OTT Spotting

[dylanjgrant]

Hi, thought I'd give this a go, post what aircraft you needed and seen today
I'm located near SOU/BOH..
Ones worth of note the past few days:
14th:
61-0295 KC-135 QID96 AE0260
58-0100 KC-135 QID97 AE04FE
16th:
N800GN HS125 Hex: AAE280
F-HREX HS125 Hex: 39C497

So I made the 2x KC-135 and N800GN which is good, but something not so good is the weather forecast for this week!

[dylanjgrant]

Today I've seen a FDX 777, N855UP and new flybe 406A45 G-FBJJ 170-00358 E170-200 Flybe, nothing too exciting, but I was pleased about the new BEE G-FBJJ

[Kelvin]

I was surprised this morning at Manchester. I could see some aircraft approaching from the SE and I could see one was a 4 engine aircraft so I looked at FR24, found the aircraft and then got a shock.
At the time I began watching it, it was still a few miles SE of Leicester! And that is around 70 miles away!
Sure enough, a couple of minutes later it passed overhead and I could see it was a B747 from Cargo Air Lines, 4C-ICO.

[The Sage of Milton]

I could see it was a B747 from Cargo Air Lines, 4C-ICO.

Really ?
I suspect a typo - shouldn't the registration have been 4X-ICO ?
You say it was around 70 miles away, and passed overhead you in 2 minutes?
That's 35 miles a minute, or 2,100 miles an hour. Interesting !

[dylanjgrant]

very nice kelvin, hope you had a good day

yes The Sage Of Milton it is a typo and by a couple of minutes, he probably means about 10..time flys when you're having fun!

[dylanjgrant]

Today I've made 2, EI-LIS A320-214 4CA9B2 BELLEAIR and EI-EJO A330-202 4CAA6D ALITALIA, I've also seen M-SAIL PC12 which I didn't need..gale force winds next!

[dylanjgrant]

CLOSE
2 in the book not bad considering an hour of blue skies, now 8/8 and stormy winds and rain
EI-LIS
A320-214
4CA9B2
BelleAir
BOH - QLA for storage

EI-EJO
A330-202
4CAA6D
ALITALIA
Seen over 'Midhurst'

[dylanjgrant]

School today but made 1
UR-CKC
AN-74
Dylan - cloud and spitting with rain

[Kelvin]

Right & wrong.
Yes, the reg had a typo.
No, I didn't say "2 minutes". I said a couple of minutes later, using the term "couple" loosely.
Using data from FR24, which I did after I had seen the aircraft, it appears over Leicester at 10:15 and my camera shows a photo at 10:16:50 when the aircraft was just short of Manchester.
Still, don't take my word for it. Try a playback. 17th December.