Chriscobb wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 25, 2024 1:37 pm

Nice shots of an exceedingly rare aircraft . Any idea on its departure ?

It was still there at 14:15 with no evidence of movement.
Rob

rainers wrote: ↑

Tue Oct 01, 2024 9:59 am

5589 and 5600 were CASTLE flight photographed through the Lake District on Friday 27th.

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Many thanks for that, they did head in that general direction when we saw them so that ads up.
Rob

Hi around 1200 on Friday saw a pair of F-35's low level at Leeming. I was in the services at the time so guess they had just done a overshoot? Any serials appreciated.
Rob

I always watch from Battersea Park, plenty of car parking thats not too much of a rip off and there are food and toilets.

This Merlin in a bag was seen on the M3 near Farnborough this afternoon about 4pm. Assume this is one of ZR342 or ZR347 probably heading to Stansted? Any ideas.
Rob

Hi do we yet have an exact time for the flypast over Buckingham Palace I am hearing anything from 12:30 to 1? I will be driving up to Battersea Park as I watched the 100 flypast from there. Cheap parking and quite easy to get to from my direction. On the 100th the helicopters broke south directly ov...

Not much of note as per normal. There was a 'white' 135 present in the 'middle' might have been the WC-135 but I don't need it, made a single 135 60-0333 my last 100ARW machine ZM403 A400M circuits seen from Lakenheath KC-135 58-0089, 59-1470, 60-0333, 63-7999, 63-8887, plus a couple more CV-2 10-00...

Has to be the busiest I have seen the place for years, well since the 111's left, just needed some Luftwaffe Tornados and it would have been like old times! Noted approx 08:15-12:00 and 13:00-13:45 were the following, some flew multiple missions. LN F-15E 91-0301 91-0302 91-0309 91-0310 91-0311 91-0...

I went last Tuesday and arrived around 8-10am got parked in the forest entrance no problem but too much later it would have been a struggle. You may still be OK around 8-30am. No issues that I saw with parking there, just be careful as there are a few large holes in some areas that I heard people s...

slogen51 wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 05, 2022 11:56 am

Unless you arrive early you are better off parking in or near the viewing area and walking around

Thanks,so it is still open then , Ill be there about 8:30 on Monday as the weather looks better than Tuesday.

Hi thinking of coming up on Tuesday as I have a day off. I heard last summer ahout putting in no parking at the Forest entrance, did this ever happen, what is the current situation?
thanks
Rob

Have quite a few gaps from this quick visit that day, no idea why
C141 (not 50217)
C5
2x KC135 not 37985,71462,37976,13627,14847, 12867, 10285, 14846, 10286, 10291,
5 x C-130 not 70524,37809

Know what the TDY's were would be a big help?
thanks
Rob

XA310 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:21 pm

ZJ216 & ZJ218.

Thansk for tieing those up.

Rob

XA310 wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 07, 2021 4:34 pm

Were you able to tell if the engines were fitted or removed?

They looked 100% complete from what I could see, nothing obviously missing.

Around 11:30am today I followed 2x Apache's on the M25 and they turned off onto the M40. One was ZJ218, but despite two attempts, I could not see the serial on the second machine. Presume they were inbound Brize?

Rob

Best spot for seneral viewing is the layby on the minor road to the south of the field. You are not particually close to them , as nowhere is, and the field is humped back but its the best of a bad job.

Noted active 08:30-11:45 and again 13:00-1345
91-307, 91-313, 91-320, 91-335, 96-0201, 00-3001, 01-2000

Rob

noted around lunch time. Just one request the non based KC-135 parked over by the terminal. 57-1440 KC-135 59-1464 KC-135 59-1470 KC-135 59-1513 KC-135 60-0355 KC-135 61-0292 KC-135 63-8878 KC-135 83-0081 KC-10 07-0033 CV-22 08-0205 MC-130 09-0042 CV-22 09-6207 MC-130 12-0064 CV-22 12-5760 MC-130 13...

Thanks, I hadn't thought of them being E's, very nice. Just need to confirm it now.

Seen on A12 near Colchester 16:00 today two Apaches going the other way , presumably inbound Wattisham. Any recently returned from deployment?

Rob