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[11E]

Hello all,
My name is Lesley and my username is 11E. Spotting (military) since 1981 and since 2009 also civil (numbers only). Only number crunching with a telescope and a notebook which is a rather rare profession these days. Long time ago I was in the air force and nowadays I work with UAVs. I live close to Kleine Brogel, Dusseldorf and Eindhoven and together with my son, which I teach the noble art of numbercrunching, I visit often these airports/bases.

Regards,
Lesley

[>Moose<]

Greetings and hallucinations from Las Vegas.
I go by Moose, and was pointed in this direction by one of your own; Cornish-guy, a friend from another photography forum.
I'm a 24-year veteran of the US Air Force... F-111 Avioncs Maintenance, B-52 Gunner, Intelligence Officer... and recently retired from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department after 18 years as a Corrections Officer.
I live not far from Nellis AFB and enjoy shooting aircraft there from outsdie the fence.
I visited your lovely island in October 1981 when we flew B-52's to RAF Marham as part of excercise Busy Brewer.
Happy to be here. Be nice to the Yank.

[andys1616]

Hi Everyone,

I've just registered here after having it on my "to do" list for a while.

I'm a keen photographer, sometimes I even take some sharp ones, so most weekends I'm taking photos at air shows or motorsport. I also try to make at least one trip a year down to LFA7 to get a low level fix.

Andy

[Harp 36]

Good Afternoon fellow users.

I have an interest in the technical side of Aviation ( Avionics and Communications) so as a result, I have had the privilege to have flown both as a Member of the Air Training Corps and with another organisation in some of the Older types between 1976-86
Harp 36 (my user name) was taken from the Varsity I had the honour of flying in from Finningley to the FIR boundary Westbound via reporting points 'Milbrook' ( along the old Blue one East West Airway) via Barton ( BTN VOR) and Wallasey (WAL) it was in all an experience I can tell you as someone said to me at the time it is a posh Vickers Wellington.

I was introduced to basic Air Ground Communication both V/UHF Navigation using MW ADF NDB's and VOR and the use of DME and of course how to read a half mil Chart.

I later learned CW (Morse code to Professional standard as well as FAC Skills) and I will leave that well alone for now.
Other types flown within the dates specified Chipmunk T10 and T21 Slingsby Gliders and service types Jet Provost MK 3 ( Finningley ) and later a Dominie ( the HS125 to replace the Varsity) .

The Dominie flight I won in a SQN draw while on Annual Camp.
This was a night flight to Stavanger beyond the FIR boundary where I was allowed to give position reports both via CW and Voice ( which I got mic fright or talking from a Oxygen Mask ) via HF in the 5MHz region.

I have just retired from a very lengthy employment of 40 years and hope to keep my Interest in Aviation which has been my passion throughout my Life.

So to the present day.
The Arrival of the F35's are of interest as is the line up at this years IAT.

I have been told off at Airshows for asking awkward questions on the technical side of a device or asset of interest, they should not have them on display then lol i guess a lot of people will be interested in the UK's new Assett and how we deploy it.

So without further ado thank you to the Fighter control Team for their time to manage this site.

By the way, the LFA broadcast to all Aircraft when an Aircraft is to enter LFA's on 278.0 is alive and well!! Mac Loop/Ulverston enthusiasts take note
The General Consensus is that LL operating is out dated and no longer Tactical well it is not and the RAF Aircrew I personally are fortunate to know say that despite technology advancement Low Level operations is a must for part of the general Training both interediate and advanced.
A topic all on its own I feel.

So i am pleased that it still is I may have a go myself at some Fast jet Photography.

That is all peeps you may see me pop in from time to time.

Regards
Harp36

[Red-Eye-Knight]

Hello all....I am new to this so thought i would say hello to everyone and i am looking forward to speaking about our love for aircraft with everyone on here as it seems so much nicer than ukar......I hope i can learn some new things from you guys and share some of my experiances that i have had at airshows...Hope to talk to you all soon.

[paddyboy]

Hi Buddy

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum

Very best regards

Paddyboy

[AlastairJM]

Hi - I'm Alastair, thanks for accepting me into the group. I've been a 'read-only' occasional visitor for a while, but have just taken possession of a scanner (Uniden 125XLT) and a 360Radar subscription thought it was time to get serious! Have already got loads of frequencies for my area (South Leicestershire) from the forum - thanks, looking forward to getting involved...

[paddyboy]

Hi Buddy

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum

Very best regards

Paddyboy

[Jon_T]

Hi, I'm Jon, returning to the hobby after a few years, having spent much time in the early 90s watching at MH & LN. At the moment i can't find my old Yuperitu scanner, which is driving me nuts, so i might need to seek collective help available here before selecting a new scanner.
I'm now based near Bristol, so i'll have to put up with mostly civvy traffic until i can organise a few trips out, but really enjoying the pics and posts i manage to go through in my lunch hour!!
Please be prepared for some basic level questions to start with - i'm trying to catch up on the missing years!
Thanks, Jon T

[RabAusten]

Hi,

After rekindling a love of photography, in the last year or so, and shooting aircraft at Duxford, I've started lurking around my locals (Lakenheath, Mildenhall and Marham). FC has been instrumental in me getting some lovely shots of A-10s, F-16s and the new RAF F-35Bs.

Thanks for all your help so far

James

[Gary]

Welcome to all the new members, have a quick read of the guidelines and hope you find the forum a friendly, helpful place.

Admin are highlighted in Red and Mods in Blue should you need any help

[RichieHell]

Hi all. I've been registered here a while but never posted. I've been reading mainly for RIAT and Duxford news before I signed up. After treating myself to a new lens and spending the morning at Lakenheath and Mildenhall I thought I'd say hi.

[markranger]

Hi Richie

Welcome on FC.
Please note you need to make 5 posts before you have access to things like "Heads up" and and special sections of deployments etc,
Exercise Cobra Warrior for instance is staring at Coningsby next week and is worth keeping your eye on that section.

Mark.

[RichieHell]

Thanks

[paddyboy]

Hi Richie

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum

Paddyboy

[Mikey1050]

Hi Everyone,
I don't consider myself a Spotter at the moment (although in my younger days I definitely was!). I'm more of an Amateur Photographer with a love of Aviation as a subject.
My first ever airshow was back in the 80's if my memory serves me right, Alconbury, it was that long ago the F-5E Aggressors were flying that hot and sunny day.
Living in Milton Keynes I used to get my kicks watching the F-111E 's and the EF-111A Spark Varks flying over my house on the way back to Upper Heyford, no such cool traffic around here these days ! We get the odd Apache, Merlins and Chinooks passing over but I cannot remember the last time I saw a fast jet over here.
I have not visited an airshow for a long while, but I have been to the last three RIAT events, but just on the arrival Thursday.
Anyway, Thanks for letting me join !!!

[paddyboy]

Hi Buddy

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum

Paddyboy

[Mikey1050]

Cheers Paddyboy

[vanekerisf]

Thanks for letting me join! I am a Dutch military airplane enthusiast. Grew up close to Soesterberg AB, NL. Have spent many many hours along the fence to watch the F-4E and later the F-15. Base is now closed for air traffic. But still worthwhile visiting for the National Military Museum, situated at the base.

[paddyboy]

Welcome aboard the friendly aviation forum, buddy

Paddyboy