Todays (Friday) USAFE flypast consisted of:

F-15C : 86-0174 / LN, 86-0176 / LN
F-15E : 91-0313 / LN
F-16C : 96-0080 / SP, 96-0083 / SP
KC-135R: 58-0118
C-130J-30 : 08-8602 / RS

Rgds,

DC

Superb!

A quick flyby shortly before sunset revealed the following: Marston Meysey end: 60-0002 / LA B-52H 2BW "2 BW" Green fin tip "Deuce" 60-0021 / LA B-52H 2BW Red fin tip "Barksdale" 61-0020 / LA B-52H 2BW "20th BS" Blue fin tip "Buccaneers" Eastern end: 86-0017 C-5M Super Galaxy 436AW "Dover" Cheers, DC

Cheers Mr Luxton, hope retirement is treating you well. Love all the boys (and girls) on the West End

A quick stop off here netted the following: Squirrels: ZJ245, 246, 250, 252 Apaches: ZJ180, 209, 216 (all from SBS) plus 4 non flyers. Could almost read them from the east side, but not quite! Gazelles: ZB692, plus one other Lynx AH9A: ZE376 parked opposite museum Four stored Lynx by the main road (...

Noted during a steady day today, 1130 - 1530: QQ100 A109 flying QQ101 RJ-100 flying QQ103 DA-42 flying XX449 Gazelle flying XZ731 "311" Lynx HMA.8SRU towed from southside hangar, then returned ZB625 Gazelle flying ZE416 A109 flying ZF558 "336" Lynx HMA.8SRU towed from southside hangar, then returned...

It's ok it's all above board, thanks. I've followed that blog for a while and is popular in the US, so he ran a quick article.

Amusingly the first response on Twitter was "its fake, it's photoshopped "!

Thanks everyone here for all the generous comments, btw.

DC

Haha, well I actually didn't bother 'graphing the non-existent base this time. I did the Tikaboo Peak hike in 2009, but once was enough for me. You can see the base clearly, but its 26 miles away and you literally have to stare at the base through your scope to detect anything moving. What surprises...

Hi All, I stopped by Tikaboo Valley, near Groom Lake, last month and was lucky enough to watch a Su-27P Flanker-B dogfighting with an F-16, presumably one of the four Groom Lake based -D models. The quality of these pictures is low as they were operating between 20 and 30 thousand feet and my old fa...

I picked up ZH902 on my SBS in Winchester between 1643 and 1650 between 700 and 800 feet, callsign BOE 22, squawking 7000.

That height / squawk would fit in with the test flights I pick up regularly out of Fleetlands, so almost certainly your Chinook.

Cheers
DC

Hi all, My Dad saw 2 Typhoons perform a flypast over HMS Dragon at Portsmouth around 1400 on Friday 8th July. I was at Fairford at the time, and have a theory that these were the 2 that did the F-35B and Red Arrows Flypast shortly before that time ('FL' and 'ED' I think), and promptly disappeared. C...

Ah, thanks Eagle. That'll be it.

Cheers
DC

Hi all, My Dad saw over Emsworth, Hampshire, what he thought were two Typhoons low level, heading away from him. Time was 1400 on Friday 8th July and they were south / southeast bound. That would be pretty unusual down this way. To be honest they could have been any fast jet, judging by his previous...

Basically all the traffic restrictions are lifted at Midday on Sunday. The footpaths should have reopened at 8pm this evening.

DC

Thanks Graham

I just joined the forum. Cosford and Shawbury are also on my 'to-do' list.

Cheers,

DC

Excellent log Graham!

Who arranged the tour for you, if you don't mind me asking? I've been trying to get a look around Middle Wallop for ages!

Cheers
DC

ZJ221 and ZJ194 were both read off by myself while refuelling at Carlisle at 1700 this evening.

Rgds
DC

ZH840 was picked up on SBS from Winchester, between 0830 and 0854 on a Solent Radar squawk. Callsign on SBS "GREYG03".

Rgds
DC

Thanks for the comments chaps. Yes Paddy, the weather was a constant struggle! :cool: PG - I did Richmond, Canberra and Illawarra (Wollongong) too: - Richmond (Herks / C-27's) is good for viewing as there's a car park on the south side of the main road with a cafe and a recreation area which is popu...

G'day all, A recent family holiday down under allowed me to visit these bases in New South Wales, Australia. Nowra (HMAS Albatross) was busy with Squirrels, Bells and Seahawks. An E-7 Wedgetail also performed an overshoot. The FAA Museum here is very good and has a viewing deck overlooking all the a...