New Flight Radar thread - it's windy tonight

[cakeorwine]

A new thread for FR

If you click on the plane it will tell you

I have no idea how people manage to track multiple flights. But I need to know what happens to that one even though I have no connection to it!

I am on the web version - you can normally see details such as altitude, ground speed and bearing if you click on the plane.

Istanbul - LGW just went back up.

Oooo looks like it’s heading right over my house the diverted Alicante flight!!

MN never ceases to amaze me! Why be so snippy on a Flight Radar thread in Chat? AIBU ———>

OK, I understand

Shannon to Dublin just failed to land.

Alicante still climbing. Heading for Humberside?

Wizz Air WUK828 has just done a go around at Gatwick.

It keeps doing it, and now it's going round yet again!!

I know - gusts and all that - but other stuff's landing there??

Manchester to Dublin has so many loops. Why did they even take off?!

Where the heck is it going? One diverted to Hull earlier today, which is a rarity, but it could be on its way there?

No
a “go around” is a landing attempt, descending with that intention, then aborting

circling is a holding patterns, usually at 10,000 plus feet. With no immediate intention to land

@cakeorwine M62 is always horrendous. Glad I’m not working tonight and driving on it.

Another go around at DUB, this time SNN. EDI coming in for a second attempt now.

Phew, Wizz Air from Bucharest has now landed at Stansted on the second attempt after two goes at Gatwick. (Overinvested!)

Indeed I am watching with interest

perhaps given the fate of several others, France!

I sometimes think it's easy to forget there are people on those planes - it's so easy to just see planes on a screen.

I wonder how air traffic controllers do it?

I’ve just given it a wave off as it passed right over!

https://www.flightradar24.com/RYR553P/33b3f99f

off to Paris I think.

Where is the Faro to East Mids going?

EDI-DUB going around for a second time.

No...

1. "Holding" is flying racetracks type patterns (?circling)
2. "Going around" is abandoning an approach.
3. BTW neither of the above can be called "loops"..that's something very different that you don't want to try in an airliner,

Also BTW somebody asked upthread about the very accurate holding patterns.

Modern types, with GPS, can be programed to fly a hold and they go round hthe oval as if on rails. The old fashioned way with the pilots steering used to end up with some very odd looking patterns in strong winds.

Going to Hull - so at least it's staying on the right side of the Pennines!!!