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Spotting at Ghedi Air Base Italy for Tornadoes

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To all,

I'm trying to find some information on any current spotting areas around Ghedi Air Base for departing and arriving aircraft. I'm really looking for and hoping to get some Tornadoes before they are all retired.

Can anyone help out if they have any maps or information?

Thank you,

Trevor
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tbower40 wrote:I'm really looking for and hoping to get some Tornadoes before they are all retired.
I think you will get plenty of information until this happens. 5 years should be enough :P
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For some reason I thought they were being retired earlier than that. Thanks for the heads up
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spotter4life wrote:
tbower40 wrote:I'm really looking for and hoping to get some Tornadoes before they are all retired.
I think you will get plenty of information until this happens. 5 years should be enough :P
5 years?...more!
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Re: Spotting at Ghedi Air Base Italy for Tornadoes

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tbower40 wrote:To all,

I'm trying to find some information on any current spotting areas around Ghedi Air Base for departing and arriving aircraft. I'm really looking for and hoping to get some Tornadoes before they are all retired.

Can anyone help out if they have any maps or information?

Thank you,

Trevor
The Tornados normally depart due east and also return from that side. So position yourself east of the base, in this field: 45.417679,10.285580
Park your car on the gravel road here
45.417749,10.281085

The parking spot is accesible via the south, a road named Cascina Fieniletto in Ghedi.

Good luck!

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Paul,

Thank you very much for your help.

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Starfighter_F-104G wrote:
spotter4life wrote:
tbower40 wrote:I'm really looking for and hoping to get some Tornadoes before they are all retired.
I think you will get plenty of information until this happens. 5 years should be enough :P
5 years?...more!
2027 is the official OSD (Out of Service Date). But maybe even longer :)
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That's great, thank you!!
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