Maybe more helo activity 19-22/07

Triple Nickel

From 19 till 22 juli the "Nijmeegse 4 daagse" is held around Nijmegen.

A lot of Armed Forces take part in this March and every year a Finnish AF F27 and Canadian A310 land at Eindhoven. Stupid off course, because Niederrhein is much closer to Nijmegen!

Nevertheless there will be some Helo's to be seen around Nijmegen and the town off Cuijk. There is a gooed chance that some of these helo's will refuel at NRN. (last year we had 2 German Army Bo-105's).

In the Laarbruch-times we had alway lots of US Army stuff, like C-12's U-21's and Blackhawks during these days.

So keep your eyes open...

The 4-daagse takes place from: 19-22 juli05

Greetz, Ron

Triple Nickel

First helo was a zonecrosser... however he did cross overhead the airfield.

ArmyAir033 Gazelle AH1 12 Flt

crossed NRN via overhead from Bruggen to Nijmegen and back, and he did it in the morning and afternoon. Very nice to hear on scanner. The pilot made a small joke on the returnflight:

"AA033 we are still a Gazelle helicopter, back from nijmegen"

Yeah right.... if the aircraft type would change during flight...

Further more I heard more choppers in the CTR, one of them was a Dutch Chinook wich was "D-663", and another one was "Boxer31". I could not hear a/c type. Something with ...52???

I was told by SMS that an RAF Merlin was inbound NRN but it did not fly into the CTR...

So hopefully some of the helo's will land in the next couple of days...

Greetz, Ron

Morpheus

Hey,

The Merlin was the ZJ127/L with callsign RFR7338 and asked Volkel tower for NRN frequenties. But appearantly the did not used it!

Are you sure that BOXER31 is a helo? BOXER is an F-16 callsign.

Copter

At Scramble (http://scramble.ykoon.nl/viewtopic.php?t=15329) I read that someone saw a CH-53 near De Peel that day at around 14.50 ht LT. Maybe this was the "boxer31" ?

See ya

Copter

letsmoveit

The Merlin you mentioned arrived in ETUO on Monday ( see my message ) and will fly missions from there until Friday. Maybe on their way back they will drop in for a coffee at NRN. I keep my fingers crossed for you

Triple Nickel

Thanks for sharing this info, Letsmoveit.. Let's hope they will do a low approach or better: Full Stop tomorrow....

Yesterday's chopper activity in NRN:

1x SA-318C Allouette II from BGS for a fuel stop.

And today:

D-HKLE EC120 crossing overhead

Furhtermore no signs of "4daagse aktivity"

Greetz, Ron

letsmoveit

So what happened to that Merlin today ?
Did anyone see him at NRN on its way back to RAF Benson ?

Morpheus

The Merlin made a fuelstop at Volkel AB again and then went back to the UK.

Triple Nickel

Too bad:

And it was the last and final day for '4daagse' activity. Today the GermanArmy Echo031 formation, consiting of 2 bo105's crossed NRN overhead.

So we had no full stoppers, but then again, there weren't even no visitors at eindhoven this year??? No finnish af F-27 and no Canadian Airbus...

Greetz, Ron

letsmoveit

Dont cry too long for that gone opportunity...

I picked up some exciting infos while I was in Waddington from a guy from 28 Sqn., and with some luck we will get some excitement chopperwise in September. I will get further details in Elvington at the great Yorkshiere Airshow, and will keep you informed as soon as its for sure to say.
Keep your fingers crossed for some fun in September guys

!

Copter

letsmovit:

Does this "fun" have to do with Niederrhein or wuth Gutersloh ?

At friday 22/07/05 I was at Cuijk (NL), a village on the Vierdaagse route. Seen at the temporarly heliport where:

A-301 Alouette III 300 Sqn
A-247 Alouette III 300 Sqn (overflying)
87+76 Bo-105P1 demod German Army

Greetz

Copter

letsmoveit

@Copter:
he couldnt or didnt want to specify his infos regarding which areas are effected and how many caps are involved.
Lets wait that it works out in a way that we have the possibility to share it.
Keep your fingers crossed, and I send you those details as soon as I receive them