Yeovil (Westlands) Sightings Summer/Autumn 2017

[Malcolm]

Friday 22nd Sept 2017
Towed out of the hangars at a sunny but chilly and overcast ramp at 08:45 was:

ZZ102 Merlin for Norway - fully painted, no rotors and engine exhausts taped over. Suspect this was the one in the wash rack earlier this week.

Cheers
Malcolm

[Judwin71]

I guess we should have had a new thread in September, how about starting in October.
Regards
Keith

[Malcolm]

Thursday 28nd Sept 2017
Out on a cloudy and misty ramp at 08:45 was:

ZZ103/0268 Merlin for Norway - fully painted, and looked like it was getting ready for flight.

Thursday 28nd Sept 2017
Out on a sunny and chilly ramp at 08:45 was:

ZH962 Lynx Mk21 for Brazil - fully painted with Brazilian roundal and tail mkgs, but no visible Brazilian serial

Cheers
Malcolm

[ridgmeister]

Monday 2nd October. As of 10:30am nothing out on ramp but sunny!

[Malcolm]

Monday 2nd October. As of 10:30am nothing out on ramp but sunny!

Strange. At 08:45 there were 3 out :
ZJ127/L Merlin HC departed south eastbound
ZJ___ Apache AH1/WAH64D
plus a Lynx fuselage, looked like a stripped out HAS/HMA type.

[ridgmeister]

Wednesday 4th Oct. 12:45

WHE05 in circuit with ZJ122/F HC4
WHE03 in white A109 G-CDVE
2x Wildcat on ramp (can't read serials).

[Malcolm]

Wednesday 4th Oct. 12:45
2x Wildcat on ramp (can't read serials).

ZZ391 and ZZ383 both "Army" were out at 08:45.

[ridgmeister]

Thanks Malcolm, I try to post what I see whenever I'm nearby.
Paul

[Judwin71]

Flying at approx 1700L, WHE03 mode S code E483D1, I think this is the Brazilian Lynx. No registration/serial showing on RadarBox.

[raameagle]

Thursday 5th October 1345L

AW101s outside
AW101
ZJ122/F
ZZ102

Lynx
ZH962

AW189
G-MCGV

Regards

[ridgmeister]

Thursday 5th October

Update on Raameagle's info until 3:30pm
AW101s outside
AW101 engine ground runs pm
ZJ122/F
ZZ102 flew as WHE02

Lynx Mk21
ZH962 (N-4001) flew pm as WHE03

AW189
G-MCGV flew pm - WHE06?

A109
G-CDVE flew am as WHE03

[Judwin71]

ZZ103 AW101 returned from Newquay at 1800L. WHE20

[Judwin71]

WHE20 AW101 ZZ103 departed SW at 0920L. Back to Newquay??

[Malcolm]

WHE20 AW101 ZZ103 departed SW at 0920L. Back to Newquay??

Strange - wasn't on the ramp at 08:45. Wildcat ZZ407 was the only thing out then.

[Yammer]

12.19 ADSB is showing Brazilian Lynx just airborne at Yeovil - pinging as both N-4001 and ZH962

[Judwin71]

ZZ103, AW101, WHE20 returned from Newquay at 1420L

[Kevin Brewer]

On the flightline this morning were Apache ZJ191 (departed 11.10 local) and Navy Wildcat ZZ415 - preparing to depart as I type this.

[Kevin Brewer]

Quick update ZZ415 shut down again with an apparent engine issue.

[MMA1]

Quick update ZZ415 shut down again with an apparent engine issue.

Do you know what the problem was with this helicopter .

[Kevin Brewer]

Afraid not. After shutdown the Pilot was looking intently at the starboard engine exhaust. Subsequently a couple of technicians came out and opened up various inspection panels, but by the time we left at 1 pm there had been no further attempts to start the engine(s) or to fly it.