Flight Radar 24 pt 2

[NoGravyForYou]

I don't know if anyone else has made one!
BA2665 has missed LGW and is circling again

is there a particular purpose to this or are you plane spotting enthusiasts?

Interesting question...It's not just plane spotters and amateur enthusiasts...FWIW I know there are also some posting here who are (or possibly were ) aviation professionals - they may even have actually appeared on Flight radar etc .. and are now trying to help out answer some of the FAQ's that seem to pop up...

Thank you both, pavlova is it the excitement of seeing different planes? Do you look out for particular models?

No, for me nothing to do with the actual plane as such but more the work that the plane indicates. I like to see where it's going and whether it's destination is probably along any route I had worked and likely scenarios. For example day flight to a remote mining town may indicate industrial accident, vehicular incident etc whereas night flight to a remote community may be more along the lines of general (heart attack etc), vehicular incident, grievous bodily harm etc. It's interesting to see how busy the service is and where the action is, at any given time if nothing better to do. The service stretches over a great majority of the country really due to remote aspect of most of it.

I've flown gliders and light aircraft so that's my interest, especially at the moment when gliding clubs are all closed. I see that they are still allowed to go gliding in Germany, I'm very slightly envious of that.

There’s a lot of glider activity in southern Sweden too.

@Handsoffisback I live near an airport and have got used to seeing planes going in and out, and we're also under flight paths for another airport too. I got into Flight Radar as I liked to find out where the planes I'm seeing are going. If you start paying attention you can soon start to see what's "normal", so any unusual activity (eg a plane taking an unusual flight path or at an strange altitude, or even a different type of aircraft) and I'm straight onto the net to find out what's going on! It sort of grew from there really.

There’s a lot of glider activity in southern Sweden too.

I am not jealous....I am not jealous!

My FR24 app won't work!

I’m absolutely addicted to it, always had an interest in aviation so it’s heaven!

I like seeing the c-17s, huuuge!

I like to check out whose rattling my windows and see if it matches up with who I can see in the sky

And it's usually C-17's. I've just discovered Freedar which shows more military planes. I've never been able to track B52's so look forward to that

I've never been able to track B52's so look forward to that

Are B52s visible on the app?

It's so rare to see planes now, but got this one over my house just now 😁

Yesterday, a Chinook flew over my house. I didn't really need to look out the window - they are really noisy!

I looked it up on Freedar. I do like the call signs the RAF apply to their aircraft - that one was called "Inferno".

Does anyone know what the pair of Falcons I see around Middlesbrough frequently are doing - mostly daytime but sometimes at night? They don't appear to be military. Does anyone know please?

@notimagain

I've only just discovered Freedar. B52's never showed up on Flightradar24 so hoping they will show

There was a big black helicopter over the other day that didn't show on either

Spotted this a little earlier. Like a PP said, there's hardly any planes at the moment and it was low and hence quite loud.

FR indicates that it's still circulating but I haven't seen or heard it in the last hour.

Does anyone know what the pair of Falcons I see around Middlesbrough frequently are doing - mostly daytime but sometimes at night?

Probably Cobham aviation - target facilities for the military.

www.cobham.com/aviation-services-uk/special-mission/operational-readiness-training/

Spotted this a little earlier. Like a PP said, there's hardly any planes at the moment and it was low and hence quite loud

Looks like another example of the military using this quiet time to practice approaches of various types into civilian airports.

You can go on brize Norton's page and they tell you where they're going to be operating....had a C17 go past 7 times yesterday!! He popped round brize 5-6 times, up to b'ham and did 7 laps...

Red Arrows on Flight Radar 24 now

A private Lear Jet has taken off from Bedford aerodrome and Ian heading north. It is currently over Newcastle. Does anyone else think that this could be Prince William off to have a private chat with Charles? I will watch it and see where it lands.

The Lear Jet has landed at Aberdeen - but it's a German medevac plane. So not Prince William breaking lockdown to nip up to Balmoral!

Any ideas why this would happen?!

I've just looked at Freedar, and there's one looking like a spaceship and labelled UFO, model Halfords BMX bike, operator A Boy and an Extraterrestrial

That's a survey aircraft.