Aircraft Flying Overhead [OTT]

[Dave 1959]

There seems to be a lot of this going on round several airfields in the UK with various aircraft. Just wonder if they are doing some pilot training.

No just taking advantage of the lack of commercial traffic to survey sites that might be '' difficult"under normal conditions. For example there was one doing a survey pretty much over Heathrow the other day.

 

[Seasider]

Spot on Dave 1959.

 

[Seasider]

I should have mentioned, their is a Luxembourg registered King Air operating out of Sturgate (I believe) that has been surveying , over the North, all week.
NB Courtesy of Flight Radar.

 

[twevsmiff]

I should have mentioned, their is a Luxembourg registered King Air operating out of Sturgate (I believe) that has been surveying , over the North, all week.
NB Courtesy of Flight Radar.

That King Air LX-FPP in fact lives at Gamston and has been there for two months to my knowledge operating every day, weather permitting. Also at Gamston are LX-DNI PC-12 and another King Air 2-MAPP, both engaged in the same task. Incidentally LX-FPP is 32 years old !!!!
There are also 2 Swiss PC-12s flying locally on survey work at present one of which has been flying North/South over the Leeds zone all day at 18000', not to mention 2 Danish P-68s carrying out air sampling. Two Dutch aircraft PH-SVY(Cheyenne) and PH-SVZ(Citationjet) transit over most days, carry out survey work over Ireland then return home to Holland in the evening. All in all they are making use of the lack of trafiic over the country.

 

[The Pole]

The surveying has been going on for a few weeks, not just over airfields. One last week was flying over Lancashire over LBA and back for a few hours. Think I posted further last week. There appears to be one about to start again now 09.40

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[oldendays]

A Search and Rescue helicopter has just flown over Adel, heading north.

 

[twevsmiff]

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A Search and Rescue helicopter has just flown over Adel, heading north.

S-92 G-MCGE(Coastguard 912)

 

[Dave 1959]

That King Air LX-FPP in fact lives at Gamston and has been there for two months to my knowledge operating every day, weather permitting. Also at Gamston are LX-DNI PC-12 and another King Air 2-MAPP, both engaged in the same task. Incidentally LX-FPP is 32 years old !!!!
There are also 2 Swiss PC-12s flying locally on survey work at present one of which has been flying North/South over the Leeds zone all day at 18000', not to mention 2 Danish P-68s carrying out air sampling. Two Dutch aircraft PH-SVY(Cheyenne) and PH-SVZ(Citationjet) transit over most days, carry out survey work over Ireland then return home to Holland in the evening. All in all they are making use of the lack of trafiic over the country.

And let's not forget the venerable Super Cub G-NNAC from Beckwithshaw often to be heard out and about taking photo's

 

[Seasider]

I stand corrected. Apologies.

 

[twevsmiff]

1450
Sat out in garden and something trailed directly over the airfield and then headed out East. A quick look on radar and it was
Aer Lingus A.330 EI-FNG(EIN 9020) enroute Dublin to Bejing

 

[oldendays]

Super Cub G-NNAC is flying around Adel and Cookridge just now. No banner so I guess he is taking photographs.

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

USAF KC135 637979 over LBA in a few minutes northwest bound. Should be visible.

BH

 

[twevsmiff]

About to fly over just south of LBA(0945) is 40 year old Falcon 20 F-GZOX(BFF 30) owned by Nunavat Air
The aircraft is heading East at 35,000' and departed Belfast International

 

[oldendays]

I've just seen what looked like a widebody Airbus fly several miles east of the airport, descend heading south. Probably a Doncaster inbound. I heard it before I saw it so relatively low altitude.

 

[mullion]

VP-BJP B777 just arrived from North inbound Doncaster so thats your machine.

 

[oldendays]

Thankyou mullion.

 

[mullion]

No problem just wish I had seen

 

[oldendays]

Too bad. Any clues as to why it was going there ? I guess a cargo job.

 

[a300boy]

I managed to see it Northbound after it left Dsa straight over the Lba !
Anyone know where it was going ?

 

[BarnsleyHolidays]

I managed to see it Northbound after it left Dsa straight over the Lba !
Anyone know where it was going ?

Back to Moscow Sheremetyevo.

BH