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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.

Merlin at Benson

Puma at Benson

Ade's last Chinook at Odiham

Chinook at Odiham

Whirlwind Gate Guard at Odiham

The Odiham ramp

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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