Log Lossiemouth - Monday- 30/4/18

[vulcanxl425]

Back after a week away to find Lossie still fairly quiet.
Nice sunny day with RW 05 in use shortly after arrival.
Noted between 1030 and 1530

JW Visitors
ZH 843 Merlin HM2 829NAS arrived 1057 c/s Navy 81 Section with
ZH 861 Merlin HM2 ( Both landing RW28 and hot pit before departing north at 1127)
166695 C-40 US Navy arrived 1215 departed 1336 c/s Convoy 6743

JW Flying during visit
3299 P-3C Orion RNor AF landed back at 1239 c/s WarHorse 30 ( Landed with No.2 engine shutdown)

Local Typhoon flying
ZK 344/ 344 Spartan 14
ZK 337/ 337 Spartan 12
ZK 368/ 368 Spartan 13 ( All 3 landed back around 1142)
ZK 336/ 336 arrived back at 1304 c/s RAFAir 7040
ZK 378/ - Spartan 21
ZK 368/ 368 Spartan 22 ( Both dep 1313 back 1406)
ZK 344/ 344 Jedi 21
ZK 337/ 337 Jedi 22 ( Both dep 1332 back 1447)
ZK 314/ 314 Lossie 29 (Out at 1445 soon back at 1458)
ZK 368/ 368 Spartan 32 ( Performance Dep at 1530)

As usual same Typhoons flying AM and PM.

Al

[Bluetail]

Good log Al, to add to your list Typhoon ZK347/347 was towed from Q to 6 Sqn
Merlin ZH843 was coded 88 on its nose, and ZH861 had HMS Northumberland on its nose

[Mark Lawley]

Al

Rather than just active joint warrior stuff wouldn't it be better
to list all aircraft present so people know what's still about

Mark

[vulcanxl425]

Only listed A/c that I saw from 05 and did not go to 23 end during my visit. Understand 2 P8s , CP-140 and ATL2 were likely to be on the field so if anyone saw these additional they can update log for today.

[borrheid]

Can anyone confirm if both USN MH-60'S are still here at Lossie.

Cheers Ronnie.

[SamP]

I'm afraid the USN MH-60s departed to Wick on Friday and later onwards to their ships.

To add to your log before 10:30 Al:

4 Atlantique II FN Flotille 21F "Ulysses 49" Dep 03:20(ish) Rtn 09:38
3299 'Ulabrand' P-3C RNoAF "Warhorse 30" Dep 08:33
ZK344/344 Typhoon RAF Unmarked "Jedi 11" Dep 10:20
ZK337/337 Typhoon RAF 2 Sqn "Jedi 12" Dep 10:20
ZK368/368 Typhoon RAF 2 Sqn "Spartan 1" Dep 10:20 ( I guess these 3 must have combined into a 3 ship and changed c/s for their return)
ZK378/- Typhoon RAF Unmarked "Spartan 2" US Exchange pilot - Issues with the jet, failed to depart 2 Sqn line.
ZK314/314 Typhoon RAF 6 Sqn "?????" Dep 10:22

ZK351/351 Typhoon RAF Unmarked - Towed from 2 Sqn to Northern HAS around 09:30

To my surprise I made 3 Typhoons this morning before a day out in the highlands, a shame I wasn't there to see ZK347 towed across as thats another I need! I guess this was a jet swap with ZK351 for QRA?

Currently out on the line under the floodlights tonight are 314, 336 & 344. One of which was doing engine runs around 22:30!

[borrheid]

Thanks SamP, saved a wasted journey.......