Thank you, was certainly a sight to behold!

Nice work Mike, lots of variety.

While on a family holiday to the south west I was fortunate to catch this rare beast working on the beach. 1. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54571042609_32030a878b_b.jpg EH101 ASH | MM81493 | GRUPELICOT 1 | LFA2 by Joe Lewis , on Flickr 2. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54569996492_85b34ea...

Given it was reported as 810 and that ties up what was seen on vr sites I'm not sure what the problem is?

Don't think it'll get much better than this for the rest of the month so I'll submit it while I remember. Italian Navy Merlin on the beach in North Devon - 05/06/25 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54571042609_32030a878b_b.jpg EH101 ASH | MM81493 | GRUPELICOT 1 | LFA2 by Joe Lewis , on Flickr

A small bit from notes gleaned from various posts which may help someone , 466 AS565 Panther of 36F used F-XHUH on some plots 810 AS565 Panther used F-XHUC and hex 3B9B29 Widcats noted during the week ZZ394 ZZ524 & ZZ525 Merlins noted ZJ118 B & ZJ120 D , I have a feeling there was one other but can...

Mo wrote: ↑

Thu Jun 05, 2025 8:47 pm

Italian Merlin on the Burrows tonight was code 2-14 if that helps

Did you (or anyone else) manage to catch a Callsign for it at all?

Italian Merlin was working the beach this evening, great flying!

Back to the ship. 3 NH90s into Portland

Currently one tiger operating BBTA

They’re working in Zones 1 and 2, sandy lane leads into Zone 2 so would be a good place to park, bit of a walk in but nothing hard. Small cafe/posh burger van there when I was last down (June 2023)

7 Squadron lowering themselves into a confined area at sunset 16.04.25

Chinook HC6A | ZD983 | 7 Sqn | LFA1 by Joe Lewis, on Flickr

With wall to wall blue skies across the county for most of this week I got out with the cam at both Waddington and Coningsby. Nice to see a fair amount of marked jets at Coningsby :thumb: 1. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54437925205_6b490e370c_b.jpg P-8A | ZP809 | 201 Sqn | EGXW by Joe Lewis ,...

Interesting that 28 are flying a HC5

The wildcats using CAFEABs are Navy HMA2s, never AH1s. Another interesting note is there are at least 2-3 RAF chinooks that point blank don’t track, going back to the wildcats I have noticed 1 or 2 not tracking at high level as well

Wouldn’t say the oldest 14 chinooks are dead wood, 674 is fresh out of fleetlands which is odd if it’s gonna be axed in March. The oldest cabs seem to be flying as much as the new cabs, unsure which ones will actually go Its not all the oldest cabs that are going, some of them have already been ret...

Wouldn’t say the oldest 14 chinooks are dead wood, 674 is fresh out of fleetlands which is odd if it’s gonna be axed in March. The oldest cabs seem to be flying as much as the new cabs, unsure which ones will actually go

Deramore wrote: ↑

Sat Nov 23, 2024 10:27 pm

Moving everything to Shawbury would make more sense.

Continuity of lead in training.

LL area away from civilian airspace.

Benson and Odiham are sat in LFA1 and train within local airspace daily

As someone who has spent far too many hours at Benson over the years I’d say Brize. 28 Sqn are due to Valley at somepoint this week so you may get 3 Chinokks leave if lucky, Pumas are few and far between maybe 2 sorties a day. Tutors and the flying club will always be around. May get an odiham chino...

FNF439 CN295 CC-2 Due in from Rovaniemi 1255L and out to Tampere 1400L