Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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3/1/10

Landing at 23.00 was ZH536 "RRR 1324"

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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13/1/10

RAF Merlin ZJ136/U 28Sqn

No visitors from the 4th - 12th due to heavy snow.

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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14/1/10

NATO 24 overshoot at 11.00. Nothing else flying apart from NATO 24.

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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15/1/10

Parked on the 5Sqn pan was ZZ417 doing engine runs. Recently been having maintenance over Christmas.

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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18/1/10

Lots of visitors for a Monday. Noted was the following:

Xingu 073/YB bringing in French AF E3 crew.

Harrier GR9 ZG506/77 overshoot & ZH663/111 for an overshoot

The new RAF King Air G-RAFU soon to be ZK460 overshoot from Cranwell

2 Red Arrow hawks came in. XX308 & XX260. Red 3 came in later that day.

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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19/1/10

Noted on a very cold day:

Shadow R1 ZZ417

Nimrod XW665? 51sqn

CT49 NATO LX-N19997 "NATO 26"

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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20/1/10

51Sqn Nimrod doing Touch & Go's

Also

"TARTAN31" XR807 Vickers VC10 doing Circuits.

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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22/1/10

13:16. RRR 7013.> to land.

Could be an islander, can anybody confirm?

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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27/1/10

Visitors for the day:

Harrier GR9 ZG858/90
Harrier GR9 ZG507/78

Tucano T1 ZF145

Agusta A109 ZR323 32Sqn

Islander ZF573

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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28/1/10

A quick log produced the following:

NATO E3 LX-N90448

Boeing KC135 60-0331 100th ARW Touch & Go's

Shadow R1 "Vulcan 01" ZZ417

Vulcan R1 XW664 "Vulcan 51" ETD 15.00

Agusta A109 ZR323 32Sqn still parked down Harmston End

Islander "Ascot 7944" Islander?

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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29/1/10

Visitors for the 29th

Shadow R1 ZZ417 landed in the morning about 10:30am

BAE Harrier T10 ZH657/105

FAF E3 201/36-CA landed to visit the RAF E3 Simulator

Tucano T1 ZF515 landed from Linton-On-Ouse

2 Navy Lynx's inbound for fuel in the morning. "Skua 1" XZ690 & "Skua 2"

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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2/2/10

Quick log from a very cold Waddington.

Nimrod R1 "Vulcan 51" XW664 doing Circuits

Shadow R1 ZZ417

Xingu 090/ZF

Boeing E3 Sentry Touch & Go's ZH103/03

NATO 707 LX-N20199

BAE Dominie XS727/D

Harrier GR9 ZG531/85

Sentinal ZJ691 + 2 others on sentinal pan.

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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4/2/10

Diverting into Coningsby from Waddington was:

098 YO Xingu "FAF 9090"

Due to weather.

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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5/2/10 - 12/2/10

5th - 7th:

Flying E3's
ZH102/104
Sentinel ZJ691
Shadow ZZ417 "Widget 01?"
King Air ZK451 circuits

8th
Harrier GR9 ZD330 11 "Cott 39" Overshoot
Rampage 11/12 QO-A ZJ920 ,QO-L ZJ918 landed for fuel
King Air ZK452/L 45sqn "Cranwell 71"

9th
E3's ZH101/102/105/106
Sentinel ZJ691 5sqn (No Markings) & ZJ693 (5sqn Markings)
Shadow ZZ417 + 1 other in hanger

Over the top
USAF Boeing C17 03-3116 "RCH388"

10th
Sentinel ZJ691 & ZJ693 were both active
Shadow R1 ZZ417
Nimrod XW664
Beech King Air ZK451/K

11th
Boeing E3 FAF 204/36-CD

Only movement for the day then it was practically dead.

12th
Boeing E3 FAF 204/36-CD

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Re: Waddington (EGXW) - 2010 MIL

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24/3/10

After been ill for a while and on the road to recovery, i descided to visit Waddington and see what was about.

Lynx
XZ615

Apache
ZJ233

C130J
5607 Norweigon AF

Sentinal
ZJ692

King Air
ZK457

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