LOG: Baldonnel 16/04/09

Location : Dublin Spotter Watch Member : No

E120/314-LG Alpha Jet FAF6444 dep 1334

E125/314-LK Alpha Jet FAF6441 dep 1340

R42/61-MN C-160R CTM2993 dep 1349

Gerry Cheers

Location : Buxton, Derbyshire Spotter Watch Member : No

Gerry,

Any idea when E125 arrived? We noted E120 in the hangar yesterday late morning, at which point ATC were expecting a second one, but the weather wasn't the best!

Presume it was tech in the hangar and the C-160 brought spares?

Location : Dublin Spotter Watch Member : No

I don't know when E125 arrived but probably this morning.
As you say the weather was grim here and it got even worse this afternoon.
The Transall arrived around 1040.

E120 was one of three Alpha Jets that visited Baldonnel last week.
I saw it on 9th and thought it had departed on the 10th - but maybe its been in the hangar since then?

A few pics I took today for the record - despite the rain!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/3447923604/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/3447923538/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/3447109171/

Gerry

Location : Buxton, Derbyshire Spotter Watch Member : No

ATC told us 20 minutes, but nearly an hour later there was no sign! The guys in the hangar said the Alpha had been there "a few days", so I assume it went tech and ended up there all week...

Missed the Algerians by a day too!!!

Crying

Subject: Jets 2009-04-17, 03:16

They routed over me on their way back to France above the cloud though! :x lol

Cheers

Subject: Re: LOG: Baldonnel 16/04/09