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Trump visit

Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 12:44 pm
by jules50
From Northolt twitter feed.

Northolt will be closed to civilian flying from 28/11 to 5/12 due to military operations. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2019 6:54 pm
by jules50
US Army Chinooks 13-08432,36,37 and 08133 landed recently

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:33 pm
by slogen51
12:30 Wednesday

All four are parked outside and easy to see from the Polish War Memorial path

It's raining but the last three are 432,436,437 and 134

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:41 pm
by raameagle
134 slogen51 or 133?

Regards

Mark

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:16 pm
by rh226
It is '134, Mark. Has been read off by someone else this morning.

Rather contradicts the Northolt spotters Twitter/FB (whichever) statement as 133 confirmed.

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:43 pm
by slogen51
Confirmed as 134

Went back with the pole when the rain stopped

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:51 pm
by H.A.Bucken
'Rain'? What's that? Thirlmere's about 8/10 foot below max. Mind you, we had our share- 14" in 24hrs, on 5th December 2015!
'Scenic in the Mist' aka Roger.

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:05 am
by raameagle
Thanks slogen51. I think people have been reporting SBS sightings again which is most annoying. A Northolt eGroup list quotes 133 too. Thanks for actually reading 134 off and confirming it (insert thimbs up here!)

Regards

Mark

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:10 am
by Skymaster
Can anyone tie up the serials with the callsigns?

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:27 am
by jules50
C17 01-0193 RCH388 just approaching Richmond inbound.

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:38 am
by danksy
RCH 388 to Northolt , on freedar . 01-0193 c17. 10-40am.

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:15 am
by EGLL_EGGW-Spotter
RCH388 unloading boxes at 11:10

couldn't see nothing onboard tail on from Polish War Memorial

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:38 am
by raameagle
The VH-60N has been offloaded. I’m not there but it might be 163259 (to be confirmed)!

Regards

Mark

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:34 pm
by simongrigor
The VH-60N has already been put in the hangar, so no chance yet to confirm.

Regards, Simon

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:38 pm
by jules50
Looks like C17 departing

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:39 pm
by HUTCHP
12:36z: C17 01-0193 Up on Satcom Voice ( 1546.162 MHz) with AMCC co-ordinating 12:50z departure from Northolt

Hutch

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:40 pm
by big john
Skymaster wrote:
Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:10 am
Can anyone tie up the serials with the callsigns?
The consensus is:-
13-08134 GRIT 11 AE599F
13-08436 GRIT 12 AE599E
13-08432 GRIT 13 AE5998
13-08437 GRIT 14 AE599F
All the hexcodes have been noted in use by other H47's. So should not be relied on.

In fact all US military hexcodes should be treated with suspicion following the ruling that all aircraft flying in controlled airspace in the US must transmit a hexcode. The Legislators slipped up by missing out the word "allocated" in the legislation.
As some US military personnel are not happy about being tracked by "civilians" and are trying to upset the system by miscoding.

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:46 pm
by Typeflyer
big john wrote:
Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:40 pm
Skymaster wrote:
Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:10 am
Can anyone tie up the serials with the callsigns?
The consensus is:-
13-08134 GRIT 11 AE599F
13-08136 GRIT 12 AE599E
13-08132 GRIT 13 AE5998
13-08137 GRIT 14 AE599F
All the hexcodes have been noted in use by other H47's. So should not be relied on.

In fact all US military hexcodes should be treated with suspicion following the ruling that all aircraft flying in controlled airspace in the US must transmit a hexcode. The Legislators slipped up by missing out the word "allocated" in the legislation.
As some US military personnel are not happy about being tracked by "civilians" and are trying to upset the system by miscoding.
With respect, I believe that is incorrect - can someone who has actually eyeballed them post details?

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:52 pm
by jules50
RCH388 ETD Northolt for Ramstein 1250Z

Re: Trump visit

Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 12:54 pm
by rh226
The last three are 13-084xx serials - eyeballed by several people - so:-

13-08134, 13-08436, 13-08432, 13-08437, but exact tie-up with callsigns is not known.