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By: 7th August 2019 at 11:25 Permalink - Edited 7th August 2019 at 11:27
-404 - PAGE NOT FOUND
Site not currently available ^^^^
I'm wondering if it's had a few problems? It looked like it had left Lossiemouth and then returned? Although I didn't track it at the time.
It's scheduled to be in Greenland today.
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By: 7th August 2019 at 11:51 Permalink
-Or it could just be the weather
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/warnings-and-advice/uk-warnings#?date=2019-08-07
Brian
By: 7th August 2019 at 11:55 Permalink - Edited 7th August 2019 at 12:05
-MJ271/G-IRTY and support PC-12 turned back to Lossie (after hitting bad weather?) in the morning but then left direct for Iceland later in the day. It is now in Iceland. The Faroes were missed out - maybe the sight of all those dead pilot whales put them off?...
The tracker is no more than a pin in a map from what I can gather - maybe they should have used a custom flight tracker like Op Bolero II did (Wingspeed Corp tracker and G2A comms system). G-IRTY doesn't appear on the trackers I'm using so have to rely on OY-THP being 'online'...
Their "social media" feed is certainly not giving the latest updates - considering the press coverage and celeb turnout at Goodwood for this trip you'd expect them to be a bit more savvy keeping Joe Public in the loop. Or is it just a watch selling exercise for those who can splash 10k on a ticker?
By: 7th August 2019 at 16:01 Permalink
-Did the Spitfire actually make it to Iceland?
By: 7th August 2019 at 16:17 Permalink
-Nope. Still at Lossie...
By: 7th August 2019 at 16:41 Permalink
-Hang on, so the PC-12 shows as flown to Iceland, and then back again, but G-IRTY never left Scotland. What on Earth is going on? And why no news???
By: 7th August 2019 at 17:10 Permalink
-This isn't getting off to a good start.. Their FB page isn't giving any info or meaningful updates at all.
By: 7th August 2019 at 17:16 Permalink - Edited 7th August 2019 at 17:19
-RAF Lossiemouth FB page is saying weather delays... could be there until Friday.
Silver Spit page finally posted an update:
"sadly we won't be able to keep everyone up-to-date, all of the time. We are very busy after all trying to fly around the world. G-IRTY is currently waiting in Scotland for some adverse weather to clear over Iceland."
By: 7th August 2019 at 18:48 Permalink
-"sadly we won't be able to keep everyone up-to-date, all of the time. We are very busy after all trying to fly around the world. G-IRTY is currently waiting in Scotland for some adverse weather to clear over Iceland."
Surely it can be tracked and put online remotely "We are very busy after all trying to fly around the world" how patronising :(
By: 7th August 2019 at 18:48 Permalink
-"We are very busy after all trying to fly around the world."
So during the almost 9 hours spent flying EGQS-BIRK-EGQS someone on board OY-THP or back at Lossie couldn't spend five minutes to post an update on Twitter or FB? :applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:
By: 7th August 2019 at 19:06 Permalink
-All they have to do is stop restricting their data on FlightAware etc. Maybe it was unintentional, but if so, it should have been corrected.
By: 7th August 2019 at 20:36 Permalink
-Seems oddly unprofessional for the team.
By: 7th August 2019 at 21:24 Permalink
-Like Cosmic Simon, I was also presented with the 404 - PAGE NOT FOUND when I clicked on the link in Post #1. So I went to google and searched on "Silver Spitfire tracker". This result worked:
https://www.silverspitfire.com/about/flight-tracker/
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By: 8th August 2019 at 12:07 Permalink
-Flightradar is now showing them both on way to Iceland. The Live flight tracker is not updating however...
By: 8th August 2019 at 12:40 Permalink
-I think they have pulled the live tracker that was not live tracking ! I am suprised at the lack of update surely this would be done via someone who is not on the trip but fed the news?
By: 8th August 2019 at 12:58 Permalink
-Media updates could easily be done by the other pilot sitting on the Pilatus surely???
By: 8th August 2019 at 13:13 Permalink - Edited 8th August 2019 at 13:14
-Is on the ground at Faroe now.
By: 8th August 2019 at 13:19 Permalink
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By: 8th August 2019 at 13:25 Permalink
-Both at Vagar being re-fuelled. Web camera updates every 15 mins. [ATTACH=JSON]{"data-align":"none","data-size":"large","data-attachmentid":3870285}[/ATTACH]
By: 8th August 2019 at 13:49 Permalink
-Great news, thank you
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By: Trolly Aux - 7th August 2019 at 10:03 - Edited 20th August 2019 at 16:02
I thought it may be worth starting a thread that will show 'The Silver Spitfire' location 24 hours per day as she carry's on her epic journey around the world.
Who would of thought a Spitfire would ever do this and its a big hats off to all concerned, I am guessing she will need a major overhaul upon return home.
>>>The Silver Spitfire Live Flight Tracker<<
Updated 20/8/19