easthammer 11:43 Sat Apr 11
Spot that plane
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A new game for those suffering lockdown boredom.
Currently there are very few vapour trails across our skys for us to contemplate (I wonder where that ones going)
So much so that if you currently see a plane overhead its a novelty. But if you do and you have one of the many flight tracker apps it is really easy to check out where that plane is heading.
I have been sad enough to do this with some surprising results
Eg.
Tehran to London
Gran Canaria to Aberdeen
What is overflying you?
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Bungo
11:47 Sat Apr 11
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Hah! I just posted on another thread that we are looking up when a plane goes overhead as it's such a novelty at the moment.
I'm quite close to Heathrow, and instead of one every 90 seconds or so (I think), it's down to a handful a day at the moment.
I saw a Virgin one a couple of days ago. Will have to try the tracker thing.
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Tomshardware
11:51 Sat Apr 11
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Good idea this.
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mallard
11:52 Sat Apr 11
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Can you recommend a TRACKER ?
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,
11:52 Sat Apr 11
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I have four planes in my shed but no wood to use them on.
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gph
11:59 Sat Apr 11
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How long into lockdown will it be when we start worshipping these silver birds?
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Nurse Ratched
12:01 Sat Apr 11
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Is carpentry a hobby of yours, Mr Comma?
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Mike Oxsaw
12:02 Sat Apr 11
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I read in a local rag this morning that Emirates plan to start flying again soon - but only to ship people out of the UAE.
A fleet of highly infectious A380s may be heading for a sky near you...
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stewey
12:04 Sat Apr 11
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I use Flightradar24 very good app
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stewey
12:07 Sat Apr 11
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Mr comma maybe nurse could give you wood
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gph
12:08 Sat Apr 11
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I have an infinite number of planes in my* co-ordinate system.
*Actually, Rene Descartes' co-ordinate system
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easthammer
12:22 Sat Apr 11
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I use Air Traffic very simple easy to use
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Chigwell
12:22 Sat Apr 11
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The lockdown stopped me learning to glide for real, so I bought a gliding flight simulator and have been happily soaring over the Slovenian Alps for the last couple of weeks.
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easthammer
12:30 Sat Apr 11
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Latest look showed Luton to Krakow but seems to have made a stop at Southend? Go figure
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Coffee
12:37 Sat Apr 11
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easthammer 12:30 Sat Apr 11
That's just H&P stopping for some candy floss on the way home.
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Lato
12:38 Sat Apr 11
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A couple of mates use boat tracker.......the sad bastards. By the way a flight from LHR has just left on route to Atlanta
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gph
12:40 Sat Apr 11
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Have thought for train-spotters who don't live near stations.
Crystal Palace territory is going into meltdown.
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Golden Oldie
12:41 Sat Apr 11
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The skies have been beautiful and a reminder how they used to be when I was a kid, it wasn't until the 90s when the planes would leave their persistent trails, developing into a fog blanketing the sky from east to west, all day.
Anyone living in any surrounding town from an airport should appreciate this momentary respite while it lasts.
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Coffee
12:43 Sat Apr 11
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There's a C17 military transporter plane about to land in Calcutta, origin Kuwait. I wonder what that's about.
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easthammer
12:46 Sat Apr 11
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Coffee
I was waiting fo H&P response
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ironsofcanada
12:50 Sat Apr 11
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I also get a lot of military aircraft over me in the "wilds" of Oxfordshire
C-130s they look like, but not sure if there is something similar here.
Pretty sure the helicopters are Chinooks.
Last one I saw was going north-east, I believe.
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