Thanks for the reply, there was a van towing what looked like a rotary brush up and down the runway. The two Phenoms were ZM334 and ZM335 whilst a Prefect, ZM306 callsign was Gundog I believe, did a touch and go.

Stopped at Cranwell on the way down South, only two Phenoms active, it seemed like all the other CWL callsigns were operating from Barkston Heath.

Sad to see the airfield so quiet

First visit to Leeming in more than thirty years, I may have left it a bit late... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51936857870_79fc83ee7a_b_d.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51935264127_b15150ed04_b_d.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51935264442_caeacfdfc1_b_d.jpg https://live.sta...

Thanks Mike, simple really, just reading too much into it

So we are closed until 12:45 on Tuesday although Helo's are operating from Monday, or have I totally misread it?

Great log, good to meet you this morning although it was a bit nippy

Thanks for the updated list Kevin, ZK371 which I couldn't find came rolling out with 3 Squadron yesterday afternoon (4/11/20)

Cheers

Pete

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Tue Jun 23, 2020 7:52 am

tailslides wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 23, 2020 7:42 am

No conformal tanks on them?

They are removed at LN before going to PDM. They will be refitted before going back onto the flight line.

Thanks

No conformal tanks on them?

Taking off on 02 towards WAVE

The Germans looked good on 02 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48698733348_f7ee7bf39d_h.jpg 3051a by Peter Rolt , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48698732803_e3e9eb00e0_h.jpg 3056 by Peter Rolt , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48699247652_98dc6759d1_h.jpg 3047 by Pete...

Quite pleased with a couple of days at RAF Waddington, love the 02 departures. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48699029446_4964af475a_h.jpg 733 by Peter Rolt , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48699247277_a6d2641aac_h.jpg 715a by Peter Rolt , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/...

Seems very strange to take off on 02 whatever the wind . Does that mean they will also land on 02 ?? More intersted in landing shots than high in the sky take-offs. Cheers No, land runway 20 and off straight in to their ramp. Probably why the track at the 02 end is out of bounds. Leon As we have fo...

Haha. You can see over the fence for about 2 or 3ft to the south of the red/white threshold fence, before the bush starts. Other than that, it's very hard to see. Photo on link is taken from the wave car park, gives you a rough idea. Gone are the days of head on taxi shots. You can only just see XM...

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Tue Aug 28, 2018 7:51 am

The owner of the WAVE has confirmed EF-2000 due in from Italy. Be nice to see fast jets operating here again. Just a shame the hedge is so high!!

Mike

How high is high, Stihl hedge trimmer required?

I caught ZM418 the previous day whilst driving back from Lakenheath past Humberside, the light was not as nice and the (not so) low approaches were not great for photographs either.

Try that sort of response in any other country and you will probably get locked up! Yes he may have been, in your opinion, a jumped-up jobsworth but he is doing his job. Would you do the same at Lakenheath? Arguing with the other side of the fence is only going to put what we have in this country a...

Yes, there were two youngsters waffling on about jetblast, making totally dumb statements that were laughable.

Mind you, I was blown off the old 1980's wooden fence by a gaggle of Hawks a long time ago, that was a bit of fun and they had a whole lot more blow than todays Typhoons.

Have a couple of Manfrotto monopods, great for motorsport, can be used for aircraft flying by folding forward under the lens like a rifle for more leverage. I saw an American serviceman using a tripod to photograph flying aircraft last week, he picked it up and was waving everything around, really q...

Thanks for all the kind comments, my first visit to Portugal, Monte Real is close to the Atlantic coast and Nazare, watching the waves rolling in was beautiful.