The Almost at the Top to Almost at the Bottom trip 13/14 October 2010 Ade Hairsine
My logs from this week, Ok the log name is a bit odd but i think you will get the idea when you read it. We set off from York on Tuesday evening this time we were heading North into Scotland to RAF Lossiemouth near Inverness. A large exercise called Joint Warrior has taken place over the last two weeks in this area and the Swedish AF sent 14 Grippen's over to take part so we just had to go and have a look. The first call was Wednesday morning at Inverness airport having got a few hours kip at the Travelodge in Perth on the way up.
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Day 1
Inverness Airport 13-10-2010
Not often i get up here so apart from the GA this is all we saw at around 07-00
G-ECOP DASH-8
G-FBEK EMB-190
G-ISAY BAe-41
G-LGNI Sf-340
LY-NSC Sf-340
M-JACK Be-200
OY-MUG SD-360
OY-PBI Let-410
OY-PBV SD-360
In the industrial area near the airport is the Highland Aircraft Museum and kept
here are
Highland Aircraft Museum 13-10-2010
G-ASVO HP-7 Herald (Nose only)
7421M/C Hunter (Real id WT660)
XD875/- Valliant (Nose only)
XK532/LM-632 Buccaneer
XM169/- Lightning (Nose only)
XN607/- Jet Provost (Nose only)
XS176/- Jet Provost (Nose only)
XV254/54 Nimrod (Part fuse and nose only)
XV867/- Buccaneer (Nose only)
ZA362/TR Gr-1 Tornado
From here it's about 20 miles to Kinloss where the maritime patrol aircraft
taking part in the exercise were based for the duration, Some Navy Hawks and FRA
Da-20's noted were also taking part in Joint Warrior.
RAF Kinloss 13-10-2010
The first time i have been here since a lot of the Nimrods got the axe and only
two of the type were seen, It's a ghost town these days to what it was
XV240/40 Nimrod (Preserved)
XV241/41 Nimrod (Active ?)
XX152/- Hawk (Fly Navy c/s)
XX159/- Hawk (Fly Navy c/s)
XX331/- Hawk (100 Sqn mks)
XX337/- Hawk (Fly Navy c/s)
G-FFRA Da-20 FRA
G-FRAK Da-20 FRA
G-FRAT Da-20 FRA
G-FRAU Da-20 FRA
140105 CC-140 Canadian AF
3257 P-3 Norwegian Navy
158929/LA-929 P-3 US Navy
Pleased with our Orion trio we pushed on to the main goal of the trip RAF
Lossiemouth
RAF Lossiemouth 13-10-2010
Seen during a 6 hour stay were the following
Based RAF Gr-4 Tornado's noted
ZA370/004
ZA373/007
ZA398/010
ZA405/014
ZA458/024
ZA473/032
ZA544/037
ZA547/039
ZA549/F
ZA587/055
ZA595/-
ZA598/064
ZD707/077
ZD715/083
ZD716/084
ZD741/089
ZD742/090
ZD744/092
ZD747/095
ZD842/105
ZE116/116
ZD707/077
ZD715/083
ZD747/095
ZD895/115
ZG712/122
ZG714/124
ZG729/127
ZG750/128
ZG775/134
ZG794/139
The based SAR machine was
XZ590/F Seaking
Visiting or exercise traffic
XW223/- Puma
XW224/- Puma
XX222/CI Hawk
And the Grippen's
39214 Grippen SwAF
39219 Grippen SwAF
39230 Grippen SwAF
39231 Grippen SwAF
39253 Grippen SwAF
39257 Grippen SwAF
39260 Grippen SwAF
39262 Grippen SwAF
39265 Grippen SwAF
39274 Grippen SwAF
39276 Grippen SwAF
39278 Grippen SwAF
39823 Grippen SwAF
One civil aircraft was on the vAS and departed during our stay
M-IFLY Pc-12
The Grippen's afternoon mission was cancelled and the aircraft were told to taxi
back after a "suspicious package" was found on their ramp. The tower was
evacuated and all went quiet so we departed for the evening drive to Middle
Wallop for a base tour. The only one we did not see was 39281 Grippen SwAF this
remained in a hangar sick and out of sight.
A drive into Elgin for some fuel and fodder found the "Bucc" still at the garage
on the road in from Lossie
Elgin 13-10-2010
XW530/- Buccaneer
Another quick look at Kinloss found a Canadian CP-140 had changed during the day
at some point, the others had not changed from the morning visit
RAF Kinloss 13-10-2010
140118 CP-140 RcAF
As we were passing Inverness it was viewed again and the following changes noted
Inverness Airport 13-10-2010
G-EZAW A-319
G-ISAY BAe-41
G-JXTA BAe-31
D-ILHB Ce-525
N55GV Gulf-5
On the way down looking at e-mails we found out there were two USAF C-130's in at Glasgow so we dropped in to have a look
Glasgow 13-10-2010
G-BVVK DHC-6
G-SASC Be-200
LY-SKJ B-757
64 14855 C-130 USAF
65 0970 C-130 USAF
Req
?-???? EMB-120 in cargo
The Long Drag down finally ended at York, I got
my head on the pillow for a few hours and then it was time to head off again
this time going South and calling at RAF Lyneham first for some more C-130's we
knew had arrived the day before
Day 2
RAF Lyneham 14-10-2010
Preserved
KN655/YS-DH Dc-3 (Real id FZ626)
XK699/- Comet
Based aircraft noted
XN558/- Vulcan
XV202/202 C-130
XV217/217 C-130
XV220/220 C-130
XV290/290 C-130
XV301/301 C-130
XV305/305 C-130
ZH866/866 C-130
ZH868/868 C-130
ZH869/869 C-130
ZH873/873 C-130
Visiting
2474 C-130 Brazilian AF
745 C-130 Hellenic AF
G-LXRS BD-700
With an hour or so left before our tour at Wallop we spent the time at Boscombe
down on the off chance of seeing something we needed
RAF Boscombe Down 14-10-2010
Not much doing here and nothing new to us seen
KF183/- Harvard
(ZA609)/072 Gr-4 Tornado
ZF510/510 Tucano
ZJ647/- Alpha Jet
G-BYWW/WW Tutor
G-BYXJ/XJ Tutor
?????/- Gazelle Red White and Blue c/s Main ramp
?????/- Gazelle Red White and Blue c/s To main ramp after arrival
?????/- Gazelle Red Green Grey c/s from RWTS hangar ramp
After the short drive over to Middle Wallop we arrived for the base tour
AAC Middle Wallop 14-10-2010
I wanted to get round the GDSH for a Lynx i needed, I missed it twice this year
at Wallop and it getting stripped for spairs and then it will be probably
crushed.
Gate Guards
WZ724/nn Auster (Real id WZ670)
XT131/D Sioux
XT638/N Scout
Dump
(XZ181/nn) Lynx
GDSH Hangar
XW849/- Gazelle
XZ220/- Lynx (** GOT IT **)
XZ250/631 Lynx RN
XZ290/- Gazelle
XZ675/H Lynx
XZ676/- Lynx
XX381/- Gazelle
ZA766/- Gazelle
ZB667/- Gazelle
ZB683/- Gazelle
Outside
XZ205/- Lynx
XZ313/- Gazelle
Hangar 3
A split hangar
AACHAF
TW536/- Auster
WD325/N Chipmunk
XL812/- Skeeter
XP820/- Beaver
XP884/- Scout
XR244/- Auster
XR379/- Alouette
XT131/- Sioux
XT151/- Sioux
XT626/- Scout
And in the other end
ZJ245/45 HT-2
ZJ253/53 HT-2
ZJ254/54 HT-2
ZK206/A AB-212
Main Ramp
XZ203/nn Lynx
XZ221/nn Lynx
ZB691/nn Gazelle
ZJ249/49 HT-2
Hangar 4
XZ176/X Lynx
XZ196/nn Lynx
XZ345/nn Gazelle
XZ605/nn Lynx
XZ661/V Lynx
XZ680/nn Lynx
ZB692/nn Gazelle
ZD273/nn Lynx
Apache Ramp
ZJ166/- AH-64 Apache
ZJ170/- AH-64 Apache
ZJ194/- AH-64 Apache
ZJ206/- AH-64 Apache
ZJ211/- AH-64 Apache
ZJ215/- AH-64 Apache
ZJ221/- AH-64 Apache
Hangar 5
ZJ168/- AH-64 Apache
ZJ192/- AH-64 Apache
ZJ212/- AH-64 Apache
ZJ223/- AH-64 Apache
Visiting
ZJ780/- SA-365
????? BN-2 Defender
And that was it just the drive home to do and after all we had done it was a
long one not helped by the traffic which was slow to say the least, My thanks as
always to Dave A and SG at MW
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