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Post by Dylan on Feb 2, 2016 19:32:08 GMT
Evening all,
The exercise behind all of the mil today is 'Faraday Field' and has a NOTAM for rest of week until 12.00 Saturday. 2 771 NAS Sea Kings have been deployed for it. It's around the Thorney Island area, where the Sea Kings are probably based whilst the exercise is taking place. I've had a few mil on my box today, needed all but 2 of them - saw the 2 I didn't need and haven't seen any of the ones I do want!
Regards,
Dylan
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Post by Dylan on Feb 3, 2016 22:33:37 GMT
Evening all,
Just a quick update - I've had my box on all day, and here are the choppers which have (presumably) been involved with the exercise today. I'll post these as often as possible, as long as the electric doesn't cut off just as I leave for school!
10:14:06 ZE380 43C539 AAC670 Army Air Corps LYNX Lynx AH.9A 900ft.
13:23:35 ZJ118 43C06D RG3 Royal Air Force EH10 EH.101 Merlin HC.3 1300ft
13:24:53 ZJ124 43C073 RG4 Royal Air Force EH10 EH.101 Merlin HC.3 800ft
13:33:08 XZ731 43C2D2 XZ731 Royal Navy LYNX Lynx HMA.8SRU 600ft
13:56:21 ZJ118 43C06D Royal Air Force EH10 EH.101 Merlin HC.3 450ft
15:11:40 ZJ118 43C06D Royal Air Force EH10 EH.101 Merlin HC.3 No height submitted
15:55:14 ZH851 43C31D REN 6 Royal Navy EH10 EH.101 Merlin HM.2 650ft
16:49:18 XV666 43C364 Royal Navy S61 Sea King HU.5SAR 500ft
19:27:21 ZJ129 43C224 CDO554 Royal Navy EH10 EH.101 Merlin HC.3 625ft
20:46:01 ZJ118 43C06D RG3 Royal Air Force EH10 EH.101 Merlin HC.3 675ft
Thanks for looking.
Kind Regards,
Dylan
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Post by andypspotter on Feb 4, 2016 0:37:16 GMT
A nice haul of helis there.
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Post by Dylan on Feb 4, 2016 8:07:00 GMT
Indeed it is mate, however I didn't see a single one!
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Post by andypspotter on Feb 4, 2016 23:37:57 GMT
Spotters collect dots, some collect strobes and others even their noise (presumably a good one when an An-12 or Atlas are flying over above the clouds).
Perhaps a new brand of spotting is required. I've 'virtual radared it'. I'm setting FR24 and Planefinder on minimum zoom. That could be as many as 9,000 aircraft in one hit. Bingo!
;-)
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Post by Dylan on Feb 5, 2016 0:05:57 GMT
Woah, I do dots and strobes, never heard of noise however.
That sounds "unique" mate, however a lot of the spotters on the FR24 forums do it... Lol. Bingo indeed!!
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Post by andypspotter on Feb 5, 2016 0:19:22 GMT
I'm now a dot man, courtesy of the virtual radars. If I can make out the outline of an aircraft at night (e.g. a Farnborough inbound on final approach) I'll count that too. Fortunately, most of the larger bizjets and airliners are lit up like Christmas trees, and quite a bit of the aiframe is usually in light.
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