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RAF Gibraltar 9/1/21
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 5:07 pm
by vulcanxl425
Saturday arrival from Brize Norton A400M ZM407 c/s RRR 4510.
Very unusually it entered into Spanish airspace to west of Gibraltar heading inland a little before coasting out near Estepona and approaching airfield from the east.
Re: RAF Gibraltar 9/1/21
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2021 7:42 pm
by Mike
From the official RAF Brize Norton Facebook page :-
The Royal Air Force are flying thousands of the life-saving Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to Gibraltar, where they will be delivered on behalf of the FCDO to Gibraltar’s front-line workers and most at-risk groups.
I presume this is why the Spanish allowed it to fly into their airspace.
Re: RAF Gibraltar 9/1/21
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:10 pm
by Al dunn
Mike wrote: ↑Sat Jan 09, 2021 7:42 pm
From the official RAF Brize Norton Facebook page :-
The Royal Air Force are flying thousands of the life-saving Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to Gibraltar, where they will be delivered on behalf of the FCDO to Gibraltar’s front-line workers and most at-risk groups.
I presume this is why the Spanish allowed it to fly into their airspace.
It was also for weather avoidance as there were Thunderstorms in the area yesterday evening
Re: RAF Gibraltar 9/1/21
Posted: Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:20 pm
by Mike
Thanks Al.
