Cool things seen on FlightRadar

[John87]

You'll probably see updated Google Earth imagery of the area in the not too distant future

[loskie]

really? It's a very lightly populated area and seems now to cover most of the Kirkcudbright MOD/SERCO training range.

It certainly was very unusual.

[Zad]

Usually LIDAR scanning or similar.
Either that or installing under-floor central heating.

[loskie]

Can u tell that not a lot happens here?

[Big Red Cat]

Saab Draken sightseeing over south Wales

[ApOrbital]

Had a G-WKTH DEA fly over me pretty cool but not stealthy.

[zsdom]

Big Red Cat said:

Saab Draken sightseeing over south Wales

Based out of Cardiff for it’s displays at Midlands air fest

[easyhome]

Sat at my desk, heard something and thought 'that sounds a bit low'.

Never heard of this lot.

[dukeboy749r]

I may be wide of the mark but isn't that the converted Boeing to help with fuel spillage dispersal at sea?

[RATATTAK]

dukeboy749r said:

I may be wide of the mark but isn't that the converted Boeing to help with fuel spillage dispersal at sea?

Yep - noisy bugger too ... used to be stationed at Doncaster along with its little brother.

[snotrag]

Yep, 2XL Oil Spill response aircraft. Looks like its come out of Lasham there (which is a hilarious place to visit), I've seen it up close a few times when at 2XL. They have a matching G-OSRB too.

Old 727 with big tanks down the floor full of detergent/disperal fluid, and a big spray bar/boom at the back. Like an enormous crop sprayer!

The idea is the detergent breaks the spills up into smaller pieces rather than a sheet/slick of oil sitting on top of the water.

Quite how its any kind of profitable or sustainable business venture I'm not sure, as I can't imagine they actually get called into action much and keeping that old 3 engined and 3 crewed 727 airworthy and flying cannot be cheap. I presume it is funded somehow by the oil industry and rigs.

It looks fantastic though.

https://www.oilspillresponse.com/news--media/news/...

Edited by snotrag on Tuesday 4th June 14:23

[ecsrobin]

ApOrbital said:

Had a G-WKTH DEA fly over me pretty cool but not stealthy.

DA-62. Their main fleet is DA-42’s very useful aircraft as you can re-role them quite quickly for a range of tasks. They both run a 2.0 Merc A class diesel turbo engine.

[LotusOmega375D]

ecsrobin said:

They both run a 2.0 Merc A class diesel turbo engine.

Are they prone to rolling over in tight turns?

OK showing my age a bit there.

[towser44]

tedmus said:

zsdom said:

Red Bulls DC-6 just flown over Birmingham on the way to Liverpool, basing there for this weekends airshow appearances

I believe it went on to Llanbedr, just stopped at Liverpool for customs purposes.

Been through the Mach Loop today.

It was over for the Red Bull Hardline MTB race in Dyfi. Did a display at the event.

[snotrag]

towser44 said:

It was over for the Red Bull Hardline MTB race in Dyfi. Did a display at the event.

[snotrag]

LotusOmega375D said:

Are they prone to rolling over in tight turns?

OK showing my age a bit there.

No moose at 10000ft I hope!

[Yertis]

zsdom said:

Based out of Cardiff for it’s displays at Midlands air fest

How come that Draken gets a permit to fly when the CAA generally poos its pants about vintage supersonic jet fighters? That thing is a contemporary of the Lightning, similar performance, same engine etc.

[MarkwG]

Yertis said:

zsdom said:

Based out of Cardiff for it’s displays at Midlands air fest

How come that Draken gets a permit to fly when the CAA generally poos its pants about vintage supersonic jet fighters? That thing is a contemporary of the Lightning, similar performance, same engine etc.

I guess it operates under the Swedish military certification rules, much as the Red Arrows operate under UK military rules.

[zsdom]

MarkwG said:

Yertis said:

zsdom said:

Based out of Cardiff for it’s displays at Midlands air fest

How come that Draken gets a permit to fly when the CAA generally poos its pants about vintage supersonic jet fighters? That thing is a contemporary of the Lightning, similar performance, same engine etc.

I guess it operates under the Swedish military certification rules, much as the Red Arrows operate under UK military rules.

They are civilian registered, this one is SE-DXR

But the answer to the question I don’t know, I would assume the in service records would form a big part of the decision as well as manufacturer backing, but you know what they say about assuming

Edited by zsdom on Tuesday 4th June 18:21

[aeropilot]

zsdom said:

MarkwG said:

Yertis said:

zsdom said:

Based out of Cardiff for it’s displays at Midlands air fest

How come that Draken gets a permit to fly when the CAA generally poos its pants about vintage supersonic jet fighters? That thing is a contemporary of the Lightning, similar performance, same engine etc.

I guess it operates under the Swedish military certification rules, much as the Red Arrows operate under UK military rules.

They are civilian registered, this one is SE-DXR

All of the Swedish AFHF are civilian registered (and are not on a CAA Permit to Fly as not G-regd) and they have IIRC a board member from the Swedish Transport Agency as part of the running of it, so they are a bit more than just a 'private' group, although most pilots and ground crew are all volunteers and have to be ex-SAF or ex-Saab. I believe that if the Swedish version of CAA are happy, then the CAA by reciprocal arrangement can't say no, although their display has to be to the current CAA restrictions, rather than the displays they would give elsewhere in Europe.
That's my loose understanding of it. I would guess, as with the problems that the Dutch had with trying to get permission to fly their Hunter to UK for work, and then gave up, I doubt the Swedes would be allowed to bring their Hunter to UK though?