FAO Farnborough Spotters

[couzens]

18.30 on weds. U.S. aircraft.

[couzens]

18.30 on weds. U.S. aircraft.

[lynothehammer]

couzens said:

18.30 on weds. U.S. aircraft.

Do you know if this is still due tonight ?

[Vixpy1]

lynothehammer said:

couzens said:

18.30 on weds. U.S. aircraft.

Do you know if this is still due tonight ?

Prob not, as its tuesday

[lynothehammer]

Vixpy1 said:

Prob not, as its tuesday

That's a very good point... Doh !

[Trevatanus]

couzens said:

18.30 on weds. U.S. aircraft.

This still on as far as you know?

[ecsrobin]

A C17 has landed at Odiham today.

[Trevatanus]

ecsrobin said:

A C17 has landed at Odiham today.

I believe that was a Canadian one this morning.

[yellowjack]

Trevatanus said:

ecsrobin said:

A C17 has landed at Odiham today.

I believe that was a Canadian one this morning.

Right. Stupid question time.

When the RAF took a Chinook to bits, to ship it to Nepal to (not) help the earthquake relief effort, they flew it to Brize Norton, road-moved the strip-out kit and crew to Brize, and stripped it for transportation there.

So...


Does a Chinook fit into a C-17? And if so, why fk about detaching the crews up to Brize to prep a Chinook for movement as cargo, if the damned aeroplane that'd take it away can fit onto the Odiham runway?

Or quite possibly I've got some (maybe all) of my facts wrong, and nurse should be round to wipe my chin and supervise my meds anytime soon?

[Fluffsri]

Its down to runway length, crew duty and crash cover.

[ecsrobin]

Trevatanus said:

ecsrobin said:

A C17 has landed at Odiham today.

I believe that was a Canadian one this morning.

Definitely an RAF C17 into Odiham. Delivering a chinook from el centro

[Trevatanus]

yellowjack said:

Trevatanus said:

ecsrobin said:

A C17 has landed at Odiham today.

I believe that was a Canadian one this morning.

Right. Stupid question time.

When the RAF took a Chinook to bits, to ship it to Nepal to (not) help the earthquake relief effort, they flew it to Brize Norton, road-moved the strip-out kit and crew to Brize, and stripped it for transportation there.

So...


Does a Chinook fit into a C-17? And if so, why fk about detaching the crews up to Brize to prep a Chinook for movement as cargo, if the damned aeroplane that'd take it away can fit onto the Odiham runway?

Or quite possibly I've got some (maybe all) of my facts wrong, and nurse should be round to wipe my chin and supervise my meds anytime soon?

I think they used an Antonov Charter for that? Antonov too big for Odiham?
perhaps paid for out of overseas aid budget? Just guessing.

[Trevatanus]

c17 safely parked up

[Trevatanus]

Any idea when it's leaving?

[couzens]

Trevatanus said:

Any idea when it's leaving?

Tomorrow at 18.00

[Eric Mc]

Drove past the airfield a few minutes ago and it's parked near the site of the old control tower.

[Strugs]

[Trevatanus]

Really curious as to why Farnborough is being used for Military stuff.
It's not as though there aren't any military airfields locally that can be used, Odiham for example can take a C17 (did yesterday).
Not unhappy about it though, obviously.

[lynothehammer]

Trevatanus said:

Really curious as to why Farnborough is being used for Military stuff.
It's not as though there aren't any military airfields locally that can be used, Odiham for example can take a C17 (did yesterday).
Not unhappy about it though, obviously.

Pretty sure it's only Odihams runway that can hold the C17, hence why they've been unloading the Chinooks on the Runway. I'm guessing the apron won't take the weight of a C-17.

Long runway as well at Farnborough, hopefully this will be a sign of things to come with more military following.

[lynothehammer]

EGLF - Boeing C-17A Globemaster III - United States Air Force - 08-8198 by Steve Lynes, on Flickr

There was even an RAF Shadow alongside the USAF C-17, nice to see mil at Farnborough.