Good morning, everyone! Hope you’re all doing well, As promised, we’ve been busy behind the scenes and have started rolling out some exciting new enhancements to the radar. If you’re accessing the radar on a desktop, you’ll notice a new scrolling bar at the bottom of the screen labelled VDL2. VDL2 is a digital data protocol transmitted directly by aircraft, and can carry a wealth of information, including diagnostics, ACARS messages, position reports, altitude data, and even real-time route updates — all decoded live as aircraft come into range. How to use it: Click on any aircraft on the radar, and if we’ve received a VDL2 message from it, the details will appear in the bar at the bottom. When a specific aircraft is selected, you’ll see SELECTED in the bottom right corner. To return to the full scrolling feed showing all received aircraft, simply click the ↺ refresh icon on the right-hand side. This is currently a BETA feature on desktop only — mobile support is coming soon! We’ll be monitoring it closely for any issues, but we hope it adds an extra layer of detail and enjoyment to your radar experience. As always, feedback is very welcome! 📷, Have a good day/weekend!

Delta Air Lines flight DL21 from London Heathrow to Seattle is diverting to Edinburgh after declaring a 7700 general emergency over Scotland.

French Navy Falcon 10MER - 133 - flying display at Lann-Bihoue #AvGeek #avgeeks #aviation #planespotting #aviationdaily #aviationphotography @air_intel @scan_sky

French Navy Falcon 50M - 30 - flying display at Lann-Bihoue #AvGeek #avgeeks #aviation #planespotting #aviationdaily #aviationphotography @air_intel @scan_sky

French Navy Atlantic 2 - 20 - flying display at Lann-Bihoue #AvGeek #avgeeks #aviation #planespotting #aviationdaily #aviationphotography @air_intel @scan_sky

Out of Brize. QRA on the go.

Woken up by, Two Bone's heading back to EGVA 04:30, lovely sight and sound.

Screenshot taken from FB.

RT @airtattoo: We’re very sorry to let you know RIAT will not be taking place this year. Ticketholders will be contacted by the end of May…

RIAT 2026 has been cancelled.

The Royal Air Force are taking delivery of their first Wedgetail this afternoon with WT001 on its way to Lossiemouth from Birmingham.

inbound EGVA

Dragon heading in to EGVA

Air Canada flight ACA853 from London Heathrow to Toronto has declared a 7700 general emergency over Wales and looks to be heading back to London.

Transavia flight TRA87B from Amsterdam to Tenerife South is squawking a 7700 general emergency over south east England and appear to be returning to Amsterdam.

Virgin Atlantic flight VS8 from Los Angeles to London Heathrow has declared a 7700 general emergency over south west Scotland. They are continuing as planned to London at this stage.

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United States Air Force B-52 60-0060 has declared a 7700 general emergency over south west England due to a depressurisation issue.

Ryanair flight RUK3226 from Manchester to Sandefjord Airport, Norway has declared a 7700 general emergency over the North Sea and looks to be heading back to Manchester.

Rockwell B-1 Lancer 86-0129 is up from RAF Fairford and is about to head towards Europe.

Two B52's are up from RAF Fairford and are currently holding over south west England along with three tankers from Mildenhall.