What's flying over your house

[ken anderson.]

don't know about up a height,but I was reading yesterday that all liners in the world are now in docks....

ken anderson...ne..1.sailing dept.

[Martian]

Yay at last something flying over yesterday a private helicopter

[John Privett]

Here's a curious track I spotted earlier today on FR24 on my phone, whilst it was still in the air.

This screenshot is taken from the 'playback' facility on flightradar24's website;

The aircraft was a PC12 and departed from Exeter at shortly after 09:00 this morning. It then traced the track in my screenshot, flying at 210 to 220 kts initially at 15,000 feet, climbing to 16,000 feet where it circled before going on to the longer tracks. Eventually they headed off to Ostende and landed there at around 13:30.

Google Maps?

[Peter Miller]

I have just been watching an Apache playing hide and seek round the local farm

[kevin b]

I don't know what's flying over my house, but they bite !

2 weeks ago I got 16 bites on one arm and last week about six on my leg.

Never felt a thing until several hours later when they started to itch.

Edited By kevin b on 24/04/2020 13:04:50

[Peter Miller]

I have just read that GA servicing and engine maintenance flights are permitted

**LINK**

[Mike Etheridge 1]

John Privett, That flight pattern is very similar to the flight patterns my brother-in-law described when they were on search missions in Bristol Beauforts over the sea in world war 2. However they would be flying at low level and they did not find much, but saw a lot of action with torpedoes, all described in a book on 217 squadron written by Roy Conyers Nesbit his commanding officer.

[J D 8]

Kevin, The Midge is the most common cause of irritating bites at this time of year. most active toward the evening. They are so small you can hardly see them but their bite is one of the most itchy as you have found.

John.

[leccyflyer]

More light aircraft activity this weekend, had a couple of quite low flying light singles over yesterday afternoon and at least three this morning. No sign on the CAA website that the COVID-19 regulations on GA have been lifted, so I guess that they might have been some form of commercial flights or, as Peter said, engine tests?

That put me in mind of the scene in Battle of Britain when Michael Caine refuses permission to the bloke who played Hyacinth Bucket's neighbour for an instrument check flight.

[buster prop]

The BBMF’s Spitfire and Hurricane circling before the fly past for Capt. Tom Moores’ 100th birthday. He lives at Marston Morteyne in Bedfordshire about 7 miles from here. No pics, sorry. I heard them at 8.20 and rushed out into the garden to see them go past. There was no time to get my phone which was on charge. Wonderful sight and sound, both very low.

[Denis Watkins]

RAF just now on plane finder

[MaxG]

Which is the best of all the various apps for this sort of stuff?

I have Flightradar 24 but it does not show all the military traffic we get over North Lincolnshire including American stuff.

Thanks

Maxg

[Mark Stringer]

Posted by MaxG on 01/05/2020 09:29:26:

Which is the best of all the various apps for this sort of stuff?

I have Flightradar 24 but it does not show all the military traffic we get over North Lincolnshire including American stuff.

Thanks

Maxg

I use 360Radar but you have to either subscribe or contribute.

I contribute so get access for free - just a usb stick to buy and setup in your PC or attached to a PI and left running to gather the aircraft data and feed it into the system. I bought a decent stick but did my own aerial from some satellite cable so it doesn't cost much to do or maintain - it could be done for £5 but worth spending a bit more on it.

[Denis Watkins]

Maxg, Free Planefinder will get you some traffic, but to get the D Day C3, RAF Hawks, Chinooks, Globemasters etc

Pay the £3 On you selected supplier and get what you see above.

Edited By Denis Watkins on 01/05/2020 09:38:28

Edited By Denis Watkins on 01/05/2020 09:43:57

[Malcolm Fisher]

Around 2130 yesterday evening while watching swifts flying around our house I was surprised to see three paragliders approaching. They were at different heights and some distance apart but all three passed over us. No idea of their altitude but judging by their apparent relative sizes the first one seemed quite low. . As far as I could tell, there was no sign of any of them have any motive power. I couldn't help wondering if they might be infringing any ANOs. I live barely two miles from the centre of Leeds.

Malcolm

Edited By Malcolm Fisher on 29/05/2020 20:21:37

[leccyflyer]

Heard the unmistakable sound of a Tiger Moth at lunchtime, stepped out of the french windows and there she was, a lovely rad and silver Tiger Moth making her leisurely way across the sky. Haven't seen her for a few months. Beautiful

[Andy Stephenson]

Yesterday we had a full-on display from a P51D Mustang pulling loops and with that amazing supercharger whine in the dives.

We get this a few times a year usually around bank holidays. I'm sure it's the same guy who used to do this with a Yak 55.

A.

Edited By Andy Stephenson on 30/05/2020 11:16:46

[Ray Wood 4]

Hi Bob

Thanks for the link 😄 you maybe need to check the exact spelling of you post 😯

Regards Ray

[MaxG]

We had the Hurricane and Spitfire from Coningsby overhead either yesterday or the day before, can't remember which. The sound drew my attention as you may expect.

Maxg

[leccyflyer]

Just been listening to a RAF Typhoon overhead for about the last 15 minutes making quite a racket - managed to catch one short glimpse of him in a tight turn, fairly high and making a lovely throaty roar.

[Mark Stringer]

ADSB is here: **LINK** - suitable for work unlike the other link
360 is here, you can't see it all until you get involved, but it is well worth it and you feel like you are making a difference: **LINK**

Hope that helps

Mark

[Andrew Price 2]

Thank you Mark. I will have a looksee this PM.

[Richard Clark 2]

I live about 8 miles from Eastleigh airfield as it is properly called. Then they got delusions of grandeur and changed the name to 'Southampton International' (which from their traffic apparently meant the Costa Brava) even though it's not in the Southampton county authority. They also discouraged private light aircraft and most general aviation by raising landing fees to nonsense levels.

Then FlyBe went bust (before coronavirus) and that was 95% of their traffic. And the virus has since caused them to lose almost all the other 5%. And with both all their crazy priced car parking revenue.

So 'Southampton International' has been taught a well-deserved salutory lesson about 'hubris' and it's lovely and quiet too

[Peter Miller]

As I drove out after lunch yesterday there was an Osprey flying past.

Some time ago club members reported a couple of Ospreys going past

[J D 8]

Circling overhead at medium altitude [ about 5000 feet ] this morning.