Mass Flypast at Culdrose

[red_snowuk]

Just seen a flypast at Culdrose of:
6 x Merlin
2 x Sea King
4 x Hawk
1 x King Air

That was just after a Wildcat dropped in

All filmed from the RN Dauphin

Anyone know the occasion please?

[bizfreeq]

From the RNAS Culdrose website:

14/11/2017

Until next Thursday, fliers at Culdrose are squeezing in more than 600 hours of fast jet, turbo-prop and whirlybird action as the Fleet Air Arm's Cornish air station pretends it's a living, breathing and fighting aircraft carrier.

Exercise Kernow - Cornish for 'Cornwall' - Flag turns the Lizard peninsula base into fictional flat-top HMS Seahawk.

The base - which has billed itself as 'HMS Queen Elizabeth on land' in preparation for the new carrier entering service - is taking that concept to the next level.

In true gunboat diplomacy style, the carrier has been sent in to help the people of Redruvia, threatened by its tubthumping neighbour Camberland.

[Aircraftpaulcornwall]

Hi all,
It was really nice to hear about this live exercise occurring at Culdrose.
I first spotted on the Falmouth Packet website and immediately thought 'it will be good
to perhaps see a load of flying this week'. Well, I was not too disappointed!
There have been a number of Merlins around this area, including a couple of very
low flying ones at around 500ft. I also spotted an AEW Sea King to the north of here
a couple of days ago. Also a few hawks and one King Air.
This is probably the most flying seen here for a very long time!
Let's hope that the same goes for next week as well!

[roger4]

Anyone know if the two Dutch NH90s that routed through Benson last Thursday involved in the exercise?

[bizfreeq]

Not sure participation-wise but unless one has gone home then there are now 3 NH-90s there as N-326 stopped here at Bournemouth yesterday en route Culdrose

[rh226]

Dutch NH-90s are on Ex RNLN FOST until 6th Dec.

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/s ... v_17-O.pdf