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Hans van Herk wrote:
mwpeters wrote:Was at NASNI aswell, two weeks ago and did the harbor boat tour. This resulted in approximately 50 Sea Hawks read. Regarding the maintenance codes for the Hornets, anyone who know how to make the translation between these codes and the buno's?

regards, Maarten
Can you share the actually read or photographed serials with code tie-ups of the Sea Hawks with us?

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Hello Hans,

still working on it, but hope to finish it soon. When finished, I will add the number here in this topic.
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What harbor tour operator did y'all use?
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In March we used the Hornblower 1 hour northern harbour tour.
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Melchior Timmers wrote:In March we used the Hornblower 1 hour northern harbour tour.
Thx Melchior.
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Hi Maarten -many thanks for that advice, about to head there in two weeks.
Just wondering did you pre-book or just turn up? We expect to be there on a Friday.
Regards,
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Mainsail wrote:Hi Maarten -many thanks for that advice, about to head there in two weeks.
Just wondering did you pre-book or just turn up? We expect to be there on a Friday.
Regards,
Colin
I would think there will quite a few people in the area over the next few weeks between Yuma(WTI) and Miramar(show)hopefully everyone posts what they see and between us all we can get a good list together for NASNI
I will be in San Diego for a week(none spotting) but hopefully can provide some sightings
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Mainsail wrote:Hi Maarten -many thanks for that advice, about to head there in two weeks.
Just wondering did you pre-book or just turn up? We expect to be there on a Friday.
Regards,
Colin
We did a pre-book the afternoon before we went. Do the morning tour otherwise you are facing the sun.
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Question on a tie-up. I made a picture of a MH-60S with tail code NG, number on the fuselage/nose/engine cover shows 614 and on the door there is a batch of HSC-14.

HSC-14 has the NG tailcode, so that should be right, but they normally have only two digits in the code instead of three. Normally only HSC-4 and HSC-8 has three digits starting with a 6, but the letters are not NG but NE and NH.

The same is applicable on NG-615 and NG-617.

Does anyone have a clue which BuNo is involved?
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Maarten,

They have both 2 and 3 digit codes, in March we saw:
168553/NG-(6)14
167861/NG-(6)15
168559/NG-617
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Melchior Timmers wrote:Maarten,

They have both 2 and 3 digit codes, in March we saw:
168553/NG-(6)14
167861/NG-(6)15
168559/NG-617
Hi Melchior,

I just found on on my pictures that I photographed two Sea Hawks with the code 617, the tie-up for the other one is unknown to me because I did not saw a tail code nor a sq batch.
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Here my log of what I could read from my pictures with BuNo's and tail codes. This is not always applicable for the F/A-18s, where in most cases I could only read the maintenance code and/or the former sq code:
  • Basic type Full type Serial Code Country Unit Status Remark
    Beech 350 Beech 350CER N610A United States of America US Customs & Border Protection act
    G.123 E-2C-II 165297 E-584 United States of America North Island std
    G.123 E-2D 167930 672 United States of America USNavy VAW-120 act
    G.123I C-2A 162169 United States of America USNavy VRC-30 act Maintenance area
    G.123I C-2A 162172 United States of America USNavy VRC-30 act Maintenance area
    MD F-18 F/A-18D 162402 RP-87 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18B 162408 RL-89 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18A+ 162888 RP-42 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18A+ 163107 RP-73 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18A++ 163167 VE-200 United States of America North Island std VMFA-115 CAG c/s
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 163458 FH-51 United States of America North Island std ex 23/NAWDC
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 163494 RP-95 United States of America USNavy North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 163508 SH-237 United States of America USNavy North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 163999 FH-49 United States of America North Island std VFA-192 NG-412
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 164002 RP-34 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 164057 NG-300 United States of America North Island std VFA-97 CAG c/s
    MD F-18 F/A-18D 164068 RB-85 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 164205 AA-411 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F-A/18D 164947 RA-21 United States of America North Island std
    S-70 MH-60S 165743 SA-27 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 165754 20 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 165776 SA-25 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166292 SA-04 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166298 SA-32 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166302 SA-42 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166307 SA-36 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166309 SA-21 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166323 WC-43 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166325 VR-63 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166331 WC-46 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166343 SA-16 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166362 WC-44 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166364 WC-54 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166369 SA-17 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60R 167050 35 United States of America USNavy HSM-35 act HSM-35 Magicians CAG c/s
    S-70 MH-60S 167816 VR-64 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    S-70 MH-60S 167843 WC-41 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 167845 WC-50 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 167867 NE-613 United States of America USNavy HSC-4 act
    S-70 MH-60S 167883 VR-71 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    S-70 MH-60R 168101 15 United States of America USNavy HSM-49 act HSM-49 Scorpions CAG c/s
    S-70 MH-60R 168161 AG-702 United States of America USNavy HSM-79 act
    S-70 MH-60S 168531 NE-612 United States of America USNavy HSC-4 act
    S-70 MH-60S 168537 39 United States of America nmks act
    S-70 MH-60S 168578 VR-70 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act HSC-21 Blackjacks CAG c/s
    S-70 MH-60S 168580 WC-45 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 168586 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    S-70 MH-60R 168590 VR-60 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
Also seen where:

MH-60S code -47 on nose/engine/engine outlet code 47 did not find any match on Scramble d/b
MH60S code 617 HSC-4 batch
MH60S code 616 HSC-4 batch
MH60S code 615 HSC-3 batch
F/A-18 code RO22 maintenance code
F/A-18 tail 37 in maintenance area
F/A-18 tail SH-213 in maintenance area

Saw some more helicopters and aircraft which I still need to investigate. Nevertheless was a fruitfull harbor boat tour. Also CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson and the CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt where in the harbor, pretty impressive to see two US Navy A/C Carriers next to eachother.
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Re: NAS North Island MIL 2018

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mwpeters
Great Log.
If I do that well in a couple of weeks I will be very happy

Would it be possible to post a couple of pictures (either on board or a flickr link ? if you have one)to see what sort of distance angles you get from the boat , will save me and I am sure others a little time in setting up

many thanks
mwpeters wrote:Here my log of what I could read from my pictures with BuNo's and tail codes. This is not always applicable for the F/A-18s, where in most cases I could only read the maintenance code and/or the former sq code:
  • Basic type Full type Serial Code Country Unit Status Remark
    Beech 350 Beech 350CER N610A United States of America US Customs & Border Protection act
    G.123 E-2C-II 165297 E-584 United States of America North Island std
    G.123 E-2D 167930 672 United States of America USNavy VAW-120 act
    G.123I C-2A 162169 United States of America USNavy VRC-30 act Maintenance area
    G.123I C-2A 162172 United States of America USNavy VRC-30 act Maintenance area
    MD F-18 F/A-18D 162402 RP-87 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18B 162408 RL-89 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18A+ 162888 RP-42 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18A+ 163107 RP-73 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18A++ 163167 VE-200 United States of America North Island std VMFA-115 CAG c/s
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 163458 FH-51 United States of America North Island std ex 23/NAWDC
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 163494 RP-95 United States of America USNavy North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 163508 SH-237 United States of America USNavy North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 163999 FH-49 United States of America North Island std VFA-192 NG-412
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 164002 RP-34 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 164057 NG-300 United States of America North Island std VFA-97 CAG c/s
    MD F-18 F/A-18D 164068 RB-85 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F/A-18C 164205 AA-411 United States of America North Island std
    MD F-18 F-A/18D 164947 RA-21 United States of America North Island std
    S-70 MH-60S 165743 SA-27 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 165754 20 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 165776 SA-25 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166292 SA-04 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166298 SA-32 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166302 SA-42 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166307 SA-36 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166309 SA-21 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166323 WC-43 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166325 VR-63 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166331 WC-46 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166343 SA-16 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166362 WC-44 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166364 WC-54 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 166369 SA-17 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    S-70 MH-60R 167050 35 United States of America USNavy HSM-35 act HSM-35 Magicians CAG c/s
    S-70 MH-60S 167816 VR-64 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    S-70 MH-60S 167843 WC-41 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 167845 WC-50 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 167867 NE-613 United States of America USNavy HSC-4 act
    S-70 MH-60S 167883 VR-71 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    S-70 MH-60R 168101 15 United States of America USNavy HSM-49 act HSM-49 Scorpions CAG c/s
    S-70 MH-60R 168161 AG-702 United States of America USNavy HSM-79 act
    S-70 MH-60S 168531 NE-612 United States of America USNavy HSC-4 act
    S-70 MH-60S 168537 39 United States of America nmks act
    S-70 MH-60S 168578 VR-70 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act HSC-21 Blackjacks CAG c/s
    S-70 MH-60S 168580 WC-45 United States of America USNavy HSC-23 act
    S-70 MH-60S 168586 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    S-70 MH-60R 168590 VR-60 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
Also seen where:

MH-60S code -47 on nose/engine/engine outlet code 47 did not find any match on Scramble d/b
MH60S code 617 HSC-4 batch
MH60S code 616 HSC-4 batch
MH60S code 615 HSC-3 batch
F/A-18 code RO22 maintenance code
F/A-18 tail 37 in maintenance area
F/A-18 tail SH-213 in maintenance area

Saw some more helicopters and aircraft which I still need to investigate. Nevertheless was a fruitfull harbor boat tour. Also CVN-70 USS Carl Vinson and the CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt where in the harbor, pretty impressive to see two US Navy A/C Carriers next to eachother.
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mwpeters wrote:Here my log of what I could read from my pictures with BuNo's and tail codes. This is not always applicable for the F/A-18s, where in most cases I could only read the maintenance code and/or the former sq code:
  • Basic type Full type Serial Code Country Unit Status Remark

    S-70 MH-60S 165754 20 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    No titles or sqn badge
    S-70 MH-60S 165776 SA-25 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    No titles, sqn badge or 'SA'
    S-70 MH-60S 166298 SA-32 United States of America USNavy HSC-3 act
    Carries code 63 on LH side engine cowling
    S-70 MH-60S 166325 VR-63 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    Does not carry 'VR'
    S-70 MH-60S 167816 VR-64 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    Does not carry 'VR'
    S-70 MH-60S 168578 VR-70 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act HSC-21 Blackjacks CAG c/s
    Does not carry 'VR'
    S-70 MH-60R 168590 VR-60 United States of America USNavy HSC-21 act
    MH-60S
Also seen where:

MH-60S code -47 on nose/engine/engine outlet code 47 did not find any match on Scramble d/b
MH60S code 617 HSC-4 batch
MH60S code 615 HSC-3 batch
166328/47 HSC-23
167823/617 HSC-4
HH-60H 163792/615 HSC-3 badge
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mwpeters wrote:
Mainsail wrote:Hi Maarten -many thanks for that advice, about to head there in two weeks.
Just wondering did you pre-book or just turn up? We expect to be there on a Friday.
Regards,
Colin
We did a pre-book the afternoon before we went. Do the morning tour otherwise you are facing the sun.
Many thanks, will do!
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mwpeters wrote:
Mainsail wrote:Hi Maarten -many thanks for that advice, about to head there in two weeks.
Just wondering did you pre-book or just turn up? We expect to be there on a Friday.
Regards,
Colin
We did a pre-book the afternoon before we went. Do the morning tour otherwise you are facing the sun.
Many thanks, will do!
For the best results you can better book te last tour of the day (17:00?) when concerning the sun...
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