Showing posts with label 1975/03. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1975/03. Show all posts

31 December 2012

17th March 1975

EVERGREEN 40 50n 11w 11:31 blocking F100/110 50n 10w 11:41 50n 08w 11:56 Mach .46

Royal Air Force (Aeroplane & Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe Down, UK), type (?)

BA GNM 59n 10w 11:56 F310 61n 14w 12:16 Keflavik 12:58

British Airways, B.747-136, G-AWNM on a training flight.

RFR 611 57n 10w 12:35 F390 60n 20w 13:16

Royal Air Force, Vulcan/Victor ?

14th March 1975

MPDXC 45n 15w 09:36 F330 48n 10w 10:11 49n 08w 10:29

Royal Air Force Establishment unit, Farnborough,UK, D.H. Comet 2E, XN453.


[Photo: at Farnborough, UK on 10th September 1960 © George Trussell]

This aircraft was subsequently scrapped at Farnborough in 1991

CFC 410 57n 10w 10:19 F200 59n 20w 11:36 ETA destination 17:15, endurance 09+30, SelCal FMEG

Canadian Air Force, CC-130E, 130321

13th March 1975

F-UKCK 44.20n 13w 16:06 F290 44n 20w 16:52 requesting F310

French Air Force, C-135F, 312739

RR9954 45n 17w 16:05 190 48n 10w 17:18 LND/Lands End next, ETA EGVN/Brize Norton 19:00, outside temp' -21°C, wind 290/20

Royal Air Force, Shorts Belfast

VV 76RM departed Luxembourg 14:45 10w 16:46 F260 61n 13w next ETA Keflavik 19:00

U S Navy, P-3 (?)

LX-LGV ground HF radio check at Dublin on 5616 SSB, strength 5x5 at 23:30. No response from Shanwick!

Luxair, B.707-373C-H, LX-LGV

[Photo: at Luxembourg in August 1977 © Mick Bajcar]

This aircraft was originally delivered to Aer Lingus as EI-AMW on 12th June 1964, being their first B.707-348. It finished service with Aer Lingus in June 1972, when it went to Luxair.
Regrettably it ended its days on 26th January 1982 when it was attacked by an Iraqi or Israeli fighter aircraft whilst flying a cargo of military supplies from Libya to Damascus. It managed to land at Damascus but was considered beyond repair. It was the operating with Alyemda, as 7O-ACJ having been sold to them in May 1979 from Air Algerie.

30 December 2012

12th March 1975

RR 6458 53n 15w 12:23 F200 53n 20w 12:55 revised TAS 340Kts, SelCal AHCD

Royal Air Force, Bristol Britannia C.Mk1, XL636

F-XCWA 47.30n 09w 15:00 F045 climbing F210 47.30n 08w 15:09

French Navy 23F, Atlantic returning to home base at Lorient

MTRQ Combine 49n 08w 15:05 F280/310 47.29n 08w 15:17 45n 09w 15:38

Royal Air Force flight of 3 aircraft, call-signs MTRQA, MTRQC and MTRQD (type ?)