The FR24/PlanePlotter Thread

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Silly question, I suppose, but as it's the RNHF Sea Fury why's it at North Weald?
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Pre-season maintenance, BC.

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:up:
Surprised they don't do it in-house, or aren't they equipped/qualified to do so?
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Brevet Cable wrote::up:
Surprised they don't do it in-house, or aren't they equipped/qualified to do so?

I believe it's because it's on the civvy register.
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ASCOT 812 ( C-17 ZZ178 ) been running approches & touch-and-goes at Cardiff on and off for the last few hours, looks to be RTB.
ASCOT 482 ( A-400 ZM416 ) low-levelling Westbound down the Bristol Channel, now over the Devon side near Lundy.

Edited to add...
At least a quad of QUIDs Northbound approaching Devon....mention of routing via Yeovilton & Brize, RTB Mildenhall.
Edited again to add...
Now reporting routing via BZN->MAM ( that's Marham, isn't it ? )
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Civi Pilarus PC12 LX-JFZ ( Jetfly Aviation )....was inbound Swanse, but diverting to Cardiff due to weather conditions
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FAF6442 out & about, from comms I've heard it sounds to be around the Yeovil/Yeovilton area.
Live-Mode-S has it as an Alpha Jet, T/No. E-115

Edited to add...
Now hearing FAF6441 as well.
No ID yet, but as a guess it's another Alpha Jet

Edited again to add....
FAF6443 also up now ( Presumably another A-Jet )
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FAF A-Jets up over Devon again.
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Someone up out of St Athan using the callsign 'Whitehorse Formation', reporting as routing to Kemble.
No ID, but think they may be Tutors
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Not heard it myself ( unless it was part of 'Whitehorse' earlier ) but SWAG have it that Pembroke WV740 ( G-BNPH ) has been out and about from St Athan today.
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Pembroke WV740 up again.
FR24 has it that it went to High Wycombe on yesteday's flight & returned to St Athan today.
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WV570 up again, according to SWAG.
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Brevet Cable wrote:WV570 up again, according to SWAG.


Excellent, I haven't seen a Provost flying for years. :grin:

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Bums !!
That's what happens when you post on a forum within 10 minutes of waking up....and not bother checking before hitting 'send' :facepalm:

No idea why I put '570, given that I meant '740.
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I knew what you meant, I just thought I'd be a pedantic git too ! :lol:

Meh !

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:biggrin:
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Callsign 'VIPER 1' currently inbound Cardiff Airport.
I was worried Tommy would ban me for missing a test-flight by one of the Hunters, but luckily it's turned out to be a boring old Apache ( ZJ222, I think they ID'd as ) :lol:
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Bit late posting it ( too busy pruning my grape vines :biggrin: ).... JP G-BWSG ( XW234 ) landed at St Athan about 09:45-10:00hrs.
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Don't know why, but the Belgian AF seem to have taken a liking to Cardiff Airport recently.
Today's visitors were a Herky & an Embraer E-145, which have recently departed & are now on their way back to Melsbroek.
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First scheduled flight of Qatar Airlines into Cardiff today ( A350-9 )
Odds & sods from Kemble again ( "GAZWS Formation" PA-28R-180 Cherokee Arrow G-AZWS, PA-28-161 Warrior II G-BPAF, PA-28-161 Warrior II G-EDGI, PA-28-180 Cherokee D G-AVYL and PA-28R-200 Cherokee Arrow II G-BMGB )

( Edited cos I put Dubai instead of Qatar....alcohol does that to you !! :facepalm: )
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The Grobs have been up & about over my area practising various display formations yet again
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Missed it earlier...according to SWAG, Auster G-AJXC / TJ343 landed at St Athan

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Missed it departing as well....SWAG have it heading for Oaksey Park at around 14:10hrs.
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Looks like L-29 Delfin G-DLFN on ADSB has just gone into North Weald.
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Unusual.....just had a string of at least 2x A400Ms & 2x Voyagers inbound Brize.
There's also another A400M up over the Yeovilton area.
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