Hi John ,
A Hornet 2 ship went up at 17.25 , followed 10 min later by a singleton ,then another 2 ship at 17.45 , the 1st 3 came back as sixpack at approx 18.40
Thanks for the company today , you left at the right time as when the sun went down it was bitter.

Stewart .

Thanks to you both .
Stewart .

Could someone please tell me what time the viewing area carpark gate has opened in the morning & closed on an eve as I'll be down on Tue and Wed & hope to stop late.
Thanks in advance .
Stewart .

9.22 - I missed the callsign but I'm sure Grizzly formation dep just after 9am .

8.54 - Wildcat Formation just dep Carlisle heading south & now talking to London on 125.475 ,
Redskin formation ( 2 ) about to dep .
Stewart .

8.30 - Redskin just dep , talked to Scottish on 119.875 - Sound like Northolt again , have just changed Freq & I missed it .
Stewart .

8.14
- Have just heard Grizzly talking to Carlisle Tower & Northolt was mentioned as they're destination .
Sounds like they could be dep in about 30 min .
Stewart .

Exercise ends later today with the Dutch departing south tomorrow .
Stewart

17.27 - 123.6 - Grizzly 21 + 22 & Redskin formation dep Carlisle for Spadeadam & are now working the range & 2 Helicopters( Cougars? ) have just gone over my house in Carlisle inbound the field .
Stewart .

10.14 - 282.050 - Redskin formation - Dutch Apache's cleared in to range for 2 hr sortie .
Stewart .

Called in today just after 13.30 for my dinner while doing a job at Brampton , everything was in with nothing running . Just after 14.00 the Tower gave the Dutch the weather for Spade , 2000m visability but a cloud ceiling of only 200m. 14.20 - Wildcat 5 started up for what would be more infield act...

Arrived at Carlisle Airport at 9.40 hoping for an early start but found out later from Danny that as they are night flying ,sorties are starting at 14.00 in Spadeadam . Action started at 13.26 when Grizzly 1 + 2 req start up & dep for Spade at 13.53 . 14.43 - Whiskey formation 2 x Apache req start u...

Arrived at 10.30 to find it very quiet with only the APU running on what turned out to be Grizzly 2 , at 13.23 pm Wildcat 3 with 3 POB requested start up followed by Grizzly 2 with 7 pob then Grizzly 1, they would have dep for Spade by 13.45 but the range was closed until 14.00 & nobody would answer...

Thanks for starting the thread Geoff, I'll be up all day Tue + Wed & will probably get up to the Airport a few times after work while the Ex is on .
If I see or hear anything I'll post it here or get in touch .

Stewart .

I think this is the reason for the early start -http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meanin ... /poets-day
Stewart ..

23.18 - CP-140 140111 about to pass Newtonmore on the A9 inbound to Lossie .

Stewart .

A Falcon 20 is also in the area flying race track patterns between Arran & Islay at FL24 .

Stewart .

According to Flightradar CP-140 140111 is up just off Islay heading 248 at 12,800ft .

Stewart .

Contrail1958 wrote:

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Colin
An some i presume support

HA Ha And the B52's by the end of the week. Nice one Colin.

Always liked the B52's especially the red head Kate Pierson .

Stewart .

Spade was in use last night , Heard callsigns between 17.15 - 18.15 contacting Spade controller & requesting threats .
Stewart .