RAF Leeming Friends Of Leeming
Aviation Group visit to 29 Squadron
When the ten
Typhoons of 29 Squadron arrived at RAF Leeming from their base
at Coningsby last Friday , the 24th , it was assumed
that it to be a long sojourn because of the impending work being
carried out to their home base runway but as it has turned out ,
that is not to be the case !
The work at
Coningsby has been cancelled but because of the amount of
planning which went into the impending move it was decided to
still go ahead with the detachment but to reduce it from one
month to one week which is good for the air and ground crews but
not the local Leeming spotting fraternity !
At this stage
in their Typhoon conversion training the crews are carrying out
air combat manoeuvres both against themselves as well as the
resident Hawks and the Teesside based Cobham Falcons . They are
flying two sorties of four aircraft per day with launches at
10:00 and 14:00 with a mission time of around one hour per
sortie . Their final day is this Thursday the 30th
with both launches returning directly to Coningsby and not
landing back at Leeming . You have been warned !
With thanks to
our hosts S/L Jamie Norris of 29 Squadron who was the 2013
season Typhoon display pilot , F/O Jonny Coates who is on a
holding post with 100 Squadron , F/L
Bobby of 29 Squadron
who is converting from the GR4 and another Flight Lieutenant
whose name I never got but as he has just returned from a two
and a half year exchange posting flying the F-18 with the USN is
probably not bothered anyway !
The squadron is based in the northern
HAS area and noted today between 14:00 and 16:00 were ;
Gate
ZH552
Tornado F3
HAS 19
ZK382/BG
Typhoon T3
14:00 sortie recovering
ZK354/BY
Typhoon FGR4
ZK373/373
ditto
ZJ810/810
Typhoon T3
15:00 sortie
ZJ805/BD
Typhoon T3
ZJ806/BE
ditto
ZK381/381
ditto
ZJ930/930 Typhoon FGR4
100 Squadron
Flying
XX191/CC
Hawk T1A
XX285/CK
ditto
special 100/100 colour scheme
Flightline
XX348/348
Hawk T1A
208 c/s
XX203/CF
ditto
XX200/CO
ditto
XX319
Hawk T1A
Red Arrows
Overshoots
ZA546/038
Tornado GR4
c/s Marham 48 c14:10
ZA614/076
ditto
c/s Marham 25
c15:00
David Thompson
28 March 2017