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Odiham and Benson base tours 15 November
2011 Ade Hairsine
Another day for two base tours looking at the UK's
heavy-lift helicopter fleet base's, down the M1 to start as usual with a call at
East Midlands for an IL-76.
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Merlin at Benson
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Puma at Benson
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Ade's last Chinook at Odiham
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Chinook at Odiham
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Whirlwind Gate Guard at Odiham
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The Odiham ramp
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Two US Army Chinooks at Odihan
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East Midlands Airport 15-11-2011
One or two in the book this morning
(G-CEDK) Ce-750
G-LSAH B-757
EI-DPB B-737
EI-EGA B-737
EI-EGC B-737
EI-EKJ B-737
HB-AFS ATR-72
N312AA B-767
N740CK B-747
RA-76952 IL76
TF-ELF A-300
Back going South and with a little time to spare we called at Oxford Kidlington
for some biz-jets
Oxford 15-11-2011
A quick look over the now very high Hawthorne headge rows, More were seen but
not read off as time was getting short due to the Oxford rush hour and school
run so we cut and ran
G-HMEI Da-900
G-RGSG BAe-125
G-VECT Ce-560
G-GMED Pa-42
CS-DHQ Ce-550
(N247CK) CL-600
VR-CRR CL-601
GA
Only two logged
G-BHYP Ce-172
G-DATG Ce-182
RAF Benson 15-11-2011
We could not visit the Puma hangars or areas
28 Sqn hangar
ZJ119/C Merlin
ZJ134/S Merlin
ZJ990/AA Merlin
ZJ994/AC Merlin
ZJ995/AD Merlin
78 Sqn hangar
ZJ120/D Merlin
ZJ124/H Merlin
ZJ126/K Merlin
ZJ998/AE Merlin
Ramps
XW199/- Puma
XW212/- Puma
ZA937/- Puma
ZJ955/- Puma
Others
XS507/- Wessex Preserved
(XW201/-) Puma BDRT airframe
G-TVHB Ec-135 Police
And off to Odiham for a look at the Chinook fleet and hoping my last one was
around
RAF Odiham 15-11-2011
We could not visit 7Sqn hangars and ramp area's etc as they were busy flying
27Sqn Hangar
ZH894/- Chinook
ZH898/- Chinook
ZH904/- Chinook
(86-01677) CH47 ex USAR
89-00159 CH47 ex USAR
18Sqn Hangar
ZD574/DB Chinook
ZH901/- Chinook (** My last one **)
ZH903/HR Chinook
Ramps
XZ651/- Lynx
ZA674/- Chinook
ZA707/AO Chinook
ZH895/HJ Chinook Spl Mks
Engineering Hangar
ZA671/- Chinook
ZA679/- Chinook
ZA705/AN Chinook
(82-23762) CH47 Ex US Army nose only
03-8003 CH47 ex USAR for gate
Others
XR453/A Whirlwind Gate Guard
(ZA678)/9229M Chinook dump
G-SURY EC-135 Police
We decided to go to Farnborough next so on the way we had a quick look at
Blackbush
Blackbush 15-11-2011
G-FBKD Ce-510
G-THNX Ce-525
N453DW Ce-510
XX515/4 Bulldog (G-CBBC)
XX700/17 Bulldog (G-CBEK)
And a few GA notes
G-ARYI Ce-172
G-AVSF Pa-28
G-AXTD Pa-28
G-BBPX Pa-34
G-BERI Rc-114
G-BOWY Pa-28
G-BSXB Pa-28
G-CCAT AA-5
G-CDTX Ce-152
G-CLAC Pa-28
G-ESSL Ce-182
G-JJAN Pa-28
G-OIBM Rc-114
G-RRFC TB-20
G-WILT C-42
N78GG Be-33
N147(L)K SR-22
Across the M3 and were were at FBO looking at the biz-jets
Farnbrough 15-11-2011
The FAST museum looked unchanged but noted on the field were
G-HUBY EMB-135
G-NOAH A-319
G-SHAL CL-850
G-SIRS Ce-560
CS-DFF Da-2000
CS-DKC Gulf-5
EC-LDS Galaxy
HB-IKS CL-600
(LX-DEC) Ce-680
LX-FLY BD-700
LX-GEX BD-700
M-IHOL Learjet
M-RLIV CL-605
N325B Da-2000
N806AC Gulf-5
OE-GGP Ce-560
VP-BAM BD-700
VP-BEB BD-700
VP-BRA Da-2000
Req's
????? BD-700 out 14-45
There was quite a bit more here but time and tide waits for no man, We went
Heathrow 15-11-2011
The Panama EMB was the big draw here, Cheers to JH for the directions to see it
it ended up been T5 car park for the view
G-BNLJ B-747
G-BLNW B-747
G-EUOB A-319
G-EUOG A-319
G-EUPB A-319
G-EUPS A-319
G-EUPT A-319
G-EUUB A-320
G-EUUE A-320
G-EUXJ A-321
G-EUYA A-320
G-EUYC A-320
G-EUYJ A-320
G-YMMT B-777
G-GALX Da-900
A40-KF B-767 Gulf Air
B-6115 A-330
D-AIBF A-319
EI-DOH B-737
EI-DVJ A-320
N793AN B-777
N839MH B-767
PP-MUA B-777 TAM
P4-MAS B-757
SU-GDP B-777
VH-OQI A-380 QUANTAS
5Y-KQY B-777
9K-AOB B-777
9V-SWS B-777
A9C-BA B-727
CS-DLC Da-2000
(N626UT) Gulf-5
(OD-MIG) BAe-125
HP-1A EMB135 Panamanian AF
Req's, All parked on Cargo or the Royal Suite
????? BBJ
????? EMB-135
Back on the road and up to Luton for a look
Luton 15-11-2011
G-IDAB Ce-550
G-LSMB Da-2000
G-NMAK A-319
G-VILP EMB-135
C-FCIB CL-604
C-FMHL BD-100
CS-DFW BAe-125
D-ATWO EMB-135
D-CKDM gALAXY
EC-HVQ Ce-525
EI-GDL Gulf-5
I-FLYV Da-2000
M-ASHI CL-605
N275MT CL601
N296RG Da-2000
N332MM Gulf-5
N403QS Gulf-4
N436QS Gulf-4
N441QS Gulf-4
N604Z CL-604
N605JS CL-605
N624BP BD-700
N751NS BAe-125
N763DB Gulf-4
N900EM EMB-135
N909MM Da-2000
OE-HPG BD100
OM-OPF Da-2000
OY-VIK Da-7x
PR-PMV Da-900
P4-JET Da-50
SX-DCV Da-7x
SX-IRP Galaxy
TC-DAO BAe-125
TC-KAR BD-100
VP-CIF CL-605
4X-CUR CL-604
And a final call at Waddo for the Saudi Herk (Andy and Phil) and a Defender for
Me and Andy
Waddington 15-11-2011
ZH005 Defender (Bn-2 Islander)
475 C-130 Saudi AF
Many thanks for all the hard work done by the WAG group inc Mick B and Mark W,
And many thanks to Phil A and Andy S for a very good day out yet again.
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