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Hell of a lot of military fighters flying today and counted 3 sentrys also so far.
A chopper flew past work today, thought it was a Chinook at first because of the noise, but it was a single-rotor. Then I realised it was a Bell UH-1 Huey, not something you see every day! According to the flight tracker, it carries the registration and call-sign ZT067, (I forgot to take a screen shot, so I think that’s it’s number), anyway, it had taken off by the A303 somewhere down near Mere, headed up past Calne, then was flying around a lot very close to Brize Norton.
I know of only one Huey flying in the U.K. that carries a military number, and that one came back from the Falklands after the Argentinian Army abandoned it. Quite made my day seeing it. 😁
Just did some checking, a captured Huey is flying as a civilian aircraft G-HUEY, but the one I saw today had a military number, so I’m not entirely sure the provenance of it now.
Seems like half the Belgian F16 fleet are playing today. Couple of Voyagers joining a UK and Lux E3 Sentry too. Good job I’ve got an all staff teleconference this morning...
Couple of Chinooks and other military helicopters over Skipton yesterday.
A chopper flew past work today, thought it was a Chinook at first because of the noise, but it was a single-rotor. Then I realised it was a Bell UH-1 Huey, not something you see every day! According to the flight tracker, it carries the registration and call-sign ZT067, (I forgot to take a screen shot, so I think that’s it’s number), anyway, it had taken off by the A303 somewhere down near Mere, headed up past Calne, then was flying around a lot very close to Brize Norton.
I know of only one Huey flying in the U.K. that carries a military number, and that one came back from the Falklands after the Argentinian Army abandoned it. Quite made my day seeing it. 😁
Just did some checking, a captured Huey is flying as a civilian aircraft G-HUEY, but the one I saw today had a military number, so I’m not entirely sure the provenance of it now.
More UK Huey info here: http://www.huey.co.uk/
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U2 at 60,000ft over Denmark now. Yes, I am working...
U2's following the M5 now, just past Gloucester.
Had a Lightning and an Osprey fly over Banbury today.
On a smaller spy plane scale the RAF B350 are quite busy circling around the Salisbury planes area.
Although today it isnt accompanied by a osprey.
Nothing military flying anyway in the UK right now, except a Lancaster and Hurricane. Has ADS-B Exchange entered a time warp? Very cool.
Heading towards Leighton Buzzard with a Spitfire.
Watched a U2 (as in actually, not on the interwebz) come in to land at Fairford on Friday night, then saw it take off again on Saturday morning.
saw the lancaster on this evenings ride, it was preceded by a hurricane when i saw it. it's really surprising how low it was.
Saw 4 military tankers late last week on ADS-B flying in a line up the east coast. Last night was weird (before the midnight covid rules) as about 7 flights all flew in to Manchester within 20 minutes of midnight, tracked on ADS-B and seen over my house - never seen it that busy. One after the other, with the last landing at 11.57, then no other flights. Mad dash.
Tomorrow (Wednesday) look out on ADS-B for a joint exercise over Cornwall with 3 Hawks vs a Eurofighter, attacking a frigate
Busy night tonight, lots of Euro fighters about flying.
Eurofighters and F35s streaming down to Cornwall!But it's cloudy FFS
Have a search now on ADS-B for G-PRXI, it's the Spitfire being used to do the flypast of NHS hospitals to say thank you. Currently heading to Yeovil.
I saw that G-PRX1 Spit fly past the front window earlier today on its way from Wolverhampton to Telford hsopitals. OK, not quite 'past' the front window, he was at about 1500ft at the time, but the noise made me look up just the same. The schedule was a visit to the West Mids and Marches this morning, then Avon/Somerset & S Wales this afternoon.
Big Jet TV live on FB showing a U2 being loaded up at Fairford. Well worth a watch but I suggest you turn volume down so you don't have to listen to the idiot commentating
Interesting how many non uniformed guys are hanging around the aircraft, perhaps a reflection on it being a CIA asset?
Looks like the U2 about to take off
U2 just getting readied for departure from Fairford. Big Jet TV also live on YT
B52 taxiing as well
There's been a lot of b52 activity at Fairford, indeed three have just flown overhead post take off.
Someone's been a naughty boy, three B52s just left Fairford in a rough formation, heading North West. Only one of them shows up on the ADS-B site as an unidentified aircraft
Yep, saw them over Cirencester. They never appear on ADS-B, at least whenever I look for them.
This 707 with a little hat flew over after lunch, doing circuits at DSA after hanging around over the North Sea.
There's currently two B52s doing big loops around Gloucester/Cheltenham at 10000ft. On ADS-B.
They were out by Gdansk when I looked earlier today. Been a lot of military flying across a few countries past few days.
On a side note saw a military convoy of about a dozen trucks this morning coming off the A14 a few Rapier launchers and gubbins being towed.
In the garden yesterday saw more than normal, 2 apaches, a Hercules and a lynx in 10 mins.
There was an Apache flying over Dundee on Wednesday afternoon. Never seen one over this way before, I’m guessing it was from Leuchars, did a few circuits round bottom of the Kingsway before heading off. Nice little treat as I miss the military aircraft presence that came with R.A.F Leuchars.
This is coming up:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-5426439 9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joint Warrior
Could be some interesting stuff appearing on the tracker. (Although stuff up here in the Highlands doesn't tend to show up.)
Big old Antov took off from Brize Norton.
Achtung! Spitfire!
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c396
Coningsby/Lincoln way, not really out and about.
Did anyone see the fleet of 9 US tankers taking off earlier? Left Mildenhall in very close convoy, flew north toward Durham then all peeled off to fly around over North Sea. It must have been some sight to see them all departing near enough on top of each other
Achtung! Spitfire!
Perhaps a photography session. Two Spitfires flying dozens of loops with another (non-BBMF) aircraft.
Boeing E-3B Sentry flying over the South East now
There's a hawker hunter tracking near Oxford at the moment.
Saw both the BA 747's this morning out on their last flights from Heathrow. One was doing laps of and the other had just landed at Saint Athan Airport near Cardiff
I noticed a strange flight yesterday, and it was a Border Force drone (G-TEKV), I didn't even know they had one
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/gtekv#25b43420
Lots up in the air today!
3 35KR tankers out of Mildenhall flying towards Cornwall all 3 about 28,000ft.
Is Trump starting his pre election shitstorm?? The three tankers are over the French coast near Marsailles followed not too far behind by a 747 E-4 Advanced Airborne Command Post, all on the same bearing. God help us!!!