20th March 1983

QH200 53n 20w 11:27 F370 53n 15w 11:45 Shannon next, destination EGKK (Gatwick)

B.707, N3238N JET 24, working Shanwick on 5616

N299W 51n 20w 11:34 F390 51n 30w 12:46, 50n 40w next, rcl F410

DA.50, N299W from Amsterdam to Gander, working Shanwick on 5616

World 107 48n 08w 11:37 F310 46n 20w 12:48, 46n 30w next, wind 295/60, temp' -53, fuel remaining 137,500

DC-10 N107WA World Airways working Shanwick on 5616

CFC533 51n 12w 12:43 F180 49n 15w 13:27, 45n 20w next, temp' -24 SelCal FMEK

CC-130 130315 Canadian Air Force working Shanwick 5616

N300DK 51n 20w 13:27 F410 49n 30w 14:36, 49n 40w next

Lear Jet 36, N300DK from Cork to Gander, working Shanwick on 5616

VVV LD07 60n 10w 13:15 F240 61n 12.34w 13:34, LIMA 14:13, BIKF (Keflavik) next

P-3, U S Navy destination  Keflavik, working Shanwick on 5616

Boeing N705PC 51n 15w 14:50 F310 50n 20w 15:32, 49n 30w next

B.707 N705PC Skyworld (ex Ports of Call Travel Club)

19th March 1983

 

N100A 56n 20w 10:40 F390 55n 30w 11:38, 56n 40w next

Gulfstream 2, N100A from Edinburgh to Gander, working Shanwick on 5616

N199AM 48n 08w 13:24 F350 48n 20w 14:34, 48n 30w 15:35, 47n 40w next

B.727, N199AM, from Frankfurt to Gander, working Shanwick on 5616

[Photo: N199AM, B.727-21 at Orlando, FL on 1st June 1991; photo credit - Paul Denton]

N333GU 54n 20w 13:43 F430 54n 30w 14:39, 54n 40w next

Gulfstream 3, working Shanwick on 5616

MAC 67956 54n 20w 14:11 F410 54n 15w 14:31 EGL (Eagle Is) next

USAF C-141, 66-7956, working Shanwick on 5616

PIA 711 48n 08w 16:30 F310 48n 20w 17:36, 48n 30w next, SelCal CJAE wind 262/40, temp' -48

Pakistan International Airlines, DC-10-30, AP-AYM, working Shanwick on 5616

RJA 263 48n 08w 16:33 F370 48n 20w 17:39, 48n 30w next, SelCal FHCD

Royal Jordanian Airlines, B.747, JY-AFB, working Shanwick on 5616

MAC 00454 47n 40w 23:30 F350 40n 50w 00:41 NANKS next, wind 360/93, temp' -63

USAF C-5, 70-0454, working Gander on 5616

18th March 1983

 TWA 704 55n 20w 07:53 F410, EGL (Eagle Island) 08:32, DUB next, outside temp' -52°, wind 260/48, aircraft number 17203

Trans World Airways, B.747SP, N57203 working Shanwick on 5616

[N57203 B.747SP at Milan in May 1984, photo credit: Caz Caswell]

KITE 53 52n 20w 08:03, F350, 52n 15w 08:25, CRK next, with a subsequent 'phone patch to Ramstein, (via Croughton Radio on 6750) advising Mission number ABA2R3P, with 17 pallets, ETB EDAR at 10:40.

USAF C-5 working Shanwick and Croughton

17th March 1983

MAC 38079 dep MKPA (St. Johns/Coolidge, Antigua) 23:20 14.38n 56w 00:17, F370, 06.25n 40w 02:33, 00.00n 30w 04:03, ETA FHAW (Wideawake/Ascension) 06:25, mission # AQA483

USAF C-141B, 63-8079 working Albrook, Panama on 8993

HAWK 03 61n 12.34w 16:42 F090 60n 10w 17:07 STN (Stornoway) next, call Scottish on 124.9 VHF or 324.4 UHF at 10w

US Army RV-1D Mohawk, 67-14262, working Shanwick on 5616, routing from Keflavik to Prestwick with two other OV-1D's, HAWK 01 = 67-18910 and HAWK 02 = 67-18902, all possibly destined for South Korea

EIN 9107 53n 15w 16:4- F180 53n 20w 17:29, 53n 30w next, position relayed via N1CC (B.727 from Stansted to Newark) as the EIN flight was having HF trouble on both transmitters.

Aer Turas Cl-44J EI-BGO on lease to Aer Lingus for cargo service, working Shanwick on 5616

[Credit: The author, at Deauville, France, displaying the swing tail]

HB-PGY 51n 30w 21:37 F090, 53n 25w 22:52, 53n 20w next, position relayed via Flying Tiger 005

PA-28, HB-PGY on delivery to Europe, via Shannon, working Gander on 5616

[Credit: Vin LK (via Flickr)]

N2494K 52n 40w 21:52, F090, 53n 35w 23:22, 53n 30w next

PA-28, N2494K on delivery to Europe, from Gander via Shannon then Rotterdam, by Globe Aero

MAC 59413 56n 20w 22:46, F370 56n 30w 23:44, 55n 40w next

USAF C-141B, 65-9413 from 438MAW

6th March 1983

MAC 90021 55n 20w 11:12 F330 55n 10w 11:53 BEL next, wind 240/50, outside temp' -49°

USAF, C-5, 69-0021 working Shanwick

N106G 60n 10w 11:16 F350 61n 12.34w 11:34, LIMA next

Jet Star, N106G from Luton to Keflavik, working Shanwick on 8864

FT 007 49n 08w 11:24 F310 49n 20w 12:21, 49n 30w next, fuel remaining 185,000, SelCal BLCD

Flying Tiger Line, B.747, N805FT working Shanwick on 5616

[Started life with Delta as N9900 in 1971 and operated under several guises as N625FE, VR-HKC, N625PL, N709CK under which it was scrapped in 2015.]

HZ-NR2 49n 08w 12:03 F430 50n 20w 13:09, 51n 30w next Mach .80, SelCal AJGH

Gulfstream 3, HZ-NR2, from Paris, Le Bourget to Bangor, working Shanwick on 5616

5th March 1983

PHONO 55 blocking F220/270 from 14:31 till 17:50 in an area from 50n 08w to 45.10n 08.10w, we will be trailing an OSCAR wire antenna.

USAF EC-135? working Shanwick on 5616

IVORY 46 dep at 11:24, 52n 15w 15:11, F220 53n 20w 15:59, 54n 25w 16:43, 55n 30w next, eta Goose Bay 21:32

IVORY 48 52n 15w 15xx, F240 55n 20w 15:56, 55n 30w 17:22, 55n 35w 18:06, 55n 40w next, wind 290/22

IVORY 87 52n 15w 15:43, F240 53n 20w 16:28, 54n 25w 17:13, 55n 30w next wind 310/22, outside temp' -28°

Three USAF C-130's returning to the States, working Shanwick 5616 and Gander 13291

N895PA 50n 20w 16:33, F370, 50n 30w 17:26, 51n 40w next

American Overseas Airways, B.707-321B, N895PA working Shanwick on 5616

[Started life with PAA in 1969 and then moved to Skystar before AOA, re-registered N895SY in 1983 and served with multiple operators before being broken up in San Antonio, TX in 1989.]

[N895PA at Copenhagen © Jay Dee Kay, via Flickr]

N119R 57n 30w 16:45 F410, 57n 20w 17:24, 56n 10w next

R.J. Reynolds Industries, Gulfstream 2, N119R, from Gander to Zurich, working Shanwick on 13291

[Was w/o on 19/01/1990 after undershooting at Little Rock National, AR, as N46TE with Eastman Kodak Co.]

CFC 762 49n 20w 17:06 F330 49N 30w 17:58, 50n 40w next, req' F350, SelCal FMKL

Canadian Air Force, CC-137, 13704 working Shanwick on 13291

4th March 1983

MAC 90021 45n 13w 19:11 F350 46n 20w 19:50, 46n 30w next

USAF, C-5, 69-0021 working Shanwick on 5598

FXCXH 43.30n 13w, 42.10n 18w 21:00, F230, 41.30n 20w 2113, ALPHA 22:19, TAS 240kts

French Navy 12F, P2V-7 Neptune? en-route to The Azores, working Santa Maria on 5598

N790FA 43n 30w 20:06 F390 37n 40w 21:30, 29n 50w next

Lowa Ltd., B.707-138B, N790FA working Santa Maria on 5598

[N790FA at Basle in January 1985 © Irish251]

[Started life with Quantas as VH-EBB in 1959, then carried multiple identities including N790SA, D-ADAP, TC-JBN and N138SA under which it was w/o in an arson attack at Port Harcourt, Nigeria on 05/09/1998.]

GAF 5105 39n 20w 20:38 F220 BRAVO 21:29, B-RADAR next, wind 050/30, outside temp' -38°

German Air Force, C-160, 51+05 working Santa Maria on 5598