mikel97 wrote: » Its N2731G (prob CIA) yes Shannon
masit wrote: » US Air Force and RAF busy out over the North Sea today
colbarr wrote: » HM Coastguard living life on the edge!
California Dreamer wrote: » QR7401 A359 DOH-BFS in the air right now. ETA 1840
pawdee wrote: » Apologies if I'm asking this question in the wrong place. I often check Flightradar 24 when I see planes flying over my house (in west Kerry). Yesterday I say 4 planes all heading east at the same time with clear vapour trails visible against a blue sky. This was around 1pm. Nothing unusual there but then I heard a different sounding plane (more of a rumbling bassy tone) and I looked up and saw a silvery plane with no vapour trail. I looked it up immediately but it didn't show up. It was heading west. Shortly after that I saw a much lower plane heading east and that didn't show up on Flightradar either. Does anyone know what the first plane might have been and why don't some planes appear on Flightradar. Needless to say I know absolutely nothing about planes......I'm just curious. Thanks.
veetwin wrote: » https://www.flightradar24.com/RYR75/269421d9 Don't think FR regularly fly to the Lajes Field in the Azores. Heading to South America/new owner perhaps?
arccosh wrote: » didn't know it either, but supposedly it's a twice weekly flight? Learn something new every day. I wonder what comms are like as RYR usually remove all HF equipment from the aircraft upon delivery.
PinOnTheRight wrote: » I'm not sure of the percentage, but certainly some of the fleet are HF equipped and can be seen operating on oceanic Tango routes which require HF equipage.
arccosh wrote: » Tango routes don't require HF, they are procedural airspace (supplemented by ADS-C) .... (edit - not all, some do, T9 and T290 being procedural) Well, should say they mostly were, there is a new VHF frequency that covers a good chunk of it with radio stations in Cork and Spain, minimising the area of procedural airspace (procedural mean no comms required).... edit: meant to add, HF equipment is removed as a weight saving exercise..... radios, antenna, wiring etc... equates to 2 or 3 passengers.
arccosh wrote: » edit: meant to add, HF equipment is removed as a weight saving exercise..... radios, antenna, wiring etc... equates to 2 or 3 passengers.
theguzman wrote: » I wonder what is EI-ECD SAR Helicopter up to in the MacGillycuddy's Reeks?https://www.flightradar24.com/EIICD/26967dc9
Deleted User wrote: » The Virgin Atlantic 787 has finally left Dublin going towards Heathrow, was it really sitting idle in Dublin for a few days? VS522 from Dublin to London https://fr24.com/VIR522/2698bb32
IngazZagni wrote: » Ryanair have an aircraft based at Ponta Delgada in the Azores so have a number of routes to there. The aircraft would need to have HF radios. HF is still required on T9 and T290 as well under the new regulations.
arccosh wrote: » Flight radar has filters on displayed aircraft.... it will not display a lot of military and government aircraft... some private flights are on the list too.... It is a consolidation of various monitors of ADSB transmissions (Mode S Extended Squitter) .... Not all aircraft have Mode S ES enabled, so don't churn out GPS co-ordinates which are easily trackable....
Muahahaha wrote: » Does anyone know is US Air Force 1 tracked on Flightradar? Ive got a bet on with Paddy Power that Trump will be in Florida by 12pm Eastern Standard Time tomorrow and its going to be tight for time if he makes it before then or not. If its not tracked how could you find out what time the plane lands at?
smurfjed wrote: » Tune into CNN it’s usually trackable but use adsbexchange rather than FR24 or FlightAware.
Muahahaha wrote: » cheers, will use that site. Would the call sign be USAF1? Not even sure yet if it will make it to land in Palm Beach Florida by 12pm but hoping so to win the bet. Its set to depart a military airfield in Maryland after an 8am farewell reception so its all on how long he stays at the reception for, hopefully not too long! I believe Maryland to Palm Beach, Flordia is some 1,000 odd miles so about 2.5 hours flying time.