Today I noticed on ADS-B a Luxembourg Registered king air flying a line search pattern a 13000ft. that eventually covered the whole of Fife then I spotted a German Registered PC 6 Over central Scotland flying a very tight pattern at about 1600 ft. Any ideas what we have that is so interesting up here.
PC 6 by Lindsay Findlay, on Flickr
Survey Aircraft Over Scotland
Re: Survey Aircraft Over Scotland
Just doing LIDAR mapping, it happens regularly over the UK in good weather.
Re: Survey Aircraft Over Scotland
Thanks for that. Even with a very accurate auto pilot that must be a boring flight
Re: Survey Aircraft Over Scotland
The crew will be getting paid well for it, have you never had a boring job?
Personally I'd rather do this than being stuck working in a shop or a factory.
Personally I'd rather do this than being stuck working in a shop or a factory.
Re: Survey Aircraft Over Scotland
It would certainly be noisy in the PC6.