February 2010

[teeonefixer]

There still seem to be a fair few flying restrictions and visitor cancellations due to the weather around the country but this week has seen:-

Monday 1st XX177 Red Arrows Hawk
Tuesday 2nd XX217 and XX 261 FRADU Hawks (both night-stop)
Thursday 4th "051" Tornado GR4 (=ZA562) and later on an unmarked Typhoon (Correction = ZK300) parked on VAS

The infamous "chap in the pub" described a tail-engined big jet on Monday - probably an ETPS 1-11 ?

[teeonefixer]

I'm a bit disorganised this week and included amongst the visitors (not necessarily on the right days !) were

Tuesday 9th ZF119/WY Sea King HC4, , ZJ272 Squirrel
Wednesday 10th ZA681/AI Chinook, XX261 FRADU Hawk
Thursday 11th ----/ZE Sea King HC4, CM-01 Falcon 20, XX301 FRADU Hawk
Friday 12th XX203/CC 100 squ and XX154, QinetiQ Hawk T.1's

plus a few other bits and pieces I'll hopefully find somewhere in my notes !
as usual, additions & corrections welcome........

[teeonefixer]

First of all, a couple of corrections have been added to the above posts.

As for this week, I saw:-

Tuesday 16th XX339/CD 100 squ Hawk
Wednesday 17th ZE794/FL (23 squ marks) Tornado F.3 state 2 emergancy landing (still there Friday) XS709/M Dominie, ZF822 Boscombe Pa31, ZE03/CN and XX255/C- 100 squ Hawks, "DN" and another later on Typhoon overshoots
Thursday 18th XX280/CM 100 squ Hawk

[teeonefixer]

Thanks Len

I was just checking your Leeming posts to fill in the gaps !
Wednesday 17th XX255 is "CL"
Add XX339/CK to Thursday 18th (I watched them taxy out together !)

They are usualy here for Simulator slots, I guess
teeonefixer

[steve149c]

22nd Feb

Roughly 1445 to 1600

Tornado from last week remains on the pan looking I'll, no sign of anyone looking at it.

Tester 70 XX342 (2) hawk nothing to do with tornado
"Aac740" lynx XZ669 I land 1520
"Aac759" lynx V depart 1510 XZ661
Lynx xz190 F
Lynx Xz212 X
Lynx A ZD273
G-TELY helicopter transit to Holyhead and then east?
T2's 031 032 & 025

1750 tornado o/s and climbed north, F3? Looked like black tip to tail with yellow lightning bolt on it.

All the best

Steve
Tornado o/s at 1750 F3?

23rd Feb

Well another good day at Valley, Timings 1000-1145 and 1445 to 1600

AM

5 Lynx in on Detachment, AAC759 was XZ669
XX256 Hawk T1 (19 Squadron) was seen towed across - CAT 3 rebuild? Was this the one that had multiple bird strikes a few months back?
Cranwell 93 - Dominie XS737 [K] o/s and departed for Cranwell via Lichfield Corridor
Marham 89 - Tornado GR4 ZA395 [009] one par and one "circuit", was male voice on callup then female voice, then again male for departure - is this an OCU aircraft? Dual Control?
Cranwell 94 - Dominie XS728 [E] landed for lunch

PM

Cranwell 91 - Dominie XS737 [K] returned for another PAR
???08 (Jester 08?) - Harrier ZG511 [82] one PAR and one ciruit
hangar doors opened and our resident sick Tornado ZE794 was towed out, then later towed back in
Heard VYT01 on the airwaves - is this the Camp Group Captain keeping his hours in?

Was treated to not 1, but 3 of the new T2's popping the chutes on landing, light was poor at the time though


24th Feb

Lovely Sunny and warm February day,

Approx 1100 to 1140 and 1300 to 1615

XX162 "Guantlet 21" RAFCMA, American Accent
Tornado F3 ZH552 [HW] Circuits, seen from home - anyone get callsign?
Dominie XS737 [K] and XS728 [E] circuits

PM

Tornado ZE794 out from hangar, airbrakes now in, returned to hangar
"Crimson" - Pair Hawks, XX157 (100 RN Tail) & XX303 (no marks) departed
"Cranwell 95" - Dominie A XS712 flew threw at 150 foot, no undercarriage down
Lynx V (XZ661) & A (ZD273) (Army Air Corps) using "Redcat"
"Cranwell 94" - Dominie E XS728 circuit
"Grim 21" - F-15C Eagle LN 84-015 1 Tacan, 1 PAR and 2 visual circuits

Also when home

Harrier @ 1715
Typhoon @ 1739 doing cicuits

Steve

[dubmasteruk]

"Aac740" lynx XZ669 I land 1520
"Aac759" lynx V depart 1510 XZ661
Lynx xz190 F
Lynx Xz212 XLynx A ZD273

Are you 100% on Lynx 'F' & 'X' , ie where they read off?

Both came through shawbury on Friday on there way up to valley and id's were given as XZ203/F(overshot) & XZ176/X (refuelled).

[steve149c]

Hi Dubmasteruk,

You are quite right, I've even got them written down - F is XZ203 and X is XZ176, don't know where I got the other numbers from - sorry guys

Steve