20th March 1982

MAC 50218 on a 'phone patch to Lajes Command Post, we are A8A mission, have our oceanic clearance, ETB Lajes 12:10, with 19 pax, 1 pallet and 1 piece of rolling stock.

47n 08w 09:31 F390 45n 15w 10:18, 43n 20w 10:53, outside temp' -67°C, wind 320/60

USAF, C-141A, 65-0218 working Croughton Airways on 6750

VVV LM04 38.23n 15w 09:32 F220 38.45n 20w 10:14, BRAVO next

U.S.Navy, P-3 working Lajes Airways on 6750

HKY 32 dep' LPLA/Lajes 09:11 BRAVO 09:36, F230, 39n 20w 10:30, 39n15w 11:21, ETA LETO/Torrejon, Madrid 13:30

USAF, C-130, working Lajes Airways on 6750, with a secondary of 8967

N719A 53n 20w 13:01, F390, 53n 30w 13:56, 52n 40w next

ARAMCO, Gulfstream 3, N719A

18th March 1982

RRR 4930 53n 20w 18:39, F270, 53n 15w 19:08, o/head SNN next, wind 225/50, outside temp' -43°C

Royal Air Force, C-130K

AE 67956 dep Bermuda 21:23, DANER 22:17, F390, CHAMP 22:50, LYNAS next, ETA Andrews AFB 24:00, with four litters and 10 ambulatory patients

USAF Medivac flight, C-141, 66-7956, working MacDill Airways with a 'phone patch to Andrews on DSN 858-6632

OTIS 04 33.39n 68.27w 23:40 F220 BACUS 23:41, Weeksville next, penetration ADIZ (Air Defense Ident Zone) at 34.02n 70.37w 23:04

USMC, KC-130 working MacDill Airways on 8989, switched to 6746. MacDill also called the OTIS 08 on this frequency but no response.

16th March 1982

GAF 5089 OSCAR 20:28 43.12n 35w 21:30, F240, 45n 40w 22:35, 46.40n 45w 23:39, 48n 50w 00:36, ETA CYQX/Gander 01:00, wind 320/80, outside temp' -38°C

German Air Force, C-160, 50+89

VVV LM02 40n 15w 21:08, F270, 37.50n 10w 21:49, LGS/Logos next

U S Navy, P-3, working Lajes Airways on 6750

YV-433CP 45n 43.30w 21:44 F390, 47n 50w 22:25, St.Johns next

Learjet 35, YV-433CP, working New York on 8945

NP620 FZ 22:12, 35n 22.30w 22:37 F150, 32.38n 20w 23:08, 31.02n 18.22w 23:31, ETA Tenerife 00:11, endurance 04+55, SelCal ALBK

Heavylift Cargo, Shorts Belfast, G-BEPS working Santa Maria on 5610 and then called Canaries on 6610 but got no response.
This aircraft was previously with the Royal Air Force as XR368 "Theseus".

[Photo: G-BEPS at Dublin on 30th September 1997, © Carl Ford]

[Photo: G-BEPS being broken up at Southend on 25th October 2008, © Keith Burton]

14th March 1982

ALLOY 2601 57n 20w 08:42 climbing F190 to F210, 57n 10w 09:45, ADN/Aberdeen next. At 10w call Scottish on 324.4 UHF

Canadian Air Force (?) CC-130, working Shanwick on 5673

C-FROC 53n 30w 09:20 F410 52n 20w 10:02, 51n 10w next, wind 280/7-, outside temp' -48°C

Gulfstream 2, C-FROC, working Shanwick on 5624

[Photo: C-FROC at London/Gatwick on 9th May 1981; © Steve Barnes]

N679RW 52n 30w 06:03 F410 53n 20w 06:45, 53n 15w next

Gulfstream 2, N679RW working Shanwick 5673

N678RW 52n 30w 06:14 F390, 53n 20w 06:56, 53n 15w next

Gulfstream 2, N678RW, working Shanwick 5673

TW842 50n 30w 06:01 F370, 50n 20w 06:41, 49n 08w next, ETA Milan 09:10, wind 275/39, outside temp' -56°C, aircraft # 17125

Trans World Airlines, B.747-131, N93117 working Shanwick on 5673
This aircraft was withdrawn from use and stored at Mojave, where it was broken up in October 1998.

[Photo: N93117 departing London, Heathrow in April 1973; © Ed. Walton]

 

TW840 50n 30w 06:05 F350, 50n 20w 06:46, 49n 08w next, Mach .84, wind 285/82, outside temp' -58°C, aircraft # 17125

 

Trans World Airlines, B.747-136, N17125 working Gander on 5673.

This aircraft was damaged beyond repair on take-off from JFK on 20th December 1995 whilst operating as N605FF and subsequently broken up there in 1996.

 

[Photo: N17125 departing Athens on 6th May 1985; © Peter Cook]



13th March 1982

JAGET 41/42 Flight dep EGUN/RAF Mildenhall 12:15, 56n 10w 13:30, 56n 20w 14:43
JAGET 42 turning point at 55.35n 25w 15:12, 56n 10w 16:13, ETA EGUN 17:31
JAGET 41 55n 30w 15:45, ETA KBGR/Bangor 20:05
Our 'receivers' are RETRO81/81, who dep Lakenheath 12:15, ETA Pease AFB 20:30, and JAGET 42 offloaded 18,000 lbs to RETRO 81 and similar to RETRO 82. First receiver 'on' at 14:16 and 'off' at 14:30

Two USAF KC-135's with F-111's heading Stateside, working Croughton Airways on 6750

N66AL 53n 30w 17:17 F410 53n 20w 17:58, 53n 15w 18:17, SNN next, wind 260/60, outside temp' -47°C

Gulfstream 2, N66AL working Shanwick on 8910

JY267 EGL/Eagle Is. 17:41, 57n 20w 18:34, F350, 58n 30w next, wind 245/60, outside temp' -59°C, SelCal FHBD

Royal Jordanian Airlines, B.747, JY-AFA, working Shanwick on 5638

N327K 53n 30w 17:55, F410, 54n 20w 18:35, 54n 15w next

Gulfstream 2, N327K, position relayed via N66AL

N819GA 53n 20w 11:06, F390, 53n 30w 12:04, 51n 40w next, SelCal ACDJ

Gulfstream 2, N819GA working Shanwick on 5673, secondary 8889
Previously monitored on 131.5 VHF routing STU/Strumble to 53n 15w

7th March 1982

GAF 5091 43n 20w 00:25 F230, 45n 16w 01:12, 49n 08w next, wind 290/25, outside temp' -38°C

German Air Force, C-160, 50+91 working Santa Maria on 5610.
Return leg of previous report copied on 5th March.

ALLOY 2120 61.12n 06e 09:21 F240 64n 10w 10:28, 65n 20w next, ETA Frobisher Bay 15:40
endurance 12+40, wind 260/25, outside temp' -39°C
Oceanic clearance via 61.12n 00/64n 10w/65n 20w/65n 30w/65n 40w/65n 50w/64n 60w at F240

Canadian Air Force (?), CC-130

6th March 1982

RFR N4Oscar Shanwick advise that you are cleared to operational area at F200 and below and also to operate in the Shannon area at F100 and below and before entering the Shannon area to call on 124.7 VHF.
dep EGQK/Kinloss 10:45, F280 56n 10w 11:30, crossing the boundary at F60, operating between 06w and 15w

Royal Air Force, HS.801 Nimrod

ALLOY 2107 64n 40w 10:58 F260 63.35n 45w 11:30, 63n 50w next, ETA destination 18:30, endurance 10+25, wind 260/60, outside temp' -47°c

Canadian Air Force (?), CC-130 working Iceland on 8910

5th March 1982

GAF 5103 43n 20w 00:05, F210, 45n 16w 00:51, 49n 08w next, wind 270/30, outside temp' -25°C

German Air Force, C-160, 51+03, working Santa Maria on 5610

DEMAR 35 37.41n 15w 17:47, F310, 38n 20w 18:16, 38.50n 25w 18:46, ETA LPLA/Lajes 18:56, TAS 500kts. We are VHF equipped.

USAF, (type?) working Santa Maria on 5610.

GAF 5091 42n 35w 23:20, F250, MIKE 00:05, FL/Flores 00:10, GS 00:40, wind 260/56, outside temp' -42°C

German Air Force, C-160, 50+91 working Santa Maria on 5610

HB-GGO 51.30n 35w 23:45 F290 52.20n 30w 00:25, 52.40n 25w 01:00, 53n 20w next

Beechcraft King Air 200, HB-GGO, working Gander and Shanwick on 5610
On delivery to Europe (ex N256TW), later to become I-BMPE, F-GKCV and N147AP - Apple International Inc.

[Photo; HB-GGO at Dublin, Ireland on 10th May 1984: © Ken Meegan]

4th March 1982

D-INEF 45.55.9n 46.33.2w 20:28 F290 45.25n 45w 20:38, 43.40n 40w 21:35, MIKE 23:32

D-INEF Beech King Air 200, position report relayed via TAP302 and GAF 5103 on 8945 and 5610. Flight lost his HF.
This aircraft was later operated by Schreiner Airways as PH-SKP and 5B-CJM. Possibly written-off on 9th September 2014 at Noumea IAP, French Overseas.

RRR 2754 48n 50w 23:11 F370 50n 40w 23:57, ETA destination 03:00, SelCal CFAE

Royal Air Force VC-10, XV104, working Shanwick and Gander on 5610

HZ-AHL on the ground at London, Heathrow, requesting a radio check and SelCal on DEBH

Saudi Arabian Airlines, L.1011 TriStar, HZ-AHL

11th March 1982

MAC 40646 Mission # ABA4Q1, dep KDOV/Dover AFB 00:05, eta EDAR/Ramstein 07:00, 51n 40w 03:22 F330 53n 30w 04:03, presently in contact with Moncton Centre.

USAF C-141 Starlifter, 64-0646, working MacDill Airways on 6750