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The first helicopters have flown from La Rochelle, via Cognac to Germany yesterday. The first flight from La Rochelle consisted of four Apaches and two Chinooks on 13 July in the late morning. Three Black Hawks (with auxiliary fuel tanks) arrived at Cognac later in the afternoon and seemed to make a...

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usually most helicopters operate from Creil, but not confirmed for this year

For the first rehearsal the aircraft used Orleans, they were on the ground according to pictures shared by the base on facebook.
The base also said in the comments that they will NOT be gathering at Orleans for the actual parade.

Today there would be a second rehearsal btw at 2 pm

They were on the ground according to pictures shared by the base on facebook.
The base also said in the comments that they will NOT be gathering at Orleans for the actual parade.
Today there would be a second rehearsal btw.

Hans,

SG De Kooy website can be of help with this:
http://denhelderaviationphotos.weebly.com/1980.html

the Alou3 seems indeed 2313, while the Wasp is XT434/476
these were on board of FNS Loire and HMS Leander respectively.

those were the days,
cheers

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so the airfield is open on the 15th but whether it is a NORMAL flying day remains to be seen; the A-4s and EF-2000s MAY return on the 15th from their temporary homes.

Chinook en route Rdam now

Last time I saw it a few years ago it was inside at the back of a huge hall which was full of classic cars. Just ask if you may enter to see it, they are usually open on weekdays.

Based on experience, many options are possible, as we have seen last week. We have seen stops at Ramstein, Spangdahlem and even Norvenich, and yes, also at Eindhoven, but no guarantee that they will stay overnight or even stop there.

The weather may also play ball tomorrow btw.

Zonan,

the two Gulfstreams on the apron on Sunday from around noon were 01-0029 and 97-0400, both photoproof.

Hope this helps!

Great Sjoerd,

thanks a lot for keeping us all updated on this topic through the past two weeks! Very much appreciated!

The four at Eindhoven are not in Sjoerd's list, so it must be three others that are in the list and not there.
Anyone knows which ones?

Sjoerd, yes a head count was still possible last night, but it may be a lot harder after more arrivals the upcoming days as they will block each other more and more... spot 2 of the map shown on page 11 in this great thread yielded some good results, even better so in the morning I presume. happy hu...

Hilco,

just to clarify, some NH90-NFHs have been delivered, but this one is still used for tests and system integration; so although 79+51 is the first one in terms of having the lowest serial it was not the first one delivered to the navy.