Hi,
I was for the first time in the UK (besides 1 visit to IAT Boscombe Down 1992) and here is a short log I saw with some requests, hope somebody can help?
July 19th North Weald:
For hangar:
Bulldog G-DOGE Red Arrow c/s ex Swedish AF 61022
Hangar 7:
Jet Provost G-VIVM ex XS230
Strikemaster G-MXPH/311 ex RSing.AF
outside:
Gnat "XS111" and XR538
Hangar 4:
MiG-17/Lim-5 1211 N Vietnam AF (ex Polish AF)
Vampire WZ507/74
Provost XF690
JP (XN459)/59
JP XM365 fuselage
JP XN637
Gnat G-FRCE (ex XS104)
Gnat 1x bare metal (behind G-FRCE), this must be XP540
1X Devon look-a-like? grey ex RAF??
outside hangar was JP XW311/MF/W dumped
Hangar .. (next to motorway M25):
Strikemaster G-CFBK, Kuwait AF c/s, ex RSaoudi AF 1125
Chipmunk G-BBMN (ex WD359/3)
tail T-33A N136TH (fuselage outside, Thunderbirds c/s, ex RCAF 21231)
outside:
JP XN629 fuselage
Dakota KP208/YS
C-54Q 56498 USAF
DC-4 44-42914 USAF c/s (no mil history)
Yak-52 G-YAKC ex ?
JP G-BWGS (ex XW310)
JP 104 ex South Arabian AF, G-PROV (also ex R Sing AF 352, and XS228 RAF)
L-29 G-ODAT (c/n 194227) ex ?
L-29 G-BYCT (c/n 395142) ex ES-YLH, ex ?
Gnat "XR993" is XP534 dump
North-side (overside):
Beech D18 N96240 ex RCAF 1559
Grob.109N G-BLUV NOT ex RAF!
Basset N181WW ex XS773
Yak-52 G-FLSH/52, ex 21 yel (c/n 877409)
Yak-50 G-IVAR
Ce-185 G-BXRH, ex mil???
Bulldog XX518/S (G-UDOG), +1 next to it no code, can this be XX624 (G-KDOG)?
Bulldog G-JWCM/44 ex RAF??
Bulldog 128 HKG-6 (G-BPCL) ex HKAAF
1x Yak-52 grey c/s next to the Hong Kong Bulldog
Lyneham (11.50-12.15h):
Hercules: XV220, 217, 301, 188, 200
ZH882, 875, 885, 884, 865
Hullavington (12.45-13.45h):
flying Vikings: ZE495/VA, ZE560/WH, ZE628/XS
in hangar Vikings: codes: VG/VN/VL/YE/WJ/XD/WE/YP/WW
Upavon (14.35h):
5x glider in covers outside, one coded "JLG", supposed no RAF gliders?
Netheravon "exercise Herrick 11" (15.00-16.10h):
Chinook ZH895 in grass
Merlin (ZJ995)/AD in grass
2x Sea King ASaC7 on base (should be ZD636/CU-182 and ZE420/189)
4x Apache AH1 on base (right from Sea Kings)
1x Apache landing for hotrefuelling outside base at 16.05h, on photo could be read "Z..58", so it should be ZJ168?
2 Apaches were seen flying above Salisbury Plain area around 14.20h.
2 Chinooks were seen taking off near road nr.338 (so the 2nd should be ZA714/AV ?)
preserved at the gate were Gazelle AH1 XZ346 and Scout AH1 (XV13)6.
Maybe anyone can help me with the other Apache's at that time/day? (I know there were 6 or 7 sunday).
Brize Norton (17.30-18.45h):
C-17A ZZ171, ZZ173 and ZZ175 should be in the hangar, tail visible with an unknown VC-10 next to it inside!
Tristar ZD953, +2 grey (anyone??)
VC-10 XV101/S, XV107/X, XV108/Y, ZA148/G and XV106/W arr at about 18.30h.
Seen overhead to Fairford: Falcon 50 T-783 and G222 mm62146/14-11 as I2146
July 20th was RAIT departure day:
request: A-109E ZR322 dep towards the spotters, another dep with a Sea King AM, whas this ZR323??
Chinook ZA707 dep from static and another stayed at static, serial?? (I read ZA670/AA dep 19th)
I now heard this Chinook was a mock-up!!!!
Seen taking off from Brize were (maybe somebody read those at Brize?):
between 10-11h 1x VC-10
11.14h 1x C-17
11.40h 1x Tristar
13.15h 2x VC-10
Seen in the direction off Lyneham 1x Sea King between 10.05-10.30h and again at 11.50h) (no RIAT dep!!) and a lot off Hercules in circuit at Lyneham...
after this we drove to Wittering and near Grove (SW of Oxford) we saw a Puma at 15.00h, anyone??
Wittering (17.00-17.10h):
2 Harriers T12's were landing, ZH663/111, ZH659/107
Cottesmore (17.20-17.45h):
Here also some Harriers landed; ZD411/40A, ZD327/08A, ZG504/75A
July 21st started with a roadrunner seen from our travellodge in Grantham-Colsterworth:
a black Gazelle G-WCRD was seen, it should have c/n 1390, this is NOT ex mil.
Cottesmore (8.30-10.00h):
spotted on flightline: codes 13/62/43A/50/45A/38/27/75A/03A/82/14 and one with only ..A on tail (c/n was taped over!!!) no sq-mks, anyone??? And another no code and no marks.
Cranwell (10.30-11.00h and 11.50-12.00h):
Beech 200: ZK450/J, ZK452/L, G-RAFP, G-RAFX
Dominie: C/D/E/H/F and O on dump
12x Tutor read on flightline
Tucano ZF295 on flightline
Alpha Jet E110/314-AH FAF6411 arr 11.50h
and E120/314-LG FAF6412 arr 11.55h
Waddington (11.15-11.40h):
E-3D: ZH101/02/04/05/07
Sentinel ZJ690 red tail stripe 5sq and one no sq-mks left off it (not read due engine was open) anyone???
(ZJ694 made a mission the day before, so maybe this one, can anyone confirm please?)
Hunter T7 G-VETA ex XL600 black c/s
Here we heard FAF, so back to Cranwell...
Than Coningsby (12.45-16.45h):
Typhoon: (ZJ814)/QO-Z, ZJ803/BA, ZJ812/BK, (ZJ933)/DF, (ZJ810)/BI, ZJ925/QO-R, ZJ815/AY, (ZJ805)/BD, ZJ813/BL, ZJ924/DD, (ZJ806)/BE, ZJ941/DG, (ZJ914)/DE, ZJ931/DA, ZJ932/DB, ZJ945/QO-F, ZJ928/QO-N, ZJ918/QO-L, ZJ916/QO-U, ZJ.../QO-I (anyone for this serial??).
visit:
Harrier GR9 ZD468/58 20sq Labor28 *
Puma HC1 XW213 Vortex002
2x Alpha Jet FAF6411/12 overshoot (see Cranwell)
1x Lynx AH7 crossing to Waddington as AAC968, serial from SBS-log is ZD278.
F-15E 97-0218/LN 492 FS Sniper11 *
F-15E 91-0321/LN 492 FS Sniper12 *
and than to Mildenhall and Lakenheath...
If somebody can help me with the missing serials???
Erik Kamphuis
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