Air traffic over the Uk

[PickleB]

Was wondering what this was. On FlightRadar24 it's trail does start in West Wales Airport.

Using the callsign CG26 makes me wonder if it's another demonstration / testing flight for HMCG. There's an earlier post of mine about them flying some experimental drones from their Caernarfon base.

See this link for:

Elbit Systems UK has been selected by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) to conduct maritime demonstration flights in the UK using a number of its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) including the Hermes 900...With a wingspan of 15 metres, the 1.2 Ton Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol is a long-range maritime surveillance system tailored for littoral and blue water operations. It features maritime radar, an Electro Optic payload, Satellite Communication, an Automatic Identification System receiver and an Emergency Position-indicating Radio Beacon receiver...

Up again today...https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=738706.

[PickleB]

This is a sales video for the Hermes 900 Maritime UAS mentioned above:

[jools]

This is a sales video for the Hermes 900 Maritime UAS mentioned above:

Been aloft for about five hours now!

[PickleB]

Been aloft for about five hours now!

Apparently it can stay up for over 24h. I've found a picture that may show this UAV:

[Bravo73]

Is that the one with or without Hellfires?

[PickleB]

Is that the one with or without Hellfires?

Pass...better ask the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.

[jools]

Two drones over the straits today:

https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c87a
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=407918

Plus https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c908

[jools]

Hawker Hunter off Chesil Beach https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c925

[notnowkato]

Hawker Hunter off Chesil Beach https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=43c925

I noticed that, how is that still in military hands ??

[PickleB]

I noticed that, how is that still in military hands ??

Being operated by Hawker Hunter Aviation, I believe, and recovered from Brazil.


Edit She's been around a bit...link.

See also www.hunterteam.com and this link.

[PickleB]

See also www.hunterteam.com and this link.

If you go through the header photos on that home page you'll see an earlier photo of XE688. In the links to their aircraft you'll find one to Hawker Hunter Trials Platform that shows a later modification and explains some of the intricate flight patterns it's been flying of late.

[PickleB]

Does anyone know what is going on here...https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao...,40753b,406666...please?

My guess is that there is a hold an airport and they are stacking, but I haven't seen this before.


Update: I may have guessed something like the right reason as they are now breaking out of the loop: