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Latest A4's through PIK

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Latest A4's through PIK

Post by scotexpat » Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:24 pm

Very lucky in catching these A4's from Draken International at PIK tonight - And in rare sunshine as well :D

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Post by Diamond Nine » Thu Aug 06, 2015 11:39 pm

Awesome little jets.Great catch and more rare beauties at Prestwick :thumb:

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Re: Latest A4's through PIK

Post by venom » Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:42 am

Superb photos

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Post by sschofield » Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:01 am

Lovely! They apparently left the States with a pair of MB339's, wonder where they went?

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Post by Unknown74 » Fri Aug 07, 2015 7:50 am

Any chance of tempting any to the Airshow in September?

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Post by freebird » Fri Aug 07, 2015 8:47 am

Draken International have taken over the Apache Ava contract in France and Apache's Hunters, which are currently stored at Dijon, should be making their journey states side soon. Well so I'm told.

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Post by bizfreeq » Fri Aug 07, 2015 1:06 pm

sschofield wrote:Lovely! They apparently left the States with a pair of MB339's, wonder where they went?

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Stuart
Have been due to ferry Goose to Narsarsuaq for the last few days,and are listed to again today so are still on their way. I am guessing tech problems as one is said to have got airborne only to return shortly after.
Lovely shots of the A4s,wish they would come through further south once in a while!
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Post by GhostFlight91 » Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:14 pm

Love that colour brilliant mate

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Post by honest man » Fri Aug 07, 2015 3:32 pm

Absolute cracking shots of a couple of nice jets,im not an expert on this but someone said theres range issues with the MB339s Iceland to Prestwick and Stornoway been mentioned a pity

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Post by Supra » Sun Aug 09, 2015 2:17 pm

Stornoway to Prestwick is about 200 miles as the crow (MB339?) flies. Hard to believe that with only a couple of diverts possible they would operate on those margins. These Ferry-pilot types do seem to have cahonies size-matched to their pay-packet?
PS:- great shots of the latest European A4's. Suppose from the post further up that the ex. Boscombe Down, ex.Team Viper Hunter is bound for the USA? :(

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Post by EGDR » Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:27 pm

Two Draken marked MB339s are currently parked at Keflavik, no Mode S or ADS-B received locally so listening to LiveATC will be the only way to know if they start making their way over.

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Re: Latest A4's through PIK

Post by POL » Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:28 pm

Will they show on FR24 then Kyle? :whistle:

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Post by EGDR » Mon Aug 10, 2015 1:33 pm

Only if FR24 now incorporates primary radar or Mode A/C tracking ;) :P

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Post by TONKA938 » Mon Aug 10, 2015 6:58 pm

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Saw these 2 at the Dayton Airshow in June!
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Post by venom » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:13 pm

Superb photos

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Post by venom » Mon Aug 10, 2015 7:14 pm

Superb photos

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