Yeovil sightings winter 14/15

[farnboroughrob]

As the other topic is out of date I have started a new to make things look easier

3/12
quite busy around 11:00
I-AWCK AW169 flying
ZR352/15-01 HH-101 engine running on field
ZZ401 Wildcat AH1
ZZ402 Wildcat HM1
ZZ541 Wildcat South Korean Navy!!! lurking in dip in front of the flight shed, serial just visible

Rob

[Freeman Lowell]

1330hrs found the third HH-101A o/s -identified from the code as the UK serial was taped over.
ZZ541 also wears 15-0601 (nicely position behind the end-plate )

Freeman

[richpittman]

Sat on the ramp at 10:00 local on the 8th December.

ZR352 and ZR353 merlins for Italy
ZZ511 wildcat

[somerset]

Is one of these in primer just returned to wetlands

[richpittman]

Primer Merlin Westland 01 ZR353
ZR352 Westland 05 Airfield ops then to St Mawgan

Out on Apron at 12:45 was Korean Wildcat and just being towed the Merlin with the bag zh852?

[razzer56]

Hi Rich,
Also pulled out of Flight shed (Bay 2) circa 12 noon and parked on the incline,not unfortuneatly on the Apron was a Black painted Merlin, almost complete - no rotor blades or glass buble window and a few panels covered over. They could not have parked it in a worse position if they had tried all day! Unable to see if the craft had a code on it as the lower part of the fuselage obscured by the concrete retaining wall of the apron. Could this be the 3rd machine for Italy.
Colin Rossiter
Frome, Somt

[Freeman Lowell]

1515hrs found fully painted ZK192 S.Lynx 140 by the mound.
Freeman

[RickIngham]

Rotorless Italian went from wash rack to hangar today and has been pulled back out on to flightline. Serial taped over but code is 15-03.

ZR339 ZR352 and ZR353 all flew plus Dysons AW139 G-DCOI arriving around 0900 and hangared. I-AWCK AW169 and Merlin HM2 ZH841 also on the ramp.

[merlinhunter]

Monday 15th December

Flying this morning were:
ZR352 and ZR353 (Italian HH-101s)
ZK192 (Algerian Lynx Mk140)

Also ZZ402 made an appearance outside but was then towed back in again, and there was some civvy thing flying

David.

[richpittman]

Tuesday 16th December

Zk192 lynx for Algeria westland04 two ils at yeovilton

Italian merlins
Zr352 westland 01 zr353 westland 05

Wildcat zz401 westland 02

On pad 1145 zh851 and 852 minus bag

Noted ground running 0845 navy merlin unidentified

[rh226]

Friday 19th December

am Merlin ZH843 active showing as "WHE05"

13.30L ZR352 active showing on PP as "WHE01"

[Freeman Lowell]

Monday 22nd December
ZZ402 Wildcat
ZH851 Merlin flew
ZR353 HH-101A flew (primer)
(G-MCGM AW189 CG)
Freeman

[apgphoto]

Anyone able to shed any light on WHE02 on 19th hex code 43C759 airborne late morning?

And WHE01 43C479 airborne on 22/33/24th?

[Freeman Lowell]

Wednesday 24th December

ZH851 82 Merlin
ZR339 AW.101 House cols.

Both outside @ 1045hrs.

Freeman

[farnboroughrob]

I doubt if there will be much about but will look into Yeovil tomorrow (31st) assume Yeovilton will be on Christmas leave?

[richpittman]

Nothing (heard) noted this Week

[Malcolm]

Nothing (heard) noted this Week

Just the HMCG AW189 flying today G-HMCG I think it was. Spent the early afternoon in the Portland areas. Oh and the Rozzers making a racket over the eastern end of town in their Bolkow thing.

Heard but didn't see Noggin the Nog going into Brize this morning.

[Freeman Lowell]

Malcolm, you're thinking back to 1982 when G-HMCG was an Islander. You meant to type G-MCGM - which also overshot Hurn today on its travels.
Seasons best,
Freeman

[farnboroughrob]

Pretty much as expected nothing was seen, All the car parks locked up and only the main gate manned, oh well hears to 2015

[Freeman Lowell]

Yep, I'll be listening out too.
Seasons best to all on the fence.
Freeman