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Scotland for Joint Warrior via Middle Wallop! 17 - 18 April 2013 - Ade Hairsine

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A trip up to Scotland for the JMC exercise this week then taking a very long detour home, We left Tuesday night for the drive North and had a quick look at Inverness airport and museum on the way

Inverness Airport 17/04/2013

The Finnish PC-12 was the highlight here

G-CVXN C-406
G-FBJE EMB-175 FlyBe
G-JXTA BAe-31
OH-WAU Pc-12
OY-PBH Let-410

Inverness Museum 17/4/13

Not everything here was noted, only what we saw as we drove past.

(XV2)54 NimrodMR2, nose/forward section
(WT660) HunterF1, bare metal
(XM169) LightningF1A, nose section
XK532 / 632 BuccaneerS1
(XN607) Jet ProvostT3, nose section
ZA362 TornadoGR1
(XD875) ValientB1, nose section

Elgin 17/4/13

Still displayed at the petrol station here and always nice to see :
XW530 BuccaneerS2B

RAF Lossiemouth 17/4/13

Noted around the base were the following :
Visitors ;

158224 / 224 P3C, USN. Departed as 'E4U'
160287 / 287 P3C, USN
7203 P3AM, Brazil
140116 CP140, Canada
140110 CP140, Canada
5 Atlantique, FrN
13 Atlantique, FrN
13 Rafale, FrN 'Kimono14' (o/shoot)
XX339 CK HawkT1A 'Pirate02'
202 sqn (D flt) ramp ;
(89)-26206 HH60G, USAF
(89)-26212 HH60G, USAF
(89)-26208 HH60G, USAF

D-FAMT PC9B
D-CGFB Learjet35A

Residents

XZ588 SeaKingHAR3, departed as 'SeaKing137'
202 Sqn (D flight) hangar ;
XZ596 SeaKingHAR3

From 617 Sqn HAS site ;
ZG727 126 TornadoGR4, 'Vandal 1'
ZG707 119 TornadoGR4, 'Vandal 2'
ZA597 063 TornadoGR4, 'Vandal 3'

15 Sqn Ramp ;
(ZA410) 016 TornadoGR4
(ZG771) 133 TornadoGR4

12 Sqn Ramp ;
ZA613 075 TornadoGR4
(ZG712) 122 TornadoGR4
(ZG775) 134 TornadoGR4

At gate ;
(ZA475) TornadoGR4, displayed

After a couple of hours here, we headed for Leuchars via a sighting of the
Gannet at Errol.

Errol 17/4/13

Still standing out on the field ;
(XG882) GannetT5

RAF Leuchars 17/4/13

We arrived for the late afternoon launch. All the French aircraft flew
except
Etendard 31 which was in the hangar, Rafale 32 which was also hangared, Etendard 
2 which was on the ramp and Rafale 13 which was towed off the line

62 Etendard, FrN
18 Etendard, FrN
61 Etendard, FrN
55 Etendard, FrN
43 Etendard, FrN
17 Etendard, FrN
  2 Etendard, FrN
31 Etendard, FrN
15 RafaleF2, FrN
19 RafaleF2, FrN
28 RafaleF3, FrN
32 RafaleF3, FrN
13 RafaleF2, FrN
37 RafaleF3, FrN
33 RafaleF3, FrN
3 / 166417 E2C, FrN
143 Falcon10 MER , FrN (parked, main ramp)

More Typhoons than listed were seen on the line and flying, but we just
could not be bothered to read them off. Listed below is just what came off
the camera. Four Hawks were parked in 111sqns old HAS site we didn't bother
reading them off either.

ZK343 EA TyphoonFGR4
ZK314 EO TyphoonFGR4
ZK311 EK TyphoonFGR4

EU, ED and EI
Plus Hawks from 100sqn CF, CM, CG and one of the sp mks ones code 95-Y
 

Others ;
(XW265) HarrierT4, nose section
(ZE967) TornadoF3, at gate
(XT864) PhantomFG1, at gate
From here it was time for a bite to eat, 3 ½ hours sleep and then the
journey South to

Middle Wallop 180/4/13

The visiting aircraft departed in the following order :
ZJ253 SquirrelHT2   Baldrick 1
4198 GCQ SA342M Baldrick 2
3863 GAM SA342M Baldrick 3
3947 GAS SA342M Baldrick 4
4189 GCN SA342M Baldrick 5
3546 GJF SA342M   Baldrick 6
4166 GJZ SA342M   Baldrick 7
1093 DCG SA330B  Baldrick 8

Main ramp ;
XZ191 A LynxAH7
XZ612 LynxAH7
ZJ252 SquirrelHT2
ZJ254 SquirrelHT2
ZJ250 SquirrelHT2
Outside MPSU are four parts recovered cabs ;
XZ245 LynxHAS3GMS
XZ677 LynxAH7
XZ190 LynxAH7
(XW849) c/n 1016 GazelleAH1

The three gate guards and the preserved Scout and Beaver in the museum car
park

Boscombe Down 18/4/13

Two noted on the ramp ;
QQ101 Bae146
XX154 HawkT1

Popham Airfield 18/4/13

Two of interest noted at the side of the main road :
(52-2398) G- AMEN PA18, ex USAR
HA-MKF AN2

Henley-on-Thames 18/4/13

Preserved here is ;
J-1169 VampireFB6, ex SwissAF

The last call was a 2 min stop at Bruntingthorpe for the Russian lump i
req'd on the way home

Bruntingthorpe 18/4/13

Parked with 2 more 747's was my lump
(VP-BGX) B-747


As always many thanks to Phil his company on a very long trip just in the
UK
Cheers
Ade

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