Yeovil (Westland) Sightings Summer 2020

[Kevin Brewer]

Thanks for the continued reports Merlin, much appreciated. In your various visits, have you noticed any particular pattern in their flying activity, e.g.are they typically busier in the mornings or afternoons?

MTIA

Kevin

[Kevin Brewer]

Noted this afternoon between 14.15 - 15.15 approx:
EH-101-612, RNoAF, unidentified, on the flightline. Power cart and ground crew close by but no sign of it being readied for flight when I left.
Wildcat AH.1 XX389 towed from flight test hangar to flight line. Pilot and ground crew in attendance when I left so it presumably it flew later.
HH-101A, Italian AF (15-14), lighter grey than the RN examples, black unit badge on tail rotor pylon, visible inside the flight test hangar.

Thanks for your company today - you know who you are!

[Judwin71]

1020L DA42 Twin Star G-LHXD Beacon approach RW09 x2.

[mjcmerlin]

Friday AM

ZR363/15-14 HH101A Flew as WHE04
ZZ109 AW101 MK612 Flew as WHE01
ZH831 Merlin mk2a
ZZ389 Wildcat AH
ZZ395 WILDCAT AH
ZZ378 WILDCAT HMA BY 09 building

[raameagle]

Monday 15th June 1425-1710L

Wildcats ZZ378, 395 and 404 (the latter had no rotors and was all taped up)
AW101 ZZ109 for Norway

Regards

Mark

[dannybonny]

Tuesday 16th June 1220 - 1310

AW101 ZZ109 Norwegian
HH101A ZR363 / 15-14 Italian
Wildcats ZZ389 & ZZ395

Danny

[Malcolm]

Tuesday 16th June
ZZ518 Wildcat HMA2 arr 13:14L (assuming the time on my camera is correct). Was using a Yeovilton callsign, can't remember what though.

[mjcmerlin]

Monday 15th

ZZ109 MERLIN MK612 Flew AM as WHE01
ZZ389 Wildcat AH
ZZ395 Wildcat AH
ZZ404 Wildcat AH outside into Flight Test
ZZ378 Wildcat HMA 09 END


Tuesday 16th June additional info

ZZ109 MERLIN MK612 Flew AM as WHE05
ZR363\15-14 HH101A Flew as WHE01
ZZ389 Wildcat AH Delivered to VLN as WHE05
ZZ395 Wildcat AH Delivered to VLN as WHE04
ZZ518 Wildcat HMA Possible delivery as Rascal382
ZZ404 Wildcat AH Moved from outside into Flight Test
ZZ378 Wildcat HMA 09 END

many thanks for Malcom doing his reports

[mjcmerlin]

WEDNESDAY 17th June 1000-1100

ZR363/15-14 HH101A Ground run as WHE06
ZZ518 Wildcat HMA

[Judwin71]

AW101 ZZ109 heading NNE WHE01 Delivery???

[Starfighter_F-104G]

AW101 ZZ109 heading NNE WHE01 Delivery???

enroute to Sola

[Judwin71]

1415L Noted departing to SE AW101 light grey believed to be Italian.
1430L ZR363 WHE02 Mode S 43C915

[Youdy71]

I believe the last Italian Merlin ZR363\15-14 is due for delivery very soon, can anyone confirm the date? Cheers

[mjcmerlin]

Monday

ZZ518 Wildcat HMA Moved from outside into flight test
ZZ378 Wildcat HMA on compass bay
XV666 SEA KING HAR5 Callsign heliops01
/606 Wasp doing circuits
2-GIGI A109 Flew as WHE03

Tuesday
ZZ109 AW101 MK612 Flew pm
ZH831 Merlin mk2a
ZH583 Lynx mk95a
ZZ378 Wildcat HMA Compass base
ZR363/15-14 HH101A ground run
2-GIGI A109

Wednesday

ZZ109 AW101 MK612 DEPARTED ON DELIVERY AS WHE01
ZR34463/15-14 HH101A FLEW AS WHE02
2-GIGI A109

[Malcolm]

Thursday 25 June 2020

08:05L ZR363/15-14 Merlin/Caesar HH101 Just departed Westland Yeovil as [43C915] "WHE02" headed in a direction off towards Bournemouth.

Suspect this is a delivery flight - unusual for anything to move this early.

Cheers
Malcolm

[Geoff Dreft]

On ADSB landing at Shoreham now

[raameagle]

It did a rotors running refuel at Shoreham before departing to Switzerland and onto Italy.
Regards
Mark

[Judwin71]

Just to complete the loop, Hawker 750 G-STWB just landed at Yeovilton inbound from Italy.

[mjcmerlin]

Thursday 0800

ZR363/15-14 HH101A Departed as said above
ZH864/70 Merlin Hma 2A hangar move moved into the space left by the 2 x Merlin delivered

Friday 1230

ZH831 Merlin HMA 2A flew late am
ZZ415 Wildcat HMA minus weapons wings moved back into flight shed.

[somerset]

Have the Merlin's that were wrapped up next to the rotor test rig been moved ?