30th April 1980

N3558Z FL/Flores 23:00 F110 FIL/Horta 23:45 MGL/Ponta Delgada next

A delivery into the Azores, PA-31 Navajo, N3558Z [see comments below] (working Santa Maria on 5610)

FM 260 41n 15w 23:17 F200 39n 20w 00:23 ECHO next, next Santa Maria, TAS 240kts

French Air Force, C-160 (working Santa Maria on 5610)

12th April 1980

BA 173 MERLIN 09:03 F470 climbing F490 to F600 SM12w 09:20, SelCal BDEG

British Airways, Concorde, G-BOAB

[Photo: at London/Heathrow on 17th October 1992 © Gerry Barron]

Unlike regular North Atlantic jet traffic, the Concorde supersonic routing's were fixed, with the westbound track being assigned 'SM', hence SM15w would be 50° 41'N 15°W and the remainder of the routing was as follows:-

SM ......50° 50'N 20°W

SM ......50° 30'N 30°W

SM ......49° 16'N 40°W

SM ......47° 03'N 50°W

SM ......46° 10'N 53°W

SM ......44° 14'N 60°W

SM ......42° 46'N 65°W

SM ......42° 00'N 67°W

7th April 1980

VVV 23SJX 49.30n 15w 16:18 F270 50n 08w 17:06 ETA St. Mawgan 17:36

U S Navy, P-3 (working Shanwick on 8910)

N5349U 55n 15w 16:20 F110 52.45n 10w 17:43 Shannon next, call Shannon on 124.7 VHF

Cessna 206, N5349U on delivery from Gander to Shannon, then routed on to Fornebu (working Shanwick on 8945)

6th April 1980

ARGUN 49 56n 10w 08:02 F220 57n 12.31w 08:15 57n 20w 09:09 ETA Goose Bay 14:30
outside temp' -30°C, wind 230/45

ARGUN 41 56n 10w 07:38 F240 57n 20w 08:53 58n 30w 10:07 58n 40w next, wind 220/50

Two USAF, C-130's returning from a Mildenhall rotation (working Croughton Airways on 9011)

TOAST 96 56.30n 15w 08:03 56n 10w 08:38 F230 55.21n 08.09w 08:50 55.02n 07.30w  next ETA Mildenhall 10:50, endurance 06+30, wind 230/35, A2 for UHF#2, with 2 PAX and please relay to FORMAT (McGuire AFB, NJ), Ops normal, contact Scottish Airways on 135.85

USAF, C-130? working Croughton Airways on 9011

2nd April 1980

MAC 40618 53n 30w 06:20 F360 54n 20w 07:05 54n 15w next ETA Prestwick 08:30, one of our HF's is 'out'

USAF, C-141A, 64-0618

[Photo: at Prestwick on 17th August 1969 © Ken Marshall]

MAC 40612 50n 08w 06:33 F330 50n 07w 06:35 50.08n 05.38w 06:44, request weather for Vaerlose, Denmark for 08:30, in contact with London Military.

USAF, C-141A, 64-0612