Req: 28-05-2019

[KoenL]

Currently there are 2 Shadows and 2 Sentinels parked outside at Waddington. Does anyone know which ones they are, or which ones are meant to be at home?

[baz1]

Sentinals possibly ZJ692/694 ??

[KoenL]

One of the Shadows was ZZ418 which just departed as Falcon01. The other is parked with the two Sentinels.

[reaper493]

The shadow will be Vulcan 01, will show on tracking sites as wadd01.

The recently active Shadows have been ZZ418 and 419, the recently active Sentinels are as Baz said above. So they will probably be your birds.

Mike

[baz1]

and as for the Airseeker 664 is in the States been modified and wont be flying for a while on its return and 665/666
are the only one flying at the moment.

[Mike]

and as for the Airseeker 664 is in the States been modified and wont be flying for a while on its return and 665/666
are the only one flying at the moment.

Why won't Rivet Joint ZZ664 be flying for a while on it's return?

[Vulcanone]

Its currently in test flight stage from memory with an updated cockpit (all the RAF and USAF RCs) are getting. As for it not flying for a while?

Guess we will have to wait for its return.

[baz1]

and as for the Airseeker 664 is in the States been modified and wont be flying for a while on its return and 665/666
are the only one flying at the moment.

Why won't Rivet Joint ZZ664 be flying for a while on it's return?

cast your mind back to when the first Airseeker arrived it was sat in the compound for weeks on end, draw your own conclusions.???

[baz1]

Its currently in test flight stage from memory with an updated cockpit (all the RAF and USAF RCs) are getting. As for it not flying for a while?

Guess we will have to wait for its return.

from what have been told from a very good source the crew will have to be retrained to fly it

[Mike]

and as for the Airseeker 664 is in the States been modified and wont be flying for a while on its return and 665/666
are the only one flying at the moment.

Why won't Rivet Joint ZZ664 be flying for a while on it's return?

cast your mind back to when the first Airseeker arrived it was sat in the compound for weeks on end, draw your own conclusions.???

The first RAF Rivet Joint was delivered to Mildenhall and operated from there for a few weeks before moving to Waddington, maybe this will happen again after the upgrade is complete.

What's the "draw your own conclusions.???" bit mean?

[baz1]

yes and then when it arrived at Waddington sat in ALFA Compound for weeks before it flew no dought you know that??

[Mike]

yes and then when it arrived at Waddington sat in ALFA Compound for weeks before it flew no dought you know that??

What does "dought" mean?

[baz1]

disregard!!

[Andy Marden]

Just out of interest there were 3 Sentinels outside yesterday.

[dinger]

Just out of interest there were 3 Sentinels outside yesterday.

690, 692 & 694

Dinger

[Vulcanone]

ZZ664 was delivered direct to Waddington from The USA in November 2013. 665 was the one delivered to Mildenhall.

[baz1]

it certainly was Vulcanone and if my memory servers me correct was driven by a female jockey?

[baz1]

from my log C/S was Same 40 and changed to Vulcan 51

[FlyingFairy]

The shadow will be Vulcan 01, will show on tracking sites as wadd01.

The recently active Shadows have been ZZ418 and 419, the recently active Sentinels are as Baz said above. So they will probably be your birds.

Mike

Can I just ask you to clarify ‘recently active’? Do you mean today?

I only ask as ZZ419 returned from Hawarden this morning as Serpent 49, having departed there on the 21st as Snake 49.

Also G-DAYP spent a good part of the day parked next to the Sentinels. It is in a similar colour scheme to Shadow aircraft.

At 0900 this morning, the three Sentinels on the line were as quoted by Dinger.

Cheers,

FF

[reaper493]

The shadow will be Vulcan 01, will show on tracking sites as wadd01.

The recently active Shadows have been ZZ418 and 419, the recently active Sentinels are as Baz said above. So they will probably be your birds.

Mike

Can I just ask you to clarify ‘recently active’? Do you mean today?

I only ask as ZZ419 returned from Hawarden this morning as Serpent 49, having departed there on the 21st as Snake 49.

Also G-DAYP spent a good part of the day parked next to the Sentinels. It is in a similar colour scheme to Shadow aircraft.

At 0900 this morning, the three Sentinels on the line were as quoted by Dinger.

Cheers,

FF

FF,

I mean the ones that I have seen airborne and on tracking sites in the last week.

I'd forgotten about DAYP as not seen any reports of that one for a long time.

Thanks

Mike