Yeovil (Westland) Sightings 2021

[Mike]

No problem.

[Freeman Lowell]

Wednesday 18.08.21 1300hrs
Portuguese S.Lynx 95 ZH584 powered up at the western end.
Freeman
Edit...and G-DAAS was the red H145 doing multiple circuits before 1200hrs

[eagle driver]

Polish Aw101 ZR285 was seen plotting this afternoon ,first thing I have seen relating to Yeovil for several weeks.

[Malcolm]

Friday 3rd September 2021 08:45L

Out on a cloudy but warm ramp this morning are..

ZZ112 Merlin for Norway
(ZJ994)/AC Merlin for RN
ZZ415 Wildcat HM2 - all tooled up with winglets, rockets and torpedoes.

Cheers
Malcolm

[Judwin71]

1130L, AW101 ZJ994 flying as WHE06.

[Judwin71]

0930L Wildcat ZZ415 flying as WHE02.

[adderman]

1230L Monday.
A bit late but roadrunner bagged up AW class heli noted A303 eastbound towards Andover on lowloader. Unable to claim exact type but well wrapped.

Not sure if from Yeovil or whether it's a second hand sale from elsewhere.

[Two66]

1230L Monday.
A bit late but roadrunner bagged up AW class heli noted A303 eastbound towards Andover on lowloader. Unable to claim exact type but well wrapped.

Not sure if from Yeovil or whether it's a second hand sale from elsewhere.

Quite possibly the AW149 being roaded to London for DSEI

[Judwin71]

Flying this morning:
WHE02 Wildcat ?
WHE04 Wildcat ZZ415
Sikorsky S76 Flight ID 2BYDF call sign 5FT
Helimed 71A

[Malcolm]

Flying this morning:
WHE02 Wildcat ?
WHE04 Wildcat ZZ415
Sikorsky S76 Flight ID 2BYDF call sign 5FT
Helimed 71A

On the ramp this morning were :
ZZ513 Wildcat (this usually flies with Mode S turned off for some reason, so may be your WHE02)
ZZ415 Widcat
ZR285 Merlin for Poland
[497CC0] (the Portugese Lynx) is currently pinging as "WHE02", but I don't think it's airborne, just on a ground test.

[Judwin71]

Flying this morning:
WHE02 Wildcat ?
WHE04 Wildcat ZZ415
Sikorsky S76 Flight ID 2BYDF call sign 5FT
Helimed 71A

On the ramp this morning were :
ZZ513 Wildcat (this usually flies with Mode S turned off for some reason, so may be your WHE02)
ZZ415 Widcat
ZR285 Merlin for Poland
[497CC0] (the Portugese Lynx) is currently pinging as "WHE02", but I don't think it's airborne, just on a ground test.

Flying at 1330L Merlin HM2 ZH831 as WHE01
Malcolm did you note the full registration of the S76.

[Judwin71]

0915L ZH831 Merlin flying as WHE04.

[Malcolm]

Malcolm did you note the full registration of the S76.

The S76 wasn't there when I was. And TBH if it's civil I probably wouldn't have tried too hard to read it off either.

[POL]

Malcolm did you note the full registration of the S76.

The S76 wasn't there when I was. And TBH if it's civil I probably wouldn't have tried too hard to read it off either.

I think you misheard. 2-BYDF was re-registered as M-LIFT back in June. Perhaps you heard MIKE FOXTROT TANGO rather than FIFE FOXTROT TANGO?

Of course, it's civil so you probably tuned it out anyway!

[Judwin71]

Malcolm did you note the full registration of the S76.

The S76 wasn't there when I was. And TBH if it's civil I probably wouldn't have tried too hard to read it off either.

I think you misheard. 2-BYDF was re-registered as M-LIFT back in June. Perhaps you heard MIKE FOXTROT TANGO rather than FIFE FOXTROT TANGO?

Of course, it's civil so you probably tuned it out anyway!

Thanks for the info, much appreciated.
Keith

[Compass_base]

Monday 13th

Quiet day, only aware of ZZ112 outside late afternoon, appeared to be running system checks

[Yammer]

Tuesday 14th Sept - WESTLAND 01 a Merlin HM2 just crossed the Channel from Lydd to Lille en route to Lyon

[Malcolm]

Tuesday 14th Sept - WESTLAND 01 a Merlin HM2 just crossed the Channel from Lydd to Lille en route to Lyon

ZH831 was the only thing on the ramp this morning at 9AM. I didn't notice if it still had it's bin bag attached.

Oh - and talking of bin bags, if anyone is thinking of visiting - don't do it before 9AM on a Tuesday. Bin day and local school traffic means it's chaos.

[Compass_base]

Tuesday 14/09

ZZ415 made an early appearance, but was dragged back in, no activity
ZH831 WHE01 Flying (Bag is removed)
ZJ994 AC WHE07 Flying
ZR285 Poland 1 Ground Run
ZZ112 Outside with APU
ZZ413 Outside No rotors, multiple panels missing
G-DSAA Landed early evening for 10 minutes

[Peter59]

Thursday 16/09

A RN Merlin coded 'AC' was the only thing outside at 1330. Could someone please confirm this was ZJ994? Many thanks.