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Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
I'm having Lockheed C-130 Hercules variety on my visits to Spadeadam recently ... last week RAF C-130J, this week USMC KC-130J 165810 Bronco65 and RNlAF C-130H 30 G-275 NAF75.
Initial attempts at longer range shots were a waste of time with very hazy conditions but high cloud did give slightly better light for closer shots ... still not ideal though.
Luckily both the USMC Herc and Dutch Herc made some great low passes. And it was only in the edits that I realised that a Dutch pilot/co-pilot was continually waving as they made a nice curving pass by - cheers!
RNLAF Hercules flies past the plume of the Smokey Sam
RNLAF Hercules completes its morning session
USMC Hercules
Smokey Sam launch
RNLAF Hercules returns for afternoon session
Hi ciao bella
RTB Eindhoven
Cheers, thanks for looking
Initial attempts at longer range shots were a waste of time with very hazy conditions but high cloud did give slightly better light for closer shots ... still not ideal though.
Luckily both the USMC Herc and Dutch Herc made some great low passes. And it was only in the edits that I realised that a Dutch pilot/co-pilot was continually waving as they made a nice curving pass by - cheers!
RNLAF Hercules flies past the plume of the Smokey Sam
RNLAF Hercules completes its morning session
USMC Hercules
Smokey Sam launch
RNLAF Hercules returns for afternoon session
Hi ciao bella
RTB Eindhoven
Cheers, thanks for looking
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Amazing,great to see some operational shots from Spade.
Cheers,Keep up the good work.
Cheers,Keep up the good work.
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Great stuff
I wondered where Bronco 65 had been when it returned to Mildenhall on Thursday.
I wondered where Bronco 65 had been when it returned to Mildenhall on Thursday.
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Nice set, great to something different .
Cheers
Cheers
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Great close ups caught G275 coming up DUNMAIL RIASE wensday about 10-30 very fast and a touch high although visibility was low
Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Hi Buddy
Great shots from a place far away from me
Thanks
Paddyboy
Great shots from a place far away from me
Thanks
Paddyboy
Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
What's smokey Sam?
Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
As shown in the 6th photo, it's a missile that gives the visual plume of a manpad missile being fired at an aircraft. It is sometimes also used along with Malina, a tripod mounted box which emits a bright light that emits a UV/IR radiation that is then 'seen' by the aircraft's onboard threat detection system. As a result, the aircraft may fire chaff or flares (only helicopters nowadays at Spadeadam) to counter such threats, or they may just check and train with their onboard equipment to respond to the threat by evasive flying.Hmb wrote:What's smokey Sam?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTR-18_Smokey_Sam
Cheers, chris
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Thanks, I don't think that the weather did any favours but at least I had something close too to photograph. The USMC & RNLAF Hercules were back again today I'm told.Punkrunner62 wrote:Amazing,great to see some operational shots from Spade.
Cheers,Keep up the good work.
Cheers, Chris
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Cheers - I think it was back up again todayslogen51 wrote:Great stuff
I wondered where Bronco 65 had been when it returned to Mildenhall on Thursday.
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Thanks - I gather the Dutch Herc was up through the Lakes again today enroute to Spadeadam.kingsown wrote:Great close ups caught G275 coming up DUNMAIL RIASE wensday about 10-30 very fast and a touch high although visibility was low
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Thanks too to Blackcat1 and Paddyboy for your comments ... as always, much appreciated.
Cheers, Chris
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Nice catches Chris. Wish I'd gone down to Spade, rather than spend 2 blanks in the S-M
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
catkins wrote:As shown in the 6th photo, it's a missile that gives the visual plume of a manpad missile being fired at an aircraft. It is sometimes also used along with Malina, a tripod mounted box which emits a bright light that emits a UV/IR radiation that is then 'seen' by the aircraft's onboard threat detection system. As a result, the aircraft may fire chaff or flares (only helicopters nowadays at Spadeadam) to counter such threats, or they may just check and train with their onboard equipment to respond to the threat by evasive flying.Hmb wrote:What's smokey Sam?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/GTR-18_Smokey_Sam
Cheers, chris
Cheers bud
Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Well I think that there seems to be just as much luck or lack of at Spadeadam at times! Sometimes see Hercs flying low over Kielder Reservoir but to sit there would need such luck, and the UK Hercs seemed to use the Solway at very low level quite a bit possibly because of the wind turbines, and I feel tempted to try out a gamble there too but....toom317 wrote:Nice catches Chris. Wish I'd gone down to Spade, rather than spend 2 blanks in the S-M
Hope something comes your way soon, but I think that we need closer links to the pilot's flight planning hotline!!
Cheers, Chris
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Re: Spadeadam 19/04/17 USMC KC130J 810 & RNLAF C130H G-275
Good to see something from Spade
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