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Today (Tuesday 23Jan) marked the fourth and final rehearsal flypast, the only one now remaining is the main event on 26th Jan. The weather started out still fairly foggy for the earlier participants but by the time the main flypast took place the fog had burned off and it was gloriously sunny making...

The log below is from 3 days spent earlier this week at Dabolim, the movements were slow with only up to 10 different military aircraft active each day, but several of them flew more than once with the MiG29s flying 3 or sometimes 4 times a day each. I used an area between spots 2 and 3 from the Scr...

The Third rehearsal flypast (Sunday 21st Jan) turned out to be a big disappointment in the end as the fog had decided to spoil things, I guess we had been very lucky the previous day so we were due some bad luck. Throughout the morning the sun kept trying to poke through and just after the flypast h...

Todays second practice was very productive with an incredible additional 31 aircraft not seen yesterday of which we identified 30. We got all the 6 Rafales and 3 Su30s this time, but even so that's an impressive additional total. The weather was much better than yesterday also, with some direct sunl...

Well its that time of year again where the annual India Republic Day sees the start of the practice flybys in advance of the main event on 26th Jan. This year I got the confirmation that I could be in Delhi only a few days ago whereas fellow Scramble member Nikonrobert had also recently made plans t...

Noted on visits to the fence Fri 04-Aug-23 and Sat 05-Aug were the following: 04Aug T.19B-21 CASA CN-235 300MPA C-180 Spanish Guardia Civil 09-501 T.19B-22 CASA CN-235 300MPA C-181 Spanish Guardia Civil 09-502 EC-295 CASA C-295 AEW P-001 Airbus Defence and Space Division all white, no titles T.21-04...

Hi Michael

Noted in their hangar (through the windows next to the turning circle) on 10Feb2023 were C-FGYL mkd 478 and another that was in 2 halves for maintenance mkd 491 but registration not visible.

Hope that helps

07:30 21 March, the base was devoid of any serviceable aircraft. Empty parking spots under all the sunshades, the only thing moving was the rain and biting cold wind.

Those with long memories may recall my last posting on this subject in 2016 where the weather proved a major frustration in catching the participants of the annual flypast. This time I’m happy to say the results were more fruitful as can be seen from the log below. India’s Republic Day is an annual ...

Identified from outside at the SE corner of the base on a productive quick stop around 0715 were the following: 05-3145 C-130J 19thAW, The Rock 13-5784 C-130J 19thAW 06-4633 C-130J 374thAW YJ 08-5692 C-130J 374thAW YJ 08-8604 C-130J 374thAW YJ 14-5807 C-130J 374thAW YJ, spl 374AW 15-5813 C-130J 374t...

Hi Hans

Am still working through the log from a recent trip, but can confirm that the 2 Aussies (055/056) were wearing full RAAF 77 Sqn marks when noted parked up at KLUF on 28Sep22

Noted around 1745 this evening 25Sep were the following: F35s - codes only as unable to get angle to see BuNos - in parking sequence: VW-302 VMFA-314 NG-312 VMFA-314 VW-314 VMFA-314 WF-533 VMFAT-502 WF-507 VMFAT-502 WF-513 VMFAT-502 WF-541 VMFAT-502 WF-556 VMFAT-502 WF-558 VMFAT-502 Any help with co...

Sitting on the Atlantic Aviation ramp this evening 25Sep are the following, easily visible and readable: 162523 CH-53E Sea Stallion United States Marine Corps HMH-466 YK-523 163077 CH-53E Sea Stallion United States Marine Corps HMH-466 YK-077 163080 CH-53E Sea Stallion United States Marine Corps HMH...

Noted 24Sept were the following, escaping the Miramar airshow. The two VMFA-232 Hornets flew in the afternoon and one of the VMFAT-101s did so in the morning as well: 164954 F/A-18C Hornet United States Marine Corps VMFA-232 WT-05 164688 F/A-18D Hornet United States Marine Corps VMFA-232 WT-22 16403...

Noted at sunset on 24Sep from the Cabrillo Monument area were the following of interest: 165830 Boeing C-40A United States Navy VR-59 -/830 165835 Boeing C-40A United States Navy VR-57 -/835 169437 CMV-22B Osprey United States Navy VRM-30 30 169438 CMV-22B Osprey United States Navy VRM-30 (31) 16943...