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Night flying operations early 2009

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From a press release:

Vliegbasis Volkel start met ingang van week 3 naast het reguliere vliegprogramma, het avondvliegprogramma. Vanaf die datum beoefenen F-16’s gedurende vijf weken het vliegen bij duisternis. Het betreft week 3 (12 tot 16 januari), week 4 (19 tot 23 januari), week 8 (16 tot 20 februari), week 10 (2 tot 6 maart) en week 11 (9 tot 13 maart). In deze periodes vertrekken de vliegtuigen van maandag- tot en met donderdagavond voor 17.00 uur en staan de laatste landingen gepland voor 23.00 uur.
Avondvliegoefeningen zijn noodzakelijk om vliegers optimaal voor te bereiden op hun taak. De vroeg invallende duisternis de komende maanden, maakt het mogelijk een dergelijk oefenprogramma uit te voeren. Daadwerkelijke inzet van F-16 gevechtsvliegtuigen, zoals momenteel in Afghanistan, vindt steeds vaker plaats bij nacht en het toestel is steeds beter uitgerust voor nachtelijke operaties. Zo heeft de vlieger tegenwoordig de beschikking over geavanceerde nachtzichtapparatuur. Regelmatig moet hiermee worden getraind om deze middelen optimaal te kunnen benutten.
Afgelopen jaar waren ook reeds in oktober, november en december avondvluchten.
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Re: Night flying operations early 2009

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According to a topic on the SG Volkel forum the flying in week 10 and 11 will be from monday till wednesday instead of monday till thursday. Don't know what's correct but keep it in mind.

http://www.sgvolkel.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2178
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John Rambo wrote:According to a topic on the SG Volkel forum the flying in week 10 and 11 will be from monday till wednesday instead of monday till thursday. Don't know what's correct but keep it in mind.

http://www.sgvolkel.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2178
Time will tell I guess. The info above is taken from the base's press release.

Next week's NOTAM:
M0007/09 - AD OPR HRS ARE CHANGED FROM 0700-1545 TO MON-WED 1400-2115 THU
1300-2000. 12 JAN 07:00 2009 UNTIL 15 JAN 20:00 2009. CREATED: 07 JAN 10:24
2009
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This week's NOTAM:
M0065/09 - AD OPR HRS ARE CHANGED FROM 0700-1545 TO
MON-WED 1100-1500 AND 1630-2145, THU 1000-2045. 19 JAN 09:52 2009 UNTIL 22 JAN
20:45 2009. CREATED: 19 JAN 09:53 2009

M0057/09 - ALL TACAN APCH ARE SUSPENDED. 15 JAN 15:50 2009 UNTIL 30 JAN 15:45 2009. CREATED:
15 JAN 15:59 2009
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A/A comms on: 140.1750 (Colby); 140.6750; 142.9750. Also heard: Windmill on 316.2250. And RAPCON South: 379.9250. Bandbox also in use, forget to wright down the frequency :oops: .
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The current NOTAM
M0140/09 - AD OPR HRS ARE CHANGED FROM 0700-1545 TO MON-WED 1100-2145,
THU 1100-2045. 16 FEB 07:00 2009 UNTIL 19 FEB 20:45 2009. CREATED: 09 FEB 13:53
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Nightflying is cancelled for today, due to the bad weather...

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Activities from 2 to 6 March 2009:
M0204/09 - AD OPR HRS ARE CHANGED FROM 0700-1545 TO MON 1130-2000,
TUE 1300-2000, WED 0615-0800 1300-2000 AND THU-FRI 0700-1545. 02 MAR 07:00 2009
UNTIL 06 MAR 15:45 2009. CREATED: 25 FEB 11:45 2009
This one is remarkable: WED 0615-0800 (no clue why)

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Open sky flight? ( bit early though! )
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Monday 9 to Wednesway 11:
M0243/09 - AD OPR HRS ARE CHANGED FROM 0700-1545 TO MON 0930-2030
AND TUE-WED 1100-2030. 09 MAR 07:00 2009 UNTIL 11 MAR 20:30 2009. CREATED: 05
MAR 11:34 2009
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An extra week is scheduled:
F-16 jachtvliegtuigen van vliegbasis Volkel vliegen in week 14 naast het reguliere programma extra trainingsvluchten bij duisternis. Van maandag 30 maart tot en met donderdag 2 april wordt ’s avonds gevlogen. De laatste landingen in die week staan gepland voor 23.00 uur. De extra vluchten zijn nodig omdat in de afgelopen maanden verschillende avondvluchten door weersomstandigheden niet plaats hebben kunnen vinden.

Naast trainingen overdag zijn trainingen bij duisternis evenzo belangrijk voor vliegers om zich optimaal voor te bereiden op hun taak. Daadwerkelijke inzet van F-16 jachtvliegtuigen, zoals momenteel in Afghanistan, vindt ook plaats bij nacht. Maar ook voor de uitoefening van de Quick Reaction Alert taak is het noodzakelijk dat vliegers bij duisternis kunnen vliegen.

Het toestel is ook steeds beter uitgerust voor nachtelijke operaties. Zo heeft de vlieger tegenwoordig de beschikking over geavanceerde nachtzichtapparatuur. Regelmatig moet hiermee worden getraind om deze middelen optimaal te kunnen benutten. Naarmate de dagen langer worden, neemt de mogelijkheid om vroeg op de avond te trainen af. Om extra overlast te voorkomen in de nachtelijke uren, is ervoor gekozen om nog enkele avondvluchten te maken op dagen dat het nog vroeg donker is.
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Hi all,

I'm planning to visit Volkel Thursday 2 April. Will there be morning flying, after nightflying on Wednesday? NOTAM says the aerodrome is open from 0930-1200LT. But will there be a morning wave?
Thanks for the answer!

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EHAM wrote:Hi all,

I'm planning to visit Volkel Thursday 2 April. Will there be morning flying, after nightflying on Wednesday? NOTAM says the aerodrome is open from 0930-1200LT. But will there be a morning wave?
Thanks for the answer!

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My Guess, same reason as for Wednesday. Traffic to/from Afghanistan. so only 2 jets. no morning wave.

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EHAM wrote:Hi all,

I'm planning to visit Volkel Thursday 2 April. Will there be morning flying, after nightflying on Wednesday? NOTAM says the aerodrome is open from 0930-1200LT. But will there be a morning wave?
Thanks for the answer!

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This is what's gone happen
F-16 demonstration aircraft in new colors
The F-16 Solo Display Team unveils Thursday, April 2 at its new colored demo unit. The F-16 is a spectacular new color sprayed. This device registration J-015, replace the unit where the recent years has flown. The F-16 in recent weeks on air Woensdrecht with the new color scheme.

Captain Ralph Aarts-pilot, flying the F-16 demonstration team, flying the new F-16 airbase Woensdrecht to Volkel airbase. Together with the F-16 in the old color scheme, the new colored device presented to the Commander Air Forces, Lieutenant-General Jac Jansen and Operations Director, also a former commander of Volkel airbase, commodore Sander Schnitger.

The color scheme is specially designed for the F-16 demo and put the unit through a high-quality paint process. If there is a special coating to the paint extra protection. The coming years will be the unit for this printer are retained.

Additionally, the new demonstration flight training. The F-16 Solo Display of the Royal Air Force demonstrates the capabilities of the unit and the skills of the kite. A show of the demo team includes maneuvers during each operational mission with an F-16 is possible. The special quality of the demonstration is that the movements can be flown directly behind where they flow into each other over. The demonstration is the same tactics as last year, but the combination in which they operated, is different.

The F-16 Solo Display is part of the public presentation of Defense and is used to include recruitment for pilots in the Air Force. Obviously, the F-16 Solo Display Team acte de présence at the Air Days of the Royal Air Force, which this year take place on Friday 19 and Saturday, June 20 at Volkel airbase.


Groet

Bron:http://www.defensie.nl/luchtmacht
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