Florennes (EBFS) - 2007

[Piet Luijken]

LOG tuesday 16 october 2007:

The last day with sun was promised by the Meteo services. And indeed it was a lovely, sunny day. Despite an enormous traffic jam at Antwerpen, I arrived ontime. I even had some time to go shopping at Givet, a French town close by, to replenish my stock of Bordeaux wine, chocolate, coffee pads and the best sugar to prepare my Creme Brulee.

Upon arrival I met two friends from Scramble who had the same idea. More friends showed up this day, so in between flying there was time to have a chat or a discussion about the merits of shooting in RAW, use of Lightroom and so on.

Upon arrival, the Tornado 6-05 came in.

I prepared myself at spot 2 only to be notified that the taxiway along this spot was closed!!!. A brisk walk to spot 4 was advised and executed. Be careful for the stock of mais, as the Police have been around in the previous days. Some aircraft will taxi back to the beginning of the runway.

After the departure of this TLP mission, it was time to move to spot 1, along the road awaiting the arrivals. Due to the mission type, with AAR, the aircraft took their time. In the mean time a Italian Tornado departed unseen. First landing was about 1515LT. The Rafale 9 had some kind of failure and was advised to make a barrier landing at another airport ( Beauvechain AB ) not to block Florennes with all this TLP incoming traffic.

The arrival of the first aircraft was also time for some clouds to block the sun. In between nice pics were possible.

At 1545 it was time to move home again.

The Hawks XX345/CE and XX329/CJ reportedly departed at 1100LT.
Tornado 45+83 was seen in the maintenance hangar, with tornado 43+25 and MM7026 on the flightline, as well as F-4F 38+43.

LOCAL
FA107 FS F-16AM 2W
FA115 FS F-16AM 2W
FA117 F-16AM 2W
FA83 F-16AM 2W
FA84 F-16AM 2W
FA92 F-16AM 2W
FB02 FS F-16BM 2W
FB05 FS F-16BM 2W

TLP Mission
37+85 F-4F JG71
38+48 F-4F JG71
43+20 Tornado IDS JBG31
45+95 Tornado IDS JBG31
C.15-23 15-10 EF-18A+ Ala15
C.15-26 15-13 EF-18A+ Esc151 Ala15
C.15-57 12-15 EF-18M Ala12
C.15-69 12-27 EF-18M Ala12
C.14-68 14-40 Mirage F1M Ala14
C.14-79 14-42 Mirage F1M Ala14
2 Rafale M 12F
9 Rafale M 12F
MM7132 51-46 AMX 132Gr 51St
MM7176 51-01 AMX 132Gr 51St
MM7241 F-16A 18Gr 37St
MM7249 F-16A 18Gr 37St
MM7025 6-05 Tornado IDS 154Gr 6St
MM7038 6-37 Tornado IDS IT-MLU 154Gr 6St
88-0535 AV F-16C 555FS 31FW
90-0773 AV F-16C 555FS 31FW
FA130 FS F-16AM 2W
FA132 F-16AM 2W
FA81 F-16AM 2W
FA91 FS F-16AM 2W

greetings and happy hunting next week!

[Piet Luijken]

Today (18-10-2007) after the TLP mission a nice suprice came in for a fullstop. It's a HH-3F with serial MM80990/15-21 from 15Gr.
Greetz Elvin Cornelissen.

Thanks Elvin for the info!

[peterdv]

Hi there,

Is there anybody with pictures of the engine flameout of the Tornado which happened at the start of the thursday TLP mission ? We were on the other side of the runway and could here it overthere ! According to witnesses a flame was visible while it happened.

Regards,
Peter

[mazzel]

in fact i saw 2 flames shortly after one another, no pictures though...

[Banter]

Exp Today Fri 19th Oct

2x AV F16 ETA1030
1x AMI C130 ETA1550

[wapo84]

TLP to the UK via BBE GZR NAVPI and back
IGLOO40 and 42 via CIV KOK LOGAN and back

[falcon]

Is there anybody with pictures of the engine flameout of the Tornado which happened at the start of the thursday TLP mission ? We were on the other side of the runway and could here it overthere ! According to witnesses a flame was visible while it happened

a few members of Virtual-Twenthe where there when it happened, armed with their filmcamera........

here the link,

http://www.aviationdvd.nl" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; > video files > right top corner.......

more TLP footage will follow this weekend........

Cheerz
George
http://www.virtual-twenthe.nl" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.aviationdvd.nl" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Maurizio]

There was a swop by the AV today. To F-16 departed Aviano to Florennes as Viper 01 and two just returned same c/s, one was 88-0535 the other 88-0425?

[patrick dirksen]

88-0535 was already present, the other one would be a new one.

[Maurizio]

88-0535 was already present, the other one would be a new one.
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Sure, infact, as I said, it returned to Aviano being replaced by 90-0772. I just need confirmation that the other F-16 in flight (LIPA-EBFS-LIPA) was 88-0425.

Ciao

[Richard de Florennes]

Florennes 2007-10-18 RW25

Weather: few, later scattered/broken clouds, clear air, long sunny spells, two very light showers, light wind, cool

Based aircraft (2 Wing; 1 and 350 Squadron):

1) morning wave
F-16AM 2 Wg FA120/FS no badge T09:54 L10:45 QRA
F-16AM 2 Wg FA83/- no badge T09:54 L10:45 QRA
F-16AM 2 Wg FA84/- no badge T10:50 L12:02
F-16BM 2 Wg FB02/FS T10:50 L12:02
F-16AM 2 Wg FA82/- no badge T10:51 L11:51
F-16AM 2 Wg FA108/- no badge T10:51 L12:03
F-16AM 2 Wg FA117/- no badge T10:55 L12:05
F-16AM 2 Wg FA57/- no badge T10:55 L12:05
F-16BM 2 Wg FB21/- no badge T10:56 L11:56
F-16AM 2 Wg FA126/- no badge T10:56 L12:06

2) afternoon wave
F-16AM 2 Wg FA108/- no badge T14:55 L16:57#4
F-16AM 2 Wg FA107/FS T14:55 L16:57#4
F-16AM 2 Wg FA83/- no badge T15:55 L16:58#4 QRA
F-16AM 2 Wg FA120/FS no badge T15:55 L16:58#4 QRA
F-16AM 2 Wg FA117/- no badge T15:08 L17:07+ a2
F-16BM 2 Wg FB21/- no badge T15:08 L16:59+ a2
F-16BM 2 Wg FB02/FS T15:08 L15:02 L16:15
F-16AM 2 Wg FA131/- demo c/s T15:58 L16:53



Detached aircraft (Tactical Leadership Programme - TLP 2007/5)

1) TLP external assets
F-16AM 2 Wg FA97/- no badge T09:42 L16:44
F-16AM 2 Wg FA135/- no badge T09:43 L16:43

Hawk T.1 100 Sqn XX345/CE T11:00 L17:00*
Hawk T.1 100 Sqn XX329/CJ T11:00 L17:00*

EF-18A+ Ala 12 C.15-57/12-15 T12:28 L15:25*
EF-18A+ Ala 12 C.15-69/12-27 T12:28 L15:25*


2) TLP participants
EF-18A+ Ala 15 C.15-26/15-13 tiger tail T12:12 L15:32*
EF-18A+ Ala 15 C.15-23/15-10 T12:12 L15:32*

F-16ADF 37°Stormo MM7241 (81-0772) T12:17 L15:50*
F-16ADF 37°Stormo MM7249 (81-0699) T12:17 L15:50*

Rafale M 12F 9 T12:20 L15:26*
Rafale M 12F 2 T12:20 L15:26*

F-4F JG 71 38+48 T12:25 L15:35*
F-4F JG 71 37+85 T12:25 L15:35*

Tornado IDS 6°Stormo MM7025/6-05 T12:XX L15:XX+
Tornado IDS 6°Stormo MM7038/6-37 T12:34 L15:42+

F-16C 555thFS 90-0773/AV gn T12:43 L15:30*
F-16C 555thFS 88-0535/AV gn T12:43 L15:30*

F-16AM 2 Wg FA91/FS T12:52 L15:27*
F-16AM 2 Wg FA130/FS T12:52 L15:27*

Tornado IDS JaboG 31 43+20 grey c/s T12:56 L15:38*
Tornado IDS JaboG 31 43+25 grey c/s T12:56 L15:38*

F-16AM 2 Wg FA81/- no badge T13:01 L15:34*
F-16AM 2 Wg FA132/- no badge T13:01 L15:34*

AMX 51°Stormo MM7176/51-46'76' T13:08 L14:58*
AMX 51°Stormo MM7132/51-01'-' spec tail T13:08 L14:58*

Mirage F.1M Ala 14 C.14-70/14-42 T13:31 L15:15*
Mirage F.1M Ala 14 C.14-68/14-40 T13:31 L15:15*

Visiting aicraft (support for TLP):
Sea King Mk.48 40 Sqn RS01 L10:02
HH-3F 15°Stormo MM80990/15-21 L16:10

Additional movements:
F-16AM 10 Wg FA89 no badge L12:54
F-16AM 10 Wg FA124 no badge L13:50d
F-16AM 10 Wg FA103 no badge A13:50d

(notes: first trip since KB spotters day, no time during first two weeks of this TLP due to job and family constraints even on German holiday - so luckily missed the first TLP mini mission of this course and some other no flying days ..., finally time to experience the full TLP with external assets - two Hawks and two additional Spansih EF-18s from Torrejon, took the risk in spite of the rather instable weather condictions but with a reduced risk of fog, early journey in order not to miss a single movement that day, nice activity of based F-16s, nice to see "FS" code after some years again, nice arrival of Belgian Sea King, weather far better than expected, sunny until midday, activity on the TLP indicating mission planned for the day, early departure of two Hawks for pre-deployment to another airbase, another couple of based F-16s staying away until late afternoon proably also involved in TLP mission, long TLP departure phase due to air-refuelling mission, no ground-aborts (however astonishing take-off abort with flame-out of one AMI Tornado), enjoyed recovieres, nice surpirse: Italian HH-3F proably for CSAR mission, waited until nice recovery of the two Hawks. A perfect day, a perfect log!)

[DJMikey]

Besides the regular/already known TLP-participants, on friday the 19th of october we noted:

F16C USAFE: 90-0772/AV and 88-0425/AV
HH3F Italian AF: MM80990/15-21 and MM81346/15-34
C130J-30 Italian AF: MM62169/46-62

Pics will follow later in the photoforum (sadly enough not from the 2 Pelicans).

Greets,
Mike.

[Wim]

Hello, I have some corrections:

In the morning, the local F-16 FA82 must be FA92

and

Additional movements:
F-16AM 10 Wg FA89 no badge L12:54

This aircraft is also a 2 Wg aircraft

[Piet Luijken]

Nice log!

Torrejon Ala12 Hornets are EF-18M's, which can be identified by the small GPS antenna behind the mid position antenna.

gr

[Piet Luijken]

Herc could be the MM62196?
The MM62169 is a P180.

thanks