Wittmund (ETNT) - 2013 MIL

[Heron]

Log 24-04-2013:

14+01 BD5000 Luftwaffe, FBS approach 14:48lt
14+04 BD5000 Luftwaffe, FBS approaches 11:39lt + 12:02lt
30+09 Taifun Luftwaffe, JG73
30+66 Taifun Luftwaffe, JBG31
30+83 Taifun Luftwaffe, JG74 afternoon mission
3.+.. F-4F/ICE Luftwaffe, JG71 dep. 08:20, not returned
37+92 F-4F/ICE Luftwaffe, JG71 QRA2
38+.. F-4F/ICE Luftwaffe, JG71 dep. ca. 08.35, not returned
38+28 F-4F/ICE Luftwaffe, JG71 towed, “45 Jahre in Schortens” c/s
38+37 F-4F/ICE Luftwaffe, JG71 2x mission
38+64 F-4F/ICE Luftwaffe, JG71 QRA1, gold comet wih “Goldene HPO”-tls
50+74 C-160D Luftwaffe, LTG61
82+03 AS-532U2 Cougar Luftwaffe, FBS
D-EAOY TB-20-250 Trinidad (landed 1st of 11)
D-EBBY CF172M Skyhawk-II (landed 11th of 11)
D-EDWX Cirrus SR20 G2 (landed 3rd of 11)
D-EEDR R.90-230RG (landed 4th of 11)
D-EGIW Wa-52 Europa (landed 10th of 11)
D-EGPR PA-28-181 Archer-II (landed 8th of 11)
D-EIRX CF172M Skyhawk-II (landed 6th of 11)
D-EKGW Cirrus SR22GTS G3 (landed 2nd of 11)
D-EKPC Mooney M.20J-201 (landed 5th of 11)
D-ELLK PA-28-161 Cadet (landed 9th of 11)
D-EQTT ST-10 Diplomate (landed 7th of 11)
D-HMUS BK-117B-2 ADAC crossing south of the field 2x, north of the field once
N262WL A-4N Skyhawk BAE Systems dep. 14:43lt, not returned
N432FS A-4N Skyhawk BAE Systems 2x mission
N434FS A-4N Skyhawk BAE Systems 2x mission
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edit: corrected civil aircraft types from Air Britain register... turns out Airframes.org is not that accurate about light civil aircraft

[gortje]

Hi,

I hope someone will help me with spotting on Wittmund.

Do somebody knows how many waves there normally are on Wittmund??
And do they fly every day except the weekends??
And is monday or tuesday a good day to go, or do you have a lot of luck to see the Phantoms at Wittmund??
This because i want to go next monday or tuesday to Wittmund.

[KIER]

Today ( Friday) 5x Mirage F.1 from France landed at Wittmund. Maybe this could be a weekend stop. If so,.... that would make monday departure day.

numbers are ;

658 , 659, 662, and two unknown.



Rgds,


Kier

[Wim]

@ Heron.

We were there too on Wednesday 24/04 from 08h00 on. In the morning only 2 phantoms flew:

38+48 took off at 08h30lt and went to Laage and returned around 17h00lt
38+37 took off at 09h40lt and landed again at 10h37lt

The 2 spare QRA's were 38+10 (special sheme) and 37+22 (which later on broke up and they towed it to the maintenance). they replaced it with an other one, but don't know which one.

[gortje]

If this is true that the 5x Mirage F1 departed on Monday i'll be there next monday!!
I've seen also the F1s at Leeuwarden last Thursday, but are this the same aircrafts that are also on Leeuwarden??
I hope that it will be a nice day monday, and of course i will share my photos here on Scramble and at my website.
Many thanks for your information Wim & Kier.

Have a nice weekend!!!

[B727]

The 5 F1CR continued their journey to Šiauliai.

[Tigerspoon]

The 5 F1CR continued their journey to Šiauliai.

Only 4 of them. The fifth one departed back to LFBM. It was only airspare!!

[etnp]

Does anybody know whgen they are expected back from Siauliai and if they fuelstop again here?

[Ewald]

The Numbers of the Mirage F1 are:

647 / 118-CB
654 / 118-NC
658 / 118-NQ
659 / 118-NT
662 / 118-NF

Departure after 14.00 local 2+2+1.
The last (single) one was 654 / 118-NC. So this might be the spare.

Beside the Mirages it was a very quite day. Only 1 Phantom flying. The 38+33. (Good weather for burners!).
P3C 60+05 did two approaches.
No QRA.
38+33 was towed into a Hangar in the afternoon.

[Flygvapnet_Viggen]

Does anybody know if there will be any flying at Wittmund on Wednesday the 8th of May next week?
It is just before ascension day, which is a public holiday. We are planning to go there on the 8th, so any information is welcome!

Thanks a lot,
Corné Uittenbogaard

[Ewald]

If you are a facebook-user, you should vist the phantom-pharewell-site!
There you can find all the information about the last activities from the lovely Phantom!
If you are not at facebook, you should know the following:
On the 8th of May, there will be the "phirst last phlight" of the 37+01!!!
So, you should visit ETNT. When the QRA is also phlying, this could be your perfect Phantom-day!

[Richard de Florennes]

thanks for the information regarding 37+01 but I can not find any hint on their Facebook site!?
And according to NOTAM service, then airfield will have radar support from Bremen until early afternoon only? So we can expect some kind of low "Friday" flying only?

[P.Terlouw]

Log Monday 06-05-2013:

37+92 F-4F JG71 QRA
38+62 F-4F JG71 QRA
38+33 F-4F JG71 "norm 81 camouflage"
38+48 F-4F JG71

N434FS A-4N Flight Systems
N262WL A-4N Flight Systems

visitors:

60+05 P-3C MFG3 3x overshoot
15+02 A319 FBS BMVg full stop
50+93 C160D LTG61 full stop

[Gambler77]

thanks for the information regarding 37+01 but I can not find any hint on their Facebook site!?
And according to NOTAM service, then airfield will have radar support from Bremen until early afternoon only? So we can expect some kind of low "Friday" flying only?

Exactly. I guess it will officially rollout tomorrow. But unfortunately weather forecast is not the best. Phull Burners for everyone going there tomorrow!

[wweasel]

visited Wittmund today and spoke to one of the pilots; eta is about 9:30 fm Jever and it will fly some passes with a EF-2000. The weather will be not great but you never know....good luck and hope to see the pictures soon.

Today:
37+92 HG 01A/B dep around 8.15
3*+62 HG 01A/B
37+22 'Spook1' together with 30+83 (JG-74 badge but with 'R' on the nose; second EF-2000 tdy here; the other one is 30+66)
38+48
38+33 (two times)
N262WL/262 A-4N dep/arr

This afternoon only 38+33 flew. We left around 16:00 and everything was quiet.