Rota 15 and 16 September 2017

[Thunder]

Wow, so when they wrote:

A press conference will be announced well in advance with instructions for the necessary press accreditations.

they actually meant "less than a week prior to the event"...

hello
yes , i am agree, answers of press center too late .
now,the bookings of plane and car are expensive
i declined to participe at this event
i am not glad

I'm agree. I think the event is mainly organized for national people.

[Starman]

medoc wrote:
SquAdmin wrote:
Wow, so when they wrote:
Quote:
A press conference will be announced well in advance with instructions for the necessary press accreditations.

they actually meant "less than a week prior to the event"...


hello
yes , i am agree, answers of press center too late .
now,the bookings of plane and car are expensive
i declined to participe at this event
i am not glad


I'm agree. I think the event is mainly organized for national people.

Actually, I think it is organised for accredited press for whom last minute business-class airfare and chauffer-driven limo are not a problem. If you really wanted to go, and knowing something was happening, you should have planned accordingly. It isn´t really fair to blame the organisers for your oversight.

[nilsko]

medoc wrote:
SquAdmin wrote:
Wow, so when they wrote:
Quote:
A press conference will be announced well in advance with instructions for the necessary press accreditations.

they actually meant "less than a week prior to the event"...


hello
yes , i am agree, answers of press center too late .
now,the bookings of plane and car are expensive
i declined to participe at this event
i am not glad


I'm agree. I think the event is mainly organized for national people.

Actually, I think it is organised for accredited press for whom last minute business-class airfare and chauffer-driven limo are not a problem. If you really wanted to go, and knowing something was happening, you should have planned accordingly. It isn´t really fair to blame the organisers for your oversight.

You have a rather positive view on the travel arrangements of your typical journalist. Nevertheless, spotters or "aviation journalists" or usually rather low in the foodchain of a branch of the armed forces.

[Graham]

Arrived in Rota today late pm, not a clue on the schedule and times for beach show on Saturday but did see L61 Juan Carlos off shore with around 8 AV8's on board.Tie ups and airshow times would be appreciated.

[ehusmann]

Apparantly there weren't may spotters here, but still some may be interested in the serials. In order of appearance:

P-8A            VP-16                   168428/LF
AS.365N3        Agencia Tributaria      EC-JDQ
T-6G                                    EC-DUN/E.16-201/793-19
T-34A                                   EC-GMD/E.17-20/791-20
Be.E18                                  EC-ASJ
BK.117          Guardia Civil           HU.22-08/09-234
EC.135P2        Guardia Civil           HU.26-18/09-312
AS.365N3        Guardia Civil           HU.30-01/09-401
CN.235MPA       Guardia Civil           T.19B-22/09-502
CH-47D                                  HT.17-12/ET-412
AS.532UL                                HU.21L-64/ET-664 (serial from pictures, should be HT.27-16 by now though)
NH.90TTH                                HT.29-07/ET-807
P-3A            Gr 22                   P.3A-01/22-21
EF.2000         Ala 11                  C.16-30/11-10
AB.212ASW       Eslla 003               HA.18-6/01-310, HA.18-7/01-311
SH-3H           Eslla 005               HS.9-06/01-506, HS.9-14/01-514
H.369HM         Eslla 006               HS.13-06/01-606, HS.13-10/01-610, HS.13-11, HS.13-14/01-615
SH-60B          Eslla 010               HS.23-06/01-1006, HS.23-07/01-1007, HS.23-12/01-1012
EAV-8B+         Eslla 009               VA.1B-35/01-923, VA.1B-36/01-924, VA.1B-37/01-925, +3

The Harriers and Sea Kings flew from the Juan Carlos which was positioned in front of the beach. Not exactly very close, but still the launch and recovery of the Harriers was well visible. On deck were two more Harriers that didn't fly as well as two Sea Kings. At some point those had disappeared though. They either flew off while I wasn't watching, went below deck or fell over board...
Anyone for serials of the 3 (+2) missing Harriers and the 2 missing Sea Kings?

Erwin

PS I didn't bother with Team Tequila, but those did perform as well.

[Hans van Herk]

Harriers in the Saturday flypast were:
01-914, 01-923, 01-924, 01-925, 01-926 and 01-927.

Regards,
Hans van Herk

[Hans van Herk]

Candidates for the two Matadors that remained on deck are:

01-916, 01-917 or 01-919. All others have been accounted for during the base visits on Thursday and Friday.

Looking at the aircraft that flew on Friday and Saturday, you can almost say for sure that 01-917 was one of them.

Regards,
Hans van Herk

[ehusmann]

Muchas gracias, that fills some holes again

Erwin

[Freeman Lowell]

I have seen reference to a number of stored SH-3. I assume that these are the ones that were visible from point 1 on the Scramble airfield guide, behind the fire training area. Can anyone confirm/correct/add anything to this assumption please?
Freeman

[GUINNESS_EHEH]

Apparantly there weren't may spotters here, but still some may be interested in the serials. In order of appearance:
NH.90TTH HT.29-07/ET-807

HT.29-07 10087/ET-807

AS.365N3 Guardia Civil HU.30-01/09-401

HU.30-10 10083/09-401

BR, Stefan

[Hans van Herk]

Stefan J.
Please check your photos again )

The Guardia Civil AS365N-3 is HU.30-01/09-401 (10083), not HU.30-10 which is also highly strange for a new type helicopter (HU.30)

Regards,
Hans van Herk

[Hans van Herk]

I have seen reference to a number of stored SH-3. I assume that these are the ones that were visible from point 1 on the Scramble airfield guide, behind the fire training area. Can anyone confirm/correct/add anything to this assumption please?
Freeman

This area was indeed visible from spot 1 at the Scramble airfield guide. I am not sure if all airframes were easily visible from outside, they were parked cramped together.

Regards,
Hans van Herk

[Freeman Lowell]

Thanks Hans. I noted 4 SH-3 there back in February, and couldn't account for them as I imagined they were ex Armada. Now I know better...
Freeman