Fun mystery on ADS-B Exchange

Proteus is doing laps over China Lake

What is the highest speed (without glitches) you have observed on ADS ?

Mine this far a Dutch F16 going a steady 590,5 kts

a reply to: EartOccupant

Honestly, I don't really pay attention to the speed.

a reply to: Zaphod58

Well, I do. Still waiting for a plane above the sound barrier : ) In our country the air force is not allowed to break the sound barrier here above land unless there is an interception.

But i usually glance over the speeds, never seen anything above 600 jet.

a reply to: EartOccupant

You won't see it often. A lot of fighters don't broadcast outside of Europe. I usually see T-38s and A-10s over the US, and only rarely supersonic fighters.

I haven't heard a sonic boom for years, last time I heard one when I was is the south west of England when Concord was flying. From what I remember it use to go super sonic after leaving UK air space and this time I heard it I think it when Mach 1 a little too early .. shook everything in our motor home.

God how I'd love to track Concord on flight radar or ADS-B would be fun to watch it zooming over the Atlantic

Japan self defense has a P-1 up

Calfire has a ton of stuff up battling the Nor Cal fires

a reply to: FredT

I had to laugh. When the fires were burning other areas, they wouldn't allow them to use the 747. Now that it's burning up around wine country, it's up there busting butt fighting them.

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: FredT

I had to laugh. When the fires were burning other areas, they wouldn't allow them to use the 747. Now that it's burning up around wine country, it's up there busting butt fighting them.

Dude you have to protect the wine.............

a reply to: FredT

You mean the vinegar with color?

originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: FredT

You mean the vinegar with color?

We do much much better than that ......

The 747 Supertaker is presently inbound from Sacramento and the DC-10 tanker is is up as well. thats alot of aluminum

Meant to post last week, while up in Norfolk (UK....not Virginia!) I was checking local military air traffic to see what was about and noticed 2 new-to-me types coming down from the North and about to exit over the Lincolnshire coast.
A pair of A-29 Super Tucano's, listed as USAF and cruising at FL230. I kept checking every so often and when I finally had to sign off and do more mundane things, they were almost over Munich, so not sure where they were going.
Guessing they were on a long delivery / positioning flight and carrying external fuel loads.

a reply to: EartOccupant

Maybe over the Nevada desert or off Cape Canaveral, Fl you can catch one super sonic.

Off Cape Canaveral NASA recently got cleared to do super sonic testing. I have heard some sonic booms when I was sailing through a few months and got a visual on the plane as it approached the shuttle landing facility in Merritt Island. I was too far away to get a good visual or snap a decent picture of the plane.

a reply to: Britguy

Afghanistan. They're training pilots and ground crews in Georgia. They're still delivering them, and as of March had received half of the original order of 20.

a reply to: Zaphod58
Thanks!
Was hoping they might descend for a fuel stop at Mildenhall or Lakenheath but guessing they probably did that at Prestwick. Do see some interesting stuff on radar sometimes. 😀

a reply to: Britguy

With them not having an IFR capability (wouldn't THAT be fun to watch), they probably went up through Greenland, and dropped down, stopping at either Shanon or Prestwick. They wouldn't have the fuel to go a lot farther depending on winds at the time.

JASDF 747-400 just getting back to Japan.

Boeing has one of their Bombadier's up. The irony is funny

originally posted by: Zaphod58
JASDF 747-400 just getting back to Japan.

Looks like 2 of them

a reply to: FredT

Yeah, Boeing and Irony are good friends.