Anyone around Yeovilton?
There's an unusual Hawker Hunter in the skies at the moment between Yeovilton and Salisbury: https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c925
It was recovered from Chile and has been refurbished: link.
Anyone around Yeovilton?
There's an unusual Hawker Hunter in the skies at the moment between Yeovilton and Salisbury: https://tar1090.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c925
It was recovered from Chile and has been refurbished: link.
Last edited by PickleB; 1st July 2020 at 14:49. Reason: extend location East to Salisbury
Blimey, a Hawker Hunter "ringer" , can never be too careful on the second hand military jet market !!!Originally Posted by PickleB
It's up again flying off of the south coast.
So what's he doing there, some kind of exercise? I see there's a naval auxilary in the vicinity.
Edit: seems to be flying very low!
Last edited by jools; 12th August 2020 at 17:13.
I wondered the same thing. Hunters flown by commercial companies were (perhaps still are) used to simulate attacks on warships undergoing work-ups in the 'Thursday war' but this one's pattern is very regular.
There's another drone up at the moment, see link.
Odds on it belongs to BB UAV Services but its ICAO ID isn't recognised on the CAA database as yet.
Last edited by PickleB; 12th August 2020 at 17:55. Reason: added link to 'Thursday war'
Re Hunter: I used to see three Cobham Dassault Falcons flying in that area (based at Bournemouth) which I assumed were acting as some sort of training.
Re drone: interesting, there's a load of storms in progress thereabouts.
There are several Cobham / FR Aviation Falcons over the North Sea off of Sunderland with a bunch of Hawks plus a P8-A Poseidon circling a little further north. I suppose that there is some form of exercise going on out at sea.
It looks like it's on its way home after a visit to Scampton (use the link above).
Edit Wrong...just a visit to RNAS Culdrose. It looks like it's moved base to Scampton and joined the rest of the HHA fleet.
Last edited by PickleB; 8th October 2020 at 15:48.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c09c
Bombardier Sentinel R1 doing 50p.
This was yesterday's reporting: Dozens of migrants cross English Channel in 12 boats.
The air surveillance and ship activity have continued all weekend. Today it's the turn of ZZ417 once again and there are several Border Force vessels, lifeboats and various French vessels between Calais and Dover.
And again https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c09f
Last edited by PickleB; 22nd October 2020 at 11:54.
Article dated 20 Oct...Exercise Crimson Warrior:
The largest military exercise to be run by the Royal Air Force in the United Kingdom for over a decade has begun. Exercise Crimson Warrior will see RAF, Royal Navy, United States Marine Corps and United States Air Force fast jets, multi-engine aircraft and helicopters operating from a number of RAF stations across the country.
At its peak Crimson Warrior will see over 70 aircraft conducting high intensity tactical training together over the North Sea and North East of England...
Coastguard and police helicopters circling suspected hijacked tanker off the IW.
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=406deb
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=40481e
The Coastguard have gone home and so it's only the police circling the ship at the moment (https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=400f2a)...and they've asked for military assistance (BBC link). Nothing showing up at the moment but what with planning time etc maybe it'll be an early morning operation (if needed). Plus there are two lifeboats in the vicinity.
Last edited by PickleB; 25th October 2020 at 20:20.
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