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- Fri Aug 23, 2024 2:50 pm
- Forum: RAF and RN Weapon Ranges
- Topic: Weapons ranges - spotting areas??
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2418
Re: Weapons ranges - spotting areas??
Not a spotters zone as such at tain but you can park on various different spots on the old airfield that give good views onto the range
- Fri Oct 27, 2023 9:28 am
- Forum: RAF Fairford
- Topic: Howler 51-53 Movements - 27th October 2023
- Replies: 63
- Views: 6700
Re: Movements - 27 October
Howlers are currently in 613 complex with lossie jets Jedi and fang working blue primary 355.5 blue secondary 357.625 and shot saftey 142.65 aswell as 242.25
- Fri Aug 18, 2023 8:04 am
- Forum: Tain Range
- Topic: How often do?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3883
Re: How often do?
The range is used but not too the extent it was in the eighties I’m only a couple of mile from it in tain itself so catch most stuff on there lossie jets use it regularly normally at medium altitude but sometimes they do carry out gun attacks we regularly get helos from all branches up carrying out ...
- Mon Feb 21, 2022 4:47 pm
- Forum: RAF Lossiemouth
- Topic: US Navy P-8 Movements
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8685
Re: US Navy P-8 Movements
currently rtb lossie just east of aberdeen 16.47 local Tain
- Mon Feb 14, 2022 12:57 pm
- Forum: The Fighter Control Mess
- Topic: BAE 146 fleet retirement plans (preserved)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 6824
Re: BAE 146 fleet retirement plans (preserved)
ze708 still around currently inbound wick as northolt 14 at 12.56 local 14/02/22
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 12:58 pm
- Forum: RAF Lossiemouth
- Topic: "PK232" Jan 23rd
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1338
Re: "PK232" Jan 23rd
called for ils approach to land full stop 21pob and not familiar with lossie
- Thu Dec 16, 2021 3:13 pm
- Forum: RAF Lossiemouth
- Topic: Visitors Dec 15th
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1611
Re: Visitors Dec 15th
passed west of me in tain cleared south of inverness bye inverness radar and popped up near Nairn called lossie approach as they swung round south of inverness
- Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:44 pm
- Forum: RAF Lossiemouth
- Topic: Visitors Dec 15th
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1611
Re: Visitors Dec 15th
39 and 46 showed on 360radar till they went low level s/west of wick and came back on screen as theuy pulled out south of inverness
- Sun Nov 28, 2021 5:42 pm
- Forum: RAF Lossiemouth
- Topic: Lossie Typhoons low level LFA14 / Tain
- Replies: 1
- Views: 889
Re: Lossie Typhoons low level LFA14 / Tain
Hi Gareth tain is used regularly bye lossie based aircraft usually at medium to high altitude I’m about a 2 mile away from the range twr and don’t see them often we hear them and occasionally see them low level recently we had wildcats live firing from door guns that was good too watch and listen to...
- Fri May 07, 2021 7:32 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: Busy day at Stanley Airfield Falkland Islands
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1866
Busy day at Stanley Airfield Falkland Islands
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51163933311_4f8fbe5eb1_c.jpg stanley airfield 070521-23 by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51164719634_7108042179_c.jpg stanley airfield 070521-19 by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51163272572_e7f651a08...
- Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:44 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: previous grizzlies in the falklands
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1424
previous grizzlies in the falklands
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335277293_8c59ed0bb3_c.jpg aug 7th missed approach-12 by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335283193_55918e80c4_c.jpg aug 7th missed approach-8 by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50335952411_9b62bac8db...
- Thu Apr 29, 2021 2:38 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: a couple of falklands typhoon
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2114
a couple of falklands typhoon
too us that live here on the islands these represent the sound of freedom too us https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51147513010_d39962ddd7_c.jpg stanley airfield-45 by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51146403146_17ea3758ec_c.jpg stanley airfield-38 by paul cochrane , o...
- Tue Apr 27, 2021 7:44 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: grizzly loose in the falklands
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3709
Re: grizzly loose in the falklands
Lm47 I’ll put some up of other grizzlies we’ve had down here and some typhoons aswell but I’m about too head north too inverness soon with work so won’t be too many more I’m afraid
- Mon Apr 26, 2021 10:10 am
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: grizzly loose in the falklands
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3709
grizzly loose in the falklands
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51139973389_088435a0b0_c.jpg cape pembroke-25 by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51140297050_18aa5c3ba4_c.jpg cape pembroke-22 by paul cochrane , on Flickr callsign grizzly shooting an approach to stanley airfield in the falklands la...
- Wed Nov 06, 2019 7:24 am
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: lossie this week
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5306
Re: lossie this week
I was 12sqn 84 to 86 then into the radar bay
- Sat Nov 02, 2019 5:49 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: lossie this week
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5306
Re: lossie this week
Rob you wouldn’t recognise the place I was stationed ther in the eighties its a crying shame seeing it now so little going on it like a ghost town
- Fri Nov 01, 2019 8:21 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: lossie this week
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5306
Re: lossie this week
Thanks Kev yep worked on buccs at lossie hence the visit too show my son the place
Dougie the first shot was taken bye my 13 year old son so can’t take credit there
Dougie the first shot was taken bye my 13 year old son so can’t take credit there
- Fri Nov 01, 2019 7:43 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: lossie this week
- Replies: 13
- Views: 5306
lossie this week
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48995958682_bd14322dc8_c.jpg lossie 2019-12.jpg by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48995215608_2aa03c9ca6_c.jpg lossie 2019-11.jpg by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48995945492_ec76b0f755_c.jpg lossie 2...
- Sun Aug 26, 2018 7:52 am
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: mildenhall
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1957
mildenhall
https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1886/42445338650_6a95d6ae14_b.jpg spooky by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1890/43501854614_2f64c25903_b.jpg untitled (4 of 6).jpg by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1834/44213127091_95906500ac_b.jpg untitled (6 of 6)...
- Thu Jul 07, 2016 3:51 pm
- Forum: Current Military Photography
- Topic: ZZ174 at newcastle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1762
ZZ174 at newcastle
https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7726/28049151492_345bdc807d_b.jpg zz174 by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7323/28118468516_1fe49582a9_b.jpg zz174 by paul cochrane , on Flickr https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7326/28152976355_41c3194296_b.jpg zz174 by paul cochrane , on Flickr ht...