RNAS Culdrose Air Day 2015

[roberto]

It seems they are ahead of schedule as PLF201 is at that this moment starting up again, so expect them 1 hour earlier in the UK, around 13.00z

[slogen51]

114 & 115 on the deck parked opposite the viewing area at 14:20 local
Not heard the CASA on approach yet

[Malcolm]

114 & 115 on the deck parked opposite the viewing area at 14:20 local
Not heard the CASA on approach yet

Casa 025 PLF280 is plotting westbound OTT SAM at the moment. Also got an Italian C130 MM62177 IAM4670 just ahead of it headed your way.

[slogen51]

Cheers for that.

Apparently the frecce tricolori are due in after 4pm

[MRTT]

Does anybody know if anything will be left by Saturday?

[slogen51]

mm62177/46-42 C-130J arrived and looks like it is going soon.
025 C295 is parked near the MIGs.

11 Frecce arrived in fine style, especially the singleton which performed some rather alarming very low high speed passes. (It's a bit hazy for me to be accurate with the serials, but shouldn't be an issue later as they are also parked near to to viewing area)

[CadPlan]

You can expect Polish Mig29's 114 & 115 1ELT PLF201 and C295 025 13ELTR PLF280
All 3 on the deck now at Leeuwarden, Mig29's expect to depart around 15.00 local and to arrive around the same time at Culdrose, followed by the C295 an hour later.

We expect them Friday back at Leeuwarden at 11.00 local, so probably a 9.00 departure from Culdrose

Thanks for that, something to work

[slogen51]

From my pic's the F/T in landing order looked like :
Code.....last three
55 = mm55053
2= 058
3=473
U/M=059
11=054
6=482
7=55055 or 065 ?
8=517
9=479
10= 500 (not that clear)
1=510 (or 518)

Stenciled numbers yuk

[MRTT]

Any idea of any aircraft that will still be at Culdrose in Saturday.

[slogen51]

Few other bits arrived.
J-5007 and J-5012 Swiss hornets
ZZ516 and ZZ380 wildcats - Royal Navy - Black cats
XZ7../311 Lynx RN

T-729 Swiss support been and gone.

[BringBackEGDG]

Any idea of any aircraft that will still be at Culdrose in Saturday.

BrizeWatcher I imagine everything will be gone by mid-afternoon Friday unless something goes tech! Navy like their weekends free.

Steve

[MRTT]

Does anybody know of any aircraft still at Culdrose?

[XV370]

Does anybody know of any aircraft still at Culdrose?

Quite a few left on Thursday and a few more today.Not sure what , if anything, is left.

[XV370]

From my pic's the F/T in landing order looked like :
Code.....last three
55 = mm55053
2= 058
3=473
U/M=059
11=054
6=482
7=55055 or 065 ?
8=517
9=479
10= 500 (not that clear)
1=510 (or 518)

Stenciled numbers yuk

I have checked my photo's from yesterday as the Frecce Tricolori landed after the display:-

MM54510/1
MM55058/2
MM54475/3
MM55059/-
MM55054/11
MM54482/6
MM55055/7
MM54517/8
MM54479/9
MM54500/10

Very difficult as you probably know as the number is black on the blue fuselage below the tail.

The spare that did not fly during the display was coded 55 on the tail but I couldn't get any more off this. It departed Thursday mid-afternoon.

Hope that helps.

[Malcolm]

Very difficult as you probably know as the number is black on the blue fuselage below the tail.

The spare that did not fly during the display was coded 55 on the tail but I couldn't get any more off this. It departed Thursday mid-afternoon.

FYI The last three of the mickey mouse is on the nose-wheel door - usually either red or black on white so much easier to get from there than the fuselage side.

[XV370]

Very difficult as you probably know as the number is black on the blue fuselage below the tail.

The spare that did not fly during the display was coded 55 on the tail but I couldn't get any more off this. It departed Thursday mid-afternoon.

FYI The last three of the mickey mouse is on the nose-wheel door - usually either red or black on white so much easier to get from there than the fuselage side.

I saw them on my photo's but they were not much easier to read than the full serial on the fuselage, plus I was unsure of any possible duplication of the last 3 numbers.

[slogen51]

Thanks for that

I was going off the last three from the nose wheel door ,looks like I only got number 3 wrong.

Still dropped the lot! (But made all three Polish)

I hope they performed a good display as their arrival was quite exciting.

Mike

[XV370]

Good display by the Frecce on Thursday, looking from the airfield it appeared that the solo aircraft disappeared behind some tress over by the viewing area at one point!