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C130 7/8/17

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 9:52 am
by blacky666
Hi All
Does anyone know ID of C130 (pos Saudi) around 1pm on 7/8/17. Cheers Ian

Re: C130 7/8/17

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 11:19 am
by jetnoise
There was a RAF Herc C4 on an ILS approach to Blackpool at this time. It had tail art for the 100th Anniversary of 206 Sqn. See photo at viewtopic.php?f=16&p=849774 this shows the aircraft as ZH866

Hope this helps

Re: C130 7/8/17

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 3:59 pm
by blacky666
Cheers for that, unfortunately I didn't have my scope or camera with me and come to think of it it was off the normal track for warton. Regards Ian

Re: C130 7/8/17

Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2017 10:14 pm
by powerslave
Its callsign was Gauntlet.

Ian

Re: C130 7/8/17

Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2017 3:13 pm
by TombsRIP
It wad ZH866 csign BDN (Gauntlet) 84 and it is now a C.6.
206(R) sqn is what used to be the Heavy Aircraft Test & Evaluation Sqn HATES (or HATS).

HTH