The plane enthusiasts thread

[gbb]

The Daventry Radar Corridor runs from a little south of Peterborough across Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire. Military traffic including Hercules, A400M, C-17 and A330 transports use it several times a day between Brize and points east. Other types like the B-52 when out stationed at Fairford and the Bell Osprey tilt rotor are also common sights/sounds.

Aircraft normally transit the corridor at 10,000 feet (or rather FL100) so that they're crossing the N/S traffic from LHR etc and to/from Birmingham or East Mids in a safe and predictable way. Birmingham inbounds from the south tend to be either below at FL90 or above FL110 depending on whether BHX's runway is being used towards the North West (33) or SE (15).

Excellent info which explains why I see military traffic consistently headed SW, always quite low compared to civilian aircraft.

 

[Jameshow]

So annoying when a noisy plane goes overhead yet no sign of it o flight radar obvs something military!!

 

[Bromptonaut]

So annoying when a noisy plane goes overhead yet no sign of it o flight radar obvs something military!!

Things that don't show on, or are filtered from, FlightRadar 24 can often be seen on ADS B Exchange:

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[ebikeerwidnes]

Things that don't show on, or are filtered from, FlightRadar 24 can often be seen on ADS B Exchange:

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Also good for seeing Police helicopters!

 

[Cycleops]

Also good for seeing Police helicopters!

Don't forget they can always see you

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Don't forget they can always see you

That's why I wave to them when they are hovering nearby

I wonder if this is funny or annoying????

 

[Illaveago]

2 single engined fighters have just flown over flying parallel to each other travelling East West leaving vapour trails . I couldn't see what they were as they were too far away .

 

[DaveReading]

2 single engined fighters have just flown over flying parallel to each other travelling East West leaving vapour trails . I couldn't see what they were as they were too far away .

But definitely not Typhoons ?

 

[figbat]

But definitely not Typhoons ?

They’re twin-engined.

 

[Jameshow]

2 single engined fighters have just flown over flying parallel to each other travelling East West leaving vapour trails . I couldn't see what they were as they were too far away .

F16s, Hawks?

 

[Illaveago]

But definitely not Typhoons ?

I don't think so . The vapour trail remained as a single streak. IIRC twin engine vapour trails tend to separate . They didn't sound different from the normal passenger aircraft . The Typhoons usually make an interesting sound which make me look up and scan the sky for them .
They were way out of sight , all I could see was the end of the vapour trail extending so I had no idea of its wing shape .

 

[Illaveago]

F16s, Hawks?

Hawks ,F16, F35, Saab Gripen.
They were flying on a similar course as the military air traffic use and for those planes flying in and out of RIAT Fairford.

 

[DaveReading]

They’re twin-engined.

Yes, that's my point, I was asking the OP how he could be sure the unidentified dot with a contrail wasn't one, given that the Typhoon's engines are only a gnat's apart.

 

[Illaveago]

Years ago I spotted a vapour trail making an unusual turn . That plane was from the East and making a turn to the South . At the time I had my binoculars nearby . I was surprised to see that it was a Lockheed U2 which had climbed up from Fairford. It was too far away for taking a photo, all I got was a vapour trail.

 

[icowden]

Apropos of nothing, I saw this today.

View: https://admiralcloudberg.medium.com/call-of-the-void-seven-years-on-what-do-we-know-about-the-disappearance-of-malaysia-airlines-77fa5244bf99


It's an interesting read.