After switching the scanner on Sabre 3 & 4 came up on 282.050 in Spade range , at 11.10 approx they called up the tower on 123.6 to say they were inbound for 25 , after tracking down 25 they then came up to the refueling area on 19 & did a Hot refuel before landing back on the pad & shutting down at 11.37.
14.00 Grizzly 2 - D661 with 38 p.o.b & Grizzly 1 - D101 with 34 p.o.b requested start up & departed to Spade at 14.39, they then contacted Spade on 282.050 , Skyray (Spade) said they had Romeo 206-208 & 504 threats available, the lead Grizzly ? then asked Spade for the whereabouts of the Romeo 7 threat but the other Grizz knew where it was so they switched places .
A Griffin HT1 with a Spectre callsign came in from the NW having 1st dropped someone off at Kirkbride & just as I was panning for a good photo Geoff turned up in his big Blue Transit & blocked my shot
, Grizzly 2 then came back in , collected a small under slung load & dep back to Spade , the Griffin later dep back to Kirkbride & after that he called up the tower to say that he & another Griffin - Spectre 1 & 2 were heading back to Prestwick .While Geoff & I were talking the Dutch turned D-106 which had not moved all day around with a tug so that it was facing west into the wind .
16.40 Grizzly 2 dep Spade for Carlisle , came in dropped off his troops , he was followed in by Grizzly 1 who did the Same , Grizzly 2 then went down to the refuel area , did A hot refuel then dep back to Spade .
Weather today at Carlisle was awful with strong winds , heavy rain at times & hailstones , I hate to think what it was like at Spade today as the Dutch were informed that there was a threat of thunderstorms in the area .
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, Grizz then asked the tower to switch off the landing lights for his approach as he must have been using NVG's , D-661 landed & shutdown at 22.40 .
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