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Civil ISR aircraft

Post by acw367 » Wed Apr 29, 2015 12:04 am

Lets have a thread for civil registered ISR aircraft. Any civil aircraft or helicopter operating Govt/mil contractor Intelligence and Reconnaisance; fishery protection; Police Surveillance; civil Geophysical, oil spill or photo survey; even TV News.

If it is civil registered large or small and has cameras, listening equipment or imaging radars of any kind then add it in.

Here are mine, I've posted quite a few to give a full flavour of the variety available in this theme.

ImagePH-SVY London 13 July 2013 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN4NJ Metlife Stadium New Jersey 22 September 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN1459 RIAT Fairford 5 July 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageZK-XLB Addison 28 November 2008 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN824AH Gillette Stadium Foxborough 21 September 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN352BC RIAT Fairford 16 July 2011 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN96MD Baltimore 28 October 2001 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageG-BVJT Gloucestershire Staverton 14 June 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageG-PASE Staverton circa 1998 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN510AG RIAT Fairford 16 July 2011 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageG-SUSX Olympic Road Race Box Hill Surrey 28 July 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImagePH-CGN RIAT Fairford 18 July 2013 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN911YY Chicago 11 September 2011 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN29S Indianapolis Downtown Heliport 8 October 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageG-POLA Birmingham 1 June 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageG-PASH Hersham 1 August 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageOE-FAT AeroExpo Wycombe Air Park 26 June 2010 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN420LE Pasadena 1 January 2007 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageG-FRAF Waddington 3 July 2010 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageOO-HSK Brussels 7 September 2013 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN430ST Michigan Intl Speedway 15 Aug 10 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageG-LUXE RIAT Fairford 8 July 2012 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageN2NJ N9NJ Metlife Stadium Meadowlands 22 September 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageG-MIND Bournemouth 12 Dec 10 by ACW367, on Flickr

ImageF-GMBA Tour De France Stage 1 Harewood 5 July 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by keithnewsome » Fri May 01, 2015 9:58 pm

I rather hope these photos fit into your 'wants' list ?? all from Norwich over the last three years !!

Keith ;)

N1000 at Norwich 29.11.2012
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G-SKYN at Norwich 05.12.2013
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N44U at Norwich 10.08.2012
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by Cessna954 » Sat May 02, 2015 6:44 pm

Here's a small collection from me.

2Excel Aviation PA-31 Navajo with Dusty Bin modification
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During the British Army 'Pashtun Dawn/Tiger' exercises on Salisbury Plain, contractor operated ISTAR aircraft would overfly frequently. It was always most interesting to listen to the radio communication and target acquisition chatter on the scanner, using everyday events as simulated threats including on one occasion an old lady on a bicycle cycling through Chitterne who was subsequently targeted by a couple of Apaches.

A Diamond DA-42 MPP patrolling over the Wiltshire tribal areas
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and Cobham Turbine Islander with the ISTAR pod just visible on the port side
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This Airscan Cessna 337 Skymaster was operated on behalf of the US Government over Macedonia. Here it is seen at Dunkeswell in Devon minus the FLIR ball and other gadgets.
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One of the much written about fleet of Cessna 406 Caravan IIs that operate over London and SE England.
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Finally, I believe that Avdef are a Cobham company and operate in a similar way to the UK based Falcon 20s. The NATO JEWCS are based at RNAS Yeovilton so the Falcon 20s are occasional visitors.
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by acw367 » Sun May 03, 2015 10:04 pm

Good stuff so far. Some interesting Modifications. Keep them coming.
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by keithnewsome » Wed May 06, 2015 8:03 pm

A few more from me !

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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by apgphoto » Thu May 07, 2015 8:33 am

N175SA General Atomics Beech
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N30LX Lockheed Martin Dragon Star
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N360BJ ;-)
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by Bob UK » Thu May 07, 2015 6:16 pm

If you would like to view my pics

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Post by andygolfer » Thu Jun 04, 2015 7:24 pm

can we include air ambulances? if so here are some of the Herts & Essex ones from me (taken at the Air Britain fly in at North Weald in 2012)....

Image6761 MD900 G-HAAT engine start by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image6777 MD900 G-HAAT by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image6599 MD900 G-EHAA by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a couple of the East Anglian Air Ambulance when it lande don our village playing field and stopped the Sunday football matches
Image8261 eaaa by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image8276 eaaa by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the Thames Valley Police helicopter at Ascot Ladies' day June 2014 (shame I can't make that again this year)
Image7021 G-TVHB by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

I'm sure I've got one of the Essex police one somewhere, will try to find it and add it on.

and as we are doing TV ships, here are some of the french TV helicopters covering the Tour de France when it came through my home village last July:

Image8873 F-GDXR VIP2 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image8886 F-GCTO VIP5 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image8876 F-GJRP VIP3 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image8928 F-GMBL tv by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Image8912 F-GMBL tv by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by Radleigh » Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:02 pm

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ImageG-LNAA by Radleigh Bushell, on Flickr

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Post by andygolfer » Tue Jun 16, 2015 7:56 am

and a very recent addition from me, Eurocopter G-ESEX of the Essex police last evening while I was doing some bird photography close to their Boreham base, this was on it's return and the observer seemed rather interested in my 100-400 lens being pointed at them!

Image3063 G-ESEX 11024px by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by KyleG » Tue Jun 16, 2015 6:29 pm

G-OMAF (fisheries protection, I believe?)

ImageDornier Do-228 | G-OMAF | Cobham Aviation by Kyle Greet, on Flickr
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by acw367 » Sun Jun 28, 2015 12:07 am

Cheers - Some great examples there across the spectrum of ISR types.
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by upnorth » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:07 pm

Here's the Czech police Bell 412 and Slovak police Bell 429
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Here's the Slovak Bell 429 on its own
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OK-CZG is a Cessna 208B with a belly mounted sensor array for a variety of aerial survey work
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Post by Tally-ho » Wed Mar 16, 2016 11:02 am

London's Air Ambulance seen at London's "vertical gateway", the Heliport on the Thames. It uses the facility for refuelling and crew breaks. Having just been refuelled it is being pre-flighted and then departs with Battersea rail bridge in the background. The paintwork has somewhat changed since these pictures were taken in 2012.

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London's Air Ambulance
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by Alexe » Thu Mar 17, 2016 10:11 am

A few of the suitable visitors and residents at Cranfield:

ImageIMG_1042 by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

ImageIMG_1046 by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

ImageIMG_0332 by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

ImageIMG_2818 by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

ImageIMG_9335 by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

ImageIMG_3444 by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

ImageP1580379 by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

ImageIMG_9495 by Alex Edwards, on Flickr

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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by Tally-ho » Thu Apr 07, 2016 1:41 pm

This Aerospatiale AS355F1 Ecureuil ll (G-LECA) hovered around much of the day during the Airbase (Coventry Airport) airshow of May 2015. Seen here doing aerial photography of the departing De Havilland DH Dove (Devon).

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AS355 Ecureuil at Coventry
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Re: Civil ISR aircraft

Post by acw367 » Tue Jan 09, 2018 5:09 am

Boeing P-8A Poseidon Awaiting its first flight registered N860DS at Renton 7 November 2017. Will become 169338 in due course

ImageN860DS 169338 Renton 7 November 2017 by ACW367, on Flickr

N50CR North American Rockwell NA-265 Sabre 50 Rockwell Collins Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum McMinnville 12 November 2017. Avionics Testbed.

ImageN50CR Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum McMinnville 12 November 2017 by ACW367, on Flickr

N69F Bell 407 Helicopters Inc KIRO7 Eyewitness News Chopper 7 Renton 7 November 2017

ImageN69F Renton 7 November 2017 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-BEZL Piper PA-31-310 Navajo C 2Excel Aviation AeroExpo Wycombe Air Park 1 June 2017

ImageG-BEZL AeroExpo Wycombe Air Park 1 June 2017 by ACW367, on Flickr

N867EX Cessna 208B Grand Caravan EX Cessna Aircraft Company RIAT Fairford 15 July 2017

ImageN867EX RIAT Fairford 15 July 2017 by ACW367, on Flickr

G-DLRA Britten-Norman BN2T Islander ASTOR Britten-Norman Ltd RIAT Fairford 16 July 2017

ImageG-DLRA RIAT Fairford 16 July 2017 by ACW367, on Flickr

N580HW Convair 580 Honeywell International Paine Field 6 November 2017. 1952 vintage avionics testbed.

ImageN580HW Paine Field 6 November 2017 by ACW367, on Flickr
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