Flightradar24 (and other trackers) Thread Part IV

arccosh · 12-04-2021 02:47PM

RadioRetro wrote: »

Registered to Flight Calibration Services out of Shoreham Airport.

flight checks after maintenance so.... could be doing everything, VOR, ILS, NDB's

A Dub in Glasgo · 12-04-2021 07:38PM

I noticed ex Ryanair EP-DPB on its way to Shannon after a conversion to a freighter in China (ferried from Jinan via Novosibirsk)

https://www.flightradar24.com/TAY286F/275fd609

0lddog · 13-04-2021 10:41AM

Wonder if that would be included in what is reported
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/transport-and-tourism/cargo-airline-asl-to-borrow-more-than-100m-for-20-boeing-jets-1.4532440
or would it be in addition ?

Tabnabs · 14-04-2021 12:56PM

First time I've seen a drone operating in the Irish Sea

https://www.flightradar24.com/GUASA/27653edb

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=407951

Schiebel Camcopter UAV

arccosh · 14-04-2021 01:45PM

Tabnabs wrote: »

First time I've seen a drone operating in the Irish Sea

https://www.flightradar24.com/GUASA/27653edb

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=407951

Schiebel Camcopter UAV

Will be a more familiar sight....

HMCG drone based in Caernarfon

Tenger · 14-04-2021 05:17PM

Just got sent a screenshot from FR24 app from a mate.
AirTanker A330 just landed at Dublin.
Referred to as ‘Voyager’ in RAF service

Flight number is 9L414. UK reg is G-VYGJ

Anyone have any info on what it doing here? Maintainance?

cameramonkey · 14-04-2021 05:28PM

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=50801b
an 124 on the way to Shannon I think.

LXFlyer · 14-04-2021 06:01PM

Tenger wrote: »

Just got sent a screenshot from FR24 app from a mate.
AirTanker A330 just landed at Dublin.
Referred to as ‘Voyager’ in RAF service

Flight number is 9L414. UK reg is G-VYGJ

Anyone have any info on what it doing here? Maintainance?

That's the aircraft that normally operates the Falkland Islands-Brize Norton "airbridge".

A Dub in Glasgo · 14-04-2021 06:13PM

Shortest flight for that aircraft since 6th Feb when it flew Gatwick to Brize Norton

Large bottle small glass · 14-04-2021 07:41PM

Just saw 3 helicopters flying over Clonmel, on a Dublin-Cork flight maybe.

Two big and one small

Is this one of them I wonder?

https://www.planespotters.net/photo/881723/d-hoac-wiking-helikopter-service-agustawestland-aw139

arccosh · 14-04-2021 07:48PM

Wolf section was up on ADSB earlier, probably them... (Irish Air Corps AW-139 x2 and EC135 x1 possibly)

jucylucy · 14-04-2021 08:51PM

“Just got sent a screenshot from FR24 app from a mate.
AirTanker A330 just landed at Dublin.
Referred to as ‘Voyager’ in RAF service

Flight number is 9L414. UK reg is G-VYGJ”

Anyone have any info on what it doing here? Maintainance?”

Quick call the Aer Co.....oh never mind�� actually in for paining!!

kooga · 14-04-2021 09:55PM

arccosh wrote: »

Wolf section was up on ADSB earlier, probably them... (Irish Air Corps AW-139 x2 and EC135 x1 possibly)

They flew into cork airport last nite as well passed over the city around 7.45 snd they flew out of cork around 11.00 last nite , at the same time there was a Pilatus? aircraft at the airport

smurfjed · 15-04-2021 11:18AM

arccosh wrote: »

flight checks after maintenance so.... could be doing everything, VOR, ILS, NDB's

How do you calibrate an NDB?

arccosh · 15-04-2021 11:47AM

smurfjed wrote: »

How do you calibrate an NDB?

depends on the requirements, most are tune up and forget about on the ground...

some ANSP's (or ship navigation providers) have a central monitoring station where they monitor RX power levels

or lastly

You can have a calibration aircraft read the power and bearing measurements while flying a large radius circle around the beacon ...

Then you have outer, middle and inner markers which are essentially NDB's which propagate RF skywards, they test that by doing a number of landings (in conjunction with ILS and glidepath testing)

15-04-2021 01:35PM

VOR calibration now going on at Knock airport.

VOR9 from Knock https://fr24.com/VOR09/2768178b

d51984 · 15-04-2021 02:33PM

RAF out playing on the Irish Sea with a few jets.

roadmaster · 15-04-2021 07:26PM

The Air Corps PC12's have being testing out there handbrakes the last few days yesterday down south they where doing perfect circles and the same today over the Midlands and Dublin

arccosh · 15-04-2021 07:34PM

I would say they're testing the new electronics suites in the PC-12's

Hotblack Desiato · 16-04-2021 03:11PM

Few passes over Clondalkin village half an hour ago in the PC-12

Tenger · 16-04-2021 03:55PM

jucylucy wrote: »

Quick call the Aer Co.....oh never mind�� actually in for paining!!

Somehow I doubt any infringement of our airspace by another nation would be visible on FR24.

BZ · 19-04-2021 10:54AM

Rada IL62 due back into SNN this evening at around 1630

hobie14 · 19-04-2021 04:51PM

BZ wrote: »

Rada IL62 due back into SNN this evening at around 1630

Just came in a few minutes ago ... up from Nigeria ...

Ilyushin76 · 19-04-2021 06:06PM

BZ wrote: »

Rada IL62 due back into SNN this evening at around 1630

Do you know when its meant to depart and where its going ?Thanks

BZ · 19-04-2021 06:55PM

Ilyushin76 wrote: »

Do you know when its meant to depart and where its going ?Thanks

Outbound schedule has changed a few times, I would presume tomorrow some time between crew rest times and the aircraft being loaded.

Psychlops · 19-04-2021 07:46PM

d51984 wrote: »

RAF out playing on the Irish Sea with a few jets.

Daily sight, thats where they train, out of RAF Valley.

Psychlops · 19-04-2021 07:49PM

kooga wrote: »

They flew into cork airport last nite as well passed over the city around 7.45 snd they flew out of cork around 11.00 last nite , at the same time there was a Pilatus? aircraft at the airport

WOLF Section ( 2 AW139 & 1 EC135 ) & a PC12 NG SPECTRE ISTAR were on a exercise with the Navy.

BZ · 19-04-2021 10:32PM

Ilyushin76 wrote: »

Do you know when its meant to depart and where its going ?Thanks

Have read elsewhere its 0930 tomorrow morning subject to change as always.

10-10-20 · 21-04-2021 12:55PM

Interesting activities going on across Europe in terms of the monitoring of the Russian forces on the Ukrainian border.
As it was pointed out previously, you can only see the transponders of the aircraft which wish to display, the rest is falling "under the radar", per-sey.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae1491
This is an airborne ground surveillance system for monitoring troops. Currently side-on with Moscow and aptly named "REDEYE".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae064e
This is an air-refueling tanker, Boeing KC-135R, one of many in the air. Many appear to be flying up to the North Sea where there are likely to be refueling Boeing E-3 Sentry (AWACS) monitoring and acquiring air and sea targets across Europe.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c39f
This is a Boeing E-3 Sentry (AWACS).

U-2's have been reported to be flying out of RAF Fairford, but they aren't broadcasting on MODE S (ADS-B).
A Reaper drone, possibly out of Cyprus, was observable over South / Eastern Ukraine until about 20 mins ago, but it went silent or out of range.
Reaper: https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae54b6

If you want to watch on ADSB Exchange, click the U in the top right corner to filter out the non-MIL aircraft.

arccosh · 21-04-2021 01:46PM

10-10-20 wrote: »

Interesting activities going on across Europe in terms of the monitoring of the Russian forces on the Ukrainian border.
As it was pointed out previously, you can only see the transponders of the aircraft which wish to display, the rest is falling "under the radar", per-sey.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae1491
This is an airborne ground surveillance system for monitoring troops. Currently side-on with Moscow and aptly named "REDEYE".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_E-8_Joint_STARS

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=ae064e
This is an air-refueling tanker, Boeing KC-135R, one of many in the air. Many appear to be flying up to the North Sea where there are likely to be Boeing E-3 Sentry (AWACS) monitoring and acquiring air and sea targets across Europe.

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c39f
This is a Boeing E-3 Sentry (AWACS).

U-2's have been reported to be flying out of RAF Fairford, but they aren't broadcasting on MODE S (ADS-B).
A Reaper drone, possibly out of Cyprus, was observable over Eastern Romania until about 20 mins ago, but it went silent on approach to the Ukraine border.

If you want to watch on ADSB Exchange, click the U in the top right corner to filter out the non-MIL aircraft.

That stuff is daily...

Only thing there that isn't usually out on the eastern front is the J-STARS.... There is an American deployment due this week or next as a show of commitment to NATO, where something like 10,000 troops will be flown in for an exercise, so probably something to do with that...

But on a regular Mon - Fri you'll have:
1 or 2 U2's out from UK
1 or 2 RC-135 up from the UK
3 or 4 E-3 AWACS up somewhere
1 or 2 RC-12's up from Estonia on the Kalinigrad boarder

You'll have something similar up with assets from the Med going to the Black sea

Everyone loses their **** when the Bears or Blackjacks go for a spin (albeit, they don't plan flights so do it in a less safe manner)

Flightradar24 (and other trackers) Thread Part IV

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