RIAT at RAF Fairford 18-19 July 2009 Participants

[Coati]

Thanks Hans, so reconstructing, correct me if I am wrong:

Saturday morning: on the platform, noth side:
847, 834 and 861

Hangared: 842 and 839

at 15:30:
platform: 834 and 861

Hangared: 842, 847 (towed into hangar) and 839

At 18:30
platform: 834, 861, 842 (towed from hangar)

Hangared: 847 and 839

[Lex]

I think something goes wrong because at 15:30 and 18:30 you mention 834 as platform and hangared!

[Coati]

Lex, thanks, corrected!

I meant 847 instead of 834 as towed into the hangar (as Hans pointed out).

[OscarM]

Hi,

I have a few serial questions about the saturday:

1. Which 2 Squirrels arrived together in the morning?
2. Which 3 Squirrels flew also besides ZJ267 in the Navy flypast?
3. Which RAF C-17 could be seen departing Brize Norton in de early morning (07:45?)?
4. In the afternoon there was another C-17 seen flying to Brize. Serial?

Thanks.

Oscar

[Lex]

Oscar,

1. were ZJ277/77 and ZJ276/76
3. were ZJ271/71, ZJ272/72 and ZJ274/74

Greetings
Lex

[OscarM]

Super! Thanks for the Squirrels!

Gr.

Oscar

[Phantom54]

Just one question for now:

Swiss AF PC-7 A-923 was the spare on saturday, was it visible between the two hangars during the display of the other 9 PC-7's?

[Lex]

Just one question for now:

Swiss AF PC-7 A-923 was the spare on saturday, was it visible between the two hangars during the display of the other 9 PC-7's?

There were 10 PC-7's. All were visible when walking on the static side.
Read on MSF that it was visible when the others were flying.

[perry dirkx]

I think the visible Merlin from the static side was the 847. This one did not fly the whole day, but was towed inside a hangar around 15.30. On 16.30 I visited the other side of the base (ON base) and there were only TWO Merlins outside 834 and 861.

Hans

Correct, ZH839/83 was NOT outside on Saturday, but pulled out of the hangar on Sunday

[perry dirkx]

Just one question for now:

Swiss AF PC-7 A-923 was the spare on saturday, was it visible between the two hangars during the display of the other 9 PC-7's?

There were 10 PC-7's. All were visible when walking on the static side.
Read on MSF that it was visible when the others were flying.

All 10 NCPC-7's were visible from the left hand side of the hangar when on the ground,
the spare one, was visible from the left and right hand side of the hangar when walking the crowdline

Cheers,
Perry

[perry dirkx]

Some Sunday movements:

Departing in the morning were F50 U-05 (NAF50) and Edwards KC-135R 37980 (Trout99).

Flying low overhead in one of the sparse blue spots in the clouds was a RAF C-17, think it was ZZ171. Can anyone confirm?

Arriving after the show were Swiss Falcon50 T-783 (SwissAF783) and Italian G222TCM MM62146/14-11 (I2146).
The Falcon50 departed shortely after, the G222 nightstopped

Most of the helicopters departed during or after the show:
SeaKings ZA137, ZA167, ZD625, ZF115 and LynxAH.7 XZ612 did not land and departed after the flightpast.
Lynx XZ690 and ZD263 departed after the show as Skua Formation
Chinook ZA670 departed as Vortex464
Merlins ZH834, ZH842, ZH847 and ZH861 departed as Merlin Formation, leaving only ZH839 behind.
SeaKing HAR3 ZH542 departed as Chivenor.., Anyone for the correct callsign?

Falcon20's G-FRAF and G-FRAU departed as Cobham1 and Cobham2.
C-27J departed as I2127

[GerardL]

C17 in the clouds was ZZ171 (photoproof)

[Canberra TT.18]

Oscar,

1. were ZJ277/77 and ZJ276/76
3. were ZJ271/71, ZJ272/72 and ZJ274/74

Greetings
Lex

Hi,

see also here:

http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=54304" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Pieter

[EvD]

I can confirm the Merlin most to the right as seen from the crowd line as ZH847 on Saturday morning (9-o-clock-ish). That was the only one where the serial was not blocked one way or the other.
Erwin

[Stafsels]

Hi all,

How real was the RQ-4 at the static from the NATO, just besides the NE-3A Sentry?

Greetings,

Henk