Originally Posted by
chopper2004
I have seen G-MGPS snce then, defo saw it lat month overflying here in Cambridge and defo.
Btw, you might want to check mAGPAS FB page and the post on March 10th with Molly's family visiting the base and looks like G-MGPS is in the hangar there.
cheers
Thanks for the reply, I'm only basing this off the tracking data for the aircraft you can find at
https://globe.adsbexchange.com/?icao=407734, there doesn't appear to be any movements for this airframe between these dates below, unless the aircraft is being operated with its transponder set to OFF which would be odd but not unheard of I guess.
ADSBexchange data:
31st January flew a HEMS mission under HLE66 from its Alconbury Weald base
9th February flew from MAGPAS base in Alconbury Weald to Redhill under PLC07
3rd March flew an (Assumedly) test flight/post maintenance check flight under PLC66 from and back to Redhill
April 5th flew from Redhill to Henstridge and has been covering G-PICU as HLE10 since,
This data pulled from FlightRadar24 suggests the same, though there is additional data for the 28th Feb:
06 Apr 2024 — — HLE10 0:22 — — —
05 Apr 2024 Redhill (KRH) — PLC4 0:52 10:35 10:35 —
28 Feb 2024 Redhill (KRH) Redhill (KRH) PLC66 1:15 11:15 12:56 15:11
28 Feb 2024 Redhill (KRH) Redhill (KRH) PLC66 1:51 10:57 09:56 12:48
09 Feb 2024 — Redhill (KRH) PLC7 0:42 — — 15:17
31 Jan 2024 Wittering (QKX) Huntingdon (AYH) HLE66 0:11 13:18 13:02 14:13
The social post on Mother's Day has thrown me as you're correct, an aircraft is present but the only data available suggests the aircraft is in Redhill at that time and hasn't been back to the MAGPAS base since 9th Feb. Potentially an old archive photo? Other than that post, the timelines for the various fundraising socials only appear to show their Critical Care Cars. In the context of the discussions above it'd be interesting to know whether the base has been without an airframe since the start of February or whether another aircraft is covering. I have checked all the usual SAS (Now Gamma) spare frames none of which are showing as operating as HLE66 but I'd be more than happy to be pointed in the right direction. Bit of a strange one either way!