float around the Vale of York :y
There are thermals everywhere on a good day.
The main factors are wind direction and airspace, assuming they're not ridge soaring which is obviously confined to the right ground features.
Hi Kev
Are you still gliding ?
I'd have thought it would have been a bit dead on the thermal front with the flat ground and with the cooler Humber in the middle :-\
I know there is a east / west flight corridor that comes right over the top of Hull.
We also get quite a few military aircraft transiting north / south under the flight path :)
I was sat near the Humber bridge last month watching a couple of Typhoons playing / burning fuel up :)
I take it fuel is less expensive then tyres nowadays ;D
I know that the old lightnings was always burning any excess off before dropping back into Binbrook back in the day :y
Not like they had much fuel to waste in the first place ;D
I've been watching the Air sea rescue S92's out of Humberside Airport on Flight Radar myself quite a bit.
They tend to transit north @2000ft / 135 knots north upto a training spot just north of the Whitby coast late at night a few times a week then back home over the top of my house.
Noisy buggers ;D
Yes, just started up gliding again last weekend after lockdown grounded us.
Complex airspace does tend to keep gliders away, since you can't plan with the precision that a spam can can. ;)
I think there's a danger area along the coast there up to something daft like 60k feet+, so that explains the fast jet antics.
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Are there still the ranges north of The Wash?
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Are there still the ranges north of The Wash?
You have Wainfleet which is just south of Skegness.
Iirc that's pretty much closed down now and Donna Nook which is near Grimsby again I think it is deactivated.
The only one I KNOW around there which is active is Holbeach which is just south of Boston.
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Are there still the ranges north of The Wash?
https://skyvector.com/
Click on "World Low" or "World VFR" and you can zoom in/out to see various types of restricted airspace, and UK danger areas.
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Just singed up with Flightradar24 for 12 months mainly to stop the popups.
Having a nosey to whats in the air tonight. Can see 6 helicopters flying in the Shrewsbury area. A couple closeish together is suppose is quite common even if they are a few miles apart, but never seen 6 active choppers at the same time a few miles apart.
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Only 3 active now.
All are Airbus Helicopters Juno HT1
. . . Sussed it. (Hence the random search/circle patterns)
They are Defence Helicopter Flying School :y
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RAF Shawbury is the main training base for all RAF, RN and Army helicopter crews. They've got (from memory) about 30 Junos. If you visit Shawbury on a working day it's not unusual to see 20 or so of them out on the ramp at any one time, and most will fly at least once a day. Their training course includes some night flying. You can work out when this is going to happen by looking at the airfield NOTAM's.
There are also 3 of the larger Jupiters which although based at RAF Valley are common visitors to Shawbury.
Since the Junos and Jupiters are a modern helicopter leased from the Airbus, they have all the modern transponders, so usually do show up on radar tracking sites. However, being helicopters they typically don't fly above 1000' and that restricts the range at which they can be detected, so whether they show or not depends more on where they're flying than anything else.
If you want more of a challenge look around RNAS Yeovilton or RAF Wattisham. Or the Hereford area ::)