17th April 1965

Air Force 72624 66.28n 00 1510 F085 66n 08w 1626 landing at Keflavik, requested the latest Keflavik and Prestwick weather.
Announced that he has a difficulty with the number four engine, an oil leak and request clearance direct to Prestwick at F085. The present position is 66.28n 00.08w 1510 turning for a direct heading to Prestwick. We are already at F085 and will descend to F080 to EGPK/Prestwick.
66.22n 02.30w 1533 F080 AB/Akraberg 1726, negative assistance required at this time. Please call Prestwick Rescue that our ETA is 1950. Ops normal at 1703, est AB/Akraberg 1722, Stornoway 1827.
At 1800 the flight changed to Scottish Centre.

USAF SC-54D, 42-72624

29th April 1965

MATS 17641 57n 02w 2131 F100 57n 03w 2256 endurance 14+35

USAF C-118A, 51-17641

VVV 41317 E10 2130 60.45n 10.15w then 60n 10w 2148 F050 STN/Stornoway  direct Skipness on ADR1 to Prestwick

US Navy EC-121P, from VW-13 Argentia, 141317

Marine 50868 60n 10w 2136 F080 IMC 61.40n 15w 2226 est' 100 miles out of Keflavik 2304, destination Keflavik

US Marine Corps C-54P, 50868

SW 801 59n 40w 2144 F350 57n 50w 2232 56.40n 51.41w 2241 ETA Charleston 0351

Seaboard World Airlines DC-8-55F, N801SW  [Photo: taken at Prestwick August 1965 © Ken Marshall via Neil Aird]

27th April 1965

Pacific Western 712 departed EGPK/Prestwick 1430/45 F150 ETA ENFB/Oslo-Fornebu 1710

Pacific Western Airlines DC-7C, CF-PWM

14th April 1965

RFR MJL29 47.30n 08w 1125 F080 climbing F090 47.22n 09w 1147 49.12n 09w 1229

RAF Hastings returning to Thorney Island (EGUV). Identity not possible from a 'tri-graph' call-sign, which is changed daily.

RFR MJL08 47.30n 08w 1205 F080 47.22n 09w next, then via 49.12n/09w direct 49.20n 08w FRQ/Ploneis 1115, on a 'round robin' from/to Thorney Island

another RAF Hastings

RD 295 52.55n 25w 2146 F120 53n 30w 2235 looking for Gander weather

Airlift International DC-7C(F), N295

CL 5401V 38n 20w 2200 F120 ECHO 22:40 ETA Santa Maria 2310

Capitol Airways L-1049H, N5401V

VVV 28444 58.30n 45w 2225 F100 53.35n 49.25w 0003

US Navy C-121J with AEWTULANT, Pax' River, 128444

GAZER 14 45n 20w 23:52 F080

USAF, SC-54D, 42-72547 having departed Prestwick at 18:00 for Lajes, with 17 POB. It had previously arrived into Prestwick (from Lajes) at 16:42 on the 12th April.
This C-54 was delivered to the USAAF on 31st March 1945 as a C-54D and later converted to a SC-54D 'Rescuemaster'. It subsequently served with the 57th ARS, at Lajes, as a HC-54D and on the 15th March 1966 it was delivered to the Portuguese Air Force for spares and allocated their tail-number 7514. It joined four other ex USAF HC-54D's that the Portuguese had acquired for spares, 42-72521, 42-72615, 42-72459 and 42-72575.

VC 15928 54n 37w 22:30 F200 climbing F220, 54n 40w 22:25, 53.35n 45w 23:35, ETA Trenton 15/03:50, endurance 07+30

Royal Canadian Air Force, CC-106 Yukon, 15928

12th April 1965

RFR NQW78 Ocean Station 'J' asked Prestwick if there was any news on Rafair NQW78 on a mail drop to us? Prestwick said no details available here, have you any more information?
OSJ replied, that a message received on the 9th April said that a Shackleton, call-sign NQW78, would do a mail drop between 12/1410 and 12/1430 and we were requested to keep watch on 3023.5 at 1300.
Prestwick advised that the flight had departed Kinloss at 1100 F080, for an exercise to OSJ. ETA 'J' at 1550 and he is commencing his exercise at 1430. The last contact with him was at 1115, nothing since.

WD 104 departed Dusseldorf 0958 F140 ETA Keflavik 1555, SelCal DHGJ

Wardair DC-6B, CF-PCI

VC 10301 57n 10w 1220 F265 climbing F280 61n 20w 1410 64n 30w 1535 65n 40w 1606 ETA Frobisher 1945

Canadian Air Force C-130B, 10301 (Note the old style serial presentation for the CAF)
This aircraft later served with the Columbian Air Force (as FAC1003) but ditched some 330 kms off the east coast of Cape May, NJ on 16/10/1982 when its navigation systems failed and it subsequently ran out of fuel. It floated for 56 hours!

MATS 20888 departed LPLA/Lajes 44.46n 06.30w 1438 F150 45.13n 03.36w 1520 CGC/Cognac 1558 destination Chateauroux, France

USAF C-97G, 52-0888

9th April 1965

AF 018 departed Paris Orly 0914 Round Island 1011 51n 10w 1034 F330 52n 20w 1133 ETA KJFK/New York 1716 SelCal EJAH

Air France B.707-328, F-BHSF

DAF 242 61n 06w 1033 F090 climbing F095 59.25n 00 1145 58.40n 02e 1220 ETA EKVL/Vaerlose 1410 endurance 08+00

Danish Air Force C-54, N-242

CL 04C departed Frankfurt 0912 56n 10w 1115 F310 57n 20w 1200 57n 30w 1250 ETA McGuire AFB 1733

Capitol Airways DC-8-54F, N4904C on U S military troop charter

Embassy GIT departed Faroe Islands 14xx F055 VMC HN/Hornafjordur 1610 destination Reykjavik

(Any ideas anyone on operator or aircraft?)

MATS 33285 44.40n 05.48w 1535 F150 STG/Santiago 1618

USAF C-118A, 53-3285

RFR 493 57n 10w 1103 F430 destination Goose Bay

RAF Vulcan/Victor?