RAF Odiham Families Day 31st May 2014

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RAF King Air appeared to be on approach this afternoon, presumably for Families Day tomorrow

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Jun 16, 2014 22:23:32 GMT @captainbob said:

Jun 16, 2014 22:01:58 GMT @eelmoor said:

As in spoken about but not confirmed

As my old man used to say 'the word you are unsuccessfully groping for' is MOOTED . . .

Lol, wondered why I couldn't find the definition for 'muted' that i was looking for :-)

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I'll take that!

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Flying now starts at 13.15 with Chinook display.

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Lovely day for it, Tutor, Lynx and Chinny all done very nice displays. Waiting to see what else appears

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The Herc was rather nice at 700ft just to the west of Alton!

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Does anyone have a list of what attended, please?

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I have a (very) partial list from over the fence.

Lynx AH7 XZ214, ZE378
Chinook HC3R ZH897, ZH903/HR
G115E Tutor G-BYXM
Tucano T1 ZF244
Dakota C3 ZA947
C-130J ?? (callsign Ascot 219)

Needless to say the RAF Rivet Joint never showed!

There were many visiting light aircraft, but all I got were:

PA38 Tomahawk G-BMVM
Remos GX G-SBDB

Perhaps someone had an invite and got inside?

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Had a nightmare taking pictures, could not get the settings right, was just too bright..



The few shots with which I was happy are below.

www.flickr.com/photos/98925743@N07/sets/72157644878955849/

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Jun 22, 2014 9:16:35 GMT @adola68 said:

I have a (very) partial list from over the fence.

Lynx AH7 XZ214, ZE378
Chinook HC3R ZH897, ZH903/HR
G115E Tutor G-BYXM
Tucano T1 ZF244
Dakota C3 ZA947
C-130J ?? (callsign Ascot 219)

Needless to say the RAF Rivet Joint never showed!

There were many visiting light aircraft, but all I got were:

PA38 Tomahawk G-BMVM
Remos GX G-SBDB

Perhaps someone had an invite and got inside?

Thanks Adola.

Saw a couple which were departing from Odiham-

-Puma
-Alouette V-54/G-BVSD (thanks to fightercontrol site for that one)

The King Air I saw arrive on Friday was ZK456

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"Needless to say the RAF Rivet Joint never showed!"
Over the 4 years I was sorting the aircraft for this event, the no shows list was extensive, ranging from the dc-6 to e3 and a10. It took 3 years for the b17 to show up(blown engine and oil leak)!
I found the best way was to talk to as many people as I could and see what resulted, one year I had a chat with the russian knights and swifts! sadly that came to nothing after it was suggested we talk to each others defence ministers.

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I didnt think it would show, mainly due to it being a saturday !! Looks like they missed your input again this year..... Perhaps you should volunteer your services next year. ... Lol

[Buster the Bear]

ZH889
ZD283

I guess it depends upon the budget as to what you can attract outside from the UK military participation? I am sure that fx06 will agree, it is not about what you know, more who you know?

Operating costs of all aircraft types have rocketed, mainly due to the price of oil and insurance. There are plenty of exciting aeroplanes that would probably love to come and display - at a cost!

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Does your crystal ball have any suggestions for the Puma? Thanks!

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Sorry, nothing appeared.

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Oh well. Thanks for checking

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Some others on static not mentioned.
Lynx AH9 ZF539
Hawk T2 ZK022
Squirrel HT1 ZJ271
Chinook MK6 ZK552
Merlin not noted
Puma not noted
Confirming King Air ZK456 was static

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Got to say, thats the least exciting (is that the best way of putting it without insulting?) line up for a families day I've seen for a while! Perhaps fx can add anything, but I wondered if the enthusiasm for a show on base just isnt there. It seems to be getting less and less each year. I have been fortunate enough to be invited each year, although didnt attend this time, but it seems to be the aircraft attending are diminishing. I appreciate aircraft cancel, but the poster this year well in advance only advertised Chinooks, Lynx, a Grob and tucano flying. Families Day had also been brought forward as well, and although there must be a good reason, I wish they could hold it nearer to Farnborough/airtattoo week to maybe gain a few flyovers.
And dont let yourself think this is a selfish enthusiast talking! My group of friends from the base were all complaining about it! Biggest complaint from them it seems, was if you cant get the Red Arrows, why not an alternative display team? Any thoughts FX?

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The real key here is have the display midweek, a lot of military aircraft can do a sortie to and from the event. It more or less guarantees acts being free to come. The red arrows question, was always the bane of my time, because you can get a typhoon or an f16 but unless the reds are there people moan! so it was great when the aerostars and the blades agreed to be involved. The first year I was part of the event team Weston's show cancelled so we ended up with all the RAF participation from there, when the dates were moved the reds were already doing 2 displays elsewhere so that was that. Finally you need someone to take hold of things and devote a lot of time and effort to it, I suggest you talk to your pals on base and get them to thrust themselves into the limelight, if they want any gen I am more than happy to help.

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I remember trying years back to get the Russians to send a Tu-95 to various UK shows but it ended up with a "get your defence chief of staff to call my defence chief of staff" so ended up going nowhere.

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Thanks FX, not sure they'll be willing to have that limelight! You know what they are like! I know what you mean about the reds moaning, but the aerostars and Blades went down well. The move to a weekend was also another moan I regularly hear ("now we've got to come in on our days off")! Interesting to hear it from your side though.

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Just for the record the Puma was XW229,Merlin was ZJ137, The 3 Lynx were XZ214,ZE378 and ZF539, Chinook HC6 on the ground was ZK552, Hawk T2 was ZK022,The C-130 was ZH889 and G-XXEB landed later. hope this helps.