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by herbie
26 Jul 2016, 21:01
Forum: Aviation Photo Forum
Topic: Eurofighter 31+31 "Spirit of Oswald Boelcke"
Replies: 4
Views: 3252

Re: Eurofighter 31+31 "Spirit of Oswald Boelcke"

the new colours are foils, not real paintwork
by herbie
04 Dec 2015, 09:37
Forum: Aviation Photos - Thematic & non-actual
Topic: Merzifon, May 1990
Replies: 13
Views: 4358

Re: Merzifon, May 1990

Very nice report, Dick. Some of the aircraft were still flying fife years later, when I had the chance to be there.
by herbie
18 Nov 2015, 13:05
Forum: Spotting Germany
Topic: Nörvenich (ETNN)
Replies: 147
Views: 60140

Re: Nörvenich (ETNN)

[quote="BirdieBarty"]Hi Scramble members, This week on Nörvenich there will be a lot of night flying activities. They leaving between 17:30&18:00 HRS local time. I have seen some Typhoons take off yesterday night.[/quote] If traffic with 3 aircraft is " a lot of", then you ar...
by herbie
21 Oct 2015, 23:13
Forum: Spangdahlem
Topic: ETAD 21-10-2015
Replies: 5
Views: 1713

Re: ETAD 21-10-2015

Also around 14:40LT a a/c was making a low approach with a callsign sounded like Tack31??. After the l/a he was going to Nörvenich. When it was a local Nörvenich EF-2000 than the callsign was i think Pack31?? Pilot has a Italian accent. Who knows more?? Cheers, Eric[/quote] Sometimes there are excha...
by herbie
15 Oct 2015, 10:05
Forum: Military Aviation News
Topic: Swiss F/A-18 Hornet crashed wednesday
Replies: 14
Views: 5681

Re: Swiss F/A-18 Hornet crashed wednesday

[quote="Stratofreighter"][quote="Arjan"]A Swiss Hornet crashed today in the Besancon area in France. Pilot has ejected and no injuries have been reported.[/quote] According to the official http://www.vbs.admin.ch/internet/vbs/de/home/documentation/news/news_detail.59085.nsb.html ...
by herbie
01 Oct 2015, 19:22
Forum: Spotting Germany
Topic: Nörvenich (ETNN)
Replies: 147
Views: 60140

Re: Nörvenich (ETNN)

The Italian aircraft are all operated by the test unit RSV. All SpanAF EF have dep back home.
by herbie
28 Aug 2015, 20:03
Forum: Aviation Photo Forum
Topic: Cologne (EDDK) this week
Replies: 4
Views: 1924

Re: Cologne (EDDK) this week

brilliant shots, Olli
by herbie
09 Aug 2015, 18:16
Forum: Spotting Germany
Topic: Nörvenich (ETNN)
Replies: 147
Views: 60140

Re: Nörvenich (ETNN)

TLG 31 announced that the EF will be nightflying Mo-Thu next week and the week thereafter. So no local flying in the morning.
by herbie
13 Jul 2015, 20:42
Forum: Spotting Germany
Topic: Wittmund (ETNT) 2015 MIL
Replies: 18
Views: 8181

Re: Wittmund (ETNT) 2015 MIL

Acc. to this press release, QRA will be at Nörvenich up to and incl. 27th of July. http://www.luftwaffe.de/portal/a/luftwaffe/!ut/p/c4/NYrBCsIwEAX_aDehotSboQhePAhS6y1tY4gk2bJs7cWPNzn4BuYyD59YyPYTvJVA2UZ84DCF47hB3IDYQ1xfkuBtR_KNxr7-ZwcTZSfV4rKEYs9WiGEhlljLylwKhBkHpTuj9uo__W3PV9Pcd-rQXcwNl5ROP8UTgzs!/...
by herbie
02 Jul 2015, 19:27
Forum: Spotting Germany
Topic: Nörvenich (ETNN)
Replies: 147
Views: 60140

Re: Nörvenich (ETNN)

two more arrived today: 45+00 no badge and 46+18 TLG 33.

Philippe, who needs to know why they are here. We aviation fans just need flying activities!!!

P.S. loc newspaper mentioned "construction work" at Büchel.
by herbie
02 Jul 2015, 07:51
Forum: Spotting Germany
Topic: Nörvenich (ETNN)
Replies: 147
Views: 60140

Re: Nörvenich (ETNN)

Relax, buddy - it's exactly that what the wing announced in the press and not difficult to find out for a clever man like you.
And by the way: I am Herbie, not Herby.
I never wrote something about 30 Tornados.......
by herbie
01 Jul 2015, 21:05
Forum: Spotting Germany
Topic: Nörvenich (ETNN)
Replies: 147
Views: 60140

Re: Nörvenich (ETNN)

Acc. to local newspapers the deployment starts this week and will end in week 33.
by herbie
02 Jun 2015, 12:22
Forum: Military Aviation News
Topic: Arctic Challenge Exercise (ACE)2015, participants
Replies: 2
Views: 1518

Re: Arctic Challenge Exercise (ACE)2015, participants

Arctic Challenge
Bodo, Norway
EF2000 TLG74: 30+22,30+28,30+80,30+81,30+93


there should be 12 German Eurofighters, incl. 30+75 and 30+80 from TLG 31 (det. to TLG74)
by herbie
27 May 2015, 06:17
Forum: Aviation Photo Forum
Topic: Niederstetten Hueys
Replies: 17
Views: 5536

Re: Niederstetten Hueys

How about contacting the respective command? It's as easy as that.......

Of course you have to know the commands, but as I wrote before real hardcore fans will know.....
by herbie
26 May 2015, 18:44
Forum: Aviation Photo Forum
Topic: Niederstetten Hueys
Replies: 17
Views: 5536

Re: Niederstetten Hueys

Well, I think it's not fair to blame GME on not making this info public before posting his photos. We do not know the scale of this little spotters day. I guess it was organized on a rather adhoc basis by a few people for a few people. Man power for such things is a critical ressource in the German ...