30th May 1974

Navy XX4M 50n 08w 20:03 F055 advised to maintain F070 east of LND/Lands End, destination RAF St. Mawgan, there is no known traffic at F070 from 08w to LND. At 08w contact London on 124.75 VHF.

U S Navy P-3, or possibly a Royal Netherlands Navy SP-2? [Can anyone clarify?]

29th May 1974

VV 31608 38.07n 29.42w 20:44 F120 37.42n 35w 21:47 FIR/37.09n 40.00w 22:57

U S Navy, R6D-1 Liftmaster, 131608 (working Lajes Airways on 8967)
Requested a radio check on 2153 but Lajes advised they do not transmit on that frequency.

This machine was later sold onto the civilian market as N830CS with Everets Air Fuel, AK but returned to the AMARC, AZ in 2001 and later scrapped at the Western International Yard, Tucson, AZ, see image below:-

[Photo: at Tucson scrapyard on 7th April 2009 © Nils Mosberg]

28th May 1974

OTCDF 54n 20w 22:25 F120 55n 30w 00:10 ETA Gander 04:15, wind 290/29, outside temp' -6°C, endurance 10hrs 10mins, encountering moderate turbulence

Belgian Air Force DC-6A, KY-4

KS 11 departed ESCA/Stockholm 22:00/03 ETA HAAB/Addis Ababa 03:03 fuel uplift 3,209 gallons

Saturn Airways Inc., L.382G, N11ST "W.C. Fields" (working Shanwick on 5610!)
Subsequently re-registered N911ST in March 1988 but written off on 12/08/1990 at Juba, Sudan when an engine failed on take-off and aircraft overran the runway and burned on attempting to recover to the airfield.

25th May 1974

RAINY 51 60n 10w 10:10 F220 61n 13w 10:33 LIMA 11:20 to Keflavik
RAINY 52 60n 10w 10:16 F200 61n 13w 10:39 LIMA to Keflavik
RAINY 54 passed STN/Stornoway.....(message faded out)

Three USAF items (type ?) en-route to Keflavik.
[All working Iceland on 5610]

RR 4638 45n 14w 10:04 F260 40n 20w 10:56 SelCal AKBD

Royal Air Force, C-130K, XV222
[working Santa Maria]

RR 4628 from RAF Lynham to Lajes, est' 08w 13:04 SelCal AJFH, requesting oceanic clearance.

Royal Air Force, C-130K, XV214

23rd May 1974

N320HG 48n 40w 19:12 F310 50n 50w 20:22 Gander next

STC Corporation, B.727-1HE, N320HG

POPE 25 45.32n 11.28w 20:47 blocking F220/270 48n 11.30w 21:14 47.10n 08.35w 21:31 45.13n 09w 21:47 45.32n 11.28w 22:07 48n 11.30w 22:37 47.10n 08.35w 22:54
Shanwick advise that your replacement aircraft is SCREW 35 at 50n 08w 00:57 F270

USAF tankers

WO 803 departed Malaga 21:53/02 CP 22:46 40n 15w 23:25 F350 Mach .80 ETA New York/Kennedy 05:54, SelCal KLAM

World Airways, DC-8-63F, N803WA

OU G-BAAA calling San Juan on 5610 (no position report copied)

Court Line, Lockheed 1011, G-BAAA "Halcyon Days"

YU 2156 54n 20w  F350 54n 30w 21:16 SelCal EGDH (copied on 5638)

JAT, B.707-340C, YU-AGG leased from PIA, ex AP-AUO