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HI all for anyone interested the above carrier is due to anchor off PORTMOUTH on monday on its way to batter IS
no time as yet
regards
baz

baz1 wrote:HI all for anyone interested the above carrier is due to anchor off PORTMOUTH on monday on its way to batter IS
no time as yet
regards
baz

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cheers Mike did not notice that posted

No problem.

I know CVN71 is now due on Sunday, reported on local news and seawaves, but i am after the arrival time at
stokes bay, going by high tide times it would be midnight on saturday or midday on sunday, can anyone confiŕm
which,?
Regards Les

Its Due at 5PM Sunday according to RN News

How accurate are these eta's?
I live about an hour away, and will take a drive down to see it arrive.
Problem is, it's only 90 minutes before dark, and if it's going to be too dark, I will make the trip down another evening.
If it's going to arrive a couple of hours late, it will be a wasted jourtney.

If you only live an hour away why don't you just chance it and go, If it arrives late then you can go another evening.

Does anyone know how long it's staying.

Regards
Everett1285

according to this article, it and the accompanying destroyer, Winston S Churchill will leave on 27th March
http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/news-and-la ... portsmouth

Scudpilot wrote:How accurate are these eta's?
I live about an hour away, and will take a drive down to see it arrive.
Problem is, it's only 90 minutes before dark, and if it's going to be too dark, I will make the trip down another evening.
If it's going to arrive a couple of hours late, it will be a wasted jourtney.

The arrival time is on QHM Portsmouth's web page? It's never a wasted journey, get down to Stokes Bay as it's highly unlikely to be late. If you're lucky there might be a couple of Seahawks flying about doing security patrols as happened on a previous carrier visit. They flew along the beach enabling me to get my only ever photographs of Seahawks flying!!! A word of warning though, leave in plenty of time, the weather is forecast to be nice and sunny and the road works on the A32 in Gosport are a real pain when it's busy which Sunday is looking to be. I'd get to Stokes Bay for around 1430 latest as you will most probably have to drive around to find a parking space. If you walk to Kilkicker Point (as you look at the Isle of Wight, it's about half to three quarters of a mile to your left along the beach) the carrier should be visible from around 1530/1545. I'm going to miss the arrival so have a cracking day on my behalf!!!

I've posted info about boat trips in the Military Marine Monitoring Section.

If the "BIG STICK" is at Portsmouth is any of the CVW flying off to a shore base???

No.

Evening All

If it helps the following CVW1 airframes were noted at NAS Fallon last November, goes without saying that there could be changes. Apologies list was initially posted in the wrong thread.

166628/100
166634/101
166624/102
166625/103
166610/105
166631/106
166623/110
166627/112
All VFA-11


166797/200
166799/201
166805/202
166807/203
166808/204
166809/205
166812/206
166815/211
All VFA-211


166822/302
166823/303
166824/304
166825/305
166826/306
166827/307
166828/310
166829/311
166818/312
166817/313
All VFA-136


168266/500
168267/501
168269/502
168270/503
168274 /504
All VAQ-137


164902/400
164892/401
164975/403
164978/413
All VMFA-251


168592/600
168593/601
168594/602
168595/603
All VAW-125

Cheers
Steve Bartlett

Great list steve very much appreciated . a couple of errors spotted are Vaq-137 EA-18g 504 should be 168271 ,168274 is based at Fallon Nas with NSAWC,
and E-2d 600 should of course be 168592 not 952

Thought I saw that a Greyhound had landed at Farnborough to collect mail for Carrier.

eagle driver wrote:Great list steve very much appreciated . a couple of errors spotted are Vaq-137 EA-18g 504 should be 168271 ,168274 is based at Fallon Nas with NSAWC,
and E-2d 600 should of course be 168592 not 952

Hi,just checked my photo's and EA-18G 504 is confirmed as 168274 so there may have been a switch round,the E2-D was a typo.

To tim-raper,
Many thanks for your reply and info it's appreciated, looks like I'm in for a long drive next week.

Regards
Everett1285

Last chance to see the HS-11 SH-60F/HH-60H as Scramble report they are changing to MH-60S next year.