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Just so we can put all of are questions in the same place.

Does anyone know If anything is due tomorrow?

What’s viewing like at Fairford? Thinking of taking a trip down this Saturday to see if I can see much. It’s the only chance I’ll get to head down.

Also, does much head out of Brize Norton at a weekend? Might try and get two birds with one stone.

Try this link from the viewing guide section thread

http://www.pb-photos.com/maps.html

Scroll down to fairford

You will probably need to be at the western ( Marston Meysey) end and the north west side as the B-52 usually park at the west end - just follow your nose and keep turning left around the airfield

Brize is always work a visit if you haven't been there before - should get a couple of local movements

https://ffdmovements.blogspot.com/ is saying due 12:10 today but I can't see it on adsbexchange.com/VirtualRadar. I would have thought it would have been in the air by now

alarm1 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2019 8:44 am

.... I can't see it on adsbexchange.com/VirtualRadar. I would have thought it would have been in the air by now

If that relies on multilateration for position then you would have to wait until they are in range of several data sources. None of those sources are available out over the pond. One of the frames was plotting as it went up through Canada to go oceanic.

Thanks dervish, I didn't know that. What about around the Shetlands where I read the B52 is on the Tracking thread?

Also anyone know why there is a Turkish military C130 over Northern Scotland showing on global.adsbexchange.com/VirtualRadar?

Departed Mildenhall, nothing to do with Fairford though.

alarm1 wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2019 11:19 am

Thanks dervish, I didn't know that. What about around the Shetlands where I read the B52 is on the Tracking thread?

If people have reported that it's tracking on 360radar then it must be in range of enough people feeding data to that system to enable a position to be calculated.

adsbexchange.com/Virtualradar doesn't show a map for me, just a load of planes with no way of seeing whereabouts they are what am I doing wrong?

Shanwick ALTRV posted for tomorrow, likely another flight

viewtopic.php?f=139&t=173583

Rough ETA, based on that?

Anywhere from 10am like Stray 83 yesterday, or mid afternoon like today. With an ALTRV posted you'd expect they'd go into the Baltic again.

How long is the deployment for? Hoping to get out to FFD sometime next week

The NATO deployment is about two weeks but I think it will be longer just due to the amount of support/aircraft with more due tomorrow as well.

Any ideas as to how many will be arriving tomorrow?

633 squadron wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2019 6:23 pm

Any ideas as to how many will be arriving tomorrow?

I’d guess 2 if the plan is 6 aircraft total and w/ 4 now arrived.

Some videos posted by USAFE from the past few days action.
https://www.dvidshub.net/feature/bombertaskforceeurope

thevulcan wrote: ↑

Fri Mar 15, 2019 4:53 pm

The NATO deployment is about two weeks but I think it will be longer just due to the amount of support/aircraft with more due tomorrow as well.

Cheers, much obliged