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Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

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Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by vulcanxl425 » Fri May 30, 2025 10:34 am

Mildenhall MC=130J in this morning serial 13-5776 c/s Strix 67 first low approach Rw23 at 1128 more to follow.. Also approaches Rw05.
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by Malcy » Fri May 30, 2025 12:57 pm

saw a couple of choppers in the vicinity … flying west to east about noon? could have been Merlins or bigger. was in Elgin at the time.

contact lenses in so I cannot ID from the back of my camera
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by Joseph841795 » Fri May 30, 2025 1:16 pm

Falcon01 P8 ZP805 dept 09:15 ish, circuits at Prestwick, landed 12:30 ish?
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by Joseph841795 » Fri May 30, 2025 1:18 pm

Jedi flight Typhoons dept 12:00 ish, landed 13:10 ish
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by vulcanxl425 » Fri May 30, 2025 2:00 pm

Malcy wrote: ↑
Fri May 30, 2025 12:57 pm
 saw a couple of choppers in the vicinity … flying west to east about noon? could have been Merlins or bigger. was in Elgin at the time.

contact lenses in so I cannot ID from the back of my camera
Merlin HM1 ZH856 c/s Navy 535 was showing on FR24 in locality around midday before routing north to Orkney / Shetland islands.
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by Malcy » Fri May 30, 2025 4:26 pm

vulcanxl425 wrote: ↑
Fri May 30, 2025 2:00 pm
 Merlin HM1 ZH856 c/s Navy 535 was showing on FR24 in locality around midday before routing north to Orkney / Shetland islands.
pretty sure there was more than one … cheers for the info
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by np1991 » Fri May 30, 2025 5:33 pm

There was a pair, arrived from Prestwick.
Conducted a rotors running refuel on Echo before heading to Sumburgh.
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by vulcanxl425 » Fri May 30, 2025 5:54 pm

Thanks for update Niall . The Merlins now at Bergen.
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by Malcy » Fri May 30, 2025 6:29 pm

np1991 wrote: ↑
Fri May 30, 2025 5:33 pm
 There was a pair, arrived from Prestwick.
Conducted a rotors running refuel on Echo before heading to Sumburgh.
Cheers Niall :thumbs:
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by muscat90 » Mon Jun 02, 2025 6:02 am

np1991 wrote: ↑
Fri May 30, 2025 5:33 pm
 There was a pair, arrived from Prestwick.
Conducted a rotors running refuel on Echo before heading to Sumburgh.
Confirmed on departure from Prestwick
ZH856 followed by ZH832
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by Lumix » Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:02 pm

Mon 02/06:
A trio of R.Navy Merlins just passed overhead Orkney low-level at 13:05L heading south. Presumably the 2 mentioned above plus another. None of them plotting.
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by np1991 » Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:30 pm

Sadly not, different three and were Navy 750 flight which landed at Kinloss.
Fridays pair were Navy 535
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Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5

Post by Lumix » Mon Jun 02, 2025 2:44 pm

np1991 wrote: ↑
Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:30 pm
 Sadly not, different three and were Navy 750 flight which landed at Kinloss.
Fridays pair were Navy 535
Ah well, such is life. Hopefully there will be serials to come in due course.
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