Storm Dave - Flightradar - especially Leeds Bradford.

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Anyone else watching?

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When you live 5 miles from LBA and have to get back from Manchester.

Ignore. I appreciate more information as I’m sure do many others

Yes, a few years back I tracked my new car all the way from South Korea.

I grew up in Roundhay, so LBA is always/will always be Yeadon! When we were kids, we used to go as a family to watch the planes. There were far, far fewer then so it was exciting and a lot less routine than now.

(Although last night was anything but routine )

A flight from Amsterdam has landed at Leeds this morning. I didn't get yesterday's flight numbers but hopefully had last night's passengers on board

This is the view of Leeds from my bedroom window. With a good pair of binoculars I can see the end of the runway.

I don't know why but this made me laugh so much. 😂
Honestly, I'm not the best flier and I'd have found it incredibly stressful to watch all that in real time last night, but absolute kudos to the pilots. Such skill and calmness in the face of such a challenge.

Although personally I'd rather they just diverted me to Greenland or Tasmania or somewhere and I'll walk home than be on board while the pilot attempts a tricky landing for the third time. 😱

I think the Flight Attendents probably deserve some credit as well.

The most agile thing ive ever seen was a FA in a dodgy landing into Innsbruck suddenly throw himself at speed down the aisle, distributing several sick bags as he went then back to his seat. Apparently he had lots of practice of that manouvere flying that route regularly!

I know this might seem like an obvious question but does this mean there’s nothing at all at Teesside? We’re close to it and under the flight path so will be interesting to watch from time to time.

Yes of course, they are the ones at the sticky end, trying to manage all the hysterical passengers and the vomit.

Big Jet TV is scheduled to start in 80 minutes

At least a couple of possible reasons for that:

1. Aircraft only usually transmit the data Flightradar picks up from just before engine start to just after engine shutdown...

1. Not sure about the Teeside area but Flightradar doesn't always have coverage right down to ground level in some parts of the world/UK.

Best thing to do is keep watching and see if something pops up.

Thank you so much for the explanation - that makes sense!

I shall keep an eye and see what I can see. I’ve not heard anything go over for a while so that would explain it being quiet.

He's about a foot tall. Upright again now!

Oh my 143 posts since I turned in last night.

I think this all highlights how many times things Go Right in aviation.like, there's nothing on the news about the sheer DRAMA of what was going on over Leeds Bradford. (Or the Dublin coastguard 🍀🤣)

It also makes me even more likely to take the train for doable distances.

With the rescue if that pilot in Iran last night I wonder if any of the aircraft were showing up in flightradar

Cute! Glad he wasn’t damaged. I don’t know why I decided to put out my garden furniture yesterday 🤦‍♀️

Was that really necessary? If you're bored, go and find another thread.

Site stuff - I've posted asking if we can have a dedicated topic:

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/site_stuff/5512891-could-we-have-a-dedicated-flight-radar-thread-in-fun-and-games

Ive read threads on here before about flight radar - very interesting so following last night I thought I’d have a look too….blimey it was no exciting watching the planes come in and then go around again! Very addictive… was so late 2am when I finally said enough go to sleep, I’m hanging today though!
I won’t tell my hubby why I’m so tired, he’ll think I’m quite mad watching planes on my phone! 😂😂

@Lalgarh

With the rescue if that pilot in Iran last night I wonder if any of the aircraft were showing up in flightradar

Not a chance at all of that, certainly not whilst over Iran.

Flightradar (and the other tracking sites) rely on aircraft cooperating with ATC and other aircraft by transmitting data out....

If the rescue force was transmitting anything out at all it ill have been highly encrypted and in a form only visible to the US mil.

The US air force refuelling planes appear on flight radar so there’s always a clue about where the action is taking place.

God all that going round in circles and changes of altitude plus the bumpiness.

If anyone fancies plane spotting from a sunbed, we had a lovely holiday here in Crete which is directly underneath the flight path for Heraklion airport. There was one plane passing every few seconds in August. Had the best time by the pool, FR in one hand, cold drink in other 😁
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I finally called it a night once I saw Gran Canaria get diverted to Liverpool and another sue for Leeds diverted to Manchester. Think it was about 3am 😱

I just watched one go from Newcastle to Teesside that I heard go over. Not too long to track either so I am now of the opinion they did that especially for me so I could listen out!😂😂