Evening Log 03.12.08.

Location : N/E Lincs Spotter Watch Member : YES!

2020 : 284.675 .Jazz 31.32.>AARA 8, Boom 315.825 Quid 31 flt of 2 KC135’s.

2024 : 299.600 .Interplane.> Quid 31 flt.>re initial training before you depart, roger that we’re going to stick around just until Jazz gets here so we can get our AR formation for our 2^nd pilot, then we’ll bug out, ok.

2027 : 284.675 .Quid 31.>Quid 31 how long do you want to extend your tanking sortie by.>London for Quid 31 we’ll need to extend it until Reheat is finished tanking and then we’ll be clearing out back to Mildenhall.> do you think 21 Zulu will do it.>ya shouldn’t be any longer than that.

2028 : 284.675 .Jazz 31.32.>Jazz 11 confirm your visual both tankers.>yes we have 1 at 16 and 1 at 17.>Jazz 11 sqwk standby and continue with tanker pre brief.

2029 : 315.825 .Quid 31 flt.>Quid 31 lead tanker receivers Jazz 31= 91-0309. 32= 91-0311.>284.675

2100 : 284.675 .Quid 31.>rtb Mild.>descend fl60.>309.200

2107 : 284.675 .Reheat 32.>g/handling block fl50/190 10 mins.

2108 : 284.675 .Reheat 32..Reheat say again.>London a few mins ago you asked Quid to do a flyby a certain point, do you need the same assistance.>Reheat 32 affirm it is the Cromer Radar overhead, range and bearing from your position 065. 33mls.>Reheat 32 can assist if you’d like.>if you’d be able to fly through the overhead that would be great many thanks.

2111 : 284.675 .Reheat 32.>turn left 5 degrees for the radar overhead, turnleft 5 degrees , thanks very much for your help you’ve gone straight through the radar overhead that’ll work nicely just what we needed thank you very much.

2114 : 284.675 .Reheat 32.>Reheat you want to take up a southerly/south westerly heading now to go back over E/Anglia.>to W/S/W for 2 to 3 mins then we’re finished.

2116 : 284.675 .Reheat 32.>Wainfleet are just calling are you definitely not going to them.>that’s affirm tell them we had an aircraft malfunction and didn’t have the gas.

2118 : 284.675 .Reheat 32.>complete g/h ready rtb fl80 diverse to ILS.>sqwk 0405.>Laken Ch10.

And so ends the story :) think I must have missed some earlier receivers in AARA 8 ?.

Rich.