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Air Day departures
Air Day departures
Hi everyone, I'm looking at doing departures on the Sunday, can anyone recommend a good spot please? I've heard of the sheep field & I presume that's the field on the other side of the river?
Dan
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Re: Air Day departures
There's sheep in many fields, but between the river & airfield fence could work better. Bear in mind that 09 could still be the Duty Runway, but some performance jets will ignore that to avoid a lengthy taxi. You must decide what shots you want to try for? If you're not going 'all-in' @ 27 you could try Pyle Lane for taxi shots to 09 + take-off....or just take-off from 27??
It appears 'tjs' & 'MRRT' have access to good info' & may be able to advise what & which side of the Church Services anything might depart? Good Luck!
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Cheers mate, from what I gather not a lot leaves on Sunday, most either Saturday evening or on Monday. Looks like I'll have to find something else to occupy myself with on SundaySupra wrote: ↑Thu Jul 05, 2018 12:33 amThere's sheep in many fields, but between the river & airfield fence could work better. Bear in mind that 09 could still be the Duty Runway, but some performance jets will ignore that to avoid a lengthy taxi. You must decide what shots you want to try for? If you're not going 'all-in' @ 27 you could try Pyle Lane for taxi shots to 09 + take-off....or just take-off from 27??
It appears 'tjs' & 'MRRT' have access to good info' & may be able to advise what & which side of the Church Services anything might depart? Good Luck!
Dan
"Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground"
Twitter: @DRAviography
"Cluster bombing from B-52s are very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground"
Twitter: @DRAviography
Re: Air Day departures
Sheep field is the field to the south east of the RWY27 approach, next to where the old Harrier ski jump used to be. This is closed on Fri and Sat, but open again on Sun.
But, different weather sites disagree on the wind direction for Sunday. If the wind is more than a few knots from the east (as it has been all week), then they'll use RWY09. For that you want to be at the western end.
However, note that all the roads around Yeovilton have parking/waiting restrictions that are active till 12:00 on Sunday lunchtime. Nothing wrong with walking down the roads, but you'll have to park your car/bike somewhere else.
Re: Air Day departures
Expected departures on Sunday:
TTBC (0930-1200) Falcon 50
TTBC (0930-1200) Mi8
1000 L39
1015 C27
1100 2x Rafael
1100 C17
1500 2x F16 DAF
NB there’s plenty of light civ deps in between but I’ve picked out the more interesting mil stuff.
TTBC (0930-1200) Falcon 50
TTBC (0930-1200) Mi8
1000 L39
1015 C27
1100 2x Rafael
1100 C17
1500 2x F16 DAF
NB there’s plenty of light civ deps in between but I’ve picked out the more interesting mil stuff.
Re: Air Day departures
Does anyone has an update on the Mi8 departuretime please? Tx!
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Re: Air Day departures
Mi-8 just routed eastbound over the centre of Basingstoke, not showing on ADS-B.
Re: Air Day departures
its on 360 radar just near Rochester(11.16) as Mi8 AT 1900FTKevin Brewer wrote: ↑Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:51 amMi-8 just routed eastbound over the centre of Basingstoke, not showing on ADS-B.
Phil
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Thanks again for the heads up. Worked out fine. Seen here at departure from Weeze, former RAF Laarbruch's 2sq shelterarea, around 16:00 local.
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It's a bit warm !
Still in....
Canadian Hercules
P3
4 F16s
2 FA18
And a Tiffy I think.
Still in....
Canadian Hercules
P3
4 F16s
2 FA18
And a Tiffy I think.
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Canadian Herc and F-18s going up to Fairford at some point this week.
Re: Air Day departures
11:55L The German P3 just droned over outbound
Re: Air Day departures
P3 came around for a lovely low pass.
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