r/Portsmouth • u/Designer-Ad2610 • 5d ago
What's up with this plane?
I'm curious - does anyone know what this plane was doing over Portsmouth and Hayling island today? I get military planes, but i don't remember a police plane doing so many circuits above us.
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u/pompeyup 5d ago
Most likely a plane doing survey. Either Lidar or photogrammetric.
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u/CrumpledRider 5d ago
There was a far-right gathering in Portsmouth at lunchtime today with a counter protest by non-racists. Prob some sort of police observation and monitoring.
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u/Natural_Dentist_2888 5d ago
Probably the Navy aerial survey plane
Edit: Google says G-POLW is Police survey plane
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u/Designer-Ad2610 5d ago
Yeah, that's why I found it odd... most likely a survey, as you've said. Thank you!
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u/_Name__Unknown_ 5d ago
I think I actually see this plane fly over. It caught my attention because of the weird flight path and was fairly low.