I thought I'd best pop over to Japan last week in order to catch some Japanese Phantoms before they finish. 2 hours at the viewing gallery at Ibaraki Civil Terminal produced.... 01. http://www.wattisham.org.uk/images/ja301line1000.jpg 301 Hikotai still have a decent presence on their flightline 02. ...

Just a quick lunch stop at the civil terminal observation deck/restaurant. 57-8353 353 F-4EJ 301 Hikotai 97-8426 426 F-4EJ 301 Hikotai 17-8440 440 F-4EJ 301 Hikotai 57-8367 367 F-4EJ 301 Hikotai 57-8355 355 F-4EJ 301 Hikotai 87-8415 415 F-4EJ 301 Hikotai 87-8404 404 F-4EJ 301 Hikotai landed 12:46 97...

SpilsbyPete wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 10, 2020 8:10 pm

I see on Look North Today they had a feature on a Apache that
made a emergency landing near Sleaford
Does anyone know exactly where and what was the Serial No.

Thanks in Advance
Pete

It was ZJ230, just south of Heckington, a field near Helpringham.

Nice variety there

Raptor22 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 06, 2020 3:14 pm

It was way back it was part of a four ship flight skua flight the three other lynx were ZD266-302 XZ729-350 XZ721-309 obviously the forth one I only got as 308

On 28/08/2010, Skua flight was actually comprised of ZD266/302, XZ233/306, XZ721/309 and ZD259/350.

On Sunday 26th January I popped into Cobham services on the M25 and I could not help but see a MIG 21 on a low loader parked in the HGV area . Closer inspection revealed the serial 1811 so I am presuming it is the MIG21M formally at Dabrowa Gornicza . The lorry had polish plates so the question is ...

eagle driver wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 16, 2019 10:13 am

Reports from else where saying that they are all now unwrapped.

This is not correct.

The one in the SW corner was still totally wrapped this morning. This is the ex RN spares HAS6 frame. So, just the 5 ex-RAN flyers are now unwrapped.

mustang5861 wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 19, 2019 12:24 pm

tommc wrote: ↑

Thu Dec 19, 2019 11:56 am

So, it should just be (and in fact actually officially is) T1, FGR4, AEW1, MRA1 etc

Thanks for the explanation.
PS: There should be a full point after 'etc.'.

duly noted, thanks.

Thanks for the input, Bluetail and tommc. At the risk of sounding like an editor (well, actually, I am!), I was making a general reference to Habu Hunter's list, in which none of the alphanumeric entries feature a full point, and just used 'MRA.1' as an example. The issue of 'Mk.' or 'Mk' is an int...

mirage41 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 18, 2019 9:29 pm

Red Flag 20/1, 27 Jan - 14 Feb, MAM Notam severely restricted activity in January anticipating your assumption.

Also, with 207 Sqn doing some carrier training early in the new year, it does look like Marham may be quieter (if that is possible!)

Poseidon MRA.1 according to the 'P-8 Delivery Schedule' thread in Fighter Mess. Shouldn't the alphanumeric designation all have a full point, e.g. 'MRA.1', or is that just a matter of style of presentation? MRA.1 is the correct designation Full Designation would be Poseidon Maritime Reconnaissance ...

TonyO wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:15 pm

Looks like there is at least one or two too many Apache squadrons, I was sure they were down to 3/4 front line units.

653 Sqn are still an active Apache unit at Wattisham, but no longer part of the front-line 3 Rgt

860SQN wrote: ↑

Sat Dec 07, 2019 5:41 pm

Is ZK366 the only Typhoon wearing 11SQN markings, or are there more?

ZJ943 also

This remark might interest the following - tommc, bizfreeq & TonyO In the latest publication of AFM #381 December 2019 there is a small report on ZZ507 by Martin Fox which states that 507 is an R2 Whilst the earlier R1s are being reworked to R1A as interim, and then will be reworked to R2s I must a...

There is no such mark as an R1A.

There are the original unmodified R1 marks (ZZ416/418/504)
There are the modified R1+ marks (ZZ417/419/507)
There are the currently being upgraded R2ICM marks (ZZ505/506)

In your squadron numbers, the "R" (for "Reserve") was dropped ages ago as far as I know. Also, the dot between Role Designation and Mark number is also superfluous, unless you include the abbreviated word Mark (Mk.), as that is what the dot would be referring to. So, HC Mark 4 is the longhand versio...

Noted at Chievres, Saturday 19th October, late afternoon. (compiled from various reports, photos and sightings), plus another Blackhawk that I didn't see. CH-47 13-08146 14-08455 14-08461 H-60 11-20353 11-20354 11-20355 11-20376 11-20402 11-20409 11-20434 05-27055 92-26458 93-26482 94-26587 98-26812...

The first of the incoming CAB have already been off-loaded at Zeebrugge

Sorry for all the questions but just quickly A) do they arrive over the approach end of the runway? B) can you see the military ramp from outside? Thanks Mike, this was taken from the public multi-storey car park just down from the terminal building. http://www.wattisham.org.uk/images/einapache.jpg

I'm quite interested in the content of these two posts, but I'm mystified about a) the photos and b) the location Slogen51 references. Having looked on Google Maps I'm none the wiser. Any help with either would be appreciated! Thank you! https://www.facebook.com/groups/162226886961/permalink/101562...