Another point on 'smart' meters - a couple of years back there was an item in "Private Eye" explaining that they can be hacked! I have yet to read that this has been rectified.

A couple of comments from my log: Mirage IIIE "514 or 574" was 514 (574 was marked '13-QF' and probably inside at that time - it went to GI at Rochefort). CM.170 "219" was actually 209 (219 was current with GE-315 as '315-QG' at the time). Elsewhere on the field was Mirage IIIR 304, though I cannot ...

The only one for sure is AOZ which was Alouette II 1335.
Cheers, ZF.

The only date I found in my notes/log is 15.8.74 when it visited Upper Heyford with 104747/104751/104880.
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A-7E AG-310 was 158663.
ZF.

Very nice set, thanks for sharing. Couple of typos I suspect: FA-18 CE-01 is 165684 (165864 is an F/A-18E) and we logged CH-53 164859 as YK-859 (not YN-).

Cheers, ZF.

Well done Alf for getting the GP clue. Took me a while to get many years back - damn Times crossword.......
Cheers, FZ.

Not aviation-related, but one of the best cryptic crossword clues I have come across was simply: GP (5)
[ie the answer is five letters long]
Enjoy!
ZF

We used Double Eagle in September. Did a couple of circuits of AMARG/Pima etc and then two approaches at Marana/Pinal for the US Army choppers. Cost $375.

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Additional notes from my log: ABF was 1193, in the Museum storage hangar. BBK was probably a mis-log of BDK in the farside hangars; 1388 from the base list, confirmed May-04. BCK = 1077 in Hangar H. BDB - there were two: one was 1129 in Hangar H, the other was 1675 in the Museum storage hangar. BDN ...

Love the 'Stars, but all cracking nostalgia. I first saw the Turk in it's former guise as 25+45 with JbG-34 at the Landsberg show Sept-1987..... Happy days. Thanks for sharing.

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It went to Schwenningen museum by 1988 and was still there Apr-16. Various editions of EW&R/EMOOS have no i/d other than it is c/n S2/6920 (and is "not XL762").

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There were 7 at the 2014 show - two more were visible in their hangar.

Not wishing to appear churlish but the a/c involved is reported to be RF-94159/35 red.

A tragic event in terrible conditions.

16560 would be 66- fiscal, almost certainly 22 AvnDet from Pirmasens.

No idea on the F-16 though - perhaps 80-0574 from Hahn?

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F-15C 166 may be in brackets because you weren't able to positively i/d the serial - 86-0166 was marked up as "48th OG" at that time.

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Courtesy of the latest edition of the excellent "EMOOS", the two are FU63/"BA56" and FU183/"BA06". The cockpit section of FU181/"BA02" went to Helvoirt/Vught [NL] by May 1999 and the rest of the a/c is thought to have long gone from Helchteren.

Bearing in mind the serial presentation, a simple case of mis-poled FY there then: 37793 = 21793 and 37851 = 21851. I logged both on 21.3.71 and 25.4.71. Afraid I wasn't there on 10 April.
Cheers, ZF.

74-1626 HR no colour was recorded by BAR on 20.10.77 and it was seen there by me 11/12.11.77. No other contenders found in the time period.
Cheers,
ZF.

I had seen a photo before but while on the road in rural Somerset I actually came up behind one of those slurry/septic tank clearance tankers marked "Stool Bus" which made I chuckle. Had to stop while he reversed into someone's driveway and noted the front of the vehicle was marked "The Only Way Is ...