BA116 Luxeuil (LFSX) 2021

[Oscar01]

Morning,

Last week I went 2 days to France. First it was Luxeuil on 19th. Because of the 2000Ds from Nancy were here, it was a very nice day. Spotting and taking pictures was relaxt, not a problem (we were spotted by the gendarmery and locals quite a lot, but not checked).

Mirage 2000-5F EC01.002:
38-2-EI
42/2-EY
44/2-EQ special markings
55/2-EU
56/2-EG
78/2-EC

Mirage 2000D EC3 tdy
611/3-JP
615/3-JY
617/3-IS
630/3-XD
632/3-XE
636/3-JV
647/3-IO
650/3-IA
657/3-JM
662/3-XA
674/3-IR

Visit:
E83/8-TZ Alpha Jet

The 2000-5s did 3 rounds of sorties, the 2000D 2 rounds. In total we logged some 35 sorties in nice weather.

Oz

[Richard de Florennes]

LUXEUIL THURSDAY 16.09.2021 RW29
Weather: broken clouds, clear air, some sun, warm, moderate wind

(14:30 – 17:30 near runway 29 approach)

Mirage 2000-5F GC01.002 59/2-EV L15:15+
Mirage 2000-5F GC01.002 67/2-MH L15:36*
Mirage 2000-5F GC01.002 56/2-EG L15:36*

TBM.700A ET00.060 110/XP L16:50

MiG-21MF Esc.861 6807 L15:30*a1
MiG-21MF Esc.861 6487 L15:31*a1

C-27J Esc.902 2706 L16:26

[Richard de Florennes]

LUXEUIL FRIDAY 17.09.2021 (mainly)RW29
Weather: beginning with fog-benches as ground-mist, rapidly bcmg.
clear with scattered clouds and long sunny spells, warm, light wind

(08:05 – 18:35 near runway 29 approach)

AS.332M1 LTrSt 6/8 T-324 L09:06
Rafale C ETR03.004 139/4-GR demo c/s L09:33+a/d
Rafale C ETR03.004 140/4-GS L09:33+a/d
FA-18C FlSt 17/18 J-5026 L09:38+a/d
PC-21 EPAA00.315 11/709-FM L09:49+
PC-21 EPAA00.315 02/709-FD L09:51+
PC-21 EPAA00.315 14/709-FP L09:58+a/d
PC-21 EPAA00.315 08/709-FJ L09:59+a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E45 /4 demo c/s L11:16#4
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E20 /2 demo c/s L11:17#4
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E119/3 demo c/s L11:18#4
TBM.700A ET00.060 147/XS L10:03+
L-39C Private ES-YLN L10:33+
A.400M ET01.061 0008/F-RBAB L10:49
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E81 /9 demo c/s L10:54+a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E73 /0 demo c/s L10:55+a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E137/- demo c/s L10:55+a/d
EA.330 EVAA F-TGCH/03 L11:03#3
EA.330 EVAA F-TGCI/04 L11:03#3
EA.330 EVAA F-TGCJ/05 L11:03#3
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E129/5 demo c/s L11:27+a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E35 /6 demo c/s L11:27+a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E105/7 demo c/s L11:28+a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E87 /8 demo c/s L11:28+a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E48 /1 demo c/s L11:41+a/d
Mirage IIIDS Private HB-RDF (J-2012) L11:45+
TB.30 Private F-AYXG L11:49
Yak-11 Private F-AZNN L11:51
C.295M 8.BLTr 011 L12:11
Su-22UM-3K 21.BLT 707 spec c/s L12:12
CM.170R Private F-AZPZ (413/312-PF) L12:16
T-6G Private F-AZTL (117207) L12:26
P-51D Private N4034 (463889) L12:27
P-51D Private N51ZW (472927) L12:28
F-16AM 2 Wing FA101 demo c/s L12:59+
F-16AM 2 Wing FA87 spec c/s L13:13+
Typhoon FGR.4 29 Sqn ZJ916/916 L13:07*
Typhoon FGR.4 29 Sqn ZJ937/937 L13:08*
MS.733 Private F-AZOH (63/TB) L13:09
Tigre HAD 1 RHC 6029/BKC L13:11
Vampire FB.6 Private HB-RVN (J-1197) L13:16
D-2801 Private HB-RCF (J-143) L13:21
CN.235M ET03.062 197/64-HE L13:18
Mirage 2000D EC03.003 630/3-XD no badge L14:19+
OV-10B Private F-AZKM(55454) L14:39
Rafale C EC02.030 105/30-HE L15:19+a1
TF-2000A 4°Gruppo MM55130/4-33 L15:41*
TF-2000A 4°Gruppo MM55095/4-23 L15:41*
Atlantique 2 23F 16 L16:13
EC.120B Helidax F-HBKA/A L17:48
EC.120B Helidax F-HKBF/F L17:48
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Mirage 2000-5F GC01.002 44/2-EO spec tail T10:13 L11:29 a/d
Mirage 2000-5F GC01.002 55/2-EU T10:13 L11:29 a/d
F-16AM Esk 727 E-191 spec c/s T10:35 L10:45 a/d
MiG-21MF Esc.861 6807 T11:55 L12:08 a/d
FA-18C FlSt 17/18 J-5026 T12:29 L12:39 a/d
PC-21 EPAA00.315 14/709-FP T12:43 L12:56 a/d
PC-21 EPAA00.315 08/709-FJ T12:43 L12:56 a/d
A.400M ET01.061 0008/F-RBAB T13:20 L13:36 a/d
Rafale C ETR03.004 139/4-GR demo c/s T13:37 L13:49 a/d
EA.330 EVAA F-TGCH/03 T13:57 L14:15 a/d
EA.330 EVAA F-TGCI/04 T13:57 L14:15 a/d
EA.330 EVAA F-TGCJ/05 T13:57 L14:15 a/d
Yak-11 Private F-AZNN T14:25 L14:24 a/d
CM.170 Private F-AZPZ (413/312-PF) T14:50 L15:03 a/d
Mirage IIIDS Private HB-RDF (J-2012) T15:06 L15:10 a/d
P-51D Private N4034 (463889) T15:18 L15:28 a/d
P-51D Private N51ZW (472927) T15:18 L15:34 a/d
F-16AM 2 Wing FA87 spec c/s T15:45 L15:55 a/d
D-2801 Private HB-RCF (J-143) T16:00 L16:08 a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E48 /1 demo c/s T16:40 L17:03 a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E20 /2 demo c/s T16:40 L17:03 a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E119/3 demo c/s T16:40 L17:04 a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E45 /4 demo c/s T16:40 L17:04 a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E129/5 demo c/s T16:40 L17:05 a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E35 /6 demo c/s T16:40 L17:05 a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E105/7 demo c/s T16:40 L17:06 a/d
Alpha Jet E EPAA20.300 E87 /8 demo c/s T16:40 L17:06 a/d
Vampire FB.6 Private HB-RVN (J-1197) T17:25 L17:32 a/d
OV-10B Private F-AZKM(55454) T17:38 L17:43 a/d
Typhoon FGR.4 29 Sqn ZJ916/916 T17:50 L18:00 a/d
Tigre HAD 1 RHC 6029/BKC T18:05 L18:15 a/d

[Goldenflyer]

Could not find a more recent post from this base. Hope someone has been here before and knows a little bit how the spotting places are. Mostly runway 11/29 ? And is spot 2 from the scramble guides ok for take off pictures? Hope te maken a visit next week...

[Trabanti]

Yep, AFAIK 04/22 is not in use by the fighters. Spot 2 I have never been. Spot 1 is the best (only) option with westerly winds, near the small chapel. Spot 2 I was sent away from (picture taken just before that happened), though that was still in the days when this was a nuclear base.

It may be fairly quiet now, but good luck!

[Bennie]

Yep, AFAIK 04/22 is not in use by the fighters. Spot 2 I have never been. Spot 1 is the best (only) option with westerly winds, near the small chapel. Spot 2 I was sent away from (picture taken just before that happened), though that was still in the days when this was a nuclear base.

It may be fairly quiet now, but good luck!

Looking at the blurred image on GE it appears that 04/22 bears crosses (x x x x) on the runway.....if this it the case it appears to be disused.

[CBR]

Runway 04/22 is not in use only 11/29. And its indeed very quiet now. Mid July only 2 missions/ aircraft in the afternoon and a Falcon 7X doing circuits ... I stood near the chapel and had loads of heathaze due to the cornfields ...