Surely not.

[511Flyer]

Browsing Flight Radar, and saw this approaching Gatwick.



Nothing else doing at Gatwick. We haven't even heard an aircraft for days.

[adysmith]

SHF callsign is normally an RAF Chinook helicopter (Special Helicopter Flight)

[Motormouse]

Support Helicopter Force, its a throwback like the air transport fleet uses Ascot ( Air Support Command Operational Task)

Ttfn

Pete

[511Flyer]

Not a Beverley then?

[Kevin Farnell]

Not a Beverley then?

Sadly, no. The Beverly photo is part of an ebay advert. I see it often on FR24 (somehow they must know that we are aviation geeks and tailor their ad). If there was a photo of the aircraft operating SHF494, it would appear where the picture of blue sky incorporating an aircraft outline and a cross is placed.

I did however see this yesterday -



There seems to have been a big increase in military aircraft showing up on FR24 over the UK.

Kevin

[TSR2]

Yes, found 3 USAF refuellers going from Milldenhall down over Spain where they met up with some B52’s coming from the US. And we seem to have a regular weekly trip to Belize from Brize Norton. I didn’t think we had anything out there any more. The RAF Hercs had been up a few weeks ago at circa 1500 ft up the East Coast to the Moray Firth too. They seemed to be having a little play before heading back to Brize.

[511Flyer]

I should point out that my post was a tongue-in-cheek effort at humour.

I've actually been in a Beverley because they used to visit RAF Colerne when I was there. Dwarfed our Hastings.