FlightRadar24 - high traffic following invasion

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Is anyone else monitoring the air traffic on FlightRadar24? There was an 8 minute wait to get on to the website!

Lots of military aircraft.

Can see this one Royal airforce been circling

There’s a secret squirrel plane over Lincolnshire at the moment. Seems to have started in Poland but no details.

Big jet to was filming at RAF Conisby this morning.

I'm amazed that app is available on line in a dangerous and fragile time.

My dad's a total flight radar geek, he'll be on with you, I had no idea it was so detailed.

I hope these flights all land safe.

Just getting to grips with the app and seen it was an apache - the call sign amused me! I’ve seen worse looking choppers……

Anyone want to take a moment to remember the MNer who saw a large bird of prey circling her garden and immediately opened FlightRadar to try and identity it

*identify ffs

I'm amazed that app is available on line in a dangerous and fragile time

Yes, but it will only show the ones it's ok for us (and them) to see.

Ive heard loads of planes. Can't be bothered with actually logging on to flight radar but following you lot!

Not just planes either, heavy helicopterage.

F.

@caranations

I'm amazed that app is available on line in a dangerous and fragile time

Yes, but it will only show the ones it's ok for us (and them) to see.

So, there are even more up there that are stealth?

Aside from the stealth bomber, that is.

Jeeeeeezo. Remember when we were all in a tizzy about loo roll shortage? I miss those days.

So, there are even more up there that are stealth?

In order for us to see them, military or civil, they have to turn a transponder on that reveals the details of the aircraft, speed, altitude and locations etc. Not all aircraft do. Certainly not military ones.

@vivariumvivariumsvivaria

I'm amazed that app is available on line in a dangerous and fragile time.

As has been said mentioned by pp Flight radar and the other tracker apps don’t actually use radar in it’s traditional sense.

Aircraft operating in most airspace these days send their flight data (altitude, position and lots of other stuff) to air traffic control via a continuously transmitting radio link (datalink). The trackers eavesdrop on that datalink info to produce the picture you see via the internet.

If aircraft are in a situation where they don’t to advertise their position the datalink on the aircraft can simply be turned off.

Another US plane over the sea

Plus one from the RAF taken off from Cyprus

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Another US plane over the sea

that ones the "spy plane" dh says its an unmanned drone, can scan an area the size of iceland in a day

Spotted this about half an hour ago. Can't see it anywhere now though!

Thank you all. I feel ready to be an air traffic controller now, I've learned so much from this thread.

@PhilofDelphia

Spotted this about half an hour ago. Can't see it anywhere now though!

That happens a lot with the fighters off the UK(speculation follows)

1. It might be that the aircraft has gone to low level and is it’s signal is not being detected by the tracker’s receivers, or

1. OTOH it might an example of the datalink being turned off once the fighter has got clear of an are shared with civil traffic, is into it’s training area , and it no longer wants people watching what it is up to.

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Another US plane over the sea

near where the russians have taken that island into their control...i think

@PhilofDelphia

Spotted this about half an hour ago. Can't see it anywhere now though!

Oh wow, could be anywhere by now either on or off radar. They’re wicked fast.

Oh what’s that island @TellMeMoreHellebore?

@PhilofDelphia

Spotted this about half an hour ago. Can't see it anywhere now though!

hes coming back in to land now

This thread is really interesting, I used the website earlier to track DH's flight and had to queue to get on it!