LIFTER 1 and LIFTER 2 reported at Hurn this afternoon - what will be at Altcar for the open house

""Obviously not appearing on adsb then.""

They can switch it off if they wish - an SF exercise my be one of those occassions.

Thursday - 12.35 pm

callsign TIGER 65 ( see post 8 on page 1 ) is up - taking the pressure for both Barnsley and also the Wessex regions - *might be* heading south

15.45 a LIFTER callsign just arrived in Herefordshire

another Pembrey visitor earlier today ( around noon ) was Wildcat calling as MARINE 11 - in theory ZZ384

Maybe related "9401" just left Brize

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Plenty to listen too - I'm not far from you

egg - see this

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They move between Hurn / Northolt / Waddington primarily

That's interesting - from Surbiton to Northolt, not far - *speculation* if *big if* for example it had minimum fuel it *might* route direct through LHR airspace. Just a thought. Not surprised it doesn't appear on your ping screen. Hopefully a local with a radio may have more insight, but your Island...

Hopefully there is at least one enthusiast in the west London area with an airband radio who listens to Northolt.

*If* big *if* it was a sensitive Islander then bear in mind they don't ping, so won't show up on the various ping screens.

Wild guess - specualation warning - could it relate to one of the sensitive Islanders that operate from Northolt, perhaps - end of wild guess

12.25 VORTEX 499 self ID as a Chinook out of Odiham en route to Holbeach

I do wonder sometimes.

16.06 WESTLAND 06 made a call to London Info - wanted feedback on ADSB output - controller gave Hex Codeas "43EC3" obviously I missed part of this - Controller noted that no output for altitude was showing. No other nfo given re type or position.

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""Very interesting, but most could do with more than a little tlc."" True, but bear in mind the more historic top drawer exhibits ( very many of them ) are in excellent condition in the display hangars. The outside exhibits have to cope with summer temperatures of 38c and winter temps of minus 27c, ...

A great selection well done. Your image of N8200L is a great catch, especially as it appears to have been burnt out during an attack at Camp Simba in Kenya overnight, photo here


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see here - suggests it might have been 22nd August 1988 - googled Margaret Thatcher plymouth 1988

https://www.margaretthatcher.org/document/107088

Yes my notes also show XM648 9sqn - they also say it was wearing the then newish all over camo

others of interest among the show aircraft were

"Eifel Eagle" was also there - AF79.036 "BT" 36 TFW with red/yellow/blue tip and a "Jolly" nice Sembach based CH-53C AF70-(1)629 601 TCW