Boscombe Down (EGDM) 2012 MIL

[Bennie]

NAF1 just departed Woensdrecht for a flight to Boscombe.

[Bennie]

NAF1 just departed Woensdrecht for a flight to Boscombe.

Followed by NAF2 now!

[Trabanti]

Dear UK spotters, I'll be in the area of Boscombe Down in September and was wondering if Qinetiq/ETPS still use the 2 former 111Sqn F3's. Besides that, I am looking for regular logs, incl locals, to give an indication of daily activities. Pondering to drive to Brize directly or take the chance at Boscombe. I am more interested in quality than quantity which I guess is a pre-req for going there!

Many thanks for your responses!

Bart

[Darrenbizman]

29th February visitors noted on my visit here found the following,

ZH552 /HW F3 Tornado RAF F3 OCU/No 66(R) Sqn,
ZZ??? A330 FSTA RAF (Reg not yet known)
XS606 HS Andover C1 RAF DPA,
ZJ645 /45 D-BD Alpha Jet DPA/AFD, DERA
ZJ646 /46 D-BD Alpha Jet DPA/AFD, DERA
G-BYWW Grob G.115E Tutor RAF
G-BYXJ Grob G.115E Tutor RAF
ZK453 /M Be200 RAF No 3 FTS/45(R) Sqn,
L-04 PC-7 NAF 131 EMVO Sqn, NAF1 arr 1102
L-05 PC-7 NAF 131 EMVO Sqn, NAF2 arr 1107
XX342 /2 T1 Hawk RAF DPA/AFD/ETPS dep 1120
G-BYXD Grob G.115E Tutor RAF dep 1127
G-BYXE Grob G.115E Tutor RAF dep 1127
ZF511 /511 Tucano T1 DPA/AFD, DERA arr 1130

Darrenbizman

[Arjan]

Tornado flew again yesterday; from the SBS log on this forum;

13:42:32 ---- 43C064 ZH552-HW 6403 Panavia Tornado F3 Royal Air Force/Qinetiq

[Trabanti]

Nice! Thanks for the info. Now let's hope come September it still is.

Cheers, Bart

[chopsy]

The Tornado F3s are being used for Meteor missiles trials and at present they expect to cease flying in July this year.

You never know what you will see at Boscombe but you certainly get variety. If it is quiet then you can try your luck on Salisbury Plain.

[Bennie]

BAF101 & BAF102 are expected to arrive here from Florennes on March 19th.

[perrie]

I was looking through some old pics and I ran into BAC111s ZE432 and ZE433. These were interesting aircraft I think. I was just wondering what has happened to ZH763 because I read somewhere that it would probably not make it to the BAC111s 50th birthday in 2013. That would be a real shame.
Is it still operational at Boscombe Down?

regards, Per

[Le Addeur noir]

[quote="Bennie"]BAF101 & BAF102 are expected to arrive here from Florennes on March 19th.[/quo

BAF101 was Alpha Jet AT-08.