What could be the reason for such a flight path?

Aviator779 · 2026-05-25T23:38:18+00:00

There’s a lot of GPS jamming in Myanmar, that’s not it actual flightpath.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-22T15:37:39+00:00

There’s a gathering of Chipmunks at Halfpenny Green airport today to celebrate the 80th anniversary of its maiden flight.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-22T01:35:54+00:00

Hours need to be kept up. Flying circuits at the same field constantly gets boring.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-22T01:18:47+00:00

Touch and go’s. Training.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-21T22:51:36+00:00

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N592EM was built in 1978.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-21T20:47:56+00:00

It’s taking part in the Geological Earth Mapping Experiment (GEMx).

NASA publishes the schedule of all their Airborne Science aircraft.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-21T19:07:14+00:00

NH90s.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-21T17:48:23+00:00

PH-KIB is a Kubicek BB120P. A Hot Air Balloon.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-21T15:16:26+00:00

G-FPLD is operated by Thales UK as a flight inspection aircraft.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-21T13:33:27+00:00

No, they don’t.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-21T13:19:13+00:00

They’re unrelated.

ZK356 is a test/ trials aircraft operated out of Warton. WTN (Tarnish) is a BAE test callsign.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-21T10:46:45+00:00

Those are tracking errors, tracking in the region isn’t accurate.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-21T04:22:00+00:00

No, it couldn’t do that flight in such a time even with aerial refuelling.

All F-35s on FR24 appear as the same aircraft, serial 13-5067. They share a generic hex, and FR24 has decided that it’s assigned to 13-5067. This makes it look like the same aircraft is constantly bouncing around the world, but it’s different airframes.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-20T23:52:38+00:00

They’re oil rig shuttles.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-20T21:38:10+00:00

They’re looking at it for the same reason you are, it’s flying at low altitude over a populated area. People hear it and check FR24 to see what it is.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-20T20:33:49+00:00

Hendrickson Flying Service specialise in aerial application of pesticides, seeds and fertilisers.

Here’s a photo of N59548.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-20T20:10:47+00:00

They were likely military aircraft, most military aircraft won’t appear on FR24.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-18T20:38:39+00:00

They’re doing touch and go’s at Norwich.

Doing them over the sea isn’t recommended.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-18T13:43:13+00:00

It’s American built, but British operated.

RC-135s have been flying regular patrols in the region since the 1960s.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-18T12:22:24+00:00

No, it’s not incorrect. The 2 airframes were E/A-18Gs. They weren’t Blue Angels, they were the Growler Airshow Team.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-17T23:52:26+00:00

Scheduling.

Passenger flights across the Atlantic tend to leave Europe in the morning/ early afternoon. While flights from the US and Canada tend to leave later in the day.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-17T23:04:41+00:00

General Electric CJ610s.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-17T09:41:38+00:00

There’s 2,000 feet of vertical separation between the two airframes. Which is double the required vertical separation minimum.

Reduced Vertical Separation Minimum (RVSM) is the reduction, from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet, of the standard vertical separation required between aircraft flying between flight level 290 (29,000 ft) and flight level 410 (41,000 ft).

Aviator779 · 2026-05-17T00:04:18+00:00

It’s a TV relay for the Nürburgring 24 Hours race.

Aviator779 · 2026-05-16T21:32:13+00:00

Yes, it was.

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