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Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 10:34 am
by vulcanxl425
Mildenhall MC=130J in this morning serial 13-5776 c/s Strix 67 first low approach Rw23 at 1128 more to follow.. Also approaches Rw05.
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 12:57 pm
by Malcy
saw a couple of choppers in the vicinity … flying west to east about noon? could have been Merlins or bigger. was in Elgin at the time.
contact lenses in so I cannot ID from the back of my camera
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 1:16 pm
by Joseph841795
Falcon01 P8 ZP805 dept 09:15 ish, circuits at Prestwick, landed 12:30 ish?
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 1:18 pm
by Joseph841795
Jedi flight Typhoons dept 12:00 ish, landed 13:10 ish
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 2:00 pm
by vulcanxl425
Malcy wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 12:57 pm
saw a couple of choppers in the vicinity … flying west to east about noon? could have been Merlins or bigger. was in Elgin at the time.
contact lenses in so I cannot ID from the back of my camera
Merlin HM1 ZH856 c/s Navy 535 was showing on FR24 in locality around midday before routing north to Orkney / Shetland islands.
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 4:26 pm
by Malcy
vulcanxl425 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 2:00 pm
Merlin HM1 ZH856 c/s Navy 535 was showing on FR24 in locality around midday before routing north to Orkney / Shetland islands.
pretty sure there was more than one … cheers for the info
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 5:33 pm
by np1991
There was a pair, arrived from Prestwick.
Conducted a rotors running refuel on Echo before heading to Sumburgh.
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 5:54 pm
by vulcanxl425
Thanks for update Niall . The Merlins now at Bergen.
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Fri May 30, 2025 6:29 pm
by Malcy
np1991 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 5:33 pm
There was a pair, arrived from Prestwick.
Conducted a rotors running refuel on Echo before heading to Sumburgh.
Cheers Niall
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 6:02 am
by muscat90
np1991 wrote: ↑Fri May 30, 2025 5:33 pm
There was a pair, arrived from Prestwick.
Conducted a rotors running refuel on Echo before heading to Sumburgh.
Confirmed on departure from Prestwick
ZH856 followed by ZH832
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:02 pm
by Lumix
Mon 02/06:
A trio of R.Navy Merlins just passed overhead Orkney low-level at 13:05L heading south. Presumably the 2 mentioned above plus another. None of them plotting.
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:30 pm
by np1991
Sadly not, different three and were Navy 750 flight which landed at Kinloss.
Fridays pair were Navy 535
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2025 2:44 pm
by Lumix
np1991 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 1:30 pm
Sadly not, different three and were Navy 750 flight which landed at Kinloss.
Fridays pair were Navy 535
Ah well, such is life. Hopefully there will be serials to come in due course.
Re: Lossiemouth Friday 30/5
Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2025 5:38 pm
by np1991
Sorry for the delay in this, the three Navy Merlin Hc4s were: ZJ992/AB, ZJ119/C and ZJ123/G