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Seen today at Kinloss although from a distance

1114L Climbing off RW 25 heading South- USN C9
1140L Sitting on VASS- VC10 ?? (A quick glimpse from the A96, so maybe not a VC 10)

An awful lot of US Navy a/c of late has there not?

You did indeed see a VC10 parked at Kinloss as well as a C9

I,ve also notice that a load of Convoys have been in of late, I suspect the reason is that Kinloss has now got a lake of Aviation fuel to dispose of due to the lack of Nimrods etc. hence we have had quite a few pit stops, I think we might get a few more.

Bluetail wrote:I,ve also notice that a load of Convoys have been in of late, I suspect the reason is that Kinloss has now got a lake of Aviation fuel to dispose of due to the lack of Nimrods etc. hence we have had quite a few pit stops, I think we might get a few more.

Is that why the VC-10 was in today,filling it's tanks ?
There must be a few gallons of fuel stored at Kinloss,thanks for that Bluetail,hadn't thought about the fuel surplus before !

Would the Convoys not be picking up equipment maybe left behind by P3 crews? Ie sonar buoys, stuff like that? Just a thought with it looking like Kinloss is closing.

np1991 wrote:Ie sonar buoys

Are they not a French boy band?

ythanpythan wrote:

np1991 wrote:Ie sonar buoys

Are they not a French boy band?

Their lead singer is a kid called Les Garcon,nice guy but stinks of garlic though !

All the fuel at Kinloss could be pumped to Lossie via the pipeline that goes from Inverness-Kinloss-Lossie.

How many "CONVOY" flights have there been since the SDR was announced?

AnActualTom wrote: Bit of a weird one, wish i knew what was going on!

Are the flights pax or cargo, and I take it when you mean Italy and Spain, it's Sigonella(maybe Naples) and Rota ?

I've got my own theory behind the unusual amount of USN flights, but for the moment I'm going to keep it to myself.

VC10 departed around 1445L today. XV107 (X) was the serial