Graham2001
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Belper - October 2010
And a Bombardier Global Express at 43000ft with an interesting flight path
Striking sunset this evening
And a Bombardier Global Express at 43000ft with an interesting flight path
The Sentinels operate with No. 5 Squadron, out of RAF Cranwell. The path shown in that article heads pretty much directly for Cranwell, as best I can tell.
PLANE-SPOTTERS have been left baffled by a mystery aircraft which spent hours criss-crossing the skies over Scotland without landing.
The Bombardier Global Express, flight number GLEX, was tracked flying all over the southern half of Scotland on Tuesday afternoon, jetting as far west as Jura before looping back to circle over Ayrshire before passing over Glasgow and heading south to Dumfries and Galloway at an altitude of 40-43,000ft.
A spokeswoman for air traffic control service, NATS, said the plane was definitely not a commercial aircraft and suggested it was probably a military jet.
However, a spokeswoman for the Ministry of Defence confirmed that it did not belong to the British military.
Bombardier Global Express jets are popular among private jet owners, but are also adapted for defence purposes. The US air force - who have servicing and re-fuelling contracts with Prestwick Airport - who deploy military versions of the Canadian-made plane.
However, a spokesman for Prestwick Airport also confirmed that the mystery aircraft had not been in contact with the Ayrshire base.
The erratic flightpath attracted the attention of online plane-spotters tracking its movements on website flightradar24.com website.
http://www.vulcantothesky.org/news/707/82/Farewell-Tour-10th-11th-October.htmlA celebratory national tour, XH558’s most ambitious ever, is being planned for Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th October.
It will bring her flying career to a spectacular close in two sorties to cover the north and south, giving as many people as possible a final opportunity to see the dramatic sight of a Vulcan in the air.
PS Who knows what was the other, smaller plane with her? I have not recognised it.
The photoship is a Skyvan (Short SC.7 Skyvan) according to their twitter feed
It is the Red Devils Para Drop Aircraft:The photoship is a Skyvan (Short SC.7 Skyvan) according to their twitter feed
The others appear to be Westland Lynxes. Nice shots.
It really looked stunning in person in a way my phone camera hasn't done a great job of capturing, wish I'd had a decent camera to hand (and the skill to use it ).Very nice. I saw a similar effect back in January (and posted here) but I didn't capture it as well. I had to boost the contrast to show it up: