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15 April 2013

21st July 1979

OTIS 694 departed Cherry Point 21:28 F270 ETA Bentwaters 09:10 o/head Shannon 07:12, o/head Cork 07:17 STU/Strumble 07:43 TAS 260 kts, unable to contact Shannon on VHF.

Subsequent 'phone patch with Bentwaters Operations, ETA 08:45 with maintenance problems, we are a C-130 with one engine shut-down, now revised ETA of 09:10.

USMC KC-130, working Croughton Airways on 6750

EMBER 88 departed RAF Mildenhall 09:26 F280 57n 10w 10:47 60n 30w 12:30 ETA Offutt 19:50, routing 59/20, 60/30, 60/40, 59/50, Wabush. Negative VHF on board, only UHF frequencies.

USAF, RC-135

11 April 2013

18th July 1979

FAF 299 21n 50w 22:35 F290 climbing F330 24n 40w 23:48 26n 30w/30n 20w/31.38n 17.22w/STG to destination at Mach .80

French Air Force, DC-8 (?)

BW 900 18n 55.30w 22:57 F370 24n 50w 23:54 27n 47w 00:23 ETA London/Heathrow 05:49 SelCal ELFK

British West Indian Airways, B.707-321B, 9Y-TEZ

N2875A 54n 35w 23:40 F090

Piper PA-28 Cherokee, N2875A, delivery en-route to Shannon. (Position relayed via N2874W)

15th July 1979

GAF 5048 NOVEMBER 22:53 F240 OSCAR 23:19 41n 30w 23:17 45n 40w 01:26 outside temp' -26°C, wind 050/35

German Air Force, C-160D, 50+48 (working Santa Maria on 5610)

GAF 5091 November 23:03 F220 OSCAR 23:26 45n 40w 01:27, outside temp' -21°C, wind 050/26

German Air Force, C-160D, 50+91 (in-trail with the above)

10 April 2013

14th July 1979

RFR 84GVF 61n 00 08:35 F290 63n 00.10e 08:52 68n 00.50e 09:34, cleared to F200 and below in your operational area.

Royal Air Force, Nimrod (?), working Bodo

RRR 5895 53n 15w 15:30 F240 53n 20w 16:07, wind 270/23, outside temp' -2°C.

Royal Air Force, C-130K, (previously over-head Shannon)

EC-CBO request Oceanic clearance at F280 or F270, 49n 08w 20:32

Iberia, DC-10-30, EC-CBO "Costa del Sol"

[Photo: EC-CBO landing at Miami, FL in January 1976, © Bob Garrard]

30 March 2013

9th July 1979

GULL 45 50n 08w 07:40 F330

USAF, WC-135

VVV LV56 45.30n 40w 22:37 F250 42n 35w 23:29 LIMA 00:07 ETA Lajes 00:48

U S Navy, P-3 (called Lajes Airways on 6750, no response but Croughton Airways established contact on 8967)

6th July 1979

RFR 22LMK Estimating the Oceanic FIR at 59n 10w 16:15, awaiting Oceanic clearance.
Clearance received via, 59/10, 58/15, 59/15.20, 60.40/16 at F260. We request descent at 15w.

58n 15w 16:49 F260 59n 15.20w 16:57, cleared to F150 and below.

Royal Air Force, HS.801 Nimrod ?