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April 2020 Logs/Movements

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April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:28 am

1/4/20

12:03L - G-JMCM/BAE101 (B737-3Y0(SF) /Western Atlantic) Dep R.25 to AKT

OTT/Local
11:26L - ZM528/SYS105 (Juno HT.1/DHFS-RAF) OTT Warton @ 900ft to Weeton Barracks for familiarisation circuit then back south OTT Warton @11:33L at 750ft heading South OTT Liverpool City Centre (Goodison Park & Anfield) then land Dale Barracks then RTB Shawbury (12:33L)

Note ZM528 currently in special Livery marking 25,000 hours milestone for UK Rotary Militray Flying Training System, ZM528 is displayed with the name 'Aries' after Lancaster bomber PD 328 which was the first military aircraft to fly the globe in 1944 (Aries took off from RAF Shawbury on 21 October 1944, just over 75 years ago and landed back on 14 December 1944)
https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation ... ng-system/

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Fri Apr 03, 2020 6:41 am

3/4/20

OTT/Local
07:32L - 62-3531/RCH981 (KC-135R/USAF-121st ARW) OTT Formby heading West @36k ft (Dep Mildenhall @07:04)
07:37L - 59-1483 (KC-135R/USAF-121st ARW) OTT Formby heading West @34k ft (Dep Mildenhall @07:07)

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Fri Apr 03, 2020 8:48 am

chrisward123 wrote:
Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:28 am
1/4/20

12:03L - G-JMCM/BAE101 (B737-3Y0(SF) /Western Atlantic) Dep R.25 to AKT
Fri 3/4/20 cont/d

BAE102 ex AKT (and to/from taif weds/thurs?) passing NE of Nice @ 0945BST FL360 hdg 322° SQK 4060.
Presume the OH ANG KC's were spotted before the clouds rolled in again...thickish blanket at 0945L. I should get up earlier...
I see it's "business as usual" at Valley (plus Shawbury etc) with or without a virus pandemic and national lockdown procedures. At least 5 hawks up by 1000L (ZK015/020/023/027/030 all showing on mode-S) plus a jupiter ZM500 en route to Shawbury as "VLL202". Training of fast jet (incl Qataris?) and heli pilots obviously deemed a "vital service" to the UK. They were active yesterday plus a few days last week. No texans been up since Mon 23rd March though.

Local area (just nth Lytham @ 1434L, E>W up the coast from overhead Warton)

Juno HT1 ZM516/16 "SYS105" DHFS

Headed to Blackpool "tall tower" then to east following M55 (stayed to left of it as per AirNav rules); incl an orbit over Weeton Army Camp just to east Blackpool, but don't think it landed there.

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Mon Apr 06, 2020 1:19 pm

6/4/20

OTT/Local
14:20L - ZH775/Tusker1 (Chinook HC.6A/RAF) currently tracking following M61 OTT Horwich then M6 OTT Preston (12:23K) - @1200ft - Dep Barton @14:04L
14:53L - ZZ525/Villian71 (Wildcat AH.1/AAC) routing Lancaster>Fulwood Barracks>Leeming
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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Tue Apr 07, 2020 8:46 am

7/4/20

OTT/Local
09:43L - XX205/Pirate05 (Hawk T.1/100 Sqn) tracking SE off Flyde coast @3800ft
09:49L - ZZ525/Villan71 (Wildcat AH.1/AAC) Tracking to Fulwood Barracks, 10:16L tracking South

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Tue Apr 07, 2020 10:34 am

Tues 8/4/20

Weekly spares resupply flight to taif (saudi typhoon base) via Akrotiri continues unabated by any Covid-19 "lockdowns"..
G-JMCM "BAE201" seen on c/out off rwy 25 @ 1202L.
(Presume any tonka spares are then airfreighted by rsaf to dhahran)

OTT

ZZ335 [43C6F8] "TARTN29" tracked to east of Preston S>N FL200 @ 1131L
As has been mentioned elsewhere the 2 digits of callsign signify day of week (Mon=1 etc) and 2nd digit starts from 9 daily and "counts down" the daily sortie number (whereas before it started with a 1).

PC-12/47E 280 [4CA44B] (c/n 1898) IAC tracked NNW>SSE @ FL290, east of Lancaster, over Forest of Bowland (1157L) and just to east Blackburn (1202L); hdg for LTN after approaches at EDI and BFS. Only delivered last Thurs (2/4). Note I didnt see it from Lytham but someone further east may have. Did an approach plus "roller" landing at Valley on return.

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Wed Apr 08, 2020 4:33 pm

Weds 8/4/20

ERJ145LU Jungle Jet G-OFLX seen on climbout off Lytham @ 1726L not using Felix callsign but reg. Initially FL100 to nth off coast and east over Morecambe Bay, descending FL60 (1731L). Very short airtest? Inbound rwy25 (1734L). Landed back 1740L.

The other one in Corporate Fleet, ERJ-145EP G-OWTN was also up today. "Felix/BAE22P" arr from Biggin Hill (BQH) @1813L. It had been to/from AMS earlier (from/to BQH) as "BAE21/22" respectively, according to tracker sites, having dep WTN as "BAE21P" for BQH @ 0815L.

Apologies for civil but thought someone might be interested...

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:09 am

9/4/20

11:09L - G-JMCM/BAE202 (B737-3Y0SF/Western Atlantic) OTT Leicester routing to Warton - 11:29L Arrive R.07 from Akrotiri (previous to this under same C/S from Taif)

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:13 am

14/4/20

OTT/Local
12:06L - 280/IRL280 (PC-12/Irish Air Corps) OTT Blackburn heading SE @29k ft to London Luton
13:58L - ZZ419/Sprint49 (Shadow R1/RAF) OTT Lytham heading SE @14k ft

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Tue Apr 14, 2020 1:16 pm

chrisward123 wrote:
Tue Apr 14, 2020 11:13 am
14/4/20

OTT/Local
12:06L - 280/IRL280 (PC-12/Irish Air Corps) OTT Blackburn heading SE @29k ft to London Luton
13:58L - ZZ419/Sprint49 (Shadow R1/RAF) OTT Lytham heading SE @14k ft
Saw the Shadow R1+ just off Lytham @ 1359L hdg ESE, callsign showing as "SPRNT/Serpent 49"; had done as approach to PIK late am then across for an approach to BFS and then loitering over areas in province before returning to mainland.
I didnt see the IAC PC-12 from Lytham. Again too far to east for me again.Tracked to east of Lancaster and western edge of Forest of Bowland. Had done approaches to BFS and EDI before hdg for LTN. Departed LTN @ 1409L.

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:28 am

15/4/20

OTT/Local
07:28L - 03-3123/RCH483 (C-17A/USAF) Heading SSE then SE @34k ft OTT Preston, clearly visible
11:50L - G-JMCM/BAE101 (737-3Y0SF/Western Atlantic) Dep R.25 to AKT - arrived earlier this morning @08:28L as NPT101P from EMA
11:59L - G-OFLX/BAE22P (E-145/BAE Systems) Dep R.25 for flight test, Arr @12:16L
13:35L - ZZ390/VILLAN71 & ZZ525/VILLAN72 (WILDCAT AH.1/AAC) OTT Cleveleys in loose formation to Fulwood Barracks, then Dep Fulwood Barracks 13:45L to Leeming
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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Wed Apr 15, 2020 11:00 am

chrisward123 wrote:
Wed Apr 15, 2020 6:28 am
15/4/20

11:50L - G-JMCM/BAE101 (737-3Y0SF/Western Atlantic) Dep R.25 to AKT - arrived earlier this morning @08:28L as NPT101P from EMA
The weekly saudi aircraft spares supply flight (what else?) continues unabated by any covid-19 pandemic that grips the world. Think the flt no changes to BAE201 for leg akrotiri-taif and BAE202 for taif-akrotiri.

Also, both Corporate fleet "jungle jets" up for very brief flights presume for maintenance reasons? Climbed to 10000ft whilst heading nth up coast then descending east across M.Bay and SE before setting up for ILS to rwy25.
G-OWTN "BAE21P" up 1102-1125L; G-OFLX "BAE22P" up 1159-1217L

OTT cont/d
C-17A KAF342 [706217] "KAF3226" 41Sqn Kuwaiti AF
Clearly visible from Lytham, trailing well, hdg NNW approx FL310 in descent to PIK; tracked just to west of Settle and just east of Ingleton, edge Yorkshire Dales;
ZH870 [43C04C] "Comet124" tracked just west of Preston (and just east Warton) @ 1953L hdg NNW in climb to FL180. Had just come from Manch Apt where it had done 2 approaches. Heading for PIK.

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Thu Apr 16, 2020 8:28 am

Thurs 16/4/20

OTT
C-17A 01-0197 [AE10C0] "RCH803" 156thAS/145thAW NC ANG
Coasted in just sth Fleetwood @ 0844L, FL330 hdg ESE.

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:51 am

Thurs 16/4/20 Cont'd

OTT/Local
10:44L - ZM419/Comet458 (A400M/RAF) Tracking Prestwick>Brize off coast heading SSE @15k ft - clearly visible
12:02L - GZ100/NOH22 (AgustaWestland AW109 GrandNew/ No 32 (The Royal) Squadron - Royal Air Force) Noted descending towards Longridge, Lift off back to Northolt @12:50L
13:16L - XX261/Pirate01 (Hawk T.1/100 Sqn) OTT Warton heading NE @20k ft - routing Valley to Leeming

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Thu Apr 16, 2020 4:10 pm

Thurs 16/4/20 cont/d

Right OTT Lytham

ZZ331 [43C6F4] "RRR891" FL310 N>S (hdg162°) @ 1653L ex PIK ATD 1633L. Had tracked just off Fylde coast, when it went S>N earlier ("RRR890");
ZE701 [43C147] "NOH39" FL250 N>S @ 1958L ex INV

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:54 am

Fri 17/4/20

G-JMCM "Felix/BAE102" saudi resupply flt showing on PlaneFinder as "TIF-BRI-EGNO". Definately departed Akrotiri didnt stopover at Bari. FR24 shows it having departed AKT @ 0513UTC(z). Landed rwy07 @ 1112L.

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:16 pm

Friday 17/4/20 Cont'd

OTT/Local
14:16L - MM62300 (Beechcraft 350ER Avenger T.1/Aeronautica Militare/Italian AF) OTT Preston Heading SSE @25k ft

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:32 pm

chrisward123 wrote:
Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:16 pm
Friday 17/4/20 Cont'd

OTT/Local
14:16L - MM62300 (Beechcraft 350ER Avenger T.1/Aeronautica Militare/Italian AF) OTT Preston Heading SSE @25k ft
Had arrived PIK ex KEF @ 1250L. Not new on delivery... c/n FL-463 hexcode 33FDA8 light grey overall scheme. Tracked west of Lancaster @ 1413L and into/behind bank of cloud for a short while Nth of Preston (1417L). AMI don't call them Avenger's thats a RN/FAA designation. Probably very similar to RAF Shadows. Based at Pratica di Mare 71°Gpo/14°Stormo. Rare bird think they have at least 2 (another is mm62317 c/n FL-711).

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by Tarnished1 » Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:39 am

Mon 20/4/20

Local area
Wildcat AH1 ZZ525 [43C766] 1 Regt "Villain[VILN]71"
Seen in right hand orbit just nth of Warton airfield @ 1130/31L, east of Lytham. Had come from Blackpool direction. Didnt land at Warton but cont/d in ESE direction. Headed to Barton for refuel.

OTT
Herc C5 ZH888 [43C09A] "RRR/Ascot 140"
Passed SSE>NNW off Fylde coast @ 1142L FL200. Had coasted out over Southport.
C-17A KAF342 [706217] 41Sqn Kuwaiti AF
Ex PIK in climb thro' 27000ft, NNW>SSE, tracked just west Lancaster & east side Preston 1217-1219L qv last weds hdg to PIK.

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Re: April 2020 Logs/Movements

Post by chrisward123 » Mon Apr 20, 2020 2:41 pm

20/4/20 Cont'd

Local
15:40L - XW204/Warlock3 (Puma HC.2/RAF) Landed Fulwood Barracks then Dep to Lancashire Constabulary Headquarters, Hutton. Dep @15:41L to the SE

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