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Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 10:48 pm
by stevep22
On holiday in that neck of the woods in a couple of weeks. Looking to visit the FAA Museum. What are the chances of getting some snaps of the gate guards (and anything else of interest) whilst there?
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:31 am
by stevep22
Hi Thumper,
Thanks for the useful information and advice. Will see what I can depending on time and willingness of the family to 'humour' me. Will be staying near Charmouth for a week so it's not a long run up to Yeovilton.
Cheers
Steve
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:55 am
by stevep22
Cheers Thumper, you're a gent.......
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 10:17 am
by seven
stevep22 wrote:Cheers Thumper, you're a gent.......
She'll appreciate that!
Be warned, the Sea Hawk Thumper posted above isn't there any more (well wasn't when i was there last). There is also a Wessex visible from near the base entrance, although not photograph-able, and a Gazelle just visible opposite the FAAM cap park entrance.
HTH
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Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 11:10 am
by stevep22
Ooops........ faux pas. Profuse apologies. Say no more less I dig a bigger hole
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 6:12 pm
by seven
Ive called her worse
Also i have no idea where i got cap park from...
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Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 8:29 am
by stevep22
Josh, Where were your photos of the dump aircraft taken from?
Thanks
Steve
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 10:46 am
by seven
Pyle lane by the look of it.
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Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2015 4:02 pm
by stevep22
Thanks guys. I was down there this very morning!
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 3:53 pm
by rh226
Sorry to be a nuisance, gentlemen. What are the identities of the two SHARs in picture #3, please?
MTIA.
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2015 11:02 pm
by Malcolm
rh226 wrote:Sorry to be a nuisance, gentlemen. What are the identities of the two SHARs in picture #3, please?
MTIA.
ZH800 (marked as ZH801 and in 801NAS markings)
ZH801 (marked as ZH800 and in 800NAS markings)
Don't ask!
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Thu Oct 01, 2015 11:51 am
by rh226
Many thanks, Malcolm.
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:05 pm
by Freeman Lowell
hughgibson wrote:Further to Thumpers earlier message re- Lynx gate guard, XZ728/326 now sits beside Harrier ZD578 on the gate.
The Sea Hawk in his pic is the one in the dump.
Hugh Gibson
XZ728 repositioned back to gate guard duties 10.2.16
Freeman
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Thu Jul 04, 2019 9:09 am
by HawkeyeUK
To update this, I visited the FAA Museum on 30-6-2019 and noted the following gate guards:-
Main Gate
Sea Harrier FA2 'ZD578 / 122'
North side of road opposite main gate
Lynx AH7 'XZ670 / A'
Lynx HMA8 ''XZ728 / 326'
A further 'Navy' Lynx was noted on display between office / accommodation buildings on the North side of the road between the Lynx pair and the Cobham area. It is facing away from the road.
Does anyone have an ID for this?
I wasn't able to stop in the area due to the roadworks / traffic lights, so I also couldn't confirm the presence of the Wessex which should be further on base behind the SHAR
Cheers
Alan
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:32 pm
by Crus8der
31.07.19
Hi Alan,
Thanks on i/d's of Lynx gate guards.
Too much going on to spot anything else as very busy in the road works but on a quick look heading back through later I'm sure the SHAR was coded '000'!
Any ideas?
Cheers, Rob
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29288836@N00/
Re: Yeovilton gate guards
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2019 8:27 pm
by Freeman Lowell
Crus8der wrote: ↑Fri Aug 02, 2019 4:32 pm
31.07.19
Hi Alan,
Thanks on i/d's of Lynx gate guards.
Too much going on to spot anything else as very busy in the road works but on a quick look heading back through later I'm sure the SHAR was coded '000'!
Any ideas?
Cheers, Rob
https://www.flickr.com/photos/29288836@N00/
Two sides to any story. Isn't one side painted in 800 Sqn colours and the other 801?
Freeman