Unidentified over Carnoustie

[Condor68]

Twin prop high tail medium sized plane with what looked like radar bulbs on it just flew low over Carnoustie (15:37)Any ideas I`ve never seen one like it before.It was heading in general direction of Leuchars.

Thanks for any help

[vulcanxl425]

Possibly aircraft operated by Fisheries Protection. Cessna F406 such as G- MAFB have radar dome underneath. Often use call-sign "Watchdog".

Al

[Condor68]

Thanks for the info but have just checked picture and the one I saw was much bigger and the tailplane was at the top of the fin.

Thanks anyway

Keith

[POL]

Perhaps posting the picture will help...

[sschofield]

Pretty sure there was a French Atlantique up over Scotland yesterday?

http://imgproc.airliners.net/photos/air ... .jpg?v=v40

BUT - The tailplane isn't at the top of the fin, it's part-way up!

[Condor68]

Thanks for replies ,picture checked was Cessna f406 don't have pic of mystery plane.It was pretty low and was gone before I could get camera or phone out..It wasn`t an Atlantic.It looked about the size of a Jetstream possibly a bit bigger.

Thanks anyway ,it might come back.

Keith

[JAWS]

ZZ504 was around further south ON SBS , did it look anything like this ?

https://abpic.co.uk/pictures/model/Beec ... hadow%20R1

Where exactly were the " Radar Bulbs " located ?

[mustang5861]

Possibly the Icelandic Coast Guard Dash 8 TF-SIF, though I have no idea whether it was over Scotland at the time; it has a prominent underfuselage radome and a T-tail. The aircraft is predominantly white with a blue/red chevron around the rear fuselage, but I wonder whether the Dash 8 is too big for what you saw?

M

[Condor68]

looks like it was zz504 .looks like I misidentified one of the engines as a radar bulb due to the angle ,

Thanks for all the help

Keith