RAF Shawbury moves - MAY 2010

[dubmasteruk]

RAF Shawbury moves to be put here for May 2010

[dubmasteruk]

04/05/10

Noted today, all u/d at the moment. Id's hopefully to follow.

1 x HAWK 'VYT65'
1 x HAWK 'VYT19' (Arr from Cranwell according to ATC chat)
2 x HAWKS 'STINGRAY'

One of the above Hawks departed as 'CRANWELL08', id tbc.

1 x TUTOR 'UAY12' OVERSHOT

[SCARECROW]

04/05/10 Shawbury and Ternhill

4 Hawks diverted in today.
HAWK (XX314) 'VYT65' arr fm Lyneham
HAWK (XX194) 'VYT19' arr from Cranwell
HAWKS(XX245 & XX263) 'STINGRAY' arr fm Brize Norton
serials/callsigns not tied up

HAWK XX322 'CWL 08' dep store to Cranwell for repaint for RAFAT (this one did not crash in the car park !!)
Tutor U/K 'UAY 12' o/s
A109 ZR322 'RR 1594' arr fm/to Ternhill

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Today the Hawks departed, well 3 of them did

XX263 Spl marks 'Snapper form' dep to Valley
XX245 U/M 'Snapper form' dep to Valley
XX194 208(R)SQN 'Jester 2' dep to Valley

XX314 was u/s so is still outside !!

Arriving for a night stop was Tucano ZF512 72(R)SQN LOP 12
Refuelling today was Lynx AH7 XZ(680)/E AA 737 arrived from M Wallop, dep to Carlisle or Scotland according to the pilot.

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Shawbury 7th May

Tucano ZF342 'CWL 06' arrived fm Cranwell for a visit
AH64D ZJ169 'AA 094' refuelled on its way to Valley

Hawk T1 XX314 dep as 'Snapper form' back to Valley
Hawk T1 XX175 arr as 'VYT 79' and dep as 'Snapper form' after bringing in the pilot for 314
Hawk T2 ZK020 departed by road today to Brough

Griiffin HAR.2 ZJ703 84 SQN 'SY 100' dep to Valley for a while ?
Bell 212 ZK067 'SY 103' was PAX for SY 100
A109 ZR325 'SY 151' dep/arr Northolt today

Also RTB fm a week at Honington were Griff's K, S, U, and X as 'Afghan form', they had dep Monday 3rd

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Visiting today, 10th, for refuel Puma HC1'S XW211 and XW222 'Mecca form'

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Gaz XW847 refulled today on its way to Benson from Blackpool as 'AA 566'

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Shaw 12th

A109 ZR323 'RR 1394' visited today, Dauphin ZJ ??? 8 FLT '1TH16' also paid a quick visit.

[gw4frx]

>Dauphin ZJ ??? 8 FLT '1TH16' also paid a quick visit.<

ZJ783. Arrived 1024 and departed 1034 according to SBS.

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AH64D AA 317 ZJ226 just arrived for refuel(1125ish) due out after lunch

[dubmasteruk]

13/05/2010

Arriving during the morning were two Seakings ZF124 & ZG820/I, using the Callsigns 'NAVY YANKEE430' & 'COMMANDO513'. Callsign tieups not known. Both departed on a sortie (Poss to MFTA?) and arrived back during the afternoon.

Hawk T2 ZK022 departed by road to Brough. Noted in hangar 14 loaded on a BAE Systems curtain sided truck, hence why no one ever spots these road running on their journey north. Truck noted departing at 11.15am.

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Leaving store this week are the following Gazelle's(approx 14 left today with the rest due to leave by weds.

XW848, XW909, XW913, XX371,XX383, XX386, XX394, XX398, XX409, XX416, XX437, XX438, XX439, XX445, XX455, XX456, XX462, XZ291, XZ292, XZ296, XZ304, XZ314, XZ324, XZ338, XZ344/Y, ZA726, ZA728, ZA776, ZB673, ZB688.

All have been bought by a company in South Lincs/Leic's area. All are being roaded in 2's on open trucks so look out on the roads !!

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Hawks refuelled today XX199, XX159 & XX317 'Python 1-3. U/K Hawk 'BDN 50' overshot this AM.
Also visiting were Lynx AH7 XZ220 'AA 732' and XZ680/E 'AA 733' both inbound Valley.

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Today Gaz XW847 'AA 563' arr from Shobdon and dep to Blackpool

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Today U/K Chinook (HC3?) 'SHF 550' overshot this morning and Squ HT2 ZJ250 670 SQN 'AA 725' refuelled over lunch time

[muscat90]

SHF550 identified as ZH900 at Prestwick, in for for fuel, then up to Lossie

[dubmasteruk]

25/05/10

Both performing overshoots were:-

U/D HAWK T1 4FTS 'VYT47' (PM)
U/D DA42 'CREDIT22' (AM )

Appologies for the DA42 inclusion,possible DO Systems a/c?. One possibly heard recently routing through zone as 'TEMPO12', refused to pass his aircraft type to controller when asked and suggested they got it from handover info passed on from Brize radar.

26/05/10

P-352,P-254 & P-275, Danish Fennecs all nightstopping on VASF apron. Arrived as 'DanishAir Force 3360/3361 & 3662'. No serial/c/s tie ups known at present.