Europe 2019: US Army 1st CAB, 1st Infantry Div. helicopters

[Rabbit]

It look likes the weather for tomorrow is okay in both Zeebrugge and Chievres. Even some sunshine.

[GIPS]

[quote="Hans van Herk"]You are correct Erwin, at this moment clear view at Zeebrugge.
We have read nine Chinooks (out of ten visible), six Apaches and seventeen Black Hawks plus two Black Hawks on ADSB.

Hans van Herk[/quot

Vanaf welke positie hans?

[Hans van Herk]

Exit from the highway to the harbour area, high elevation near an electricity house.

[GIPS]

Thanks!!
Any gps position is very welcome

[Wijgert IJlst]

You say, clear view Hans? Does that mean without obstructions? And is the rest of the fleet visible without beeing able to read the serials off?

[Reaper01]

It is not possible to see everything that is parked behind the containers.

[downwind]

Here (https://www.focus-wtv.be/nieuws/amerika ... -zeebrugge) is a nice video that gives a clue of what to expect in Zeebrugge. Only the snow has gone by now...
An 8 hectare quay aera fenced in with 2-high containers and a lot of choppers lined up against that wall.
The Chinooks and other helos being prepared for flight are more exposed in the middle area.

Best spot to read the Chinooks is the cycleway along the road opposite to the main ICO entrance.
Over the fence & containers, you can just seen their tail numbers; the smaller Blackhawks & Apaches remain hidden.

A little farther away, but with a reasonable overview of the quay, is the high viaduct over the highway.
An experienced spotter will immediately recognize the proper spot next to the little electricity house that Hans mentioned.
Friday at dusk was bad, but Hans' report shows that with good visibility there's plenty numbers to be crunched.
The white last three on most must be very helpful.

Don't worry getting lost; just follow the highway from Brugge to Zeebrugge and you can't miss the 2 high ICO-buildings (office building and black/white giant under construction) on the left.

Happy hunting!

[Hans van Herk]

GPS is 51.29285 3.24740

You are roughly one km away from the location.

Clear view is that you can see a lot of helicopters, but not identify all of them.
You definitely need good binoculars to read the helicopters. Most of them have the last three in white so these are more "easy".

No containers in front of your sight, but a parking lot with trucks.

Because the military are busy with moving the helicopters around you are able to read those.

We were there from 11:00 to 16:00 hrs and were therefore able to read nine Chinooks (we saw ten), eleven Apaches and 21 Black Hawks.
So you need time. You see more, but unfortunately not able to read those.
It is even not possible to count them.

Hans van Herk

[Wijgert IJlst]

Thx for clearing that up Hans!

[jreijmer]

On ADSB R20346 is on it's way. Most probably a group of Blackhawks.

[erik_kamphuis]

Today at 12.20h I saw R20221 on ADSB flying from Zeebrugge to Chievres. Later 2 other formations. So today some movements!

[Rabbit]

Today at 12.20h I saw R20221 on ADSB flying from Zeebrugge to Chievres. Later 2 other formations. So today some movements!

See the Chievres 2019 topic

viewtopic.php?p=922688#p922688

[CurrentOps]

https://twitter.com/1stCAB1ID/status/10 ... 0146956288

[GIPS]

ZEEBRUGGE LOG 3-2-2019:

(please note, 6 choppers were allready gone to EBCV on the 31-1-2019 , so a total of 86 choppers )


15-08195 CH-47F
15-08196 CH-47F
15-08197 CH-47F
15-08466 CH-47F
15-08467 CH-47F
16-08198 CH-47F
16-08199 CH-47F
16-08200 CH-47F
16-08201 CH-47F
16-08202 CH-47F


17-03139 AH-64E
17-03140 AH-64E
17-03141 AH-64E
17-03143 AH-64E
17-03144 AH-64E
17-03145 AH-64E
17-03146 AH-64E
17-03147 AH-64E
17-03149 AH-64E
17-03151 AH-64E
17-03153 AH-64E
17-03156 AH-64E
17-03163 AH-64E
17-03164 AH-64E
17-03165 AH-64E
17-03166 AH-64E
17-03168 AH-64E
17-03169 AH-64E
17-03170 AH-64E
17-03171 AH-64E
17-03173 AH-64E
17-03174 AH-64E
17-03175 AH-64E


26260 UH-60L
26266 UH-60L
26271 UH-60L
26300 UH-60L
26555 UH-60L
26706 UH-60L
26707 UH-60L


20160 HH-60M
20162 HH-60M
20163 HH-60M
20164 HH-60M
20165 HH-60M
20168 HH-60M
20169 HH-60M
20170 HH-60M
20171 HH-60M
20172 HH-60M
20303 HH-60M
20309 HH-60M
20350 HH-60M
20351 HH-60M
20352 HH-60M

20092 UH-60M
20093 UH-60M
20118 UH-60M
20121 UH-60M
20187 UH-60M
20221 UH-60M
20223 UH-60M
20225 UH-60M
20251 UH-60M
20255 UH-60M
20260 UH-60M
20281 UH-60M
20313 UH-60M
20318 UH-60M
20346 UH-60M
20375 UH-60M
20398 UH-60M
20399 UH-60M
20412 UH-60M
20413 UH-60M
20419 UH-60M
20420 UH-60M
20451 UH-60M
20459 UH-60M

Any help with the FY from all the H60's is very welcome.....

[Custard Gannet]

Good Log
A proper spotting day !!

CG