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Tornado GR 4 & Harvard over Mersey 5.2.18
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:22 pm
by johnhowe
At 14.08pm today Monday 5th, February, 2018 much to my delight a Tornado GR with wings swept fully back in 67 degree configuration flew down the Mersey past the pier head east to west turned at Perch
Rock, New Brighton, lets say it was flying low level at approx. 400 knots. 30 minutes later a more sedate Harvard flew down the Mersey in the opposite direction heading towards John Lennon Airport.
Re: Tornado GR 4 & Harvard over Mersey 5.2.18
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:29 pm
by Mark
Spotted from my office window at Seaforth Container Terminal too..
Re: Tornado GR 4 & Harvard over Mersey 5.2.18
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:35 pm
by johnhowe
Mark wrote:Spotted from my office window at Seaforth Container Terminal too..
Hi Mark, Nice to hear from you.
As the GR4 flew over an interesting named cargo boat was heading towards Ellesmere Port Mikhail Dudin
registered in Belize City.
Re: Tornado GR 4 & Harvard over Mersey 5.2.18
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:52 pm
by Mark
Same to you Sir... The only cargo boats I'm interested in have a bloomin big ACL written on the side. Hawk T2 XX316 'Pirate 24' has been up the river now...
Re: Tornado GR 4 & Harvard over Mersey 5.2.18
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:25 pm
by johnhowe
Mark wrote:Same to you Sir... The only cargo boats I'm interested in have a bloomin big ACL written on the side. Hawk T2 XX316 'Pirate 24' has been up the river now...
Ah you mean ACL Sea in port now
and ACL Sail Star and Sun, I saw Atlantic Conveyor on her final cargo voyage before going for scrap to India.
PS When do we get the really big boats to Liverpool 2.
Pirate 24 is an FAC callsign is there an FAC Exercise on this week.
Re: Tornado GR 4 & Harvard over Mersey 5.2.18
Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:33 pm
by Mark
Hah, Don't you mean WILL we get the big boats for L2???
I believe they are struggling to get the post-panamax vessels to justify the extra bunkerage costs to divert up here from the South coast. The lines that operate them are already firmly entrenched darn sarth...
You forgot Atlantic Sky.. Its a real shame that the Conveyor name wasn't kept in the name of UK maritime history