Day trip to Lossiemouth for Joint Warrior exercise 15 April 2012 - Ade Hairsine
A long day trip to RAF Lossiemouth last Sunday for the P-8
and others on the Joint Warrior exercise got this lot in the log book, A 01-00
departure from home for the long overnight drive North thought the Rain, Sleet
and Snow as we climbed the hills on the A90 heading North, The first call was a
drive-by view of Inverness airport from the A96.
Inverness Airport 15-04-2012
Parked on the visitors ramp and the terminal were, Many thanks to Stephen Lane
on the Scotavia list for his log allowing me to fill in all the gaps here
G-FBJB EMB-190
G-JXTA BAe-31
G-LGNM Sf-340
G-SPUR Ce-550
C-GRTB CL-601
A quick look at RAF Kinloss next saw, We were a little early in the day to see
the based Vigilants
RAF Kinloss 15-04-2012
How different things look now, The only aircraft we saw was a sole preserved
Nimrod stood out on the field
(XV244)/244 Nimrod
And on to "Lossie"
RAF Lossiemouth 15-04-2012
Nothing moved while we were there and we waited an hour or two hoping the French
Navy Atlantique's would turn up but alas they did not so to entertain ourselves
we logged the aircraft present and visited and small GA field to the South near
Elgin
Canadian AF
140103 CP-140 Aurora
140107 CP-140 Aurora
140111 CP-140 Aurora
US Navy
159320/320 P-3 Orion
159507/507 P-3 Orion
162771/771 P-3 Orion
167956/956 P-8 Poseidon (Yes, very nice Google it for a picture)
Only two more aircraft were seen on the base
XZ588/- Seaking sat out on SAR duty
ZA475/nn Gr-4 Gate Guard
Elgin 15-04-2012
Still at the garage as you come into town from "Lossie" is the "Brick"
XW530/530 Buccaneer
Just South of Elgin is a GA field with an ex mil resident present
Easterton 15-04-2012
The two hangars here both opened up for us and we found the items we were
interested in, The based Chipmunk (G-BCSA and not req'd) was away on service for
the summers flying as the based glider tug
(XZ550/-) Venture G-BTDA
RAFGSA Aircraft
G-CJFH/nn Duo Discus
G-CJON/67 Grob-102
G-????/R1 RAFGSA ? This could be one already logged
Others, Powered
G-ATJC Victa Airtourer
G-CCID Jabiru J-400
G-CCRF Pegasus Quantum
G-CEDW Team Minimax
G-PARG Pitts S-1
G-NESE Tecam P-2000
Gliders
G-CHYJ/nn ASK-21
G-CJMY/JMY PZL SZD-51
G-CJOG/P50 Grob-103
G-GSST/nn Grob-102
G-DCHU/CHU K-8
G-DCZJ/nn PZL SZD-30
Now the drive home and this started by a drive accross to Aberdeen for a look at
a Lynx at the airport
Aberdeen 15-04-2012
Ex military bits noted
(XZ372/FV) Jaguar Fire Area 1
?????/- Lynx-7 Fire Area 2
A few other notes
G-BTPC ATP
G-CDEB Sf-2000
G-CERZ Sf-2000
G-GCWV EMB-145
G-MAFE Do-228
G-MAJL BAe-41
OY-PBI Let-410
And the chopper buzzing around
G-CHCG AS-332
G-CHCS S-92
G-CHCZ S-92
G-PUMN AS-332
G-PUMO AS-332
G-PUMS AS-332
G-REDM AS-332
G-REDR Ec-225
G-REDT Ec-225
G-TIGE AS-332
G-WNSA S-92
G-ZZSA Ec-225
G-ZZSD Ec-225
G-ZZSE Ec-225
One GA note and a req
G-CCTT Ce-172
?-???? Be-200
Back on the road and a call at the museum at Montrose
Montrose Air Museum 15-04-2012
WF825/nn Meteor
XA109/nn Vampire
Further South we passed Dundee airport and thought it would be worth a quick
look
Dundee 15-04-2012
G-CGGS Do-328
OO-GEE Pc-12
(54-2586) Piper L-21 Cub G-BWUB Ex Italain Army (On floats)
RAF Leuchars was next for Andy who missed one of the French Alpha's at RAF
Leeming last week
RAF Leuchars 15-04-2012
Lined up on VAS were the French Alpha's
E14/102-FG Alphajet
E29/102-NB
E87/102-LC
E99/102-AH
E105/102-FM
The gate guards remain the same
XT864/A F-4 Phamtom
ZE967/UT Tornado F-3
And across the road at the ATC unit
(XW865/-) Harrier T-4 (Nose only)
Back on the road and down to Edinburgh
Edinburgh 15-04-2012
Not too much logged here but going in the book were these
G-ECOD Dash-8
G-EUUS A-320
G-FBEB EMB-195
G-FBEC EMB-195
G-JECJ Dash-8
EC-LJI B-737
EI-EGA B-737
EI-EME B-737
M-CHEM Da-2000
Dump Area
G-BMXD Fk-27
TC-MBG Fk-27
And lastly on the way home a call at Carlisle for the Seakings
Carlisle 15-04-2012
None read off as it was dark so all serials taken from the net
(ZA295/U) Seaking
(ZA299/D) Seaking
(ZA313/M) Seaking
(ZD480/J) Seaking
(ZD626/S) Seaking
We did not see the other helicopters due to the lack of light or may be even
they were not present but these are reported to be here
ZJ179/- Apache
ZJ196/- Apache
ZA674/AD Chinook
ZA705/AN Chinook
ZH777/- Chinook
ZH857/70 Merlin RN
I am just glad i did not need any of them as it might have been a long night
sitting in the car waiting for day light
A long day but a good day, My thanks as always go to Phil A and Andy S
Cheers
Ade
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