Top 11

Post by **Tps13** » Sat Jan 29, 2022 12:31 pm

Hi anyone have information on what top 11 is flying in and around boscombe down Thursday and Friday thanks

Post by **Yammer** » Sat Jan 29, 2022 1:05 pm

Could it relate to TOPSTAR ? Is "TOP" a callsign you heard with your ears or a ping ping ?

Post by **ChrisGilligan** » Sat Jan 29, 2022 3:02 pm

It was the PC21

Post by **Tps13** » Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:22 pm

UK based?

Post by **ChrisGilligan** » Sat Jan 29, 2022 10:57 pm

Yes. Boscombe based and operated by Qinetiq

Post by **DavieB** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 9:54 am

Was quite often a pair, Top 11 and Top 21 (nice and orderly sequential registrations G-ETPA and G-ETPB), they seemed to split and merge and be doing some sort of basic 1v1 air combat manoevering.

Post by **POL** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:16 am

So is the callsign simply "Top"?

Post by **DavieB** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:34 am

They were using Topstar on both A2A and ATC comms. Using Boscombe Radar for quite considerable A2A, you'd have thought BDN would have a dedicated A2A freq rather than nabbing an ATC one.

Post by **Yammer** » Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:38 am

DavieB wrote: ↑
Sun Jan 30, 2022 10:34 am
They were using Topstar on both A2A and ATC comms. Using Boscombe Radar for quite considerable A2A, you'd have thought BDN would have a dedicated A2A freq rather than nabbing an ATC one.

Thanks Davie for the factual insight - TOPSTAR not top ( ping )

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