EHEH 18-09-2010 MIL

[Stephan Lodewijks]

From EWAS:

De Engelse C-130 komt zaterdag om 07.00LT aan

Stephan

[Stephan Lodewijks]

EWAS reports that the first wave will depart at 0900LT. And since the drops are at 0930LT and 1130LT, my guess is the second 'mission' will depart Eindhoven at around 1100LT.

Present at this time are:
1x RAF Dakota
3x USAFE C-130J-30 'RS'
1x Lw C.160D
1x RAF Hercules still expected to arrive in the early morning of the 18th

Have fun in the (hopefully...) sun!

Stephan

[Stephan Lodewijks]

I just whitnessed an RAF Hercules C.5 land at runway 22 as 'RRR 5818' (0700LT). Parking is Military West. So, we're all set for the planned activities later on this morning!

Edit: my apologies, it's a Hercules C.1 (or C.1P if that designation still officially exists). Tailnumber is XV295. I didn't see any smoke from the engines, and it had so many modern-looking strobelights, I though it was a C.5-model Credit: EWAS.

Stephan

[Stephan Lodewijks]

'RFR 7006' is doing some checkups and will then depart at 0850LT. This is probably RAF Dakota ZA947.
Edit: confirm Dakota ZA947.

Stephan

[Stephan Lodewijks]

'Herman', 'GAF 597' and 'Herky 91' are all on the move. 'Herman' is the RAF Herc.
Edit: 'Herky 91' is a flight of three.

[Stephan Lodewijks]

'RFR 7006' ZA947 is on deck again, just landed with its fuselage doors opened

[Stephan Lodewijks]

All aircraft back on deck again at this time.

And 'RFR 7006' already starting up for its second mission this morning.

[Melvin85]

How late will the second air drop be back at eheh ?

Thanks a lot

Melvin

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[YOXA]

Hello,

The F16 behind the 3 C130J-30 is?

René

[hendriks]

The F-16 is the J-235

Gr.Arie

[Stephan Lodewijks]

I was out for groceries, sorry for my late reply:

1. Second wave is currently returning to Eindhoven. 'RFR 7006' and 'GAF 597' already on deck again.

2. If you mean the F-16 on the westerly military apron: this is F-16A J-235. This is an instructional airframe that normally resides inside the old 334 Sqn hangars. These hangars were emptied to accomodate the large number of para's for Market Garden.

Stephan

[andel]

RRR7006 ZA947 Dakota is weer vertrokken naar Coningsby
XV295 Hercules is inmiddels ook vertrokken naar Lyneham als RRR5819
En de 5029 C-160 GAF597 is ook vertrokken naar huis
De 3 RS Hercen gingen na afloop van de tweede missie naar het hoofd platform van 334/336 sq voor refuelling.
En omdat de nummertjes van de RS Hecen hier nog niet vermeld zijn
08-8605/RS
07-8608/RS
06-8611/RS

[Stephan Lodewijks]

According to EWAS the three RS-Hercs are expected to leave tomorrow, although no ETD is reported.

Stephan