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Re: Meppen Range 2017

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Today missions:

FLICKER01 NH90 BAF
FLICKER02 SA332 SpAF
FLICKER03 Tornado GAF
FLICKER04 F-16 BAF
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Re: Meppen Range 2017

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Possible inbound Meppen is SwissAF AS532 T-335 showing as SUI178 on SBS.
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French Cougar from 5RHC around 12:00lt inbound Meppen for landing, another French helo will follow tonight or tomorrow
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:roll: Hello,

I know the exercise will take place until 28-8 , but is there some sort off dayle flightscedule or is it just wait and see.

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AK01 wrote:Possible inbound Meppen is SwissAF AS532 T-335 showing as SUI178 on SBS.
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This Cougar arrived around 13:00lt
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camel1 wrote::roll: Hello,

I know the exercise will take place until 28-8 , but is there some sort off dayle flightscedule or is it just wait and see.

Best regards, Coen
Coen flying starts around 08.45, ending around 16.30.
Each mission is around 45min up to 1 hour and exists of one aircraft. No fixed schedule has been made public so far.
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belenos wrote:French Cougar from 5RHC around 12:00lt inbound Meppen for landing, another French helo will follow tonight or tomorrow
Was his callsign FMY8511 by any chance?
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Is the italian NH90 still there or did it left today?
Than I might check this afternoon....
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ADSB shows no logs at all since its arrival... so it is very unlikely it already left without being logged.
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AK01 wrote:
belenos wrote:French Cougar from 5RHC around 12:00lt inbound Meppen for landing, another French helo will follow tonight or tomorrow
Was his callsign FMY8511 by any chance?
Yes it was
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erik_kamphuis wrote:Is the italian NH90 still there or did it left today?
Than I might check this afternoon....
This NH90 did fly this morning as FLICKER01

Second player was a Buchel Tornado
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Today missions:

FLICKER01 NH90 AMI
FLICKER02 Tornado GAF
FLICKER03 F-16 BAF

around 17:00lt another French helo was at Meppen, unid :(
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F-16 was BAF502 (FA102, ADSB)
ALAT Cougar made a mission from 16.30-17.00h. 17.15h landed Cougar CHA. So no new French heli till 17.15h.
Italian NH90 and Swiss Cougar T-335 covered for the night.

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Thanks Erik!
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AK01 wrote:
camel1 wrote::roll: Hello,

I know the exercise will take place until 28-8 , but is there some sort off dayle flightscedule or is it just wait and see.

Best regards, Coen
Coen flying starts around 08.45, ending around 16.30.
Each mission is around 45min up to 1 hour and exists of one aircraft. No fixed schedule has been made public so far.
Pieter,
Thanks, Pieter
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