Really miss Bentwaters. A day up the road to Wantisden Church always brought you close to the action. You bet, very close indeed. Was great there when they had the low wooden fence😉 Cheers, Ranger Absolutely. Think it was the last holiday I had with my dad & mum. We were driving around the countrys...

XR713 wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 07, 2025 8:27 am

Really miss Bentwaters. A day up the road to Wantisden Church always brought you close to the action.

You bet, very close indeed. Was great there when they had the low wooden fence

Cheers,
Ranger

Wonderful set of pictures. The rarest one for me is the German SIGINT Atlantic 61+02. This one seldom seen, especially without the underwing spy antennas Happy Xmas.

Sad seeing a rare ELINT DC8 in this condition.

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Ranger

My advise cardreader vs pc connection, pc connection is better because that way you can not damage the cardpins by removing and installing your card every time you need to download pictures.

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Ranger

Seems 2 Rafales out of St Dizier, a single and a dual. The single seat pilot ejected but the dual ones are missing. Hope for the best.

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Ranger

Kurnass wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 10, 2024 7:54 pm

Evreux is not used for fighters this year.

Believe they will operate from Orleans this year.

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Ranger

You could almost hear them, looking at these pictures

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Ranger

Assuming 'Frisbee' is a reference to the rotodome on top of the AWACS based there at Geilenkirchen, Germany. Easily makes as much sense as my son calling it the 'Smartie Plane' after some UK. confectionery whose shape matches the rotadome! Either way, great to see those shots as I had spotted that ...

Gunship54 wrote: ↑

Wed Dec 27, 2023 10:41 am

Zr285 up in the last 20 mins just as I was paying for model paint in Hobbycraft

Westland 06

According Scramble delivery to Poland tomorrow Thu Dec 28th. Early dep, it's expected 0855z at Rotterdam as "WHE07".

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Ranger

Vulture 01 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 14, 2023 4:21 pm

Isn't the Atlantic one of the ECM / snoopers the Marineflieger operated?

A very nice collection, thanks for posting.

It certainly was one of their SIGINT Atlantics.

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Ranger

Can't determine actually if it hit it or not If you check the last two frames the prop blade on the right is bent. Must have hit the prop and the engine failed as well as the prop is not going very fast. To me it also looks like one of the other blades is feathered as well on one of the last frames...

Thanks guys, I know France is in NATO but assumed extra paperwork issues from when it wasn't (70s 80s 90s and most of the naughties) still lingered on. But yes, I get simplicity. Thinking about the 'serial/reg swapping' 757s/C-32s, which I haven't noticed much but they're probably using the cloakin...

France GAT for overflying isn't a problem, only a risk of slottimes. France OAT for overflying is a nightmare because the flightplan has to be checked by the French militairies first, during that time you have to wait for acceptance or refusal. Waiting for that message takes a wee while. When gettin...

Sparts99 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 20, 2022 4:25 pm

His book about flying the Phantom is brilliant, well worth reading.

Absolutely right. Enjoyed every page reading.

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Ranger

Stunning Arnold. thanks for sharing.

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Ranger

According Ramstein FB 2 flights inbound LN. ETD RS given 08.10z and 10.10z.

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Ranger

Goldstar31 wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 14, 2022 3:06 pm

Hi all

Does anyone have the serials for the above flight of 4 Typhoons that departed Coningsby this afternoon

Cheers

Eccie

Two have been identified via adsb in the radiosection here being ZK325 and ZK351.

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Ranger

Dear Ranger, thank you for your kind comments. These Phantoms are F-4C's. Kudo's for noticing it, I never did! When you see the pair landing at Bentwaters in my 29/7/1968 posting you see that one has the modificatioin already while the other doesn't. So it is obvious that the modification only took...

CLPSLFBT wrote: ↑

Wed Feb 09, 2022 4:39 pm

Hi Arnold, fantastic shots and great aircraft ,such good quality too!! Strange to see the F4C's without the sensor under the nose cones. Every picture is mint.

Thanks again

Cheers Glenn

Guess they should be early F4D's.

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Ranger