30th March 1981

N7554A 39n 15w 04:20 F390 BUGIO 04:50 BEJA next, ETA Malaga 05:24, outside temp -50°C, wind 320/110, fuel remaining 25,500 lbs

B.707-123B, N7554A, working Santa Maria on 5610 (an early morning session!)

[Photo: at Kingman in July 1985 © Bob Garrard]

29th March 1981

N8341L 52n 40w 21:58 F190 52n 35w 22:47 53n 30w next

Delivery, (type?), N8341L

26th March 1981

N8364Z 53n 35w, F150 53n 30w 00:20, 53n 25w next

Delivery, PA-28 into Shannon, (also reported as N83364?). Position relayed via N8363A

N8363A 53n 35w 23:53 F130 53n 30w 00:55, 53n 25w next

Delivery, PA-44, N8363A into Shannon

N56420 52n 35w 23:53 F110 53n 35w 01:04, 53n 30w next

Delivery, Maule-5, N56420 into Shannon

19th March 1981

VV LK05 41n 20w 07:38 F290 39.30n 15w 08:17 BUGIO 09:00, BEJ next

U S Navy, P-3

MAC 70013 departed Frankfurt 06:05 47n 08w 08:00 F390 45n 15w 08:49, 43n 20w 09:23, ETA Lajes 10:26

USAF, C-141A, 67-0013 working Lajes Airways on 6750

KING 20 departed Keflavik 08:15 61n 28w 09:06 F200  60n 29w 09:19, 55n 30w 10:16, returning to Keflavik at 14:36.
On 'phone patch to Woodbridge and advised that the 1st cell was airborne at 08:10 and 2nd cell due to be airborne at 08:40.
Will orbit within a 25 mile radius of 55n 30w for 1 hour and 50 min's.
On 'phone patch to RENO Op's (Bentwaters) and advised that the 2nd cell were airborne at 09:15.
Called the WHIRL 98 and advised that he is their 'duckbutt' aircraft for to-day, also advised that two aircraft from the 2nd cell did not make it. The rendezvous point for the 1st cell is 56n 15.30w 10:05 with the 2nd cell 105 min's behind them.
Flight then departed his orbit at 12:50 and new ETA for Keflavik is 15:10. 55n 30w 12:45, F210 60n 29w 13:47, 61n 28w 14:01, TANGO 14:27, KEF

WHIRL 98 departed Fairford 08:26 56n 10w 09:40 F270 56n 15w 10:06, 56n 20w 10:30, 55n 30w 11:20, 55.30n 35w next ETA Pease AFB 15:01

LAURA 64 56n 10w 10:44, returning 56n 10w 12:25, ETA Fairford 13:54

LAURA 63 56n 20w 13:03 F240 56n 10w 13:48, returning to Fairford at 14:40 via MAZ 14:04 to VYL

LAURA 61/62/63/64 flight, our receivers are FISH 21/22/23/24 who departed Flesland, Norway and destination is Hill AFB, UT. LAURA 62 is proceeding Stateside.

LAURA 52 56n 10w 12:54, routing MAZ to VYL to Fairford

The KING, WHIRL and LAURA flights were all part of the 'Coronet Falcon' deployment where 10 388thTFW F-16A's (two failed to depart on the 19th, but left on the20th, via Alconbury) were returning to their base from Norway. All worked Croughton Airways on 11176, 6750 and 9011
KING 20 = HC-130, 66-0220
WHIRL and LAURA flights = KC-135's
FISH = F-16's

KING 26 departed Woodbridge 11:05 STN/Stornoway 13:02, 60n 10w 13:40 F220 61n 13w 14:01 LIMA next ETA Keflavik 15:22
On 'phone patch to DSN 228-4224 (Keflavik Base Op's) advised that they have 13 pax, transport required and ETA 15:34.

USAF, HC-130

14th March 1981

DOOR 66 53n 25w 11:15 F240, 53n 30w 1149, 53n 40w 12:57

USAF, C-130 (?)

KING 27 46n 15w 11:37 F230 48.13n 10w 12:29, 49n 08w 12:46, LND/Lands End, destination RAF Woodbridge. Received UHF frequency for London of 311.4.

On 'phone patch to DSN 424-6351 (JRCC), "we departed our orbit at 11:37, now with seven 'chicks' and three tankers, Ops normal, ETA Woody 14:15"

USAF HC-130, 69-5827, working Croughton Airways on 9011

HEADANCER on 'phone patch to RAYMOND 1 (TAC/ALCC Langley AFB, VA), advised "all receivers topped up with 3,000 lbs, with 10,000 lbs remaining to destination"

USAF, EC-135K, 55-3118, working Croughton Airways on a discrete frequency of 11180

[Photo: at RAF Fairford in June 1984 © Irish251]

[This was support for eight A-10's from the 138TFS/NY ANG, returning home from Lechfeld under the 'Coronet Sail' deployment, with the KING flight proving 'duckbutt' support]

10th March 1981

KING 26 45n 17w  F200, 42.45n 20w 09:55, 40n 25w next

USAF, HC-130, 69-5826, working Croughton Airways on 6750

8th March 1981

GK 2 57n 20w 10:04 F330 57n 10w 10:42 o/head Glasgow next, ETA London/Gatwick 12:10, fuel remaining 45,600 lbs

Laker Airways, B.707/DC-10?

VV 52181 38.28n 20w 10:13 F260 38.43n 25w 11:02 BRAVO RADAR next, destination Lajes.

[Photo: at Glenview NAS, Il in April 1976 © Gerrit Kok]

U S Navy, P-3A, 152181 working Lajes Airways on 8967.
Moved to the AMARC, AZ in June 1990 and subsequently sold to Hellenic Aerospace in May 1995 for spare parts.

PETRI 55 Flight 56n 20w 11:10 blocking F240/260, refuelling at 56n 10.15w 11:50, 56n 10w 11:51, 55n 04.13w 12:16, destination RAF Mildenhall
Our 'receivers' in tow are BANIG 11 to 14, who departed KHUF (Terre Haute) 09:45, ETA ENAN (Andoya) 14:17. (working Croughton Airways on 9011)

USAF, KC-135's escorting seven F-4C's from 113TFS/Indiana ANG to Norway for Exercise "Cold Winter" under a "Coronet Mast" deployment. The fighters subsequently diverted into RAF Alconbury due poor weather in Norway.

7th March 1981

TF-JMD 69.50n 21w 17:30 F120 Cape Tobin 17:55, we are cancelling our IFR flight plan

Flugfelag Nordurlands hf, DHC-6 Twin Otter 200, TF-JMD, working Iceland on 8910

[Photo: at Akureyri, Iceland © Gerhard Giesswein]

1st March 1981

RRR 4775 49n 08w 11:29 F280 45n 09.26w 12:22 42.06n 10.20w 12:53 outside temp' -48°C, wind 265/74, SelCal AJCE

RAF, C-130K, XV195 working Shanwick on 5638

RRR 4776 49n 08w 12:20 F260 45n 09.26w 12:57 42.06n 10.20w 13:35 destination Gibraltar, TAS 320 kts, SelCal AJDH, cleared 37n 10.20w - ORTOP - CB to destination.

RAF, C-130K, XV205 working Shanwick on 8945

XC-EXP 52n 50w 16:21 F220 CYQX/Gander 17:13

Permex, L-100-30, XC-EXP, working Gander 8889

[Photo: at Mexico City IAP on 11th August 1992 © Augusto Gomez Rojas]

N5073L 48n 50w 16:50 F370 50n 40w 17:45 51n 30w next, SelCal FJCL

B.727-30, N5073L