Showing posts with label 1969/04. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1969/04. Show all posts

27 March 2012

29th April 1969

F-UKCI 50n 20w 2100 climbing from F350 to F370 50n 25w 2126

French Air Force C-135F, 312737/93-CI

MAC 40610 58n 30w 2124 F350 53n 40w 2205

USAF C-141A, 64-0610

MAC 30019 departed LPLA/Lajes 45n 17w 2122 F090 46n 15w 2152 wind 250/30 outside temp' -10C, endurance 10 hours 30 min's

USAF C-124C, 53-0019 (message relayed via Ocean Station 'K' on 5610)

24 March 2012

21st April 1969

WGAF 5332 44.37n 05.43w 1316 F070 44n 09w 1419

WGAF 5307 departed LFRS/Nantes 44.37n 05.43w 1300 F070 44n 09w 1400 destination LPBJ/Beja, Portugal

WGAF 5283 50n 10w 1304 F080 44.37n 05.43w 1340 44n 09w 1454

Three West German Air Force Nord 2501's, 53+32, 53+07 and 52+83 en-route from Nantes, France to Beja, Portugal

F-XCWF 42n 10w 1331 F090 43n 10w 1350

French Navy P-2V Neptune, from 23 Flotille based at Lann-Bihoue. Serial unknown but unit used call-signs in range F-XCWA/F-XCWZ.

F-ZBCB 44.55n 07.20w 1240 F200 Santa Maria FIR at 42.34n 13w 1402

French Air Force DC-7C, 45367/85-CB
In December 1978 it was sold to GCA and re-registered N90251; it ended up with Brooks Fuel Inc, AK in February 1995 and was withdrawn from use at Fairbanks, AK, as noted by the author in September 2004 (see below):-
[Photo: © Malcolm Nason]

4th April 1969

N8711Y departed CYQX/Gander, passing 32 nautical miles north of Ocean Station 'C' 0827 F190 heading 051 degrees 52n 45w 0612 52n 40w 0712 53n 25w 1022 20w 1130 destination Shannon

PA-30 (?) on delivery N8711Y. The 25w report was received via Ocean Station 'J'.
The flight was heard the previous day (3rd April) with an ETA for Gander of 2347 on 5624.

N6850Y 53n 25w 0620 F130 53n 20w 0715 destination Shannon

Piper Aztec on delivery, N6850Y

FloAir 226 from Gander to Shannon over Ocean Station 'J' 1353 F110 endurance 2 +/- hours.

Cessna 401A on delivery, F-BRIV

WD 01 departed Prestwick 0754/0804 59n 10w 1023 F100 61n 14w 1153 60n 20w 1248 ETA Keflavik 1351

Wardair Ltd., Bristol Freighter Mk.31, CF-WAG.
This machine had previously routed to Prestwick from Lasham and was noted on the 2nd April making ILS runs at Hurn from Weston. It was delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force on 15th July 1955 as 9700 and this report records its delivery from Europe to Wardair Ltd. It was subsequently damaged beyond repair on 3rd May 1970, at Great Slave Lake, near Snowdrift, NWT, Canada when it fell through the ice and could not be recovered.