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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Doctor Gollum on 21 June 2018, 19:50:15
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Currently sat at LPA waiting for the orange bus to eventually arrive. As is common outside Blighty, the airport shares its runway with a military base...
Periodically over the last two weeks there's been some hefty rumbling going on, with no apparent cause... Did wonder initially if La Palma had finally fallen over ::)
Just heard it again, only a lot louder. Looked out of the window just in time to see three F18s taking of in formation 8)
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Currently sat at LPA waiting for the orange bus to eventually arrive. As is common outside Blighty, the airport shares its runway with a military base...
Periodically over the last two weeks there's been some hefty rumbling going on, with no apparent cause... Did wonder initially if La Palma had finally fallen over ::)
Just heard it again, only a lot louder. Looked out of the window just in time to see three F18s taking of in formation 8)
Gando/Las Palmas is a major Spanish Air Force air base, and hosts a squadron of approximately 24 (second hand ex USN) F/A-18's, under the banner of ALA-46, plus detachments of Casa 235 maritime patrol planes and Puma/Cougar Helicopters operated by Esc 803.
The F-18's' should have large numbers on their noses, in the format 46-XX. If you tell me which numbers you see, I'll tell you the Spanish serials and the ex USN Bureau Numbers ;D
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Sightings-and the soundtrack to go with them- like that are awesome aren't they? Way back in the '60s RAF Finningley[now Robin Hood airport]air show always opened with a "scramble" of 4 Vulcans all going off at the same time-boy did the ground shake!