STORK01/02 & DARK11 Movements 11/10/21

[DC7C59]

Looked just like a pair of Storks(the birds) in flight

[spc_photo]

Any idea on serials/departure order please?

Cheers,
Ollie

86-0110 went first followed by 86-0140

[Ollie]

Any idea on serials/departure order please?

Cheers,
Ollie

86-0110 went first followed by 86-0140

Thanks for confirming.

[fiann]

stork with lager 308.000 aar

if anyone can listen 241.450 a/a stork flight

[Skywatcher]

Rwy Notam now not showing as active at 0839

[rva65]

Heard that from central swindon!

I bet you did, imagine that at the supposed 1am!

[POL]

A 0000z departure time on a flightplan screams of "just stick a flightplan in so we have slots, even though we don't know the departure time yet"

[fiann]

little log from the netherland stork flight

284.675 swanwick
308.000 airrefueling
241.450 fairford a/a
242.650 copenhagen
268.650 skylight with moonbeam and stork
309.800 satcom storks
138.275 denmark qra moonbeam

[wessexspotter]

A 0000z departure time on a flightplan screams of "just stick a flightplan in so we have slots, even though we don't know the departure time yet"

I wonder if the crew had been standing by the whole time? If so they must be pretty knacked by now.

[f14stumpy]

Are any of the other two likely to go up today?

[jigsaw]

A 0000z departure time on a flightplan screams of "just stick a flightplan in so we have slots, even though we don't know the departure time yet"

I wonder if the crew had been standing by the whole time? If so they must be pretty knacked by now.

like all of us that were down there... shattered

[johnwayne]

little log from the netherland stork flight

284.675 swanwick
308.000 airrefueling
241.450 fairford a/a
242.650 copenhagen
268.650 skylight with moonbeam and stork
309.800 satcom storks
138.275 denmark qra moonbeam

Brilliant mate really useful post thanks

[fiann]

little log from the netherland stork flight

284.675 swanwick
308.000 airrefueling
241.450 fairford a/a
242.650 copenhagen
268.650 skylight with moonbeam and stork
309.800 satcom storks
138.275 denmark qra moonbeam

Brilliant mate really useful post thanks

np

[tj1978]

Are any of the other two likely to go up today?

0952L. I'm stood at the Marston Meysey end. One of the B-1's has its engines running. However, it looks as though it's purely maintenance, as they keep throttling up the two port side engines, like they did earlier on this morning before Stork flight departed.

[luxto]

The inevitable FPL cock up had them wasting fuel for 45 minutes at the Holding Point before finally escaping. At least the delay meant they departed in day light - just!

[hanzl]

I think got them- STORK01- on the Sweden Con 134.980 feed 9.08z 'ctc traffic(?) on 370.775'....
Hans

[steamy]

little log from the netherland stork flight

284.675 swanwick
308.000 airrefueling
241.450 fairford a/a
242.650 copenhagen
268.650 skylight with moonbeam and stork
309.800 satcom storks
138.275 denmark qra moonbeam

excellent post...

curious about 309.800, I take it that's over the horizon UHF (AM) comms?

[fiann]

little log from the netherland stork flight

284.675 swanwick
308.000 airrefueling
241.450 fairford a/a
242.650 copenhagen
268.650 skylight with moonbeam and stork
309.800 satcom storks
138.275 denmark qra moonbeam

excellent post...

curious about 309.800, I take it that's over the horizon UHF (AM) comms?

309.800 is satcoms / encrypted you will hear nothing

[StandardTom]

A 0000z departure time on a flightplan screams of "just stick a flightplan in so we have slots, even though we don't know the departure time yet"

The 0100L FPL was one of five that was filed on Friday, presumably as tests to ensure the route worked. Four were cancelled and for some reason one remained, which is the one that caused everyone to descend on Fairford in the middle of the night.

I said early on last night I wasn't convinced that they would go as this was just one of the tests that hadn't been cancelled. There were no aircrew, only ground crew with them until I left at around 0230L.

Of course, the irony is that when they needed a valid plan in the system this morning, they couldn't get one and ended up waiting for 45 minutes, as Graham said!

[dragonhunter20]

Do we have any ideas where they are at the moment? Are they still out or have they landed at SP? Thanks in advance