Bobcat

[george]

Hi Gang.

Heard on the radio Bobcat 18 going into Waddo yesterday afternoon.
checked the tracking sites nothing showing.
can any one id please.

George. Sunny Grimsby.

[baz1]

Bobcat used to be a 17sqn Valley Hawk C/S

[Alan425]

I only got a distant view of it but it looked Islander-ish.

Alan

[george]

Hi. It was making slow progress so def. not a Hawk, that was my first thought but soon
dismissed.

George.

[baz1]

possibly a Shadow R1

[Mike]

Bobcat used to be a 17sqn Valley Hawk C/S

When did 17 sqn have Hawks?

[POL]

Typo for 19(R) Sqn I presume.

[Yammer]

I think it was an Islander - there is a company based at Hurn that uses BOBCAT that operates a number of Islanders.

[baz1]

Typo for 19(R) Sqn I presume.

yes Chris
Typo error I have a very old SC-MAC Book 1988 and was looking for C/S it was listed as Hawk 74(R) Sqn of course call signs have changed since then was just a rough guide, apologies for that.

[Yammer]

The Bournemouth Hurn EGHH group report BOBCAT 18 a few days ago as G-BJOH, may be that, may be not - which was once upon a time the more sensitive ZF573 - recent change of ownership too.

Interesting it visited Waddo.

more on G-INFO

[reaper493]

When I was there the other week for the Tc-135, a light brown twin enginged civvy type came in, it had a camera under the nose, had a similar callsign.
Looked like a Beechcraft Baron twin engined prop, I google the reg but found nothing, could have been this.

[Alan425]

light brown twin enginged civvy type

It was PA-31 G-SCTR which seems to be operating regularly from Waddington.

Bobcat 18 stated that he had fixed undercarriage, so not a PA-31.

Alan

[reaper493]

Thanks for the info Alan.

Mike

[george]

Hi all. Thanks for your info. I think I will stick with the Islander.
I also caught the comment on the welded undercarriage.

Cheers George.

[BOLLO]

BOBCAT 18 requesting the current wx at Waddington 15.19

[Alan425]

Landed at 15.44 & Waddington referred to it as an Islander, so Islander it is!

Alan

[reaper493]

Islander just launched from Waddington, heading in newark direction at this time, seen from garden, probably bobcat.

[slogen51]

One of the ex dodgy islanders - just can't keep away from a military airfield

Do islanders launch or do they float serenely into the air?

[POL]

I believe the earth repels them and thus they end up at FL100. For some reason they're ALWAYS at FL100 when I hear them on the radio!

[slogen51]

A long time ago I watched one take off from Northolt - spiralling upwards to FL100 virtually within the airfield boundary before heading off somewhere over London ( but not always)