RIAT Serials

Location : Coningsby

Just a few serials and codes i would like to try to tie up.

Tristar
Nimrod MRA4
4 squirrels on Saturday
4 Squirrels on Sunday
I struggled to see the serials of the Navy 100 flypast Helecopters. There are 6 Merlins on the check list and 4 of them flew in the flypast on Sunday but only 2 on Saturday. Can anyone confirm which ones flew on saturday and which ones on sunday, and also which one did the solo display.
There are the correct amount of Lynx's and Sea Kings on the check list, comparing it to the amount in the flypast, so can anyone confirm that serials are correct and that there are no typos for these on the check list. And were there any spares.

That will do for now i think.
A big thanks to anyone who can help me with these. Wink

James

Location : Nearly in Cambridgeshire

I can only help with the jets -

Tristar - ZD950

Nimrod MRA4 - ZJ518

HTH

Location : Humberston, Grimsby Spotter Watch Member : yes

From photos of Saturday flypast:-
Squirrels 67, 71, 72, 74
Sea Kings ZE418/186 ; ZA167/22 ; ZA137/20 ; XV649/180 ; ZF115/R ; ZD476/WZ (not absolutely 100% of the serial) ; ZD625/P (Not absolutely 100% sure of the serial)
Lynx ZF562/645 ; ZD263/306 ; XZ690/301 ; XZ727/635 ; XZ612 ;
Chipmunk WK608/906
Tutor VF , XK
Firefly XU, XY, XM, XO
Merlin ZH861 ; ZH834

Has anyone sussed out the correct serial for the A-10 shown as 81-654 ?

Location : east midlands Spotter Watch Member : Yes

Sunday:

In flight order:

4 x Squirrels? ZJ267/67, ZJ271/71, ZJ272/72, ZJ274/74

4 x Merlins? ZH842/88, ZH861/84, ZH839/83, ZH834/86

ZH834/86 was the solo

Location : east midlands Spotter Watch Member : Yes

I have a query, too!

The ID of the RAF C-17 which overflew Fairford, en route Brize, @ 11:24hrs?

Location : liverpool Spotter Watch Member : no

from my photo it was ZZ171. take it was on the sunday.

Location : east midlands Spotter Watch Member : Yes

port wrote:: from my photo it was ZZ171. take it was on the sunday.

Yes, it was! Thank you very much for the gen - much appreciated!

Subject: Re: RIAT Serials 2009-07-24, 07:15

I seem to remember a P180 Avanti at some point over the weekend,anyone know which one it was ?

Location : Cambridgeshire Spotter Watch Member : no

Flaps wrote:: I seem to remember a P180 Avanti at some point over the weekend,anyone know which one it was ?

MM62201 was there Saturday.

Subject: Re: RIAT Serials 2009-07-24, 08:05

Macclad51 wrote:

Flaps wrote:: I seem to remember a P180 Avanti at some point over the weekend,anyone know which one it was ?

MM62201 was there Saturday.

Thankyou sir Cheers

What other Military visitors were there apart from U-05 the Dutch F50,92-0375 C-20H and 603 An-26 ?

Has anyone found any typos in the official Aircraft Checklist ?

Subject: Re: RIAT Serials 2009-07-27, 04:18

Can anyone confirm that the Puma's in the static,one was XW236 but according to the checklist the other(XW233) was written-off in 1992 ! Should it be XW223 perhaps ?
Also looking for the serial of the static Chinook please.

It's the most innacurate RIAT checklist I've seen so far,I'll post some mistakes later.

Subject: Re: RIAT Serials 2009-07-27, 06:26

I've gone through my static shots and compared them with the checklist and have found the following mistakes :-
Merlin should be ZJ126 not ZK126
Puma XW233 should be XW223 ???(any offers ?)
Vigilant ZH265 should be UX not VX
C-130E should be 63-7825 not 83-7825

Additions :-

Agusta 109 ZR323
Typhoon ZJ914/DE
Chinook (any offers ?)

Queries :-
Harrier ZD327/08A is on the static list-where was it ?

Flying display :-

Merlin ZH847/13 is typed twice
Finnish Hornets should be prefixed HN not HW.
RNZAF 757 should be prefixed NZ not N
Was Merlin ZH861 coded 84 or 85 ????

Anyone spotted any others ?

Location : Cambridgeshire Spotter Watch Member : no

Flaps wrote:: I've gone through my static shots and compared them with the checklist and have found the following mistakes :-
Merlin should be ZJ126 not ZK126
Puma XW233 should be XW223 ???(any offers ?)
Vigilant ZH265 should be UX not VX
C-130E should be 63-7825 not 83-7825

Additions :-

Agusta 109 ZR323
Typhoon ZJ914/DE
Chinook (any offers ?)

Queries :-
Harrier ZD327/08A is on the static list-where was it ?

Flying display :-

Merlin ZH847/13 is typed twice
Finnish Hornets should be prefixed HN not HW.
RNZAF 757 should be prefixed NZ not N
Was Merlin ZH861 coded 84 or 85 ????

Anyone spotted any others ?

Mike,

Chinook was ZA707
Puma was indeed XW223
Harrier ZD327/08A moved to the north side to take part in the flying display as a replacement for ZD461/51A which was hangared (at least on Saturday)
Merlin ZH861 was coded 84.
Merlins on the northside flightline on Saturday were ZH834/86, ZH847/13 & ZH861/84, which means that ZH839 & ZH842 must have been hangared. (I saw at least one in the hangar in front of the Harrier),
Hawk XX159 was in the static and was not northside.

Steve

Subject: Re: RIAT Serials 2009-07-28, 02:53

Thanks Steve,that's everything sorted now I think.

Subject: Re: RIAT Serials 2009-07-30, 05:46

BANSHEE wrote:: Has anyone sussed out the correct serial for the A-10 shown as 81-654 ?

82-0654/A10-0702

Martin

Location : Southwell Spotter Watch Member : No

Any lists of visitors?