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Correct Gerard...not what I wrote...but it is the 161226 (SORRY!!)
...and yes, Lynx is ZG889

Weather in Meppen was totally crappy today... Here is a (not so very good) pic I shot today, just to show you the position of the "spotters place" near the heli port. There is a fire Brigade (?) gate at the Schlagbrückenerweg. This is the only spot where you can take photos. Unfortunately too many t...

I spoke to both crews (CH-53 and the C-160 guys who did it)...
This sure was a joke !

Monday, may 14th.
Day of departure movements, see "Messe-movements" (except for the P-3C).

The EC-135T1 82+55 had some engine problems, so the EC-135T1 82+52 came by to bring a mechanic.


...and please watch this for some fun from that monday...
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=85256

I shot these pics last monday (May 14th), the day after the Rotenburger Luftfahrtmesse at Rotenburg/Wuemme Airport (EDXQ). A Luftwaffe C-160D 50+97 and a HEER (army) CH-53G 84+59, were parked close together at this show. Overnight,from sunday to monday, the Transall crew fooled around at the CH-53 w...

Rotenburger Luftfahrtmesse 2012 May Sat.12th and Sun.13th 2012 57+01 Do-228-212(LM) (static) 83+13 Super Lynx Mk88A (static + air"show") 86+55 BO-105P1M (static) 72+64 UH-1D (static) 50+97 C-160D (static) 84+59 CH-53G (static) 82+55 EC-135T1 (static) 75+01 SE3130 AL.II (exhibit) (+ loads of civil) E...

...even een uitleg... ...voor de wat ouderen onder ons :-)... Ergens, heel lang geleden in de jaren ´80, was er een film genaamd: "Top gun". Iedereen wilde ineens straaljager piloot worden en op Tom Cruise lijken (...alhoewel ?? dat laatste weet ik zo net nog niet ?!?). ...een hele hype rondom deze ...

....guess this is good news :
http://www.oz-online.de/?id=542&did=49623

(.....hope you all know, at least, a little German)

JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA !!

roberto wrote:Just read on FF that the Phantoms will move to Jever from the 4th of Juli for a period of 6 weeks

I already told that here june 13th !
(just scroll a few messages back)

Tatan63 wrote:Hello,
I would like to know if there will be flying activity on the last week of July
Regards
Tatan63

....just read my message from June 13th......

;-) NO PROBLEM, Boelie !! Guess you will have luck with the weather, if you watch the forecast. WARNING: BEWARE OF THE TICKS (teken, rotbeesten) !!! ....enneh......vingers weg van de noord Duitse taugé ;-) Btw. July -August the Phantoms will fly from Jever. Wittmund closed because of some maintenanc...

boelie wrote:Hello,
Does anybody know if there is any flying activity on wednesday june 15th?

....just another normal working day, here in Germany.....

District Niedersachsen has Whitsun holiday from 3 until 14 June... Source: http://www.schulferien.org/Niedersachsen/niedersachsen.html .....I live in Niedersachsen....but my kids have school (like all kids here in the area)....... So, I don´t know where they got this june 3rd-14th holiday from ???

......here is a copy-paste of an email I received yesterday.... Der geplante Spottertag 2011 am 16.06.2011 ist aus operativen Gründen abgesagt. Falls etwas derartiges wie z.B. Spottertag geplant wird, wird es frühzeitig auf der Homepage http://www.Luftwaffe.de gekannt gegeben. Mit freundlichen Grüße...