FORMATION TRANSIT OF 5 TUCANOS: 14:05L - Valley 14:20L - Woodvale 14:25L - Warton 14:30L - Blackpool 14:45L - VCR Riggs Moor (Harrogate) 14:55L - Linton on Ouse Formation heights for transit between 500-3000ft info taken from NOTAM website [/H6721/19: Formation flying will take place Q) EGTT/QWVLW/I...

15/10/19 OTT/Local 13:35L - G-OSRB/BRO27T #Broadsword 27T# (727 2S2F/T2 Aviation Oil Response) - Heading west adjacent River Ribble (1900ft) for L/L off coast - guessing may return after sortie? 16:35L - ZH828/Tiger62 (Merlin HM.2/Royal Navy) Off Coast heading South @1900ft. Seen off coast of Blackp...

15/10/19

12:30L - (2x Tucano T.1/72R Sqn) Wheels Down Approach R.10 - Echloen Formation - 1st Aircraft Wing Wave?!

4 Tucanos came into Blackpool today from Linton...

Farewell Tour planned over 2 days.
Spoke to a pilot over weekend confirming day one will include Shorts facility at Belfast with flypast over North West (Warton or Blackpool)

14/10/19

12:22L - ZF172 & ZF287 (Tucano T.1/72R Sqn) Run and Break then Land R.10 - Dep 14:24L
12:24L - ZF142 & ZF417 (BLAZER) (Tucano T.1/72R Sqn) Run and Break then Land R.10 - Dep 14:42L

14/10/19

10:26L - XX337/Pirate23 (Hawk T.1/100 Sqn)O/H Join from the west (10:24L) then ILS/Overshoot

11/10/19

13:32L - ZK013 (Hawk T.2/IV Sqn) ILS/Overshoot

Wed 9/10/19 Cont'd

16:31L - G-JMCM/BAE101 (B733F/Western Atlantic) Dep R.25

OTT/Local
10:39L - 130614/CFC4219 (CC-130J-30 Hercules/Royal Canadian Air Force) Heading SSE @29k ft OTT Preston
15:39L - 10-0223 (C-17A/USAF) Heading NW off Coast @36k ft

8/10/19 Cont'd 16:02L - ZK017 (Hawk T.2/IV Sqn) Overhead Join from the NW then Circuits x4/5 (Overshoots/Touch and Gos) 16:38L - ZK026/RR7111 (Hawk T.2/XXV Sqn-FB) Arrival from the West (Estuary) for Circuits x6 (Overshoots/Touch and Gos) 16:38L-16:57L 16:46L - ZK011 (Hawk T.2/IV Sqn) Arrival from t...

7/10/19 16:33L - ZK343/Havoc011 (FGR.4/RAF) ILS/Overshoot/Flythrough (following on from below) OTT/Local 12:07L - ZZ337/RRR2788 (Voyager KC.3/RAF) Tracking South @26k ft - Prestwick>Brize 13:00L - ZK308/CHAOS11 (FGR.4/RAF) Tracking Chorley>Formby SW @41k ft 16:20L - ZK343/Havoc011 (FGR.4/RAF) Headin...

04/10
12:15L - G-JMCM/BAE102 (B733F/Western Atlantic) Arr R.28

OTT/Local
09:37L - ZJ123/WHE02 (Merlin HC.3/Royal Navy) Tracking Heading South @1k ft following M6

End of the Era for RAF Typhoons at Warton - bring on the Qataris.

03/10/19

09:55L - ZH869/RRR140 (C-130J C.4/RAF) Very Low Approach R.07 (approach from North after L/L Lakes)
13:52L - G-FRAS/Zodiac51/Target (FA.20/Cobham-FRAviation) Dep R.07 to the NW towards Fleetwood then Irish Sea awaiting 'play mate'

02/10 Cont'd

OTT
13:53L - XX246/Aggressor01 (Hawk T.1/100 Sqn) Seen over Blackpool transiting towards Lakes after ILS/Overshoot at Liverpool

1/10

Inbound
16:07L - ZM333/CWL36 (Phenom 100/RAF-45 Sqn) O/H Join 16:11L then high O/S @16:20L - then Low 'ish' Level Lakes

01/10 16:53L - ZK015 (Hawk T.2/IV Sqn) ILS/Overshoot OTT/Local 10:31L - 12-5757/FUNGI41 (MC-130J Commando II/USAF) Heading NWW @26kft OTT Skelmersdale/Formby 13:57L - D-CMET (Falcon 20 E/DLR Flugbetrieb) OTT Longridge heading SSE @33k ft 14:33L - MM62181/IAM4660 (C-130J Hercules/Italian AF) tracked ...

30/09

15:28L - ZF269/Export01 (Tucano T.2/72R Sqn) Dep
15:29L - ZF***/Export02 (Tucano T.2/72R Sqn) Dep

26/09/19 09:04L - ZK030/GZY63KJ (Hawk T.2/IV Sqn) ILS/Overshoot ZK030 coded "FF" 25 Sqn mks (by 29/8/19). whats "GZY63KJ"? I would have expected "VYTxx" callsign. Cheers C/S is what came up, very odd. Tombs - regarding T.2 fleet I'm aware the fleet has been split equally between 25 Sqn & 4 Sqn. Is ...

26/09/19

09:04L - ZK030/GZY63KJ (Hawk T.2/IV Sqn) ILS/Overshoot

OTT/Local
13:00L - 01-0029/VALOR29 (C-37A/USAF) Heading SSSE @40k ft - Chièvres>Loissemouth>heading back South

24/09/19 Cont'd

OTT
14:56L - 169329/PD032 (P-8A Poseidon/US Navy) Heading SSE @35kft Dep from Keflavik @11:48L