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Culdrose 10/5/2018

Please post movements and activities for RNAS Culdrose and Predannack here
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erik_k
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Culdrose 10/5/2018

Post by erik_k » Thu May 10, 2018 11:48 pm

Seen May 10th here by a quick visit 2x PM:
ca12-1.15PM:
1x Merlin nn northbound 11.30h, arr 12.30h
1x Merlin dep 12.50lt
1x Merlin no code ? 814NAS ramp near spotters corner
2x Merlin SW ramp
With 1x grey Sea King next to it (active one?)
Avengers ZZ501, ZZ503 ramp
736NAS ramp Hawks:
XX32(4 or 7)/CU with yel/red mks (XX324 was seen on radar overhead Newquay this morning!)
2x Hawk flightline
Flying:
Hawks XX159/159 with XX2(39?)/CU-824 with flash both back 1.10PM (2 other were in the air)
Hawk XX280/280 take off 12.30lt
Wildcat ZZ5.. RN take off 1.00PM
1x Falcon 20 FRA high crossing from south to north ca.12.50LT

Hangar W11 next to east gate:
Merlin .../511 code (left)
grey Lynx or Wildcat (no code) (middle)
Sea Harrier nn (right)
Are those active or SFDO aircraft?

Seen ca.18-18.30h:
No Avengers on ramp anymore
2x Merlin SW ramp
1x Sea King grey

Merlin ZH(84)1 no code, marks on nose, ramp north near 829NAS hangar

SFDO north-side:
Sea Harriers ZH804 no tail
ZH811/L (are those the 2 also visible from spotters corner)
1x with checkerd tail, can only be 13, 40 or 90 next to ZH804
Sea King code 03 on nose
EH101 should be ZF641/641

And the preserved Sea Hawk and Sea King.

Any help on serials active or stored aircraft is very welcome!

Erik (from Holland)
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EGDR
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Re: Culdrose 10/5/2018

Post by EGDR » Fri May 11, 2018 6:09 pm

Can't help much with the Merlins out on the pan, but otherwise.

Your first Hawk would be XX324.
XX205 should be the other (CU-842).

Hangar W11 airframes are all stored for use by the fire service and SFDO.
Merlin 511 is AV511, avionics mock up.
The Lynx/Wildcat is definitely a Lynx, but I'm not sure which.

Preserved Sea King XV673
Sea Hawk WF225

I'll ask around to see if anyone else has info on the other bits.

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Re: Culdrose 10/5/2018

Post by erik_k » Fri May 11, 2018 6:42 pm

Thanks for the help so far!
Hope you can help me on the others.
I made a picture of the Lynx in hangar W11, so hope to see if it is the HAS.2 or XZ248.
I read about 511 not being a real one unfortunately.
In a previous post I saw Hawk coded 824 is XX200 ?
The Sea King near the Merlins should be a ASAC.7

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Re: Culdrose 10/5/2018

Post by EGDR » Sat May 12, 2018 10:13 am

You may have been correct originally with the Hawk actually. XX239 has also worn CU-842, and some of the codes have been swapped around (I haven't kept track).

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Re: Culdrose 10/5/2018

Post by erik_k » Fri May 18, 2018 10:35 am

Can anyone confirm only 1 Wildcat was flying this day?
ZZ533 is the only one in ADSB in Cornwall.

Anyone for the Sea King with code 03 on nose at SFDO near the Harriers please ?

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Re: Culdrose 10/5/2018

Post by bizfreeq » Fri May 18, 2018 1:07 pm

KyleG wrote:
Sat May 12, 2018 10:13 am
You may have been correct originally with the Hawk actually. XX239 has also worn CU-842, and some of the codes have been swapped around (I haven't kept track).
XX239 was 842 last month:
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=161057
Cheers
Mark



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Re: Culdrose 10/5/2018

Post by erik_k » Sat May 19, 2018 11:44 am

I checked my pictures:
Sea King code 03 has a radome on top, so a HAS.5/6 ?
The Lynx in hangar W11 is XZ248, ID-ed from the text on the side and no code 69 like XX510 has.

I photographed a Merlin with tiger unit mks on nose at ramp next to 829NAS hangar. No code but I think to read ZH8(3)1, can this be correct?

Thanks Mark for the Hawk confirmation

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Re: Culdrose 10/5/2018

Post by erik_k » Sun May 20, 2018 6:28 pm

Sea King code 03 on nose and L in tail, can this be ZD634/L-503 l/n stored 2017 in Gosport??
Anyone?

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