19-03-2021, 15:06
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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21-03-2021, 10:48
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
I live in the flight path to Stansted Airport, planes normally fly over my house, (Despite the face the Airport says this is not the case).
It's weird not hearing them as often as I used to. What I used to get an hour is about a week ATM
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21-03-2021, 11:00
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
I live in the flight path to Stansted Airport, planes normally fly over my house, (Despite the face the Airport says this is not the case).
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We had a similar issue some years ago where people near Leeds Bradford Airport said planes always flew over their house and not where they were meant to. We sent people maps and asked them to make a note of the date and time and to draw what they thought was the track the aircraft followed, we then compared these to the actual radar track. Almost without exception nobody got the track of the aircraft correct and pretty much had the aircraft flying over their house. Some of the participants lived 3 or 4 miles apart and were on both sides of the flight path.
I'm not saying you're wrong just that it's human nature to think the planes are flying over you when they aren't!
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22-03-2021, 08:46
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
I'm lucky that my local is EMA and we still get a good amount of Cargo, with regular 747F.
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23-03-2021, 11:14
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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Originally Posted by GrimUpNorth
We had a similar issue some years ago where people near Leeds Bradford Airport said planes always flew over their house and not where they were meant to. We sent people maps and asked them to make a note of the date and time and to draw what they thought was the track the aircraft followed, we then compared these to the actual radar track. Almost without exception nobody got the track of the aircraft correct and pretty much had the aircraft flying over their house. Some of the participants lived 3 or 4 miles apart and were on both sides of the flight path.
I'm not saying you're wrong just that it's human nature to think the planes are flying over you when they aren't!
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I know what you are saying, but I have photos, as I was testing my then ne 18-400mm camera lens
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23-03-2021, 16:00
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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They have a very recognisable sound, as do Chinooks. We get get a lot of aircraft flying over us both rotary and fixed wing, military and civil, and I can tell the Chinooks and Apaches.
Just today we had either an F22 raptor or F35 lightning fly over, I assume it was an F35 but I only had about 3 secs and I’m not in the royal Observer Corp.
First one I’ve seen and It didn’t sound like any other fast jet I’ve seen.
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Had an Osprey come over today, never seen one in the flesh before.
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23-03-2021, 16:26
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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Had an Osprey come over today, never seen one in the flesh before.
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Do the RAF operate those? I've heard speculation they might acquire a couple to improve airborne early warning capability for the new QE class carriers. Mind you there's also talk of them designing drones that could do it and fly off the deck without requiring a full-power catapult system.
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23-03-2021, 17:33
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
There was rumours one was loaned to the Hereford Boys by the USMC, but otherwise they are just operated by the USAF and USMC.
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24-03-2021, 10:31
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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Had an Osprey come over today, never seen one in the flesh before.
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Quote:
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Do the RAF operate those? I've heard speculation they might acquire a couple to improve airborne early warning capability for the new QE class carriers. Mind you there's also talk of them designing drones that could do it and fly off the deck without requiring a full-power catapult system.
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The Osprey is the one with the large propellers that can rotate between horizontal and vertical.
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24-03-2021, 11:14
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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The Osprey is the one with the large propellers that can rotate between horizontal and vertical.
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I know. That’s why they would be well suited to the RN’s new carriers, which don’t have cats and traps installed. They rely on regular helicopters for AEW but this limits the range and operating time. US carriers use the fixed-wing E-2C Hawkeye which can work with a catapult and arrestor wire. The Osprey is a good compromise for a carrier designed for STOVL aircraft.
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24-03-2021, 11:48
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Interesting, and informative, article about them (from the US Navy)
https://seapowermagazine.org/ospreys...dependability/
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24-03-2021, 12:18
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Possibly why the RN hasn't jumped all over them...
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24-03-2021, 20:02
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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Possibly why the RN hasn't jumped all over them...
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Well they have trialled them
https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/hms-...rey-tiltrotor/
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24-03-2021, 20:08
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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That looks like interoperability trials so US Marines can land their Ospreys on the flight deck if need be during a coalition operation rather than prospective purchasing.
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24-03-2021, 21:58
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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That looks like interoperability trials so US Marines can land their Ospreys on the flight deck if need be during a coalition operation rather than prospective purchasing.
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Or was it an attempt to sell them to the RN?
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