The BBMF Spitfires, Hurricanes and Chipmunks have had a collision avoidance system fitted.
This can be used to track them on the web. The Lancaster and Dakota will have it fitted in the Winter.
http://www.raf.mod.uk/bbmf/news/index.cfm?storyid=122DB3D3-5056-A318-A8946DB778012B50
mmitch.
By: The Bump - 12th September 2014 at 22:27
That’s a very rude thing to call a warbird pilot 😉
Moggy
Whoops……damned predictive text:stupid:
By: TonyT - 12th September 2014 at 19:20
Surely you can track them by transponder, I believe they are Mode S equipped now
By: HP111 - 12th September 2014 at 19:04
As I write I am tracking MK356. It has just displayed over Benson, then at some location in the countryside, overflown Brize Norton, flew past Enstone and is now headed north (ish). So, yes it does seem to work although the webpage sometimes takes a little time to update.
By: Moggy C - 12th September 2014 at 15:54
… one of the BBMF pilots confirmed that it wasn’t quite the actual route but near enough.
Still a usual tool though.
That’s a very rude thing to call a warbird pilot 😉
Moggy
By: The Bump - 12th September 2014 at 15:23
I followed a flight on Flightradar 24 and one of the BBMF pilots confirmed that it wasn’t quite the actual route but near enough.
Still a useful tool though.
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