Interesting Military Aircraft

[malc41]

Should think so the heat haze has really spoilt that excellent picture :-)

[WAL 2T]

Cheers Malc, it's not too bad a bit further down but in the upper FL300s it's really knocking them out at the moment. Pity everything else is Aer Lingus, Ryanair and Easyjet. All the decent stuff seems to route POL.

[jgrloit]

Interesting one on box now for a while   C8251C  NZ7571   C/S  KIW845   Squawk 4066  - New Zealand Air Force B 757...   at 32900ft.

Time 15Z55  now descending to 19100ft......

[malc41]

Chris

What are you using to get such good pictures at FL300?

[tarbat]

What's with all these French A310s lately?

Operation Joint Warrior, starting 11th May.  Now got a New Zealand Air Force B757 at FL130 into Kinloss approach (KIW845).  Looks like being a great 2 weeks of action.

[Brimon]

Chris

What are you using to get such good pictures at FL300?

I'd like to know that too Chris,nothing to do with the wee nurse who lives about a mile away & who's bedroom window is directly in my line of sight...

Seriously though I would like to know as they are good pictures.

[WAL 2T]

@tarbat thanks yes of course that starts early next week doesn't it? as you say there should be some great stuff popping up on the box. I'll have the camera pointing at the sky when possible for certain.

@malc: Canon EOS40D with EF100-400 IS lens. It's good for the big aircraft up to FL400 at near overhead transit but smaller aircraft closer to the horizon are digiscope territory.

[malc41]

Wal 2t

Have the 450D myself with 300 will have to give it a try

Many thanks

[Canonjohns40D]

HI AE1290 USAF MC-130H 87-0024 C/S TALON72 is on the box now ht 13000 sqwk 6441.

John

[perezoso]

Lots of US military aircraft here in Bogotá; but most of them send a Mode S ID beginning with AE (e.g. AE1539, received today) and "Allied1" as the flight number. How do I find out what aircraft type these are?  (Probably transports; but who knows...)

Today AE116E was (unusually) sending a little more than the Mode S ID.  It sent "84-0179" as its registration.  No idea how to determine what it was.

[malc41]

Quote from Brian

>>Have you looked up those Mode-S codes on these websites.  It might show >>newer information for those aircrafts.
>>http://www.airframes.org
>>http://www.gatwickaviationsociety.org.uk/modeslookup.asp

Doesn't always show everything but it is a start

[dudbaker]

Hi

http://mypage.direct.ca/m/martin11/wantusaf.html shows 84-0179 as C-12F

Dudley

[malc41]

dudley is that 84-0179?

[WAL 2T]

USN C130T AE03E5 164998... nice

[Canonjohns40D]

Hi 43C025 RAF BAe-125 CC3 ZE395 c/s RCJ40 is on the box now ht 33000 Sqwk4640.

John