Tikaboo Tales

  Portsmouth Harbour, UK that is, not Portsmouth, NH. Twin Otter International's N723AR has been based at Boscombe Down this week and tasking appears to be Portsmouth Harbour. At the same time, Cessna 207A N73266 has been operating a similar task N73266 has some rather cool imaging kit according to their webpage .   And an interesting video....   Someone suggested that they are looking for open petrol stations :)

A trip report from March-19, a brief circumnavigation of the Nellis Ranges. March-2019 trip

Loyal Wingman Demo?

Boscombe Down 20-Apr-2017 DRAGNET41 departs for a PAR at Newquay after a nightstop unfortunately, ZZ664 didn't return before lunchtime, so we are stuck with these heat haze shots (and it was only  +12C)

80-1080/BB, pilot says he'll be back in July!

As it's been a bit quiet recently, here's a shot from the family holiday to Vietnam over Xmas.  Makes me want to read the Red Hats book again.... more photos at http://vietnamaircraftxmas2015.wordpress.com

I just happened to be sat at the end of the runway writing my Christmas cards in peace when two Typhoons appeared out of the murk. The 2 seater '1021'/ZK399 had been showing 7700 code, callsign WTN01B mode-S code 43C790 and landed while the single seater ('1023'/ZK394) went back to Warton callsign WTN01A

Have updated the F-117A sighting page   Aroundtherange

N805AM a B757 supposedly of L-3 flying today from GVT back to GVT.  Unlike the similar L-3 COMCO B757s this one has PW2037 engines

N175RU with a man taking photos inside!!   SpecOps C-130 departing Hurlburt Field

Fort Walton Beach  Mi-17 N175RU clanking along the coast on 5-Oct-11 On two other occasions we saw a cammo Mil-8/17 with lights off in company with a white example such as the above. AGEO (?) 96 climbing out of Eglin AFB 6-Oct-11

RAF A330-200 with serial MRTT016 arrived at Boscombe Down around 1100 today using callsign CASA336, inbound from Getafe. MRTT017 was already outside when 016 arrived.  Note that this one has no Airbus Military markings.

http://www.ll.mit.edu/publications/journal/pdf/vol03_no2/3.2.2.airborneseeker.pdf

Interesting pods on Blackbox 2

Blackbox 1 19-Jan-11 Blackbox 2  19-Jan-11 Blackbox 3 19-Jan-11

The F-117A and N105TB exercise plus sundry other things is at http://aroundtherange.blogspot.com/

N105TB active in the ranges today out of its home base at Bedford-Hanscom AFB, MA