31st March 1974

F-XCVE 48.30n 12w (12:00 approx') departing F220 to go operational below controlled airspace. Will call again at 15:00
48.30n 12w 15:00 requesting F270 48n 08w 15:55 (copied on 5638)

F-XCWD at 12.30w 1430 descending from F240 to F055 and below, will call again at 19:00

French Navy, Atlantic's on operational duties

KS 17 57n 10w 12:51 F180 61n 20w 14:10 ETA destination 18:28, outside temp' -17°C  TAS 290Kts, wind 220/30, fuel remaining 39,000 lbs

[Photo: departing East Midlands, UK on 8th April 1974 © Carl Ford]

Saturn Airways Inc, L.100-30, N17ST 
Sold to Trans International in December 1976 and then to Transamerica in October 1979. Regrettably it crashed on 27th August 1983 some 50 Km south of Dundo, Angola when it hit a mountain in fog.

VV WJ1L departed Keflavik 13:45 61n 13w 14:50 F210 60n 10w dct STN/Stornoway ETA RAF Northolt 17:30

U S Navy P-3C, 158923/LP-6 with VP-49

28th March 1974

RR 5636 48.40n 08.40w 17:58 F170 49n 08w 18:09 LND/Lands End 18:37

Royal Air Force HQ 38 Group flight (type?)

ULF01 45n 17w 18:08 F220 43.30n 20w 18:28

Iranian Air Force C-130E

Navy Weather 675 50n 13.22w 18:20 F100 47n 14w 19:08 46n 12.45w 19:26 45n 12.45w requested F110 destination Rota NAS

U S Navy WP-3A, 149675

SAM 86970 departed London/Heathrow 18:07 F350 52n 15w 19:25 52n 30w 20:40 ETA Andrews AFB 02:00

USAF (Special Air Mission - VIP) VC-137B, 58-6970, working Shanwick on 5610

F-UKCH  44n 13w 19:26 F370 44n 10w 19:44

French Air Force C-135F, 12736/93-CH, working Santa Maria on 5610

N228Z 56n 20w 23:07 F350 56n 30w 23:53 ETA Gander 0215

[Photo: at London Heathrow in 1973, © Charlie Stewart]

Private DC-9-15, N228Z

21st March 1974

MAC 67956 38.50n 15w 20:02 F350, your oceanic clearance via 39/20, 41/30, 41/40, 41/50, 41/60, 41.14/64.20, 41.17/68, J62, ACK at F310 Mach .74

USAF C-141A, 66-7956, working Lajes Airways on 89xx, with a secondary of 11271
(First report that I ever copied on my BC-348 receiver, similar to the one pictured below, powered by two 12v car batteries!).

9th March 1974

JELO 69 departed Mildenhall 11:10 57n 10w 12:55 F180 58.40n 15w 13:36 60n 20w 14:04 60.35n 25w 14:37 61n 30w 15:07 ETA CYYR/Goose Bay 19:10 relay report to Croughton Airways, McGuire AFB and TB5

JELO 65 61n 30w 13:05 F220 60.35n 35w 13:41 now in contact with Loring Airways

JELO 74 58.40n 15w 13:05 F200 60n 20w 13:36 60.35n 25w 14:07

Three USAF C-130E's on rotation back to the States from the regular Mildenhall TDY

4th March 1974

RR717 47n 15w 11:40 F280 46n 20w 12:35 change of FPL, now 46.30n 18w 12:14 50n 18w 12:58 50n 08w 13:53 50.10n 08w 13:58

Royal Air Force VC-10

SICK 60 46n 08w 12:32 F190 48n 10w 13:18 relay to Croughton Airways and TB5 (?)

USAF flight (type?)

CH007 departed Brussels 46.30n 08w 1429 F270 requesting F280 46n 10w 14:47 45n 12w 15:04 44.30n 13w 15:13 44n 15w 15:31 42n 20w 16:18 ETA Lajes 18:00

Belgian Air Force C-130H, CH-007

2nd March 1974

Gulfstream 9M-ARR 53n 15w 10:34 F390 53n 20w 10:59 request F430 at 30w, SelCal CDEF

[Photo: at London, Heathrow in 1973 © Michael West]

Government of Sabah, Malaysia, Gulfstream G-1159, 9M-ARR

KING 47 departed RAF Woodbridge 60n 10w 11:28 F240 61n 13w 11:51ETA Keflavik 13:05

USAF HC-130 from 67ARRS, Woodbridge

YU5060 54n  20w 18:12 F360 53n 15w 18:35 destination Belgrade

JAT B.707 (position relayed via Ocean Station 'J' on 5624 AM)