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Re: Departures timetable .

Post by Skywatcher » Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:05 pm

slogen51 wrote:
Tue Jul 18, 2023 5:45 am
The two Gripen E 6012 and 6004 from memory - are they carrying Swedish Air Force serials or are they really SAAB demonstrators ?

They used Swedish Air Force callsigns when departing

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I think they where SWAF examples Mike didn’t see any Saab markings on them at all ,I thought they /and the Global Eye where Ace ,lots of noises coming from me in Park and View East when i saw them arrive on one of my breaks
Company test pilot for the demo however.
Also confirmed on some videos on YouTube from weekend. I’ll share a link a bit later
The SWAF C demo was from F7 Wing ,I’m a bit addicted to the Gripen
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Re: Departures timetable .

Post by Andy Marden » Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:18 pm

I say again, they were not Swedish Air Force aircraft.
Having spent the weekend ferrying the pilots and ground crew around the airfield I am in a reasonably strong position....

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Re: Departures timetable .

Post by lynothehammer » Tue Jul 18, 2023 8:03 pm

Anyone heard any whispers of a time of departure for the B52s ?

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Re: Departures timetable .

Post by Skywatcher » Tue Jul 18, 2023 9:36 pm

Andy Marden wrote:
Tue Jul 18, 2023 6:18 pm
I say again, they were not Swedish Air Force aircraft.
Having spent the weekend ferrying the pilots and ground crew around the airfield I am in a reasonably strong position....
Ahh sorry Andy I had not seen your comment earlier,apologies.
That makes sense with it being a company test pilot now.
May have been initial pre operational examples yet to be handed over as I could not see any SAAB markings on them
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Re: Departures timetable .

Post by seven » Tue Jul 18, 2023 11:17 pm

There's not any BAE markings on ZJ700(technically) or ZK303 either!
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Re: Departures timetable .

Post by Discodaz » Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:37 am

Red Dragon wrote:
Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:18 pm
Discodaz wrote:
Mon Jul 17, 2023 9:30 pm

Vampire? Did I miss this or is it still there. Maybe departed before p&v opened?

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The Vampire departed at around 14:45 hours?, it was shown on the PlanesTV stream.
completely missed it then..must have been on a toilet break.
thanks for letting me know

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Re: Departures timetable .

Post by slogen51 » Wed Jul 19, 2023 9:26 am

Wednesday

Surge 31/32 airborne on 259.60 towards MAM - NAVPI or LONAM ? and beyond

The two buffs I assume

( The above vampire kept nice and low - looked good but was before 14:45 as I was gone by then I thought)

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