Interesting Military Aircraft

[Canonjohns40D]

Hi All

late as it may be very busy US Airforce traffic showing 3 x Tankers AE059C Qid86 60-035 KC135R ht 25000 AE0686 Qid81 60-0328 KC135R Ht 26000 AE0681  Qid 82 58-0086 KC135T ht 27000 sqwk 4620 covers all three

Also showing 3 x C17s AE1172 RCH 971 02-1100 sqwk 4630 AE1173 Rch 972 (Tincan52) 02-1101 sqwk 4630 AE08ES Rch 973 00-1183 sqwk 6504 all at 24000.

John

i had comms from this which indicates the tankers were for or with the C17s frq 243.560, 259.6 and 277.7750.

[Roger]

Just picked up and watched US Navy E6A Mercury "AE0411" depart my temporary local airfield, using full ADSB and "GO TO FMS" as his flight id. Should be 163919 according to GAS.
My temporary location? On holiday, currently in my hotel room overlooking an airfield at 21N/158W!
Roger

[Spaice]

XW214, Westland SA-330E Puma C/n1120, probably on route to RAF Benson Oxfordshire

[RodBearden]

Ah - so it's you, Roger! I've been seeing your returns on the network recently as reported in the Unusual Radarbox Locations thread.

Could you please stay in Honolulu forever? Or at least leave your RadarBox there;-)

Rod

[CoastGuardJon]

I've got what is showing in My Log, as Mode S  157714 Russian Federation, no further details - anyone else got this one showing - any ideas as to what it is?

Googled it and come up with this

http://jetphotos.net/link/photo_link.php?id=157714

so presumably non-military, apologies!     What a wally!!! - just realised this is the photo index no., nothing to do with the aircraft ID.

[Jeremy]

Is F/ID GAUNTLET ZG857 a Harrier? where from? at 20900ft 1552A
J.

[DaveReid]

I've got what is showing in My Log, as Mode S  157714 Russian Federation, no further details - anyone else got this one showing - any ideas as to what it is?

Googled it and come up with this

http://jetphotos.net/link/photo_link.php?id=157714

so presumably non-military, apologies!     What a wally!!! - just realised this is the photo index no., nothing to do with the aircraft ID.

You're right about the non-military part - it's the weekly Cubana IL-96 into Gatwick, CU-T1254, using the hex code from its previous Russian identity RA-96020.

[CoastGuardJon]

Many thanks for that Dave.

[colinhall]

Hi Dave, I was in Gatwick on route to Cyprus and the Cubna IL reg CU-T1254 WAS JUST BEING PUSHED BACK,GOT A GOOD PHOTO. cOLIN.

[sterigia]

seen today a chzeck a319 over the med
frank

[tarbat]

Not often you see an altitude of 60,000ft.

[viking9]

Hi Tarbat,

He landed at Fairford and took off around 13:45. Squawk was 4451 so I reckon he was returning Stateside.

Tom

[owensy]

Grumman US-2N Tracker 3AABF8 11:32 this morning!
Down as French Mil but under Netherlands Navy

I didnt think these were flying anymore?!?!?

[DaveReid]

Grumman US-2N Tracker 3AABF8 11:32 this morning!
Down as French Mil but under Netherlands Navy

I didnt think these were flying anymore?!?!?

Sorry to disappoint you, but it must be 30-odd years since I last saw a Kon Marine Tracker.

I'm afraid it's yet another example of the aircraft details/photo bug - what you picked up was neither of the two aircraft pictured, but a French Army Socata TBM-700.



(the photo on the left is actually taken in the Militaire Luchtvaart Museum in Soesterberg!)

AirNav don't like me saying that there will be a fix for this problem soon, so I won't  :-)

[Canonjohns40D]

Hi On the radarbox now AE03E2 CNV3413 164995 US NAVY C130T Ht 19925 sqwk 0617.
 i believe he is due Edinburgh and then night stopping.

John