Aircraft Flying Overhead [OTT]

[RitaPlatt]

Thanks

I thought I was seeing things..

Great site by the way

Rita

 

[kirkwoods]

10.45pm on Friday heard what sounded like something going round low, turned out to be this Ilyushin Il-76 flying from Prestwick to somewhere at 29000ft. Noisy when taking off I reckon!

http://www.planespotters.net/Aviation_P ... tradar_200

edit - I wasn't wrong about the noise on take off :shok:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi_6zkIl-EU

 

[juliet-fox-9]

I love the sound of Russian engines. The IL-76 is powered by Aviadvigatel PS-90-76s.

 

[White Heather]

At 0715 this morning, a very loud 4 piston engine aircraft passed over Leeds city centre heading to the NE. It was mainly painted red, with some black. It didn't sound anything like a Hercules and in fact sounded much older. Anyone know what it was? I would estimate it was at around 15,000 feet.

 

[User0001]

Hi whiteheather

It was Antonov AN-12 UR-CKL departing Doncaster.

 

[White Heather]

Thanks very much User001, It was really noisy - so I thought it was great! You don't hear the older piston engines very often these days and as it was a clear sky I had a perfect view of it as it passed over Leeds.

 

[a300boy]

Without wishing to be a pain in the posterior an AN12 has turboprop engines not pistons but I agree it sounded great so early in the morning droning overhead.

 

[White Heather]

Well the Russian Turbo Props certainly sound more like a piston engine than say, the Viscount, F27 or later types such as the F50. In fact it sounded more like a DC6 that needed a good service!

 

[Seasider]

Well the Russian Turbo Props certainly sound more like a piston engine than say, the Viscount, F27 or later types such as the F50. In fact it sounded more like a DC6 that needed a good service!

Don't talk about the DC6, most posters will not have seen one operating from LBA.

 

[michael]

Did anyone else see the two CV22 Osprey's just fly over Wharfedale?? Wierd looking aircraft, a blend of helicopter and fixed wing.

 

[Aviador]

According to FR, CityFlyer G-LCYM is holding between Bradford and Bolton sqwarking 7700. I expect it will probably head into Manchester.

 

[juliet-fox-9]

Any news as to the cause of the cabin pressure situation?

 

[Simbo]

Spotted today on Flight Radar, Flight Calibration G-FCSL, OTT @ LBA around 3000 ft:

The loop appears to be centered around Pole Hill VOR/DME.

After that, it went south then west towards Anglesey...

 

[michael]

According to FR24 just to the west of us more over Manchester as I write is the ANA B787-9 in the Star wars livery heading from LGW to LAX, that's one aircraft I didn't expect to see above Northern England!

 

[Aviador]

Did anybody else see the vapour trail from a jet aircraft at high level creating a huge semicircle above LBA today? I had a quick look on FR24 but I couldn't see what it might have been.

 

[Simbo]

It was an RAF E3 Sentry from Coningsby, serial ZH106, callsign NATO35 & mostly at 31000ft.

 

[Simbo]

Btw if anyone's interested, there's a USAF CV22 Osprey OTT Harrogate atm at 6000ft

 

[Aviador]

Thanks ever so much Simbo. It was a long shot and I honestly thought nobody would know.

 

[tleeds]

Reports of a couple of Sonic Boom's over LBA this evening, a lot of friends thought a plane had crashed!

Apparently half of Cookridge were out on the streets wondering what had happened.

Don't really know much about Military but been told it was 2 Typhoons from RAF Coningsby..? On a practice flight performing QRA's (Quick Reaction Alerts).

 

[lbaspotter]

Can confirm that CityJet Airlines (operating for Air France) British Aerospace Avro RJ85 aircraft enroute Paris Cdg to Newcastle lost comms with Air Traffic Control at 30,000ft north east of Leeds and changed direction without instructions.
2x Royal Air Force Euro Fighter Typhoon jets were QRA scrambled out of RAF Coningsby to intercpe the said aircraft and escort it into land. They were given permission to break the sound barrier hence 2 bangs you heard were sonic booms.