log;- Lossiemouth 6th October + request

[Mark Lawley]

evening all noted today were multitudes of photographers and
a few spotters.
Also noted were these aircraft.

Visitors

167956 /JA956 P-8A US Navy ........... dep
168852 P-8A US Navy ' no unit marks ' ........... dep
168855 P-8A US Navy ' no unit marks ' ........... dep
140118 CP-140 RCAF
168434 / LN-434 P-8A US Navy ........... arr/dep
168857 / LK-857 P-8A US Navy ........... arr
168760 / LC-760 P-8A US Navy ........... arr
????? Hercules Portuguese Air Force ' landed on rwy 10 ' anyone know the serial please ?
168848 P-8A US Navy ' no unit marks ' ........... arr/dep
60+08 P-3 German Navy ........... arr/dep
ZE422 S-61 ASaC7 Royal Navy ........... arr
XV656 S-61 ASaC7 Royal Navy ........... arr

flight of 2
15141 F-16A Portuguese Air Force
15133 F-16AM Portuguese Air Force

flight of
15117 F-16A Portuguese Air Force
15105 F-16AM Portuguese Air Force
15110 F-16A Portuguese Air Force


Based Typhoons

ZJ947 / EB-L active
ZK323 / C active
ZK324 / EI active
ZK380 / T active

ZD711 / 079 active
ZA453 / 022 active
ZD742 / 090 active
ZA602 / F

some kind of ceremony was being carried out this afternoon
and the two aircraft below were parked near 1(F) Sqn's hangar
being looked at by multitudes of peeps.

ZJ928 / FQ Typhoon
ZD848 / 109 Tornado

well I think I've got the list correct for today ..

best wishes ........................ Mark

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[Thunder]

That's some log, just like the good old days.

Your Portuguese C-130 was 16801.

[Contrail1958]

16801 is your missing C-130 which departed and then returned with an emergency.
Sounded like a loose panel.He landed 23 did a check and departed 05.

[Mark Lawley]

Mr Thunder person and ' now AL ', thanks for your swift replies.
Quality C-130 for me the one only Portuguese Air Force machine
I haven't seen before.

Missed it at boeing field as was still eating breakfast in Denny's when
I went out ................ laughs a lot !!!! ' smiley face ,

Mark

[Rubberneck]

there were 2 C130s

one arrived the day before as c/s AFP30 ( reported as 16806 viewtopic.php?f=74&t=137678 ) and night stopped - departed in the morning and shows as having returned soon after departure before departing again.

c/s AFP31 arrived in the afternoon before departing later - is this the one reported as 16801 or was it the night stopping one with yesterday's report being incorrect?

[Mark Lawley]

Rubberneck

16806 was the night stopper I know this because I travel to Lossie with Vulcan 425 who posted ( reported as 16806 viewtopic.php?f=74&t=137678 )
16801 was the one that arrived yesterday afternoon and if you take a look at contrail 1958's reply that shows it was 16801 that trouble with a loose
panel or something

thanks for your help

Mark

[Rubberneck]

cheers Mark

was quering it because I know from the flight plan system that AFP30 diverted back to Lossie shortly after getting airborne in the morning and departed again after a very short stay. Contrails mention of 16801 returning with a problem had me wondering if there had been a mix up...

must have been a bad day for them if both had to divert back with problems.

[CASPJASP]

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8871 QID02, did an impromptu low approach around 1:00 pm.

[scimitar]

Boeing KC-135R Stratotanker 63-8871 QID02, did an impromptu low approach around 1:00 pm.

That was it! Some beast of a thing.

Cheers!

Was there a KC135 yesterday?

I was there from about 11.00 until 18.30 and never saw a KC135, is there a new stealth version that I'm not aware of.

[onemac]

cheers Mark

was quering it because I know from the flight plan system that AFP30 diverted back to Lossie shortly after getting airborne in the morning and departed again after a very short stay. Contrails mention of 16801 returning with a problem had me wondering if there had been a mix up...

must have been a bad day for them if both had to divert back with problems.

16806 departed 09:50L on 6th and didn't return with a problem, up and away. Same day 16801 came in on 10 as the 23 cable broke and departed at 16:47L on 23. Shortly after take off a panel light was reported and she landed on 23 15 minutes later, turned round on the concrete at 05 and took off again with the panel secured at 17:10. All times are from the camera. I'm not sure what the flight plan system indicated but from the Mk 1 eyeball on the ground, 16806 did not return.

2 x KC-135's this week - one on Wednesday (5th) 60-0324 at around 11:23L and the other today (Fri 7th) 63-8871 at 13:18L

Al

[Rubberneck]

strange as the system showed an arrival message had been sent ~ showing a divert back. Guess operator error somewhere.

cheers Al

[scimitar]

"2 x KC-135's this week - one on Wednesday (5th) 60-0324 at around 11:23L and the other today (Fri 7th) 63-8871 at 13:18L"

Thanks for clearing that up Al, I was reasonably confident in what I didn't see.

Thread drift is getting as bad as EGPK.

Cheers

[Mike]

Sorry, it was today. I don't think the other thread for Friday had been started, so I added it on to yesterday's thread.

You could have always started a new thread for today !

[onemac]

Thread drift is getting as bad as EGPK.

No pies were harmed in the making of this log

Al

[scimitar]

Thread drift is getting as bad as EGPK.

No pies were harmed in the making of this log

Al

Lol, but a couple of Irn Bru and chilli sausages sufficed. :