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Re: Port visits 2024

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Sjoerd wrote: 23 Mar 2024, 08:42 Inmiddels is toch duidelijk dat er beneden deks op de Prince of Wales 6 Merlins geparkeerd staan. Met dank aan een goed geïnformeerde bron zijn er 5 achterhaald;

ZH831 Merlin HM.2 AEW radar
ZH835 Merlin HM.2
ZH841 Merlin HM.2
ZH843 Merlin HM.2
ZH864 Merlin HM.2 AEW radar
1x Merlin HM.2

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Er waren er inderdaad zes maar dit zijn de vijf resterende aan boord.
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Bedankt Paul!
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Checked her just now from the langtong de punt rozenburg and noted 1 merlin on the reardeck, might be an aew (or shadows playing tricks on me) anyone who can confirm her id?
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She's definately an aew, and currently flashing her strobes
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From the ECT she can be spotted from the frontside where the nose clearly shows "81", but I can't find any HM2 AEW in the databse with that code, does anyone have a clue about her id?
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Glidepath wrote: 20 Mar 2024, 14:28 Wanneer en hoe laat gaan ze volgens de planning het zeegat uit?
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Polleke_NL wrote: 24 Mar 2024, 14:55 From the ECT she can be spotted from the frontside where the nose clearly shows "81", but I can't find any HM2 AEW in the databse with that code, does anyone have a clue about her id?
Do you have a spot/coördinates from where the deck (whole deck?) can be seen? Tomorrow all 5 Merlins are to leave the ship while enroute to port, so chances are they will be brought on deck later today/tomorrow before sailing.
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Polleke_NL wrote: 24 Mar 2024, 14:55 From the ECT she can be spotted from the frontside where the nose clearly shows "81", but I can't find any HM2 AEW in the databse with that code, does anyone have a clue about her id?
Quite likely this is ZH831. I found several pictures/logs from ZH864 with code "70" (from 2021 till as recent as 2022). As ZH831 is the knly other AEW2 aboard.
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Sjoerd wrote: 24 Mar 2024, 16:14
Polleke_NL wrote: 24 Mar 2024, 14:55 From the ECT she can be spotted from the frontside where the nose clearly shows "81", but I can't find any HM2 AEW in the databse with that code, does anyone have a clue about her id?
Do you have a spot/coördinates from where the deck (whole deck?) can be seen? Tomorrow all 5 Merlins are to leave the ship while enroute to port, so chances are they will be brought on deck later today/tomorrow before sailing.
Head on vanaf de ect / europaweg, hutchinson ports, bovenop het viaduct, net voorbij de hoogspanningskabels
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Re: Port visits 2024

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Etd is delayed till 1400lt. Around 0745lt the carrier deck was devoid of any helicopters.
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Re: Port visits 2024

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Heli's still on board? ADSB hasnt pinged any of the regs today, so I assume they are?
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Re: Port visits 2024

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Portugese M-frigate F334 was last week in Den Helder.

Has Lynx 19205 on board.
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