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Middle wallop info

Post by Matt Wardle » Mon Sep 23, 2019 8:19 pm

Hey. I’m new to the group and a former spotter from up north but now living down in Southampton.
I’m thinking about heading to Wallop on Friday.
Apart from the Museum car park is there any other places to view the ramp?
Also is it worth a trip to Boscombe just in case?
Cheers,
Matt

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by Freeman Lowell » Mon Sep 23, 2019 9:40 pm

Hi Matt,
Welcome to the group.
The layby 51.152978° -1.548933°on Kentsboro gives a view of the ramp. With decent optics on a cold, calm morning the Apaches can be read from here whilst a Juno can be read on a hazy, windy day with any optics.
I recall an alternative view can be had from the top of the lane 51.143215° -1.559131°running past the sewage works off the road to the south of the airfield (take the first right after the layby.)
Note: The café veranda may give a slightly better view of aircraft on the ramp than the carpark.
( I won't ask why as a former spotter you would want to view the ramp :whistle: )

Boscombe is very largely civil registered aircraft in recent times, but these can be watched from the track accessed off Allington Lane at 51.165525° -1.727225°.
Good luck,
Freeman
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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by Matt Wardle » Tue Sep 24, 2019 7:34 am

Cheers Freeman,
Yeah I’m getting back in to it so Middle Wallop is just down the road.
I’ll check out the locations and I might head to Odiham instead of Boscombe?
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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by MRTT » Tue Sep 24, 2019 7:58 am

Viewing at Odiham is tricky, at best.

I'd head over to Boscombe, still the chance of something worth seeing, however unlikely.

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by slogen51 » Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:28 am

Quite a few Juno and Jupiter operating from Middle Wallop according to adsbExchange

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by MRTT » Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:34 am

Believe six went down yesterday.

Junos ZM509, ZM519, ZM523, ZM528 & ZM529 are currently operating over SPTA.

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by eagle driver » Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:12 pm

MRTT wrote:
Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:34 am
Believe six went down yesterday.

Junos ZM509, ZM519, ZM523, ZM528 & ZM529 are currently operating over SPTA.
The sixth one was ZM530 .

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by Matt Wardle » Tue Sep 24, 2019 6:31 pm

Cheers for the heads up all. I’ll see what I get!

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by MRTT » Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:54 pm

ZM529 has returned to Shawbury this afternoon.

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by colt99 » Thu Sep 26, 2019 5:14 pm

MRTT wrote:
Thu Sep 26, 2019 12:54 pm
ZM529 has returned to Shawbury this afternoon.
Looks like a frame swap, Shawbury 80 has gone to Middle Wallop, this time shownig as ZM515

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by Matt Wardle » Fri Sep 27, 2019 3:04 pm

Spent a few hours at Middle Wallop today not much going on apart from ZJ233 doing circuits and ZJ969.
A bit of a long shot but does any one know what the Junos X 5 and the 3 other Apaches were on the ramp today? I could not read them off!

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by eagle driver » Fri Sep 27, 2019 4:45 pm

Zm530 was seen plotting near Chester on Thursday afternoon so he returned at some point ,
Which should leave ZM509, 515, 519, 523 & 528 as the remaining 5 all seen plotting this morning in the Salisbury area.

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by MRTT » Fri Sep 27, 2019 4:52 pm

Believe the rest returned to Shawbury this afternoon.

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Re: Middle wallop info

Post by Matt Wardle » Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:00 pm

Yeah 523 went to Shawbury when I left. Cheers for the updates

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