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Anyone know anything about planes?

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  1. ISOE II

    ISOE II Well-Known Member

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    Any reason why this wouldn’t say where it was going and what type of cargo it may carry?
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    Carrying blood money to the mags
     
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    It's a Kuwaiti Air Force C-17 transporter, the RAF has the same aircraft. Quite a large cargo aircraft that can also carry pax.

    As for not divulging what it is carrying, does the site always show what's onboard? Even military aircraft have to have a manifest to fly and has to tell every country it flies over, when filing it's flight plan and requesting clearances etc, what is onboard and request dispensation if it's carrying certain types of dangerous goods.

    However, this could simply be classed as a 'Diplomatic' flight and therefore the people who load and unload it won't even really know what's onboard.

    Edit, or it could just be empty.
     
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    Despite a little knowledge of physics, I still have a problem with understanding why heavy aircraft can actually fly and don't crash to the ground!

    Is that helpful?
     
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  5. ISOE II

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    Ish.
     
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    This may help mate. Pretty straightforward really.
     
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    Yeah definitely helpful
     
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    I know you get

    On a plane
    On a bus
    On a boat
    On a ship
    On a train

    Yet you get in a car.
     
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    Nice one mate. Your practical test is next week.
     
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    Some data isn't available on ADS-B, which is why there's no destination. You'd have to have access to the flight plan system to see where it's going, but even that doesn't usually detail cargo unless it's dangerous.

    I see that very aircraft once a week.
     
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    Did you see John Wick on C4? a couple of nights ago...Still good
     
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    I watched the 3 of them before Christmas when I was on lates. Gripping story line.
     
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  14. ISOE II

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    Is it always on route to Newcastle? First time I’ve seen it.
     
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    Difficult to tell what it's doing without the squawk.
     
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    Big shiny things defy gravity.
     
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    I know this is off topic a bit, over the past couple of months I have seen daily RAF ( I think) nimrod (surveillance) air craft flying dissent low over seal sands and the trees side area a number of times taking the same route.
     
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    they have two wings and can fly.
     
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  19. ISOE II

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    Except when they don’t
     
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    Thought they were for taking shavings off doors
     
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