following aircraft

[FairmontGS]

I saw a couple of Antanov 124s at Boryspil International in 2013 and then again in 2020 when they were one of the freighters still connecting SYD to Europe. Absolute goliaths.

[pottery beige]

TEST15 cutting some laps round the local

https://www.flightradar24.com/TEST15/2ad62056

[Tonz]

F that. my daughter used to live in Mawson Lakes under the main flight path, I could stay 1 night then it would do my head in.

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by Tonz

F that. my daughter used to live in Mawson Lakes under the main flight path, I could stay 1 night then it would do my head in.

F that. mozzie lakes is full of under achieving rent fillers under the main flight path, I could not stay 1 night then it would do my head in.

/keep up buddy wrong flight path

[Tonz]

opps. red wine intake kicking in early.
By the looks of his flight path he may have been on the bottle also.. but maybe not

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

What sort of aircraft was it? Was it a pc-21? As the callsign suggests, that aircraft was on a test flight from ARDU. That may explain the erratic flight path.

[pottery beige]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

What sort of aircraft was it? Was it a pc-21? As the callsign suggests, that aircraft was on a test flight from ARDU. That may explain the erratic flight path.

Pilatus doing laps

[Tonz]

who is ARDU?

[GT 0909]

ARDU - Aircraft Research & Development Unit. RAAF aircraft and systems testing...

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

To give you an idea of the type of work ARDU do, noting that my time in defence stopped over 10 years ago, ARDU had 3 pc-9s (the aircraft the Roulette aerobatic display team used) for pilot continuation training, but one of those was rigged up with strain gsuges on primary structure to measure the levels of fatigue the aircraft accrued over time. This data was used to assist in the development of the structural integrity management regime that applied to the rest of the pc-9 fleet (64 aircraft in total).

They also did weapons release trials whenever a new weapon was proposed to be utilised on a particular aircraft type (Hornet or p-3 orion, for eg) to ensure that the weapon would deploy as expected once in service.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

A creative piece of flying

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Soz, twister is Singaporean.

Action heating up in the top end atm.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

POTUS out for a jolly? Has some tailing it, too.

https://www.flightradar24.com/DRAGN45/2d473bf8

[DJR-351]

After more than half a century, the last Boeing 747 (freighter) rolled out of the Washington State Everett factory on Tuesday 6th December.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/11415...dn't%20win.



One macabre stat that accompanied an article i read on the above was...

"As of 2020, 61 Boeing 747s have been lost in accidents and incidents, in which a total of 3,722 people have died".....cheerful

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by DJR-351

After more than half a century, the last Boeing 747 (freighter) rolled out of the Washington State Everett factory on Tuesday 6th December.

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/08/11415...dn't%20win.

image

One macabre stat that accompanied an article i read on the above was...

"As of 2020, 61 Boeing 747s have been lost in accidents and incidents, in which a total of 3,722 people have died".....cheerful

Following on from the above, Altas Air have taken delivery of the last 747 and have performed a special flight from Everett to Cincinnati, painting a celebratory path for the Queen of the Skies on the way through. Here's the aircraft track. I'll see if I can upload a closer image of the path she painted on her way.

https://www.flightradar24.com/GTI747/2f0b1162

[roKWiz]

Thought FoxtrotGolfXray and yanknbank might appreciate these pictures, freshly stolen from FB.

Scenes show fighter being towed back to Williamstown Airbase after the pilot was forced to make a emergency landing on Tomago rd north of Newcastle.

lots of traffic stuck behind the operation.







Spotted this down the Rocks this morn.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Terrible news coming out of the gold Coast after two helicopters operating at Sea World collided mid air. Four dead with a further three in critical condition.

The footage of the collision is pretty confronting. As is the condition of the cockpit of the helicopter that was able to land after the collision.

Will be very interesting to see what the ATSB find in their investigation.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

This might be of interest to those still playing the game.

Virgin Orbit 747 (Cosmic Girl), presumably fitted with the LauncherOne, which is due to make the first launch of a satellite from UK territory this month, according to wikipedia. Could be this mission.

Edit: looks like it is the launch sortie

https://www.express.co.uk/news/scien...wall-spaceport

!40k viewers on FR24.

https://www.flightradar24.com/2ecccaf4

[roKWiz]

Originally Posted by FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0

This might be of interest to those still playing the game.

Thought of you when I spotted these pics of following aircraft ! Both on their way to museums. NMP's.

The Hudson River plane


B1 bomber


note both Kenworth's getting the job done.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Thought of you when I spotted these pics of following aircraft ! Both on their way to museums. NMP's.

The Hudson River plane
image

B1 bomber
image

note both Kenworth's getting the job done.

Thanks for the share, RW. Love B1s, probs my favourite aircraft of all time. Such sleek lines. Such a shame to see them end up on the chopping block.

[383hq]

Originally Posted by roKWiz

Thought of you when I spotted these pics of following aircraft ! Both on their way to museums. NMP's.

The Hudson River plane
image

B1 bomber
image

note both Kenworth's getting the job done.

If you ever get to the USA, and you're aeronautically inclined, you must visit the Dayton Airforce Mueseum (or whatever it's called nowadays)

I made the mistake of thinking it would take a day

We walked through most of one hanger in the day we had planned to be there.
I mean, you only need one day at a museum right?

Well, They had four hangers....

Space shuttle, X-15, SR-71, you name it, all in the one hanger we walked through...
For an aussie it was unbelievable in size and scope, a true testament to engineering.

Didn't see three of the hangers , (and 1 was out of limits as they were preparing for a presidential dinner within)..., It really was unbelievably good.

[FoxtrotGolfXray 5.0]

And the screenshot for those who aren't interested in chasing it through Fr24 now that the flight is over.

[roKWiz]

Thought this was a fascinating story on the B29 Superfortress (Kee bird) abandoned on the ice in Greenland during the cold war.

Interesting story, one I never heard of.