21-08-2011, 13:57
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
My thoughts go out to the families of the people who died in the recent Red Arrows and the 737 incident in Canada.
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26-08-2011, 17:10
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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26-08-2011, 21:15
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Fun times Chris!
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26-08-2011, 22:08
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Indeed. The best bit was, we won the tickets in a free raffle. Everyone else on board had paid well over £100 for a seat.
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27-08-2011, 13:16
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Nice. Over to Oban or just a quick jaunt round the loch?
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27-08-2011, 13:44
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Across to Tighnabruiach, down to Rothesay then back up over Greenock. And back to earth an hour before an almighty thunderstorm kicked off...
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27-08-2011, 13:50
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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back up over Greenock.
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I suppose they needed somewhere to empty the in-flight toilets
Very nice, lucky you got down before the thunder. It was a bit spectacular
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27-08-2011, 19:48
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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The young man in question is my workmates son, he is progressing well but has had a lot of surgery to help him recover.
I have just heard that his face is healing well, although it is 'a bit pink' as his mum says
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I have just been told that he is moving out of intensive care tomorrow
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28-08-2011, 13:20
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Thats good news Swoop and good to know he is getting better.
Chris, your trip in that aircraft looks amazing. Hope you had a great time.
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28-08-2011, 14:51
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
Certainly did Halcyon BTW, forgot, the info for those that want it ... the seaplane is a Cessna 208 Caravan.
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28-08-2011, 15:03
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
As used around the world as a short haul workhorse. Great little high capacity turboprob
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29-08-2011, 12:27
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
I'm not really into plane spotting but i came across this website
http://www.flightradar24.com/
You can track planes etc (sorry if its already been posted)
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29-08-2011, 12:43
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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I'm not really into plane spotting but i came across this website
http://www.flightradar24.com/
You can track planes etc (sorry if its already been posted)
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It has been posted before along with http://www.radarvirtuel.com/
Flightradar is the most upto date one but comparing it against the realtime mode-S and mode A/C tracking it is still a bit lagged.
I use planeplotters with a small MicroADSB receiver. This also allows me to plot military and small civil aircraft and the MLAT capability of planeplotters will even plot positionless aircraft based on receive times from all the sharing stations.
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29-08-2011, 12:56
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
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As used around the world as a short haul workhorse. Great little high capacity turboprob
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Well it certainly did alright by us
There were 10 on board including the pilot, and there was luggage space at the back as well (not being used when we were on board, but the company does run scheduled flights from the centre of Glasgow, using the Clyde as a runway, to Oban and the western isles).
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09-09-2011, 22:07
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Re: Plane Spotters Corner
For those of you who are interested in the Super Guppy, a restoaration of the one at Bruntingthorpe is underway.
It will never fly again but will be in better condition than it currently is.
http://www.superguppy.co.uk/
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