Aldergrove - 26 September 2019

[gadwall58]

Visitors:

1122 - CWL23 - G-BYWI/WI - Tutor T1 - from Glasgow.

1122 - UAJ24 - G-BYWS/WS - Tutor T1 - from Glasgow.

1523 - VALOR42 - 84-0126 (AE0193) - C-21A - 76th AS / 86th AW - from Aalborg.
1730 - Start up approval. After departure climbing 5000' on Q39.
1759 - departed off runway 17 with clearance as above.

1952 - RCH189 - 15-5832/AK (AE5C9E) - HC-130J - 211st RQS / 176th Wg / AK ANG - coasting in west of Ireland on the way from St John's, NFL.
2031 - landed runway 25 to n/s.

2001 - RCH188 - 14-5815/AK (AE59C5) - HC-130J - 211st RQS / 176th Wg / AK ANG - similar position and inbound from St John's, NFL.
2049 - landed runway 25 to n/s.

Based Aircraft:

0802 - AAC523 - ZH003 - Defender R2 - to Doncaster.
1907 - AAC003 - approaching IOM on the way back from Doncaster via Liverpool.

0925 - AAC526 - ZH001 - Defender R2 - outbound S to operate FL90.
0949 - c/s changed to AAC526M.
1110 - c/s changed to AAC526.
1131 - descending inbound from SE for ILS runway 25.

1009 - AAC521 - ZG848 - Islander R1 - outbound SW.
1154 - inbound from NW for ILS runway 25.

1107 - AAC543 - ZB693 - Gazelle AH1 - outbound N.
1220 - inbound from N.

2005 - AAC500 - ZB693 - Gazelle AH1 - outbound N.
2207 - inbound from NW.

2116 - AAC595 - ZH003 - Defender R2 - outbound N.
2231 - inbound from N for ILS runway 25.

[Raski]

RCH188 has just passed 40W on the pond, expecting 51N30W 1710Z.

Also heard RCH189 about an hour prior, it was 15-5832.

[gadwall58]

Thank you kindly for the update.

[Raski]

Do you know what frame 188 is ?

[rh226]

RCH188 is 14-5815/AK and was showing callsign as "REACH18" on departure from St. Johns this afternoon (per ADS-B flight-data)
RCH189 is 15-5832/AK and was showing callsign as "155832" on departure from St. Johns this afternoon (per ADS-B flight-data)

Departed 15.00 - 15.15BST

[Raski]

Thanks

[gadwall58]

Thanks for these. Much appreciated.

[palace_ops]

Just a note of thanks to gadwall58 for all your daily updates on these movements.....

Can anyone offer an explanation/speculation on why the Islanders/Defenders adopt an "M" suffix to their callsigns when established in their "operatiional area"? Pretty obvious what they're up to (no need to dive into that here), but why is the M necessary? I also presume their civilian cousins don't adopt the same callsign change approach.

[gadwall58]

Thank you for the kind words but It might interest you to know that Police aircraft over here, when on station, depending on task, also adopt the Mike callsign such as Scout 2M or Police 441M etc.