Wittmundhafen (ETNT) - 2011 MIL

[nhoogenboom]

New year.....new topic!!
Happy spotting!

Regards, Niels

[jp 74]

Is there any movement yet at Wittmund i'am planning to go somwere in the next 2 weeks, it would be a pitty if nothing is flying.

[Piet Luijken]

Indeed some activities have reported at flugzeugforum.de, look under actuelle...flugplatze
Always a good source for germany, swiss and austria.

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[Stefan]

Indeed some activities have reported at flugzeugforum.de, look under actuelle...flugplatze
Always a good source for germany, swiss and austria.

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What is also in there is this:

Wittmund/Jeverland/LR
Aufgrund gänderter Vorgaben für den Flugbetrieb im Jahr 2011, wird das in Wittmund stationierte Jagdgeschwader 71 "Richthofen" ab Montag,10.Januar ,die regelmäßigen Übungsflugzeiten ändern. In Zukunft wird der Flugbetrieb auf die Zeit zwischen 9 und 11:30 Uhr sowie 13 und 15 Uhr konzentrieren, teilte das Geschwader mit.Ausgenommen sind Einsatzflüge sowie die Ausbildung im Nachtflug.
Durch die neue Regelung reduziere sich die Lärmbelastung für die Bevölkerung
auch im Jeverland erheblich.

Translation: as from 10 January 2011, operations by JG71 will be concentrated between 09:00 and 11.30 AM and 01:00 and 03:00 PM. Exceptions are QRA flight and when night flying is being practiced.

Regards,
Stefan

[roberto]

Other news on FF is that most of the training missions will be flown clean (without fueltanks) to limit the flying time to about 45min, only the QRA will continue to fly with 3 fuel tanks.

[jp 74]

Translation: as from 10 January 2011, operations by JG71 will be concentrated between 09:00 and 11.30 AM and 01:00 and 03:00 PM. Exceptions are QRA flight and when night flying is being practiced.

Does anybody know why?

[Stefan]

Translation: as from 10 January 2011, operations by JG71 will be concentrated between 09:00 and 11.30 AM and 01:00 and 03:00 PM. Exceptions are QRA flight and when night flying is being practiced.

Does anybody know why?

Less hours being flown by the unit and if you concentrate them in 2 blocks the environment will not be bothered by the noise as much.

One more fact from FF:

Denn bis Ende des Jahres sind in Wittmund weniger als 25 F-4 im Dienst....

By the end of 2011 less than 25 F-4 will be in service.

Regards,
Stefan

[jp 74]

sad news

[Hornet69]

Adding all this up: Wittmund will close in 2012! (as expected )

[Stefan]

Adding all this up: Wittmund will close in 2012! (as expected )

AFAIK no formal decision has been taken yet and the withdrawal of the F-4 in 2012 has been in the original schedule for quite a while now.

Regards,
Stefan

[Withnail]

I have a question on the A4's based on Wittmundhafen. What are the former Israeli serials of Scooters N262WL and N268WL? What's the BuNo of N437FS? Did N434FS fly for Israel and if so, what was its serial?

Hope someone can help me of this one.

Thanx

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? A-4N 14450 to N268WL may02 FMS 159530
444 A-4N 14465 to N262WL oct01 FMS 159545
335 A-4N 14384 to N437FS 20sep01 FMS 159078
373 A-4N 14514 to N434FS 20sep01 FMS 159815

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[perrie]

I had the scooters written down like this, maybe I mixed up? Corrections are welcome.

335 A-4N as N432FS BuNo 159542 (white c/s)
373 A-4N as N434FS BuNo 159815 (white c/s)
384 A-4N as N437FS BuNo 159078 (white c/s)
444 A-4N as N262WL BuNo 159545 (camo c/s)
… A-4N as N268WL BuNo 159530 (grey c/s)

cheers, Per

[Withnail]

Thank you. Is N268WL 344 or not? And if not, which one is it then?

[maurits]

Hi,

N268WL ex IDF/AF id is still unknown, 344 was sold to ATSI as N263WL.

Regards,

Maurits