A not so satisfying visit this morning produced the following
60-0345 KC-135T did not depart
LX-N90452 E-3A dep/arr
LX-N90449 E-3A dep
OO-TFA B-757 arr/dep
and the flight-line
LX-N90455 E-3a
LX-N90456
LX-N90454
LX-N90450
LX-N90445
The other Michigan tanker was u/s and apparantly inside a hangar.
noted today beetween 08:00 and 12:25 hours and - after business near Aachen - between 17:00 and 22:05. The second tanker was pulled out of the large main hangar at 17:00 hours and performed engine test runs around 19:00 hours. A long day rewarded by the most beautyful tanker seen since many years.
GEILENKIRCHEN FRIDAY 2012-09-24 RW27
Weather: increasingly cloudy, clear air, some sun, showers with reduced visibility by afternoon, windy, calm by late evening
Based aircraft (NATO Airborne Early Warning & Control Force):
E-3A NAEW&CF 90452 T08:10 L12:21 a1
E-3A NAEW&CF 90449 T09:03 L16:15 a2
Detached aircraft (tanker support for NAEW&CF):
KC-135T 127thWG 00345 MI ANG spec c/s T19:45
KC-135T 127thWG 91512 MI ANG T22:05
Additional movements:
Boeing 757-28A (NAEW&CF) OO-TFA L09:37
On Friday, 21 September, late morning we have an operational arrival planned for the Red Arrows with 10 Hawks. They will depart later in the afternoon for an air show in the Czech Republic.
Op vrijdag 21 september arriveren de Red Arrows laat in de morgen voor een operationele tussenstop. Zij vertrekken later in de middag naar een airshow in de Tsjechische Republiek.
Am Freitag, den 21. September, wird es morgens einen operationellen Landeanflug geben. 10 Kampfflugzeuge des Kunstflugteams Red Arrows werden in Geilenkirchen erwartet und im späteren Verlauf des Nachmittags für eine Flugshow weiter in die Tschechische Republik fliegen.
