Altcar 2020

[RADS]

Afternoon all,

Have any locals been there for the mornings activities?

Do we have any serials of the types that are there ?

Dave

[TB1]

None read off by me, but perusal of this, and other, sites gives

ZH842 Merlin
ZJ124
ZK… Chinook
ZK554
ZK560
ZZ375 Wildcat
ZZ533

Cheers

Trevor

[RADS]

Afternoon Trevor and all

Thanks for the update

Dave

[Campbell89]

According to ADSB one of the Chinooks is ZK561, also currently heading Northwest out to sea.

[TB1]

And as if by magic ZK561 now plotting on ADS-B

[Lytham TL]

All

just noted heading out to sea from Altcar at 14:50 a loose formation of 2 Wildcats, a Chinook and 2 Merlins. Serials would be very welcome as I noted them from Lytham St.Annes

[Armada]

On Sunday 19th Jan 2020 (yesterday), two of the Merlin serials were ZH842 and ZJ123

[dervish]

Do we have any serials of the types that are there ?

Yesterdays arrivals
LIFTER fight of three wokkas
ZK554, ZK560, ZK561
COMMANDO flight of three merlins
ZJ123, ZJ124, ZJ135
TIGER 65 singleton merlin
ZH842

Todays arrivals
RASCAL (arrived about ten mins apart) wildcats
ZZ375, ZZ533

All types have been out a couple of times this afternoon
Of yesterdays arrivals ZJ123, ZJ135, ZK560 and ZK561 noted in the air but others could have been as well

(also note that I have no actual interest in registrations so can't guarantee I read them all correctly ...especially as it was pea soup yesterday)

[100arw]

Yesterdays arrivals

Dervish,
Thanks for the log. I was unable to attend, so it was nice to see.
P.

[RADS]

Evening dervish
Thanks very much for your reply
Dave

[alexmac]

Any idea what air to ground freq was active Dervish?

[dervish]

Sorry Alex I was radioless apart from logging into globaltuners briefly

[Lytham TL]

Hi Dervish, are they all visible by walking up the path alongside the railway ?
thanks Martin

[Tarnished1]

Looking forward to the rant from some obnoxious "jobs worth" inside the camp regarding taking images from the public right of way next to railwayline outside the camp...because its a SF Ex...SBS allegedly...

[Lytham TL]

All

I can now answer my own question. If you walk up the path by the railway you come to the 2 Wildcats. It is then quite a long walk until you get to the Merlins. We were only able to see the 3 grey ones, one which took off, there is probably one spot where you may be able to see all 3, otherwise its a case of moving up and down to convince yourself that you have seen 3, they are all parked tail on. It then another long walk until you get to the Chinooks, they are a long way away tucked in by the trees. We found one spot where we could see two and a half. If all 3 are not there then I think you will struggle to read them because of the distance and the hedge and trees that are close to the path.

[Campbell89]

All

I can now answer my own question. If you walk up the path by the railway you come to the 2 Wildcats. It is then quite a long walk until you get to the Merlins. We were only able to see the 3 grey ones, one which took off, there is probably one spot where you may be able to see all 3, otherwise its a case of moving up and down to convince yourself that you have seen 3, they are all parked tail on. It then another long walk until you get to the Chinooks, they are a long way away tucked in by the trees. We found one spot where we could see two and a half. If all 3 are not there then I think you will struggle to read them because of the distance and the hedge and trees that are close to the path.

Thanks, I’m heading down tonight. When I went last year the two wildcats were visible from the cycle path but through some trees. Walking further along there was a field where the Chinooks were and then the merlins even further round. From your post it seems the merlins and Chinooks have switched locations this year.

[Tarnished1]

I think the wokkas are probably where they were in March 2017. Last year there were only 2 used in the exercise, if I recall, and they were conveniently using a sportsfield easily visible from the cycle path just further on from the wildcats as mentioned in previous post. Regarding the merlins presume the 3 grey ones referred to are obviously the HM2 plus 2 out of the 3 ex RAF Merlins which have gone through HC4 conversion (ZJ123 & ZJ124), the other a HC3i (interim) still in old RAF green scheme.

[Lytham TL]

Campbell, the Merlins are where they were last year. The Chinooks are even further up the path, if its dark when you get there you may struggle with them

[Campbell89]

Thanks, ah fair enough I’m on my way in a min. Be there in an hour or so.

[Yammer]

15.45 a LIFTER callsign just arrived in Herefordshire