Overflights June 2019

[Angry Turnip]

G-NIHM OTT Carlingford / Rostrevor  area 1315....https://www.flightradar24.com/HLE23A/20ba3e89

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G-NIHM OTT Ards (1705) at 1600ft lifted from Saintfield area....https://www.flightradar24.com/20be0df6

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USAF KC135R REACH144 overflight earlier this evening at approximately 1920 hours (63-8872)

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[Angry Turnip]

ICP MXP-740 Savannah S N991HB ot of Oban, currently NE of Armagh 1716....https://www.flightradar24.com/N991HB/20da85af

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14 June

B762 USAF 15-46009 RCH046
Routed west-east across Ireland 10:45 to 11:11 at FL350
First KC-46 in the logs

Note inclusion of the MDS type number 46 in the registration, yet another variation of US serial assignment

Lost track soon after but possibly the example due at the Paris Air Salon

Other Paris-bound overflights include:
2019-06-12 B789 N1501X, due for Tahiti Nui but bailed back to Boeing
2019-06-13 SF50 N116PB, Cirrus' demonstrator

[Angry Turnip]

I noticed the KC-46 Pegasus ( Do Rolls Royce not own the name? ) west of Dublin yesterday, I didn`t realise they had actually completed some.
From what I have read there was some debate as to what spec they should have, which seemed odd as the Italian`s and Japanese already have a version,the KC-767

I think the US version is to have the B787 cockpit displays and an improved boom system, probably cost oodles more as well.

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27 June

B77W VT-ALK AIC191
Turning-around over NI at 09:40 but maintaining altitude
Landed EGSS Stansted

Very hazy photo attached of it eastbound

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[Angry Turnip]

27 June

B77W VT-ALK AIC191
Turning-around over NI at 09:40 but maintaining altitude
Landed EGSS Stansted

Very hazy photo attached of it eastbound

It returned to Stansted due to a bomb threat, Typhoons scrambled again and sonic booms heard in Derbyshire

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-48785851