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Took a trip over on Wednesday not very busy, still it was a good day
weather wise and it was good to meet up again with some of the
lads from yesteryear, Harry Colin Jan Kenny Tam had a good
laugh and got a tan, hope to catch you all again soon.

Andy

good to see you too andy
colin

Not very busy? Compared to a normal day the C-130s were in and out as were the Apaches. Both types numerous times.
It is also a shame the locals block the space by the burger van, restricting others from parking and buying :-)

if you had asked am sure my freinds would have moved
cilin

Colin,
It was not me looking for a parking space. Also from what I was told they were not very talkative to non locals.
But thank you for the posts you do make.

no worrys bud a talk to any spotters
colin

theres a aac islander parked up

2x apaches have just passed Kirkcaldy above Firth of Forth heading NE. Presume inbound to Leuchars shortly.

Hi guys
Can anyone provide an update for today?
Are all 4 Apache’s and 3 Chinook’s still there?

Only seen two Apaches fly late this afternoon/early evening: ZJ215 and ZJ224. Two Chinooks parked up in the southern HAS site, whilst the third (ZK553) was doing an exercise on the runway 04 threshold. ZH883 and ZH868, both C-130s parked on ASP3 and ZH005, the Defender AL2 was parked up on ASP1.

Passed there at 19:40 tonight [Saturday] and 2 Apaches and AAC Islander parked up, glimpsed an Apache in the hangar [The large hangar nearest to the access road into the base] only had time to get an eyes right as i passed by, maybe more than one in there.....?

Chinook was also up as i drove from St Andrews.....3 bods suspended from the rear....stopped traffic anyway !!!

As i type this [11pm] I hear distant Rotary wing, possibly Apaches?

Dave

Gentlemen - thank you for the updates.
Weather forecast isn’t great for tomorrow but there are two numbers to be had!
AD

aac islander was zh005

AAC Islander airbone just now. Flew over the house [ St Andrews.]

Dave

Is there two Defenders as the one that is sitting here at the minute is ZH 001 ?

Dave Robison.

Yes, ZH001 arrived this afternoon. ZH005 is the other.

ZH005 looks to be on his way home at present.

ZH005 now plotting heading back to aldergrove.
Cheers.

looks like a islander to me

ZH001 and ZH005 are both Defenders, not Islanders. It is a modified version of the Islander, with a stretched fuselage and larger wing. Although they look like an Islander, they are called Defender.