plmc135 wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 04, 2019 11:10 am

Not sure Waddington is really an option as it could impact on the operations at Cranwell, which in todays terms is relatively busy.

It's plenty far enough away from Cranwell's MATZ. Cranwell traffic can head south and use Barkeston Heath if required for circuit work.

wezgulf3 With the retirement of the sentinel at some point in next 5 years I think there would be plenty of room. Its not about room at Waddington, when the Red Arrows practice it shuts down the base, this would have an impact on Waddington's flying schedule. Wes... Which often ranges from 0 to 3 m...

Thanks for the log. What or who is team reedham? They're one of the other groups that sometimes do the logging at coningsby and tend to frequent reedham lane hence the monicker 'team reedham'. We all have a laugh together and often go for a curry at woodhall but we've not met up for a while hence t...

Nice piece,Rhubarb.Linton is a good place to be on a decent day.The Lightnings are quite frequent visitors doing their PD's,on the right day,when they're using 03 straight over my house!According to unsubstantiated rumours-we might be losing the Tucs but gaining some interesting visitors.And for th...

Jason36 wrote: ↑

Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:29 pm

When is the next batch due.

Not until the middle of next year!

Flying programme starts with the Typhoon just after 1 and finishes with the F35 at half 4. Also includes Tucano, Chinnook, Falcons, Rolls Royce Spitfire 19, BBMF Soitfire and Hurricane, Strikemaster and various civvy displays.

The next scheduled phase of works is supposed to be the upgrading of the eastern HAS areas when 9 and 31 squadrons operated from until March. I believe these are likely to be for the Royal Navy squadrons. Most (if not all) taxi and runway works are now complete.

seven wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 21, 2019 4:26 pm

Belgian solo F-16 just arrived with a run and break, couldn't make this up!

Returning for the awards ceremony / hangar party tonight.

Unknown74 wrote: ↑

Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:50 am

Has this actually been applied yet? Haven’t seen any pictures yet. Would love to see it,

Was on the line last night....In standard grey

So what happened to the Hundreds of Tornado pilots plus the Harrier and Jaguar to name a few. The amount of highly skilled and combat experienced pilots lost over the last 10 years is a national scandal. See Babcock have there fingers in the pie,same firm doing HS2. You can see where this will end ...

Should have been kept in house instead of contracting out! Privatisation costs considerably more and reduces overall control and efficiency! It’s all about cash flow and fixed costs rather than overall cost saving though. If you can spread your spend over, say, 25 years rather than paying most up f...

Local news reporting MoD are reviewing future basing of helicopters and the potential risk to Wattisham in favour of Middle Wallop. https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/wattisham-airfield-future-ministry-of-defence-report-1-5965799 It's been on the cards a few years. RAF have Benson, Odiham, AAC have Wattis...

Unknown74 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 19, 2019 9:34 pm

I believe Lossie is also due Runway Work this Year so where the Typhoons are is anyones guess?

Scheduled for next year. First P8 delivery likely to be to Kinloss, Typhoon wing going to Leuchars for the duration or so it's been 'claimed'

There's a few threads about this now, with various rumours. Latest I heard was end of June, 3-4 months. Cobra Warrior to be solely at Waddington. 41 squadron to Warton. 29 and 3 to Waddington. 11 up north Leeming or Lossie. BBMF to remain at Coningsby and operate on the 1230 strip (the short disuse...

Basing the team at a station where other aircraft are used for training or operations puts a severe limit on what the existing based aircraft can do. In the "old" days, the Reds had six 30 minute display slots daily from Monday to Friday, where the airspace was 100% sterile to other aircraft. I con...

There are severe cost Implications for new hangars, maintenance facilities and associated upgraded and new infrastructure such as taxiways. This is because there is no spare capacity at Waddington. RAF Leeming sounds a better option as they are set up for the hawk already. 5 sqn Sentinals are sched...

Any ideas on what will happen to Scampton when the Red Arrows and Hawker Hunter Aviation leave? Will go the same way as several other former expansion period airfields such as RAF Binbrook, West Raynham, Coltishall, Upwood, Watton Newton etc. Airfield returned to farmland, most runways, taxiways re...

I'd throw in my 2 pence worth. Leeming would be logistically the best option, having all the T1 fleet and maintenance in one base with training air space available at Chruch Fenton. As other's have mentioned CF is now a private airfield but Topcliffe (I think not due for disposal) remain in MOD han...

Hi, Can anyone please help identify 6 Typhoon FGR.4's parked in the Echo [3 squadron] HAS area just before midday today Thursday 7th February 2019 and the 2 squadron marked example parked in that area also. All 6 were unmarked 5 having codes and 1 uncoded. A single launched at approximately 12.10pm...

MRTT wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 25, 2019 10:47 am

ZG752 will be preserved at RAF Honington after retirement.

I thought they already have a GR4 that was delivered last year?