&ffiffi wffiffiw{ffiHtrHmm VOLWE 10 No. 2 (ron rRrvarc crRcuLATroN oNLy) FEBRUARY 19Bl+ EDII0HT- Trevor Kln6horn, 15 Stirling Crescent, Seotland. Iane, Horsfor{h, Leed.s 18. @4r'lr- Colin Hunter, Besldenee 3, Hfeh Royds Hospital, Menston, Ilk1ey. ffiAMsr:ne.StephenR:l8g,353arorn1eyMiun.t,Sind.a1,WaJ<ef1e1d.'Te1.3?5ooo fE@na-nl-jonnI{unt;13Sitveraa1eGrange,Guise1ey,Leed'sIs2oBP.x. MILTTARY SECTION SLIS-FiDIT0RS : - N. Uic.kletFwa1te;-15-I,es1te avenue, Yeadon, Leeds IS19 /Xii. Te1. Rawd.on 507601+ J, Clough, 2p Moorside Gardens, Ecc1eshi1l, Bradford 3D2 lRE. TeL. Baradford 639119? FOFTHCOI'{I NG MEET IXIGS be helcL at the Yorkshlre Aeroolane C1ub, L,,eeds/Bradford (Veaaon) the courtesy of the Dlrectors, conmenclng at 14.30 hrs. r Andy Barker w111 be showing slldes of Alrllners and Biz-Jets taken over the years at Leeds/3radford.. t Salloonlng - An illustrated talk on Ballooning by I'.{lke Snow, Chaj.rman of the Perrnine Regional Balloon Assoclatlon, The spectacle of Hot-Air Bai-looning is unsurDassed. and comes to us 1n Au6;ust with the Eurot:ean Championshlps at York. Come and have a I,{AY 5th fcrretaste. ; F'ilms from Brltish Alrways - A ln the B.li. cataloguet h Tale and others. Meetlngs to Airport, by MARCI{ 4th APRIL lst fu11 progr€Lrrune of the latest fllns of two Jumbo's; 2& hrs. at Heathrow, EDITORIAL Our Recognlti.on Contest was especlally well presented. by Chrls Harper and 11e11 Micklethwalte, tested. our knowledge and was flnally won by C. Taylor wlth J.R. Clough as rurmer upr Eesults of the Photographlc Conpetltlon, ably judged by our Chai-rman, Colln Hunter, was a w1n tn the 'rs1ld.es" secti-on for Andrew Birch, followed. by Roger Fozzard in second pIace. The I'prlntot sectlon was won by Jonathan C1or4Eh, the second prize golng to Paul Mitchell. Thanks to a1l- mernbers nho entered the Competltlon, apparently the qua"1lty of all the photcg;raphs mad.e the judglng of a winner partlcularly dlfficult. I{AGAZINE TYPISi' Our cunent typist has advisecL that she will not be able to contlnue typlng the magazine due to other comrnittments and the Group is therefore looklng for a replace- ment to take over this imporbant uosition as soon as possible. Appllcants shou}l 1dea1Iy live within a J m1le radlus of Horsforth, be on the plone and able to.use an electrlc typewrlter (provided by thc Group). Details of hours requlred each month, remuneratlon and other lnformatlon eoncetsrlng thls post can be obtalned by contacting Trevor Klnghorn at the address given above. Tell Horsforth 586200 LA?E NEWS Charter Loffron IBA FRIDAY 2?rd fiARCH - FU-22?B Frlend.ship, Delta Alr Transporb E'IA. 09,30 ETD. 20.00.
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VOLWE 10 No. 2 (ron rRrvarc crRcuLATroN oNLy) FEBRUARY 19Bl+
be helcL at the Yorkshlre Aeroolane C1ub, L,,eeds/Bradford (Veaaon)the courtesy of the Dlrectors, conmenclng at 14.30 hrs.r Andy Barker w111 be showing slldes of Alrllners and Biz-Jets
taken over the years at Leeds/3radford..t Salloonlng - An illustrated talk on Ballooning by I'.{lke Snow,
Chaj.rman of the Perrnine Regional Balloon Assoclatlon, Thespectacle of Hot-Air Bai-looning is unsurDassed. and comes to us 1nAu6;ust with the Eurot:ean Championshlps at York. Come and have a
I,{AY 5thfcrretaste.
; F'ilms from Brltish Alrways - Aln the B.li. cataloguet h Taleand others.
Meetlngs toAirport, by
MARCI{ 4th
APRIL lst
fu11 progr€Lrrune of the latest fllnsof two Jumbo's; 2& hrs. at Heathrow,
EDITORIAL
Our Recognlti.on Contest was especlally well presented. by Chrls Harper and 11e11Micklethwalte, tested. our knowledge and was flnally won by C. Taylor wlth J.R. Cloughas rurmer upr
Eesults of the Photographlc Conpetltlon, ably judged by our Chai-rman, Colln Hunter,was a w1n tn the 'rs1ld.es" secti-on for Andrew Birch, followed. by Roger Fozzard insecond pIace. The I'prlntot sectlon was won by Jonathan C1or4Eh, the second prizegolng to Paul Mitchell. Thanks to a1l- mernbers nho entered the Competltlon,apparently the qua"1lty of all the photcg;raphs mad.e the judglng of a winnerpartlcularly dlfficult.
I{AGAZINE TYPISi'
Our cunent typist has advisecL that she will not be able to contlnue typlng themagazine due to other comrnittments and the Group is therefore looklng for a replace-ment to take over this imporbant uosition as soon as possible. Appllcants shou}l1dea1Iy live within a J m1le radlus of Horsforth, be on the plone and able to.usean electrlc typewrlter (provided by thc Group). Details of hours requlred eachmonth, remuneratlon and other lnformatlon eoncetsrlng thls post can be obtalned bycontacting Trevor Klnghorn at the address given above. Tell Horsforth 586200
LA?E NEWS Charter Loffron IBA FRIDAY 2?rd fiARCH - FU-22?B Frlend.ship, Delta AlrTransporb E'IA. 09,30 ETD. 20.00.
A much better start than last year wlth ;.1o less than ten forelgn visitors in January,Starbing off with the her l,ingus ShorLs 330 EI-BEll on the lst anrl tl:eir BAC 1-11Ef*AliE on the 3rd,. Cessna l+tha if5372C night-stopped on the $th as did. Cessna l+LhaEI-BGI) on the loth. Cessna T3W tr99590 night-stopped on the 11th and. has c/n C24t+,and yet another y's ras the Cessna LTZLC N,8t63C c/;010i-r on the 12th. ffng rtir 9,1PH-DIVIJ vlsi-ted on the l8th and" was drre back on the lpth but d.id not appear. M5EI-![vm arrived. on the 20th and went irito l(orbhair for radio and avlonies work,lt has been bor:ght by a Mr. P.iohnson of York and, lt was collected by Ra1lye G-BDWBon the Jlst and moved to B:rei.ghton where it will become UK registered. Gezrnany was
I,Eaps/snAorono_ Moyj{,E}m$_ nqy$rr^r ( con!e.)represented. by the Rockwell 590 D-IADll on the 24th and yet another Irishman wasthe BAC 1-11 EI-Al'li{ on the lOth. 0n the l,lilitary side the trbench Air Forcevlsited with I'Iord.262 F-RMf/irio fO9 on the 19th and two RAtr. Puma's caIled on thelrway south on the 29Lh - Xit236,/Cqand.XWTJlf CR, Cessna F1,52 G-BHNA has been atenporary resident slnce 1ts arrlval on the 1lth. ifavajo G-llE}[R has replacedG-BBEJ wlth Aaranlte at llurnberside and it has been with YLA for acceptance wor{<slnce the 17th. Island.er G-AiIi\f finally took to the air and left YLA on the 31st,At Northa3.r Conquest G-HSON Is back from Armstron6s for some reason and Cessna 2t0G-SEE( stlll spends a l-ot of tlrne here. Cessna 303 G-BIO(I was in for checks fronthe l1th to the 27Lh and Cessna 310 G-BJ}{R was In between the tBth and the 31stdue to atlvCrse condltions at Sherburn. Cessna 425 G-0LElf was alr tested on thel8th and left on delivery to Gantt Arrtn. Inc., of Georgetown, Texas on the 19th.kpected soon are three new Conguests, one for stoek and two for i'lc/r1pines./r1so due 1s a second-hand Anerlcan Cessna 34O boqht dlrect fron the States byB, Johnson.
l{elicogLer Ac-tivitzr- 7th. G-1,I;i31r;/tork-(t(i.25) r G-BBlw/Lofthouse area (13.00);t7th. q-BHlv1ts'r.adford .(12,45); 30th. G-.:LC)/crosland lroor (09.30), and lJeestonLeeds (11.4o) , G-TBCA/ SrlshoGc (tt,zfl.Noted on pipeline patrol was rJ-BKDDfBFJI/y'tsFi'lC, Interesting helicopter overflighton 18th was'rWestland 7", a i,Iestland I'IG.3O G-3LIJ0 in lan American colours routing'Yeovil to Newcastl-e at tO,05, for derno. to Tceland.ic Coast Guarrl. It returned.South on the z()t,h,
c-AZJZ/G-BCKI,i/G-.DOLO
Grirrdale i,iov.ements_: DegoEber B3/Januagl i3l+
2nd. G-CHIp F/T Sherbur.r; 3rd. G-SALL !'Humbersldo T lvlaltoa; 4th. G-BCplV F/Ttr\ll Sritton, G-I'J(I3/CI-lr.'r F Sherturn T Caniaby i 6th, G-CI"lIp F/T Sherburn; z6tn,G-tsHDR F/T Doncaster, G-il[LY r/t liewby 'utlskej Z)ty,, c.-tIICK rft arton, G-BGR0F/T Humberside, aiso l0th9 J0th. G-BBXT i-/t lleti.rerthorpe, It9t59O "-ri-38 f/f fatenneath;6th Jan. G-BIUli y't ltettrerthorpe; ilth. G-mDi{ r/f S;rerlur?, C-Uui,f, dt frougt},G-Oltr.A F Humbersid.e T I'Iel-bournet 9t11. G-3IUN F l'letherthoqpe T Skegness; 18th.C-.i,VLiH F/T Teessld.e; 31st. G-BCUJ- rff fumUersid,e.
BlackUushie -q/2/84:- Slread around several harlgars and across the airfield -fliffi-.ffixTTrover' (ex Southend ltiuseun), c5-ricQ Fleet canuck (dismanti.e,iancl very dusty!), ;\11 four CASA JJZs G-.lttrt;/n:Fl"lf,,/'HF/'t-tc, c-tU0SI (ex G-ASKJT)Mosquito, G-PSID ?.51D luiustans, lT&?nll P,4?D Thund.erboll, V9281 (C-fCWf) Lysand.er -dismantled, Ll.1,25 and" Lt,t43 Pllatus P2's, ltt)23 (C-AZSC) Harvard, fi,z?L Hunter,C-/J4\G Tipsy Junior, G-Ai^IL0 i3oeing Kayd-et, Strglg (C-nru,tf) Spitfire XVIII,llH238 (C-t{iilx) Spitfire rx, 1{v293 (C-s,rt) Spitftre Xiv, R1,I386 S'r:itfire xYIe -all four in the process of teing restored, wi-th slgns hand. written on and fitted.wl"th gleaning }1ol1s Ro3.ce erlgines.
LOCAL ATBLINE_UEI$
AeJ LLngUg operated BAC One-Elevens EI-ANE on the 3rd and eI-AllH on the J0thJanuarffihrough Leed.s/Iradforci in place of the usual Shorts lJO. ri Shorbs 350
to be obtained frorn the nanufacturer for the surnmcr season and. will be used onthe LeedslBra'J.ford route. Tlmes w11l- be in at 1305 ar:d out at L345 da:.]r)r with anadditional fIlght on Fbiclays between 6tir .futy and 28th September in at 1600 andout at 1".',2A,
Aig tI( will reeeive lYi.endsi:ip 100 G-0l,lAll back from lvianx Airlines ai the end offeEnrary. Leed.s/lrradforti. r^riI1 see the introduction of a nidday return Amsterd.amflight on }londays to F'ridays for the su:i:rner season wlth the ecntlnuation of theGutersloh Saturd.ay flights and a (yet to be defined) prograrame of Europeancharters for TIS Tours.
Britannia s operated, the following Boeing ?3? aLrcraft through Leecls/durirq5" January.
G-EADR By145f 21"st,c-Bt,z;I imazl4//t5uh,G-3ECG LYOZZ/z?Lh,G-BECr-r Ry745t,F/ i,/o?th. ryoat+/ ogtr..G-RFVA BYLM/O?Lh,c- Bctrr{ B't022/ o6L]n,"ya22f l3th, }Ir|4 51 28th. Byo24/ 30th.'-llcYJ ByL45/zcth,G-31{1iE Dyozz/zOL]n.G-ti{J},' i)y1,45f 21st,!r:!!lsh /iir Ferrleq will be :retrrn ing to Leecls/3md.ford this summer wlth f116hts@ysforTravte1'F1.ightsw111operatefromApri121sttoOctciber Z?lh arrlving at 7l2a and depar*blng aN 775O using Viscounts,
used. Leeds/Bradford for a Newcastle fog diversion on Z?th Jantiary. HS?I+B
L625 and deparbed to Dublin onG-tsHCJ arrlved fronn Belfast orr flight Da14l. atflight Dltl)J at t953,Genair had to use 'th.ndeirantes through Leed"s/Ilrad.ford on the rright of Janr:ayy 10thdue to an urlservicatle Shorbs J50. G-RVIP operatecL the Eli13lt. flight aird G-3]IYIoperated the EldlJ f1i.6ht frorn Gatwick anc1 departed to Liverpool as 8N147. Due tofo6 at Humberside on Janu.ary ZlLh, tr.ro cliversions came to Leeds/i3rad.ford.. Shorbs350 G-llKZR arrived from Esb-ierg on fllght Ei'i157 aL 1636 and. deparbed to Nonrich onfllght EM03 aL t739. Shorts 330 G-OCAS arrlved frorn i\io::r+ich on flj-eht 8N107 at15&0 ana d.epar*led to Tees-Si-c1e at t?Z[i on the same flight. On January z8th, G-]]IZRappeared aqain arrivirig al L327 on fllght lli'I102 frc-,m Norwj.ch arrd after stoppingthe n16;ht d.eparted. to Humberside at 1J4l emi:ty.
rcqtl f'fnf,tfE llUW,S ( Contg, )
llonarch operated. Boeing ?3? G-DFUB on OJth, 12th and lpth January through Leeds/Bradford for Thonsons on the Thursd-ay itlala6a flights.Orion have confirmed the timings for their fllghts for l{orlzon from Leeds/Brad.fordthis sumraer. 0n l4onclays fIlght ItGlUl arlves at 1400 and departs as i(Slll3 at161J from and to lviahcn. 0n Frld.ays flight KG146 arrlves al 1555 from Coz'fuand departs as iictll5 al L650 to Corfu with a fuel stop at Venice" 0n Sar;'.rd,.aysflight KG1,+2 arrives at L220 and d.eparts as KG141 at 124J from an$ to l:':r.r.ne.A11 fl lghts operate weekly from 13th April to 2pth Osbober with the excLl-,tioi1of ti:e Corfu flight havlng a breaJ< from 29th June to 12th August.
AIRLIIil REWIIBI
AIR COIVMIJIER Pending d.elivery of the lSTl{1, the airllne have leased a tr'27 fromAir LIK for use on Coventry - Paris serrrlce.
lL)?'tii Uti have applied. for the rene'*al of their 1j-cences on the Bkuckpool - Selfastand. Blackpool - Guornsoy-.route. F?iend.ship G-31{lI,{ has returned from lease -bo tsMA
and. is now back ln 1ilr Ii( colours. G..S"IA}I has been given a 'wide bod.3,' lntgriorreflt a::d. ls to go on a horld tr:ur, hopefully to attract further custoners *.oNonrlch for refi-t./,JHI.IAYS liffERl{LTiO;iill CYMtiU r'iircraft to be used. by the airline are two E;;C One
from1]ritish;lerc,spac"'Theyhavewonthecontractto o'perate all Global flights fron Cardiff this surilTrcre.
BRITISI{ /'IIt FERRIS have had the follouine aircraft impounded at Southend ;
@r+4G*:inYD/u/.i;Viscointsc-;lor;/S.l,Ietooperatearshuttle' serviee between Southend and. 0stend for National I{olid,ays 3-n conjunctionwlth coach holid.ays in Europe. Up to J0 fllghts Der weeli are anticlpated.. Theairline also plan to operate a cIally schecluled l'larrchester to Jersey serviee.
l!zugH-lll$d,i1ts lntend to opere.te a trice weekly Heathrow - Johannesburg sewiceffiftfromi:pri1thuscompet1ngwitrrtneS.ru\non-stopse:rrice.Theairline wj-L1 lntrod.uce a twj-ce weekly Tristar servLce to Nairobl to replace thetwo servlces goingl d.irect to Johannesburg. Trl-dent 3's G-INZL, C-!'\WYZ have beenwithd.ram from usc at Heathrow.
BIIITISH CALED0]{IAI{ lli.C One Eleven G-BiLltl has also been leasod to 0kada /iir.The alrline are considerln6; applyiitg for Gatwick - tillan, iriid.dle Oast routelicences and to .increase its Gatwick - Los Argeles to daily operation from ripri3..
D Ll S{E began operating a i}fumlngham - Geneva charter flight using e'e145aircra.ft. The Manchester - Zurich servlce will start on 14th I'lay wlth a dailyfrequency.
JEISF,Y EUROpEl,J\i The two Eriendshins are to go to an Afri.can operator, The_:-_airllne have wj-thdrawn 1ts appllcatlon for a Jersey - Manchester and. Heathrowilicence.M.{ T'he Shorts 360 Il-DriSI leased fron hir Ecosse has been painted in fu1l Marxcolour scherne. Short 330 G-3Gtii/r leasecl to l,ir Ecosse ls sti1l in l4anx colourscheme but with Ai-r Ecosse titles. The alrllne has wi.tlrd.rar,rn its application forGatrvick - Belfast licence.TEIIiT-R Have ceascd operati-ons on its Liverpool - Cardiff - Swansea servlce, buthope to commence operations on a Liveri:ool - Card.iff - Southam'pton route frornIriarch lst.
AInyAYE-:__{eiry1s
Things have realIy been looking up (pun) this year, sone 1ove1y clear days haveglven us the oppoitunity to see sone of the less conmon heavy metal that hastaken the northerly oceanic tracks because of weather. Spcclfj.call;y I referto hord.es of Allta1la Jumbos, bless 'em, a rare beast for the last twelvemonths or so. 0f these, the crnc which was different, was A25914 on 24 L;h, POL
L?t5, this ls a frei-ghter and so w111 atmost cerLainly turn out to I-Ifr"IR.Other alrliners of note includecLc-
4.1 su4103 Tt62 B1 oTn 10.30 1-t/rl (ahead of su3t+t)l.lB952Q Se210 81 OIR (approx) t2,30 llAL to DUB
!ti]itasAparb from a lct of 'Lifters and Galorys there were some whlch have me baffled -the call si6ns ill, BN; which i presurne are trooplng charters as they were allto Hi-1denhal1 and appeared. to be T'70? and DC8 alrcraft..5"1 /rirt/ac 10.31 ? POL 11.55 CrIR
IJT,{8LTOz DCB DCS L3,40 SIi\i?.1 lrtl54 DCB xi!'L t9,a1 HAL to Ramstein
2l,I T:L321, ? IdAL 12, fi IOMIf you harve the call-sign ancl l.rant a tie up with the registration you can obtainthese courtesy of 'Alr Scotland.'. Send. your 1lst wlth a SliE to Steve Rigg.If anybody wishes to contrii:ute their sfu;htings lIease ring or write promptlyat the end' of the month' Lrig6 (Te1. !trakefie1d. )?sooo'i
A Trlp North of the ligrcle,rs 14th - 1BE Septem-ber 1,983 (Uetter late than neverg 3 )On a nlsera.ble wet lJednesclay eveaing four of us set out to 'd.o' Scotlancl ln asmany d.ays wlth only the bare essentials for survlval- - tents and. a good. beer.guLd.e!
AmazeC how much gear we coulcl fill a Chevette wlth, we set of aimi.r:g to reachFrestwick before the early hours. Upon a:rcLvalr just before mldnlghtl we founda earavan site at the end- of the main :runway on the coast. Having pitehed. ourtents ln drlzzle we wea.rily crawled in and hoired the next day wou1c1 be kind to us.Thursd.ay the lJth clatmed free from rai-n wlth even the occasional sr:ggestion ofsunshine. i'Ihilst brewi-ng r-li:, flrst aircraft of the trlp landed, II606US 1747(iq. Orient) shaking our tiny stove as lt thundcnred'Dast', yes we were that close!fn the terminal a l:ok at the days' fl-ve amivals clldn't insplre us, howeverfrom the balcony four biz-jcts were seen - all Swecli.sh! SE-DEM L/J; SE-DDFFalcon 10i SE-DDE Citatlon and SD-DEtrtr Corvette? Next a drive round tc. liltSGannet where RN819 Sgn. were baseC, along wlth the /rero Club, XW?/O&llt Gannetbeing.the gate guarl, .seen were!- XWL\/?AtWt XV?Oq./?OZINt Xv654/?04:+tixv6?4/?05'rrri and xv?c?/?c? -u all Sea lt1n6r ll/rS2,r, G-ATD3 tiord 1101, G-IGTH Azlec;G-BIGI l\rji; G-GABD Cougars c-3iUF Rallyer G-I$(l,i AA-IC; G-XGFI; G-BHZOand" G-3III i/,-JA's; G-:ltrZ" M-sT)
Next stop was to be Glasgory_:*bqlei4ch, where we were clue to be taken around.the airport by a 3.A./i, guide. The best way to see everyLhing here is to obtalnprlor permission from the 3,r':..i.1 as we d.j-d. llpon arrival we presented ourselvesat the 'lnfozmation' clesk and withln five minutes our guide had arrLved. I{eissued. us with a.pron passes and. lerl us off to a borading gate - having to C;othror.rgh the usual security checks along the way. Into er ye11ow B.A.A. Ia.ncL-Rover and we were off , firstly to :lurnthells' har4:er, parkecl outsiCe was G-NEIdR-A-31., i-i:slde were!- G-l.r.iCi{, G-BBKY C.1J0's; C-illLK M.100 StucLent; G-Ifilhld/SGPL/iiVhlPPii-Z8's; c-lrcSI/c-BKllK iA-38'si G-AYLL Joclel; G-fCUts Cubr c-Bm4tr'JTI Monoplane; G-irCVj: rYr-34; G-CSKY Jetranger; G-i,,WI C.210Hg C-BEBJ/OLAI/B/iHC Aztecs, the latter wi.thout win6s. Next onto Loganair's hangar, outsideilere s- G-;tKf/l,i0SD Jetran4'er's, insi,Lec- G-,LTRL C.t5O; G-lt/rKJ-P:i-303 G-BIEMT.Otter. After this a quick taxl-way inspection hefore hearl1n6; to the eastezriend of the a?ron, to be sr:Gr w€res- G-,$XJ p,58; G-AZBK Azleci G-CELT EMB110.
Next around to Glasgow ancL Strathelyde UAS aDron where XX559; XXJ50; XX51t andXX702 Bu11d.ogs were parkerl up. IIo cocles corild. be seen on these aircraf*b. Alsonearby were G-ISltlU/ SHZD'':1^,-1,$,s.
Quite an amazing selection of visitors aruir,'ed and left whilst we were d-riving;around.r- r-GIl4B L/J; NtgJlSC L/J; EI-RCL C.1B2p; 1,6Lsoj/BC LrC-12iJ3 C-4F-?V\i G-BllSA ASJJJF1 G-irlr,^l i Chirmr:nk; CFtsGEO/CITY PA-31's; the latter being1n l,l:,rx colour scheme. ()l1 tire healy side werer- G-BDW lllr-2A; G-BfIlE InaH10;G-BiD(c T.obter all of Loganair; EI-nEB/G-llCoE/c-trEm/c-zw,t/I-AZ:Z/G-m'iAC/c-AVG:a*a
ilel1 satisfied with the hospitality we were shown by our 3./ri./,, guide, we setoff for the lcng haul north to lnverness. Has to bc the nost scenlc snottingtrlp I've uttd.ertaken, the views were qulte magnificent evcn if the road. was anarrow one. IJours after leavi-ng Glas6ow and passing Loch }Iess we passed.thror:gh Inverness ancl heacled. fo:r the alrporb at Dalcregs.: Quite a smart 1ltt1eairfield there is no ilroblen airout viewing in the hangers - orc€ permlsslonwas obtal-ned. flrst, of course
0n the main apron were: G-ARI'i1I,/I{IY,J/"COF/BEJE flt8,s; G*tsIBE ffi,i8110i G-BJACchj-nook; G-AIIFX s.51t't; G-/,'fv} lzfu G-tn-vc c404; G-yIDK c42li G-AVIG /nIand.ed"; G-mOn,/B; In the main hangnr w€x€B- G-AII:M H.lvioth; G-AnNY/iX'nO1Jodels; G-IjFLU/BIHE C152's; G-ri,YRI' C.1J0L; G-BHJO PA-ZB; G-BEIK Bonanza.
A lrip lt-orbh o{jlhe Borders (Cont,1. )
G-Bfl{L C.120; G-AtllS T.Moth; G-r\}IDD Nipperl G-AIdSS Condor; G-l,lARI C.172; G-lviBA}ilvlicro. Over to Peregrinesr hangar where the followj-ng were seen!- G-ASTD/AYI,IF/AZOD/tstXP/BIlSir Aztecs; iitJOJC Bonanza; G-ASMF Travelalr; G-BDOII C1JOli. Ilextdoor to here were P.L.lvi, Helicoptcrs with G-PLLII Jetranger and G-SAR0 Skeeter whlchwas boomless.
Ilefore headi.ng to Iilnloss we eonsulteri. our'good. beer', 'pub-gnrb' and 'scottishcampsites'guid.es to locate a, carn1: site for the night. i'Iithout mueh convlnclngwe cirose one about * mile d.own the road fron Losslemouths' n:nsay on the Wt35,Flrst though, l-t was on to Kini.ogr where with a lot of walklng thror:gh forests,the followlng were add.ed to-TFf3ss- 1,t884?/B Shackleton on the aump, with thereniains c,f anothers xv228f no/n4/alt>/zlf/zlg/zW/zr.A/z4?/zt8/zSl/zSS/zS?/260all lllrarocls, only XV240 d.idn't have a refuelling arobe above the eockplt.Ancl so on to Lossiemouth where we pitched. our tents j"n the dyirg moments of anevening sun. l,Je fourd a real aie pub and consequently 's1!d.' out at closing time,Ti:e followlng morniir6 F?1-,1ay 16th it nas up early for a suDer hot sliower beforeanother 'hardr d.ay.
rn the gate at Lossiernouth were e WL?38/38 Shackleton, XGB8Z/ZZ|Wi Gannett over,ri the d.unp was XP439 iirgoslr l3y this dunt is an elevated track between a golfcourse and the perlmeter fence, from here lt was ::ossible to walk down ancl reacloff the Jaguar flight IIi:es.secn on this date wcre! xxS46/A7 xx141,/nr xx145/ti1 xx8lo/R7 tJ,8t+0/r7 xx838/r,xx}39/Yt vJ.S)?/z all Jag T2,s; xxt74/o;2, xx?fi/o5t xx?52/o6t xx?56/o?t xx?51/lolxx764/131 XX?66/L4| XX?54/23t xX?63/2tt', XZ36?/25 Jns, GR1's all 0f 226 oCU,xld53o/530, x\r542/5421 xx8{))/839; io(9ot/got; x}981/981 uuccaneers; x2595 S. King2OZ sqna wt?4?/4?t wL?90/9ot ttR965/65 Shackl.etons ii Sqn with l,llt!5/ shacklotonsinulator. Visltors on this mornln6 were XX23?/23? Hawk 4FTS t Xyl)t;3/90 withxu6Ln/gg Jr:Js /FTS.Next, the stop I'd been waiting for, namely, Abercleen. I had high cxnectations,probe"bly wrongly anrl as a coasoquence was a little d.isappointe<l with the 1og.Upon our arzlval lt tregan to pour down so we haC to take refuge in the car until lteased off to light ralnl First, a look at the trusy Brlstow apron revealed.c-TrcE/Trw/trc*/rTcly'Trcr/Trcof tTc fTrcs/Trgrxall super pulias i G-Bcr,,\f .TJDrr/u;I,tK/Bil0f S-61N's3 G-BJFVB.IGX S./6's. 0ver by B/r's hangar woreB- G-BISP Chinook;G-3DES/tsDKI/BEID S-5111's. Cthor helicoi:ters elsorhere on the fleId. were!- G-i"llff,'I]lleI1 214 BCAL; G-BHGK/BI\,i*i,/fOt'm S,?6,s; G-pUliiB/PultE S. l?una's, on the fixed. wlngsicle saw;- OY-KGF DC-g-Zl (SfS)| F-GSlits f,/.1; f,lt-m0R C.lr41; G-BI.My/$WZ F,Z?,s;G-ARGn 't'lsc; G-BNoc/CEW/nnMU'tc/oam/posT rli3110,se C-tsRyB Di{C7; c-AT1r.,{ 1-11rG-BlrnP p1*t+4i G-ASXR CZlAi G-AVEC CIIZH; G-AZIi'tr 1tup, G-TYGA ir"A-5Bi G-ATIK Ct5OFlG-BJJV 3.200 whleh landed on just lt's port ery;inelBy now the rain had sto;:'iter1 so we chose the scenic route a1on6 the coast to D.rndee.Very profitabl.e it turnecl out to be wj-th XV?20 Uessex ooen to the publlc on aharbour waII a,t Stonehaven!
At Dundee everythlng'can be seen from the assorted. car parks. This cLay sawe-G-CELT SiB110; G-lliiTX/FnYL /,ztecs; G-BMK Ra11ye I G-IZAII Horizon; g-;llll lA-28;G-3Jll\-N PA-38; c-amu,.,1,iLns/mF{l/TFCI c,!5Zos; G-BFFy C15OI\1; G-/rvID c,LtZJ.Wlth a few hours before d.arkness and the need. to pitch our tents we head.ed. forGlenrothep. Q:ite difficult to fincl but eventually we dld and were given pe:mlssionto have a look around the sma11 han6ar. Tj?esent belrr5::- G-lfEO D/r-Jl; G-BIXii Tts.9;G-AII'J C,ZAIi G-AY0I C,Ll2Hs q-ly,EU/tsAUY C.150's; G-hRYR IA-28; G-AXKD/;gflo Aztecswith wrecks; G-ifiZL Aztec wii6)-ess and G-3AU0 ,iztec also wlnglt;ss behind the hangar- this alreraft had. been te"mperecL with as on its fusela+3e was taped. G-OEFCS,Everbon supporter perhaps! 3
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A. Trli:- North of the llgrders ( Contd. )0n toward.s Leuehars and a campsite that had. just about eve4l amenlty going. Whilstpitching the tents arr RAF }f,;1,25 f00 was seen 1and1.ry4, so wlth much discusslon onthe next days' events wo retired. for a few jars of 'heaqy'.Dawn broke absolutely gorgeous, not a, clouC to be seen. So it was off to the AlrShow at Leuchars on l?th September. Our drlve to the carpark took us around tothe operatlonal F-4 FUl ts whieh were on alert throughout the day; this d.ay saw6 of 43 Sqn parked. waltlng for the 'Bear' lntruders. These beinga- Xtt511'/n, XvJl6fDlXv5S6/Jt xvs??h4t Xvfis/" and one coded. K which I can't tle up at present - anyhelp?. Around. the south siCe of the alzfield were e- XLSOZf llf Gannet I WP320/ 5?3CUSea Frincel XMI|B/Y Llghtning plus 2 others. Gate guard.l"ans here &rGB- \Y252Spitfire and. Xl{11}4 Llghtnlng.Civl1lan vlsltors this day s&wr- G-BFLL HS?4BI G-Anfi/LZRH DA-ZB's; G-AHUV/alTnrT.Moths; c-Ai{KY }tlles }[t83 G-BIOH C.152; G-MTX/B3MI/SC\<O Azteesi G-H(U( C.ltO&;c-BFBI/BFDA/rrur,/;arr Fl-31' s .
Elsewhere on the fleld e- XVLB2/303 f,43A's LTl.i I UCI55 Devon 20? Sqni XN$62(nose)Buccaneer; Xxl62/Nt:?C 1.52 Hawk (r:lastic) i ;\)JA1 A351, A4O5' AW9, Aj!43 AlouetteIII of the 'Grasshoppersrs XS?91 Andover 32 Sqni X5543.,\ndover 115 Sqn; XZ!?L/N,xzg64/\, Harriers 2)3 ocnt xx?56ht+ Jasuar 226 octii v,x331,/tr, TJzaz/? Ha.wks 2 TWtlsv,x56t/it, vJ666/c, xx56?/D, zi1a3 tue 125-?00 J2 sqr:; r'x565/w Br:11doss AtrerdeenUl.St 2A935/CU er:ma 33 Sqnl Zi\5?2/W Chinook 7 Sq.n. Phantons inside a hangar andparked at west encl of a.lrflela reres- xT851/c;'r.v512/\ xvs}?/c, xT850/t; xvl?Z/NtXV5?5/S7 Xu56B/T all- of 43 Sqn - conflrmatlon fff this last one would be appreclated,xv58J/Bt xv584/rl xTB6Z/Ht xi}?o/s1 xTB6J/u all of 111 Sqn. ?he Red. Arrows arrtvedat 11.C0 tn their usual suectacular fashion. To be contlnued ....MILITARY lW.JiS
Church Fenton The ?FTS J.?. T.3A which crashed at Illvington on 3O/3/83wasxtBffil'4L?/tzl+J.J).T.5/l.wasthea1rcraftwirichcrashEd.atTLtr1nrereReserrolr, Cumbria g/n/AZ. (refer to Alr Yorkshlre Aug'ust '[,] lssue). J.F.T,5A Xtthzt 6S/3 FTS was note.d here during October ancl is believed. to have beenon loan to 7 FTS:
Leemins Chlpmunk T.10's of 11 .illff are wKsgo/riz, w',t638f83, WK5l?/84, wz|?g/ss and,
WB6, witrr ,'roruhumbrian uAS are xx6zr/i, xx53t/it, xx633/x, xx696f i anaxx63?fzBulldog T.1's, X1329fll8 3 FIS J.l). T.5A is irow with the Fire Sectlon (!,i.F.U.when?), xu32o (ex 5a/3 rTS) went to Zt/t FTS at Llnton.Lintoq-on:QuqB xl\r585 J.:1'. T.3L tL/L FTS is now with the Fire Section (.III.F.U.when? ) .
A conplete runCranfleld and
down on the cu:rentltnning"ley should be
status at C:urch Fentonr Leeming, Linton,publlshed ln the next nonth or two.
