Edinburgh/RAF Turnhouse 80`s and 90`s

[Ross Forsyth]

Following on from my Leuchars images from the 80`s and 90`s here are some from the local from what were at times simply amazing days as an aviation enthusiast,so many more things happened that I either can`t find or didn`t photograph on top of these!

1/Portugese Puma which fuel/lunch stopped enroute further north


2/Not at the airport but Redford Barracks for an airlift ex involving Seakings,Chinooks and Lynx


3/Dutch F-16`s again I think these were Elder Joust lunch stoppers?


4/German Alpha lunch stopping during an Elder Joust ex if I remember correctly?


5/The standard JMC as it was then Monday morning Atlantic from Germany


6/Ooh la la 2 Pumas and 6 Gazelles fuel stopping on a cross country ex


7/Gazelles departing


8/Paris aircraft seemed like quite regular visitors but will probably show we had 2-3 a year lol


9/Some Royal Navy visitors


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12/And an RAF Harrier and VC-10


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14/Andover


15/Swiss Hornet which I think was returning to Swizerland from the US


16/C-5


17/The 80`s Edinburgh became a 2nd home for the USMC,VMA223 "Bulldogs" VMAQ2 "Playboys" VMFA115 "Silver Eagles" VMFA122 Crusaders and VMFA451 Warlords all sent a/c through Edinburgh enroute to Norway and supported by lots of VMGR252 Herc movements


18/C-141


19/VMA223


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21/VMFA115


22/VMFA122


23/VMAQ2


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25/And VMFA451


26/Boeing then sent a couple of Hornets through on a sales tour


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Hope you enjoy guys and I dare say some of these may be familiar

[Thunder]

Great stuff, the Portuguese Puma ended up at Lossie for a few days with 202 Sqn.

[SW Sky Blue]

Excellent Ross, I always remember the anticipation when going past on the train wandering what might be sat on the Turnhouse ramp near the railway line....

Kev

[paddyboy]

Hi Ross

Yet another stunning set

Thanks for posting

Paddyboy

[DanBeeden]

Lovely shots - stand outs for me are the RN Hunter and that superb line-up of US Hornets. Great days indeed!

[Unknown74]

Ah the USMC, I remember the VMFA-122 and 451 Hornets and the VMAQ-2 EA-6Bs - The EA-6Bs flew right over our school in pairs if memory serves correctly unfortunately never saw the A-4 Skyhawks. The thing I remember about the VMFA-122 visit was that they opened the gates to RAF Turnhouse which wasn't a regular occurance to let us see and look at the Hornets don't think they did that for any of the other deployments?

I seem to remember the JMC Exercises with the likes of the German and French Atlantics, Canadian Auroras, RAF Nimrods and Sentrys, etc. As for the rest of these I heard about them but never saw them.

The memories of RAF Turnhouse.

[F3]

Great set. Must have been a great venue for spotters back then. Can confirm y're right about the Dutch F-16 being on Elder Joust as I remember seeing a report in Av News which included a pic of one.

[Unknown74]

I can only recall JMC Traffic and never Elder Joust or Elder Forest Exercises visiting Edinburgh.

[Ross Forsyth]

I can only recall JMC Traffic and never Elder Joust or Elder Forest Exercises visiting Edinburgh.

Upto 6 German Alphas,6 Dutch F-16`s and 4 RAF Tornado Gr4`s lunch stopping everyday although not all on the same days

[PaulN]

The Marines were a friendly bunch managed to get visits tor VMA-223 , VMFA-115 , VMFA122 had a visit to VMFA-451 arranged but the cancelled it a the last moment , in fact I was on the flight up from LHR when they did , at least they taxi-ed out whilst I was there

Here are some of my images if interested https://pbase.com/usnavypatchman/edi86

Great days indeed

Thanks for posting

Paul

[conelrad]

Wonderful! Thanks for taking the time to post these.

[Ross Forsyth]

The Marines were a friendly bunch managed to get visits tor VMA-223 , VMFA-115 , VMFA122 had a visit to VMFA-451 arranged but the cancelled it a the last moment , in fact I was on the flight up from LHR when they did , at least they taxi-ed out whilst I was there

Here are some of my images if interested https://pbase.com/usnavypatchman/edi86

Great days indeed

Thanks for posting

Paul

Great selection of shots and nice to see some of the better shots from those deployments

[PaulN]

You are most welcome

Paul

[clarke]

hi
the good old days egh ross
great pictures
dave

[Ross Forsyth]

hi
the good old days egh ross
great pictures
dave

Certainly were Dave!

[Mike]

What a great thread Ross, I'm just loving these shots.

I think the 1st Elder Forest/Joust lunchtime visitors were in 1979, the new terminal had opened by then and our company were still operating from a building very near to the old terminal & apron. I opened the front door to see what was making all the noise outside to find 4 x RAF Germany Jaguars parking at the eastern end of the apron.
The same thing happened over the next couple of days and they were nice enough not to send the exact same aircraft every day.

[Mustang531]

Some great pics there and I know that Turnhouse always seemed to attract interesting stuff. Living down South, it was a bit too far, although Manston used to get some visitors when exercises were on, but even that was a bit of a jaunt from home. Living near Gatwick, apart from regular Canadian transports, there were only a few movements each year. But the occasional diversion came in, such as Indian AF AN12 L646 in early 1982. Also after the 1987 IAT, after the Portuguese contingent departed Fairford, the C-130 developed a fault and diverted in, followed by the entire display team with their T-37s.

[matt e]

nice set,especially the c141 and US Navy

[Punkrunner62]

RAF Turnhouse used to get some great visitors, thanks for posting this Ross.
Cheers.

[Petepilot]

Crikey, had no idea that Edinburgh got this variety! Thanks for sharing!