Movements RAF Spadeadam 2015/16. + INfo

Post by **Skoshi** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:16 pm

Jolly good as I'm going up again tomorrow!

Post by **geoffmackay** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 5:44 pm

Cumbrian Capri

13/03/15

12:40 Outlaw Formation (x4) took off for a sortie around Kielder Water. They returned at 16:30.They must have refueled at some stage, perhaps Otterburn? AAC906 a single Lynx was out in Spadeadam for around 40 mins at lunchtime.
Confirm 6 No. now here. Rumors are still of 2 Apaches coming but nothing confirmed. ZG915, ZG919, ZG920, ZE375 & XZ617 are all confirmed plus one other (someone help me out).

Nice to see some old faces around this afternoon.

Geoff
Carlisle

Post by **toom317** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:33 pm

Geoff your missing one is ZG917, it was the one that didn't fly today. Can confirm all quoted serials, from photos.

Post by **100arw** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 7:44 pm

Geoff / Toom
FARP was at Albermarle
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Post by **geoffmackay** » Fri Mar 13, 2015 8:11 pm

Nice one thanks boys. You have been doing your homework P.

Geoff

Post by **toom317** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:06 pm

Bit of a disaster today. Arrived at around 11.30 to find 5 aircraft had already departed. Decided to check out Otterburn for Farp. Just as I left Army 998 called up Carlisle around 12.24, so I waited till he landed. Reg was ZG887 a Lynx 9A. Went to Otterburn. Nothing there. Back to Carlisle, saw a Lynx 9A heading East by the A69 at 3.15. Got to Carlisle and found I'd just missed the 4 shipper returning. ZG889 was gone, so assuming that was the one I saw at the A69.Wasted day due to the Otterburn trip. A couple of Oskosh Tankers turned up around 3.45, (from the Farp?) Also had some Army vehicles heading South past me as I was heading North of Longtown. Possibly they were in the Keilder area, as they were in there yesterday. Same 6 Lynx as yesterday were present, with the same 5 flying.

Post by **100arw** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:56 pm

Toon,

Nice chatting Friday evening - no need for pics by the way.
Re the FARP, it is where I posted on the 13th.
P.

johnhowe · Post by **johnhowe** » Mon Mar 16, 2015 8:45 am

For the past couple of weeks I have been side lined by a particularly nasty stomach bug. I have not been going to Warton or my favourite places at Watty Bells Cairn or Wiley Syke but I do follow with great interest the reports submitted by Chris, (Catkins) Danny (Toon) Dannyboyo as well as Geoff, Pat C, Steve, Stewart, Excellent reports keep the good work up. Frank.
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=113151
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=111450 credits to toom317 Danny.
viewtopic.php?f=121&t=116159&p=730138#p730138

Post by **Skoshi** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 7:27 pm

Get well soon matey!!

johnhowe · Post by **johnhowe** » Mon Mar 23, 2015 8:51 am

Notams For D510 & D510A Spadeadam will be deactivated on the 23rd through to 26th, March 2015 from 09.00 to 15.00. However both will be

re-activated again from the 23rd to the 26th from 17.00 to 2300. SFC to 5,500 feet. NVGs required.

johnhowe · Post by **johnhowe** » Wed Apr 08, 2015 2:25 pm

Shoshi, Steve Thanks for the good wishes I might go to Leeming via Spade tomorrow hopefully might meet up with some other Thursday Boys.
http://www.scramble.nl/sis-summary always a good sight.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOyo43D ... e=youtu.be

johnhowe · Post by **johnhowe** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:12 pm

As I was approaching Wiley Syke at 11.30am I heard a couple of GR 4s on the range didn't get any call sign.

Noon for 30 minutes Danish Air force 3070 a C130 was on the range doing EW flying low and medium level
with nice banking over Wiley Syke.

12.30pm a Merlin flew overhead and flew a 20 minute EW slot over Grey mare Hill area.

15.00 an American HH 60 flew directly over my position on the second layby heading north towards Berry Hill
I thought typical, why don't you land at Berry Hill and @@@@@@ Me the HH 60 landed and flew off doing serials
in the north east corner of the range but returned to Berry Hill after about twenty minutes for what I think might
have been a crew change. Callsign Jolly 31
viewtopic.php?f=16&t=112706 Credits to Simon Tonka 938

Edit If I remember rightly Friday afternoon was usually the day when The Americans sometimes turned up at Spade.

Post by **TONKA938** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:00 pm

John,

I am going there tomorrow but I don't know any frequencies can you PM me please!!

Thanks so much

Simon

Post by **PeteHemsley** » Thu Apr 09, 2015 8:19 pm

callsign of the hh60 was Jolly 31 Frank

johnhowe · Post by **johnhowe** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 7:27 am

PeteHemsley wrote:callsign of the hh60 was Jolly 31 Frank

Thanks Pete, indistinct transmissions or my hearing aid playing up Frank.

Post by **PeteHemsley** » Fri Apr 10, 2015 9:50 am

radios never were that clear at spade, how many hours did we all used to take chatting about callsigns with geoff and peter??!!

johnhowe · Post by **johnhowe** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 10:23 am

http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/gr ... -1.1012704 I can'twork out if this is a rehash of old news or the 2015 TAC Blaze.

Post by **dannyboyo20** » Thu Apr 16, 2015 11:27 am

johnhowe wrote:http://www.cumberlandnews.co.uk/news/gr ... -1.1012704 I can'twork out if this is a rehash of old news or the 2015 TAC Blaze.

Hi John, just under the headline its states "Last updated at 15:36, Friday, 09 November 2012" Thus indicating it's old hat i'm afraid.

Cheers, Danny

Post by **geoffmackay** » Fri Apr 17, 2015 6:25 pm

I hope there's royalties on that photo!

Geoff

johnhowe · Post by **johnhowe** » Tue May 12, 2015 10:23 pm

Whilst TAC Blaze was on today.(12/5/15) I heard traffic on the FAC freq 282.050 the aircraft were being controlled by FAC and were flying bet 17k feet to 18k feet dis they come any lower.
viewtopic.php?f=16&p=717186#p717186TAC-UK 2015

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