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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.

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

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

Alan

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

George.

possibly a Shadow R1

baz1 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:14 am

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

When did 17 sqn have Hawks?

Typo for 19(R) Sqn I presume.

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

EGVP wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 02, 2019 9:51 am

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.

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

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.

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

Thanks for the info Alan.

Mike

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.

BOBCAT 18 requesting the current wx at Waddington 15.19

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

Alan

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

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?

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!

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)