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Shawbury Base visit 23 January 2014 Ade Hairsine

 Now I have had a little time to type up the Shawbury log hear go's, If anyone has any comments or correction etc please feel free to. A nice walk thought the hangars and VERY nice to see the two Griffin's we set out to see, The two Griffins have been away for some months one in Sweden and the other in Canada so the time was right to grab them. The other highlight of the tour was a FRP Hawk in made (XX161)

Starting at the main gate

XR516/V Wessex Gate Guard
XV123/- Scout Preserved on base near main ramps
XS713/C Dominie Dump
(XT773)/nn Wessex Dump

Stored aircraft, Fixed Wing

Hawk

XX160/-
XX161/- No Tail
XX165/165
XX167/167
XX168/168
XX169/169
XX171/171
XX172/172
XX173/- No Tail RN
XX174/174
XX175/175
XX185/185
XX194/CP
XX220/220 RN
XX222/CI
XX224/224
XX225/322 (Fin from XX322)
XX226/226 RN
XX228/- No Tail
XX231/231
XX234/234
XX235/235
XX237/- RA c/s
XX238/238
XX235/235
XX244/- RA c/s
XX247/247
XX248/CJ
XX260/- RA c/s
XX265/265
XX266/- RA c/s
XX278/- RA c/s
XX284/CA
XX286/286 RN
XX289/CO
XX290/- No Tail
XX292/- RA c/s
XX294/- RA c/s
XX296/296
XX299/299
XX303/303
XX306/- RA c/s
XX308/- RA c/s
XX312/312
XX313/313
XX314/314
XX331/-
XX335/335
XX338/- No Tail
XX345/CE
XX351/-

Tucano

ZF160/160
ZF161/161
ZF163/163
ZF166/166
ZF203/203
ZF211/211
ZF212/212
ZF242/242
ZF263/263
ZF268/268
ZF286/286
ZF288/288
ZF315/315
ZF318/318
ZF345/345
ZF350/350
ZF372/372
ZF376/376
ZF380/380
ZF405/405
ZF408/408
ZF410/410
ZF412/412
ZF414/414
ZF416/416
ZF418/418
ZF446/446
ZF447/447
ZF449/449
ZF483/483
ZF484/484
ZF486/486
ZF487/487
ZF488/488
ZF490/490
ZF492/492
ZF513/513
ZF514/514
ZF516/516


Stored Aircraft Helicopters

Gazelle

XX378/-
XX431/ CU-43 (9300M)
XX442/E
XZ303/-
XZ311/-
XZ337/Z
ZA773/F
ZB667/-

Merlin

ZH821/-
ZH822/-
ZH823/-
ZH825/583

Puma

(XW200/-) SFOR Mks
(XW202/-)
(XW206/-)
(XW207/-)
(XW208/-)
(XW218/-)
(ZE449/-)

Squirrel

G-CEYO (ZK200)/00
G-DOIT (ZK199)/99


Active aircraft

A-109

ZR324/-
ZR325/-

Griffin

ZJ234/S
ZJ237/T
ZJ238/Y
ZJ240/U
ZJ241/L
ZJ704/Club
ZJ705/ Heart
ZJ707/O

Squirrel

ZJ243/43
ZJ251/51
ZJ255/55
ZJ257/57
(ZJ259/nn) Wreck
ZJ260/60
ZJ261/61
ZJ262/62
(ZJ263/63) Wreck
ZJ264/64
ZJ265/65
ZJ266/66
ZJ267/67
ZJ268/68
ZJ270/70
ZJ271/71
ZJ272/72
ZJ273/73
ZJ274/74
ZJ275/75
(ZJ276/-) Wreck
ZJ277/77
ZJ278/78
ZJ279/79
ZJ280/80

Other bits in serial order

EM840/G-ANBY Tiger Moth
KG651/G-AMHJ DC-3

"LH291" Horsa MK1 Replica (BAPC.279)
241079 Hadrian (Replica)

We did not visit Hangar 18 it's out of bound due to the ?????'s been in there. So after a nice brace of choppers we moved on

Nantgarw 23-01-2014

Stored in the area is a Wessex

XM300/- Wessex

The long drive back from South Wales took us round Merthyr Tydfil (to avoid the M4 near Cardiff) and took us past ASDA which reminded me of the following YouTube link listen to it it's very funny and clean

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TBc7h-VGIU


East Midlands 23-01-2014

A quick stop put just the one in the bag JCB's new run-around

M-JCBB Gulf-6

And off home happy with 4 in the bag today

Cheers

Ade

 

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