Lajes (Azores) (LPLA/TER) 2008

[GIPS]

Hi All,



Today there was not much again. Hoping for a better upcoming week.


SUNDAY 10-08´08:


15413 C-212A-100 PAF Esq-751


That´s it!

Gijs

[GIPS]

Hi all,


Today another nice C-130, for the rest not much.


MONDAY 11-08-´08:


16804 C-130H PAF Esq-501
16806 C-130H-30 PAF Esq-501
19606 EH-101-514 PAF Esq-751
166472/BH-472 KC-130J USMC VMGR-252


That´s all.

Gijs

[GIPS]

Hi All,


I forgot to post my LOG from yesterday. Not that much but the Gunship was very nice!!


TUESDAY 12-08-´08:


16513 C-212A-100 PAF Esq-401
16803 C-130H PAF Esq-501 ´´ESQ 501 special marks on tail´´
17402 Da.50 PAF Esq-504
96574 AC-130H USAF 16 SOS


That´s all!



Gijs

[Arjan]

Well you might not call it much, but I think that almost every spotter has spent time at the fence for less. Much less!

Nice logs, great way and place to spend your holiday!

Enjoy,

Arjan

[GIPS]

Hi Arjan and all,


Yes a great place to spent your holiday. The tourism will grow a lott the upcoming years, I am sure!! A pefect place for whole the family. You can spot aircraft, walles en dolphins.

WEDNESDAY 13-08-´08:


16514 C-212A-100 PAF Esq-401
16803 C-130H PAF Esq-501 ``ESQ 501 special marks on tail´´
00331/D KC-135R USAFE 100 ARW

That´s it again.

Gijs

[Wijgert IJlst]

[OFF TOPIC-MODE]

Yes a great place to spent your holiday. The tourism will
grow a lott the upcoming years, I am sure!!

Have seen some holiday brochures of the archipel. Very wonderfull indead! Which airports and airline(s) did you use for your flight inbound Azores?

A pefect place for whole the family. You can spot aircraft, walles en dolphins.

Life can be so wonderfull indead! Sigh...
Enjoy the rest of your holiday overthere...
[/OFF TOPIC-MODE]

[GIPS]

Hi Wijgert,

Lajes is on Terceira Island. The only dutch airliner which flies on it is TUI AIR. It will fly from may to september. It depart from Schiphol Amsterdam and it will direct fly to Lajes itself. This is the only operator I know and ofcourse TAP.

Hope this helps. And If I can help anyone please contact me.

Todays log is below:

THURSDAY 14-08-´08:


16806 C-130H-30 PAF Esq-501
40110 C-21A USAFE 76 AS
159113 C-9B USN VR-61

A very nice C-9 for me. Tomorrow it will already my last day! Let´s hope for some nice things.....


Gijs

[GIPS]

Hi All,


A nice final visitor on my last day here on Lajes before I left at 10:00 hours.


FRIDAY 15-08-'08:


16514 C-212A-100 PAF Esq-401
CNA-OK C-130H Maroc AF 3 AB

Also AN-124 RA-82047 was in this morning


Hope you enjoyed my holidag logs and for any info or help please contact me!!!

Regards,


Gijs

[FISHER01]

Thanx Gijs, i realy enjoyed it! I hope that more spotters will do it like this way. Lajes is/was already on mine "to do list"

[SquAdmin]

Hope you enjoyed my holidag logs and for any info or help please contact me!!!

Certainly did, let's see some pictures on this board

[J.J.]

There´s also an interesting USAF photo essay "Indian air force trains with Mountain Home AFB Airmen" (seven pictures included): http://www.mountainhome.af.mil/news/sto ... =123107662" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Hope that helps a little bit more to document this historic Indian air force Su-30 deployment to CONUS. And I will have watchful eyes on the web for their arrival at Nellis AFB for Red Flag...

For pics from Nellis check:
Indians make debut at Red Flag
http://www.nellis.af.mil/news/story_med ... =123109974" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
and:
IAF, ROKAF debut at Red Flag
http://www.nellis.af.mil/news/story_med ... =123111013" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Indian Su-30 tail numbers identified/verified so far 100% by USAF photos taken at Lajes Field, Mountain Home AFB and Nellis AFB:
SB 107, SB 109, SB 110, SB 115, SB 046, SB 048

Anybody who can/will provide their full serial numbers?

[Stefan]

Indian Su-30 tail numbers identified/verified so far 100% by USAF photos taken at Lajes Field, Mountain Home AFB and Nellis AFB:
SB 107, SB 109, SB 110, SB 115, SB 046, SB 048

Anybody who can/will provide their full serial numbers?

All were noted at Mont de Marsan:
http://www.scramble.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43172" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

SB 042 SU 30
SB 046 SU 30
SB 048 SU 30
SB 049 SU 30
SB 107 SU 30
SB 109 SU 30
SB 110 SU 30
SB 115 SU 30

Greetings,
Stefan

[sentinel]

A heads-up for a massive deployment of Eagles going eastbound through Lajes later this week.

[sentinel]

12 Hornets are deploying east early September. They will probably transit through Lajes and Sigonella.

As usual September is a good month for deployments if you happen to be in the right place at the righ time.

[falcon]

The SU-30's and support where on Lajes on 28th and 29th, they took off on 29 August in the morning on their way home. Not sure if they stop at Mont de Marsan.........