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[brocola]

Zelensky on his way to kiss the hand of Congress? Unless it’s a decoy

 

[brocola]

Zelensky on his way to kiss the hand of Congress? Unless it’s a decoy
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Now seems to have disappeared from FR24 and no history available. I’m guessing they’ve gone dark as they’re approaching the coast.

 

[Spriddler]

Over Dartmoor.......

 

[sciac2001]

Yesterday over Seville. Apparently a few flights diverted to Malaga (heavy fog) but this guy circled for 3 hours, refusing to divert, made one failed attempt to land before finally touching down (in Seville).
Info taken from a facebook group that I belong to.

 

[Abacist]

Over Dartmoor.......

To be frank this is a complete waste of money by the Coastguard service. I went in a little 5 seater helicopter years ago to be told it cost £700 per flying hour! How much has it cost to fly this great big Sikorsky which is just showing off their ability to follow a navigation plan!

I’ll no doubt be called a big Xmas grump for this rant but it’s hardly green either!

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[poppycamper]

To be frank this is a complete waste of money by the Coastguard service. I went in a little 5 seater helicopter years ago to be told it cost £700 per flying hour! How much has it cost to fly this great big Sikorsky which is just showing off their ability to follow a navigation plan!

I’ll no doubt be called a big Xmas grump for this rant but it’s hardly green either!

Pilot training..Navigator training .. would not take a heli'co'peter long to fly that route.
If not that they would be flying around somewhere else...
We live close to Prestwick airport and the Naval Air Squadron (search and rescue) that used to be based at HMS Gannet were always flying around doing what would appear to be "just out for a jolly" flying.

 

[monzer]

And he's off......

 

[Larrynwin]

A busy morning

 

[Larrynwin]

I posted these two screenshots a few days ago of a German aircraft which was suddenly hundreds of miles further south.
Gps or app ?

 

[monzer]

Probably no signal so FR24 has just displayed it's estimated route. Usually as the crow flies. When it's eventually found signal it's correct position has been displayed.

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[Spriddler]

It's jolly good, that website!
Just found my son and DIL on Virgin VS19 over Southampton Island about to enter Canada en route from Heathrow to a San Francisco stop-over then on to New Zealand for a 3 month holiday.

 

[nicholsong]

We were on holiday in Gran Canaria and we were comforted to know that the Ryanair/Buzz aircraft which would do our return flight to Katowice, Poland was arriving on time.

 

[monzer]

Couple of Eurofighters staying nice and visible escorting a Rivet Joint at the moment.

 

[rb62]

Couple of Eurofighters staying nice and visible escorting a Rivet Joint at the moment.

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Disappeared as I was watching but reappeared now heading back west!

 

[makems]

Disappeared as I was watching but reappeared now heading back west!

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When you see pics like this you realise how complex and difficult air traffic control must be!

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[monzer]

A flight from Mallaga to Birmingham being diverted due to an on board emergency. Looks like it's heading to Bordeaux.

 

[makems]

A flight from Mallaga to Birmingham being diverted due to an on board emergency. Looks like it's heading to Bordeaux.

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Probably offload a drunk/aggressive passenger or two

 

[nicholsong]

Probably offload a drunk/aggressive passenger or two

Passengers like that on a UK-registered aircraft with a UK destination are usually best dealt with by restraining them and let the British Police and English law deal with them on arrival.

So it is more likely to be a medical emergency.

 

[seasideBill]

Keep an eye open for ‘Cosmic Girl’ tonight (about 9:30) ….. first horizontal satellite launch from Spaceport Cornwall (Newquay)!

 

[Larrynwin]

Here she is ( assuming no name change ) on the day she took us to San Francisco from LHR in 2004
for our first RV holiday.

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[Two on Tour]

Here's a link to the Virgin live stream for the launch which you will need to watch on Youtube.
Cosmic Girl is due to take off at 10pm.

 

[seasideBill]

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[seasideBill]

Here she is ( assuming no name change ) on the day she took us to San Francisco from LHR in 2004
for our first RV holiday.

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Looks a bit different now

 

[Larrynwin]

Looks a bit different nowView attachment 704700

They had to strip her out because of the weight of rocket fuel under the wing, surprisingly no visible counter balance under the opposite wing, will presumably shift fuel .

 

[icantremember]

21:51

'We're go for take off'​

"We're go for take off", the Virgin Orbit narrator has just said.
The journey is expected to begin in about 10 minutes time - at 22:01 GMT

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[monzer]

Don't want to be danny downer on this thread as the achievements being made tonight are pretty significant but I do wonder if, with the US's recent pledges to establish a permanent base on the moon along with the UK's satellites being launched tonight, this is confirmation of the hybrid war that has been fought over the last few years officially entering outer space.

 

[AndyPK]

‘hybrid war’……..or ‘proxy war’…..??

 

[BobJayne]

 

[rod_vw]

Aborted or released?

Launched apparently ...

 

[Lisa]

Released. We’ve just been watching it on
YouTube and also out of the window. Could see it clearly climbing.

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