Yeovil (Westlands) Sightings Autumn/Winter 2018/19

[Freeman Lowell]

Thursday 31st January 2019 1115L
Noted at a chilly Judwin whilst en route to Eli's:

ZZ549 Wildcat 220. Ramp
ZZ550 Wildcat 220. Flew
(ZJ128)/M Merlin HC.4. Compass base

Freeman

How was Eli's today? Not been in there for 4 or 5 years

Unchanged, and that's the pull. Maureen and Pat are fine and the juke box is still the best around.
Cheers,
Freeman

[Seacat192]

That's good to hear, Freeman

[phila]

There was a Norwegian AW101 on the ramp at 08:45 tail on, but I couldn't get an angle to read it off. It still had the Norwegian serial covered, and the UK serial applied though. That, and the fact it appears to have departed on a Westland callsign makes me think it'll be back, and isn't on delivery.

Malcolm
I am told the one you saw was ZZ105, 106 came out of the flight shed at 0900

Unless it has been covered over again the Norwegian serial on 105 was visible

0273 ZZ105, for RNoAF by Phil Adkin, on Flickr

[Typeflyer]

Noted arriving @ 11:25 12th February was ZZ550 Wildcat.

Nothing else on the ramp, hangar doors firmly closed at this time.

ZZ549 showing as airborne.

[Arty]

Seen today (14th February), around lunchtime, were the following (all flying):
ZZ105 AW101 (Norwegian serial was covered, at least on the fuselage; couldn't check top of the nose)
ZZ549 Wildcat
ZZ550 Wildcat

Robin

[Judwin71]

ZZ106 landed back just after 1pm presumably from its demo trip.

[Geoff Dreft]

AN Aw101 appeared out flow cloud over Bexhill at 12.00 today, with HEX showing as 43C7E1 on ADSB, which links to ZZ106. I managed to track it to the Somerset border, so landing at Yeovil would make sense. Don't see much of interest over the skies of Sussex but have now seen this twice in two weeks!

[twinstar]

Noted out at 10:30...

ZZ550 Wildcat
ZR358 AW. 101

Noted in the flight she'd were to fully assembled Norweigan AW. 101. Presumably ZZ105 and 106? Are they the only fully painted ones in the flight shed at moment?

Regards
Tony

[Judwin71]

Flying yesterday and today AW109 G-DIDO.

[Judwin71]

1240, AW139 M-SHRM low approach go round.

[Freeman Lowell]

Wednesday 27th February 2019 1400L

Noted on a brief visit, after lunch at the Quicksilver, to see how much the grass had grown:

ZZ549 Wildcat 220. Flew
ZH831 Merlin HM2. Flew. Currently outfitted with 2 bare weapons pylons and an orange pitot probe.

Freeman