NAS Meridian (MS) - Saturday 26 March 2011

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NAS Meridian (MS) - Saturday 26 March 2011

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The following was logged by me on Saturday morning at this air show:

Golden Wings Over Meridian Air Show / United States Navy Centennial Air Show, NAS Meridian, Mississippi

Main gate:
T-2A "A-900" preserved Ex TW-1; 147522

Airfield gate:
TA-4J 158526/"A-700" preserved Ex TW-1 (A-704)
T-2C 159727/"A-900" preserved Ex TW-1 (A-988)
T-45C "A-100" preserved Ex US Navy (static test frame only!)

Warbirds on Flightline North:
AT-6D -- (N777AP) Ex USAAF; 42-84425
TB-25N "02344" N333RW Ex USAAF; 44-86734
F-4U-5 "122179/WR-5" N179PT VMF-312 mrks Ex FA Honduras; FAH603, ex US Navy; 123168
Harvard IV "AI-101" NX60DJ Japanese c/s Ex RCAF; 20473
SB-2C-5 "32" N92879 Ex US Navy; 83589
T-28B 138194/"2G-6-8" NX194RR VT-2 mrks Ex US Navy
T-28B 138360/"KB-5" N73MG USMC mrks Ex US Navy
T-28C 140553/"553" N28941 NATC mrks Ex US Navy
T-28C 140576/"A-576" NX289RD VT-24 mrks Ex US Navy
T-28C 140581/"2S-766" N666GR VT-5 mrks Ex US Navy
T-28C 146240/"NJ-093" N240CG VA-122 mrks Ex US Navy
+ Unknown: 1x P-51 and 1x N-2

Warbirds on Flightline East:
TA-4J 153524/"TM-08" N524CF USMC mrks Ex NTPS (08)
T-2B 155226/"B-300" N212TB TW-2 mrks Ex US Navy

Warbirds on Helicopter Field:
UH-1H 66-16624/61 N624HF Ex B/1-131st AVN/AL NG

Warbirds on Static:
C-1A 136778/778 N778SR VRC-40 mrks Ex US Navy
T-34B 140811/2S-501 N13WB Ex US Navy

Static:
C-17A 03-3115 183rd AS/MS ANG
CH-47D 92-00298 B/1-111th AVN/MS NG c/n checked: M3439
EA-6B 160609/129-AQ-11 VAQ-129 Centennial c/s
E-2C+ 164496/AC-601 VAW-126 c/n checked: A52-162
EA-18G 166899/55 VAQ-129 Centennial c/s
TH-57C 162064/E-100 TAW-5 Centennial c/s
SH-60B 164848/HR-515 HSL-48 c/n checked: 70-1931
T-6B 166064/E-064 TAW-5 Centennial c/s c/n checked: PN-55
T-34C 164172/E-5-TW TAW-5 Centennial c/s c/n checked: GL-352
T-34C 164169/E TAW-5 Centennial c/s c/n checked: GL-349
T-39G 165523/6-TW-100 VT-86 Centennial c/s
T-45C 165598/1-TW-101 TW-1 Centennial c/s

Hangar (closed):
T-45C (165081)/A-102 TW-1
T-45C 165470/A-127 TW-1
T-45C (165474)/A-131 TW-1
T-45C 165475/A-132 TW-1
T-45C 165490/A-147 TW-1
T-45C (165616)/A-174 TW-1
T-45C 165619/A-177 TW-1
T-45C 165627/A-185 TW-1
T-45C (165632)/A-190 TW-1
+ Unknown: 3x T-45C (TW-1).

Flightline behind hangar:
T-45C 165084/A-105 TW-1
T-45C 165459/A-116 TW-1
T-45C 165460/A-117 TW-1
T-45C 165492/A-149 TW-1
T-45C 165496/A-153 TW-1
T-45C 165604/A-162 TW-1
T-45C 165610/A-168 TW-1

Helicopter Field:
MH-65C 6557 no mrks USCG Mobile according to crew

Flightline North:
TC-12B 161197/G-197/327 TW-4 Centennial c/s
C-130T 164763 Blue Angels
F/A-18B 161723/7 Blue Angels
TH-57C 162053/E-89 TAW-5
T-6B 166077/E-077 TAW-5
T-34C 161836/G-815 TAW-4
T-45C 165083/A-104 TW-1
T-45C 165465/A-122 TW-1
T-45C 165473/A-130 TW-1
T-45C 165485/A-142 TW-1
T-45C 165488/A-145 TW-1
T-45C 165628/A-186 TW-1

Flightline East:
F-16CG 88-0521/HL 4th FS
F-16CG 89-2083/HL 4th FS
UV-20A 79-23254 USASOC Flt Det
F-5F 818034/AF-100 VFC-111 Sundowners special paint tail section
F-5N 761575/AF-114 VFC-111
F-5N 761585/AF-115 VFC-111
F-5N 761532/AF-116 VFC-111
F/A-18C (163451)/1 Blue Angels
F/A-18C (163498)/2 Blue Angels
F/A-18C (163442)/3 Blue Angels
F/A-18C ……/4 Blue Angels
F/A-18C (163435)/5 Blue Angels
F/A-18C (163456)/6 Blue Angels
F/A-18F (166659)/AD-232 VFA-106
F/A-18F (165887)/AD-241 VFA-106

The public entrance at the air show was via inner routes directly to the actual airfield (the Naval Air Station itself is much larger with various non-flying elements west of the airfield). Being the "stupid" tourist, I of course drove to the main gate first in order to see the preserved T-2 there. A friendly guard pointed me to the correct direction for the public parking area. The atmosphere at the show was very relaxed, there were no problems in walking by the Goshawk line behind the main hangar, which obviously was not realy part of the public area. The hangar behind this row was not completely closed, through the gaps in the various moving parts of the doors most aircraft inside could be identified, Three Goshawks however escapped identification, if anyone else could identify them I would gladly hear so! I was already long gone before the Blue Angels performed. While parked their flaps prevented me from reading the BuNo, they were taken from a report from Carey Mavor on the NAME list. Also the BuNo for Super Hornet AD-232 and the identity of the AT-6D amongst the warbirds were confirmed by Carey Mavor.

Regards,

Erik-Jan Engelen
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Erik-Jan.Engelen@Scramble.nl
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Re: NAS Meridian (MS) - Saturday 26 March 2011

Post by eriktex »

Hey Erik-Jan,


After your nice updates for Tyndall, here are a few for you:

Hangar (closed, but open on Sunday morning!):
T-45C 165081/A-102 TW-1
T-45C 165470/A-127 TW-1
T-45C (165474)/A-131 TW-1
T-45C 165475/A-132 TW-1
T-45C 165490/A-147 TW-1
T-45C 165616/A-174 TW-1
T-45C 165619/A-177 TW-1
T-45C 165627/A-185 TW-1
T-45C 165632/A-190 TW-1
plus 9 more - so 18 in total:
165630/A-188
165623/A-181
165618/A-176
165629/A-107 also marked CO
165461/A-118
165605/A-163
165620/A-178 VT-9
165613/A-171
165468/A-125 VT-9

Flightline:
C-130T 164763 Blue Angels - not noted on Sunday
F/A-18B 161723/7 Blue Angels - not noted on Sunday

Flightline east:
F/A-18C ……/4 Blue Angels
this was 163705

In fact all Blue Angels single seaters were parked in a hangar (plus the EA-6B and EA-18G probably due to the terrible thunderstorms!):

163455/6
161723/5
163705/4
163498/2
163442/3
163435/5
163451/1

Cheers,

Erik
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Re: NAS Meridian (MS) - Saturday 26 March 2011

Post by EvD »

Great log!
Not much to add.
Only that the right-hand side of the closed (but not closed enough :wink: ) shed behind the medical post held T-45s A-170 / A-169 / A-114 which did look stored there.
With regard to the warbirds, an addition on Sunday was:
P-51D N51YS/'411746' Scat VI former RCAF 9563
Btw T-28 140576's last opertor was Zaïre FG-576

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eriktex wrote:Hey Erik-Jan,


After your nice updates for Tyndall, here are a few for you:

Hangar (closed, but open on Sunday morning!):
T-45C 165081/A-102 TW-1
T-45C 165470/A-127 TW-1
T-45C (165474)/A-131 TW-1
T-45C 165475/A-132 TW-1
T-45C 165490/A-147 TW-1
T-45C 165616/A-174 TW-1
T-45C 165619/A-177 TW-1
T-45C 165627/A-185 TW-1
T-45C 165632/A-190 TW-1
plus 9 more - so 18 in total:
165630/A-188
165623/A-181
165618/A-176
165629/A-107 also marked CO
165461/A-118
165605/A-163
165620/A-178 VT-9
165613/A-171
165468/A-125 VT-9

Flightline:
C-130T 164763 Blue Angels - not noted on Sunday
F/A-18B 161723/7 Blue Angels - not noted on Sunday

Flightline east:
F/A-18C ……/4 Blue Angels
this was 163705

In fact all Blue Angels single seaters were parked in a hangar (plus the EA-6B and EA-18G probably due to the terrible thunderstorms!):

163455/6
161723/5
163705/4
163498/2
163442/3
163435/5
163451/1

Cheers,

Erik
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