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C130 retirement tour route 14th June

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C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by reaper493 » Wed Jun 07, 2023 7:37 pm

Taken from the Wave page on Facebook.



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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:01 pm

Where’s NMA?
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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:04 pm

I would have thought Pembrey & Sennybridge or at least 1 of them would have been on the route considering they’ve used them for so long 😢😢
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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by airphotog19 » Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:07 pm

Blackcat1 wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:01 pm
Where’s NMA?
I believe its the national memorial arboretum but could be wrong

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:07 pm

airphotog19 wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:07 pm
Blackcat1 wrote:
Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:01 pm
Where’s NMA?
I believe its the national memorial arboretum but could be wrong
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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Blackcat1 » Wed Jun 07, 2023 9:40 pm

Is there a route map yet? Or to early for the NOTAM Route?

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by reaper493 » Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:13 am

Not yet, this was posted in the wave group as a photo of a word doc

I just extracted the text from it.

Would think something official would come out from Brize soon.

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Blackcat1 » Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:26 am

reaper493 wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 7:13 am
Not yet, this was posted in the wave group as a photo of a word doc

I just extracted the text from it.

Would think something official would come out from Brize soon.
Thanks! I’d like to see the route from Cosfird to Valley, I was hoping they would do Sennybridge as it’s the furthest place I can make that day 😢
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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by tim_raper » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:44 am

RAF Thorney Island (Baker Barracks now) was a significant C130 station, 242OCU 1967

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Col Nago » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:51 am

Lossie to Leeming as the crow flies is almost right over Leuchars. I'll be praying to the spotting gods that they go that way.

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by toom317 » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:55 am

Col Nago wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:51 am
Lossie to Leeming as the crow flies is almost right over Leuchars. I'll be praying to the spotting gods that they go that way.
I won't, I think a lot of us want to see them in the TTA's down in the weeds.
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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Crus8der » Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:23 pm

Apologies if missed elsewhere in the text but I assume timings are local and not Z? MTIA

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by marku51 » Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:25 pm

Thanks for this, I'm looking forward to it! What altitude might they be flying at? I'm near Lyneham and until a few years ago we would get regular low passes by C-130s. Now the A400s rarely are as low and it just isn't the same! I've never known why the change happened though.

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Mike » Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:27 pm

Crus8der wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:23 pm
Apologies if missed elsewhere in the text but I assume timings are local and not Z? MTIA
Local.

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Crus8der » Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:58 pm

Mike wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:27 pm
Crus8der wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 2:23 pm
Apologies if missed elsewhere in the text but I assume timings are local and not Z? MTIA
Local.
Thanks Mike

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by red leader » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:37 pm

Does anyone know how many hercs will be flying?

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by David Thompson » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:55 pm

red leader wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:37 pm
Does anyone know how many hercs will be flying?
Reported elsewhere to be a 3-ship flypast .
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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by red leader » Thu Jun 08, 2023 11:27 pm

David Thompson wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:55 pm
red leader wrote:
Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:37 pm
Does anyone know how many hercs will be flying?
Reported elsewhere to be a 3-ship flypast .
Thanks for that.

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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Blackcat1 » Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:06 am

Will the route be NOTAMED & show their track?
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Re: C130 retirement tour route 14th June

Post by Unknown74 » Fri Jun 09, 2023 8:26 am

A small detour over Leuchars & Edinburgh en-route or back from Lossie would be nice please.

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