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chopper2004
10th Jun 2021, 01:19
Earlier on, I wandered over to Mildenhall to catch sight of AF1 inbound and so here are my photos of both SAM Boeing C-32A and VC-25A inbound.
cheers
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x640/5c43d7d4_1adf_41af_9387_38a66fab4d7c_1aa6e760bfa649521d4632a 03838857884db584a.jpeg
https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x640/fe63160e_74db_4f16_85c7_5aee084c9702_b9daec94ffba31d9dbe117b 779b3d2301a6803d2.jpeg
https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x640/ece810be_c166_4a48_bfe3_d7276841b9e1_d51dcdb964d3c0c56e644e5 0df5f71c5d214744b.jpeg
https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x640/07b09c01_319d_4093_81d8_cf1b2f61e0fc_1ed84c3334fb2815d5817ea d2061093a9cb80140.jpeg
https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/960x640/6f1e62cb_5f10_45d0_8d20_24789212b43e_0b7d63582836977f9bddebf e42917827e6284bb0.jpeg
diginagain
10th Jun 2021, 09:12
Meanwhile, over at St Ives...
https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/828x1792/198338509_3003365943228308_627155684855882548_n_bf3972bcc377 17519140bcdec2a9e4d5a48f6f7a.jpg
treadigraph
10th Jun 2021, 09:35
Wot no pic of the E-4?
sycamore
10th Jun 2021, 10:32
Treads, Pobjoy`s got a new `toy`....!
Tartiflette Fan
10th Jun 2021, 13:45
I'm surprised that they didn't cut the grass for him at Mildenhall.I did that one summer quite a few years ago.
Arclite01
10th Jun 2021, 13:57
Wonder why he didn't use Fairford ?
chops 2 hours off the car journey.............
Arc
treadigraph
10th Jun 2021, 14:22
Treads, Pobjoy`s got a new `toy`....!
Brilliant! :}
Stitchbitch
10th Jun 2021, 15:59
Wonder why he didn't use Fairford ?
chops 2 hours off the car journey.............
Arc
Both flew into St Mawgan later, AF1 went on a bit of a senic tour first though.
Kiltrash
10th Jun 2021, 16:22
On thr BBC news just now in the background as Boris and Joe plus significant others were looking out to sea from Carbis bay there appeared to be a QE Class carrier
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1124/1623342069349263189288_117400de1f776a4994a3aac79461f822ed0e9 762.jpg
anyone able to confirm?
Mr N Nimrod
10th Jun 2021, 16:29
Yes, I can see it in your picture. That is a QE Class carrier of Her Britannic Majesty’s Royal Navy
Union Jack
10th Jun 2021, 16:39
On thr BBC news just now in the background as Boris and Joe plus significant others were looking out to sea from Calbis bay there appeared to be a QE Class carrier
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1124/1623342069349263189288_117400de1f776a4994a3aac79461f822ed0e9 762.jpg
anyone able to confirm?
Yes, CNN managed to name the vessel - and the location - correctly in their 1300 news bulletin today.
Jack
NutLoose
10th Jun 2021, 16:51
Looks like the gypsies have moved onto St Mawgan.... ohh wait it’s the US secret service campsite.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9663465/The-Secret-Service-storms-beaches-Cornwall-Airbase-turned-huge-RV-camp.html
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/962x452/image_6654338bc33ff449f5319c3872fc2a71c52ba92e.jpeg
sangiovese.
10th Jun 2021, 17:16
Looks like the gypsies have moved onto St Mawgan.... ohh wait it’s the US secret service campsite.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9663465/The-Secret-Service-storms-beaches-Cornwall-Airbase-turned-huge-RV-camp.html
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/962x452/image_6654338bc33ff449f5319c3872fc2a71c52ba92e.jpeg
well everywhere locally is fully booked as we’re not allowed to anywhere sunny besides Israel!
NutLoose
10th Jun 2021, 17:25
The police have a cruise liner.
tarantonight
10th Jun 2021, 17:44
Looks like the gypsies have moved onto St Mawgan.... ohh wait it’s the US secret service campsite.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9663465/The-Secret-Service-storms-beaches-Cornwall-Airbase-turned-huge-RV-camp.html
https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/962x452/image_6654338bc33ff449f5319c3872fc2a71c52ba92e.jpeg
What’s that sitting behind the K2??.
Too big to be an Anson??.
TN.
ExAscoteer2
10th Jun 2021, 17:47
Possibly the Shack that used to be the Gate Guard?
Kiltrash
10th Jun 2021, 17:53
What Carbis Bay looks like when the Civilians are allowed on
(my Picture Sept 2020)
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/2000x1124/20200901_142619_6ee459cd8e729f592338e679d83152dffacdd723.jpg
stevef
10th Jun 2021, 18:22
Sometime in the early 2000s I was due to fly from Gaborone to Maun whilst Bill Clinton and his retinue were visiting Botswana for some reason. Air Force One was parked on the other side of the airfield but it didn't stop the sun-glassed and black-suited security troop from stalking around the terminal menacingly for whatever reason. The Air Botswana flight was delayed for an hour or so with no excuse other than 'the American president is in Botswana'. We were eventually allowed to walk out to the aircraft and then told that we weren't permitted to board for the same reason. So we had to stand sweltering under the wing at 35C for half an hour until whatever non-existent problem was solved. Pretty paranoid, considering Clinton was nowhere near the airport. I pity the poor population of Carbis Bay for the next few days if the same measures are being applied by the CIA or whoever they are.
Video Mixdown
10th Jun 2021, 19:26
On the BBC news just now in the background as Boris and Joe plus significant others were looking out to sea from Calbis bay there appeared to be a QE Class carrier. Anyone able to confirm?
Very appropriate to have PWLS on show as there is currently a USMC squadron embarked on her sister ship QNLZ. I guess FOST can continue regardless, so no problem.
cynicalint
10th Jun 2021, 20:34
Originally Posted by NutLoose View Post (https://www.pprune.org/military-aviation/640970-potus-visit.html#post11059985)
Looks like the gypsies have moved onto St Mawgan....
I didn't know the gypsies had a VC10!
RAFEngO74to09
10th Jun 2021, 21:41
Luxury accommodation for the Police
https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/680x510/image_26cee7eaa0cd4c882c4aec814a9496f48b708cc1.png
PAXboy
10th Jun 2021, 22:10
They have to justfy the price of carriers with little to carry, so making them decorate the G7 makes us look proper 'ard.:rolleyes:
With regards to Biden. Do I gather that, from Mildenhall, they used the 757 fo the local hop to St.Mawgan?
The fact that BoJo could have used the BAe146 from Northolt to St.Mawgan, rather than his overpainted joyride from STN to NQY, is another matter.
treadigraph
10th Jun 2021, 22:15
The C-32 and AF1 both flew from Mildenhall to St Mawgan last night. Er, Newquay. Interested to know why they went to Mildenhall first though.
Duty free fuel? :}
SASless
10th Jun 2021, 23:07
Yes, I can see it in your picture. That is a QE Class carrier of Her Britannic Majesty’s Royal Navy
Dang Carl....so easy to get them all mixed up what there being so many of them and all!
ChrisJ800
11th Jun 2021, 03:34
Look out for Shark 1 the Australian A330. Named after the Cronulla Sharks Rugby League team our PM's Sydney team.
Busta
11th Jun 2021, 06:00
It's good to know that POTUS thinks highly of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary.
Jhieminga
11th Jun 2021, 07:01
What’s that sitting behind the K2??.
Too big to be an Anson??.
TN.
VC10 K3 ZA148 🙂
Beamr
11th Jun 2021, 08:55
Luxury accommodation for the Police
nah, its a ferry. With a ro-ro cargo deck. The luxury is superficial. But it's a good fun for 22 hour round trip in between Helsinki and Tallinn.
4eyed anorak
11th Jun 2021, 09:24
What’s that sitting behind the K2??.
Too big to be an Anson??.
TN.
Its the tail of a Shackelton.
Regards 4ea
AnglianAV8R
11th Jun 2021, 09:47
Both jets flews to ST Mawgan. The 757 went direct, while AF1 went oop norf around Manchester and then down over Wales. Promptly turned left over Dorset and meandered toward the Isle of Wight before tuning back for a scenic run along the Channel coast.
Looking at todays arrivals, can anyone explain why they all seem to do a hold overhead the airfield at arounbd 5-6000' ? I'd have expected them to be afforded the benefit of a straight in approach.
muppetdodger
11th Jun 2021, 09:49
Why is the italian Air Force A319 circling constantly over Newquay, and why when it flew from Rome did it go around French Airspace. Made the journey twice as lomg!
Thought climate change was important all that fuel burn cant be helping!!
Martin the Martian
11th Jun 2021, 12:03
I understand they were shuffling some of the earlier arrivals around to make space. It's become somewhat cluttered with all these shiny white jets.
thunderbird7
11th Jun 2021, 16:15
The police have a cruise liner.
Police now have a cruise liner with COVID on it....
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/g7-police-officer-staying-cruise-5517917
ROC man
11th Jun 2021, 16:16
French AF are providing an E3 Sentry - all of ours u/s? Couple of Typhoons in an orbit perhaps keeping the French at a distance :-)
cessnapete
11th Jun 2021, 17:31
French AF are providing an E3 Sentry - all of ours u/s? Couple of Typhoons in an orbit perhaps keeping the French at a distance :-)
Looking at FR 24 there's a Voyager and a pair of Typhoons constantly on station off Cornwall 25000/27000 ft. Neither based at St. Mawgan, transiting from their home bases.
Lets hope we get some results out of the G7 for the huge costs involved!
MATELO
11th Jun 2021, 21:52
7 hour CAP ??
sunnySA
12th Jun 2021, 07:10
Look out for Shark 1 the Australian A330. Named after the Cronulla Sharks Rugby League team our PM's Sydney team.
Just out of interest does the PMOA (Prime Minister of Australia) have the airspace and aerodrome "sterilised" for the arrival and departure like POTUS?
ChrisJ800
12th Jun 2021, 08:49
Just out of interest does the PMOA (Prime Minister of Australia) have the airspace and aerodrome "sterilised" for the arrival and departure like POTUS?
I cannot confirm or deny that. But Shark One diverted to Oxfordshire instead of landing at Cornwall and they got an Uber from there!
Alan Baker
12th Jun 2021, 09:19
I cannot confirm or deny that. But Shark One diverted to Oxfordshire instead of landing at Cornwall and they got an Uber from there!
Why would the PM of Australia be trying to gatecrash the G7, Australia are not in the G7. The seven are USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan (plus a couple of EU representatives).
Nige321
12th Jun 2021, 09:38
Why would the PM of Australia be trying to gatecrash the G7, Australia are not in the G7. The seven are USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Italy and Japan (plus a couple of EU representatives).
Other countries are invited.
India, S Korea and Oz for example this year...
Alan Baker
12th Jun 2021, 10:11
Other countries are invited.
India, S Korea and Oz for example this year...
They've kept them well hidden in the Photo ops!
ChrisJ800
12th Jun 2021, 11:20
They've kept them well hidden in the Photo ops!
Oz invite is only to select meetings and observer status only. Doesn't include Queen meets, photo sessions on the beach or the official dinners, But having pizza in the hotel room is OK.
Surely the Aussie PM will sort out a barbie on the beach:)
Some of the holds at Newquay were waiting for the weather to get above ILS limits.
MENELAUS
12th Jun 2021, 14:51
Many moons ago on arriving at the crew hotel in Mainz met by the men in black before we could even get off the crew transport and told that our hotel had been requisitioned by POTUS ( George Dubya ) and his team. ( The clue was probably the Seals in RIBS churning up and down the Main river fully armed ). So told to get back on, and decamp to the sister hotel in Wiesbaden where everything was on Uncle Sam. “ Just to clarify everything “. “ Everything “. Fine dining, booze, spa treatments the works. Captain just signed for the collective bill at the end of it. Which I seem to recall involved a lot of 7’s.
Given the provenance of most of our cabin crew, of course a red flag to a bull. Only downer was the 30 hr stay didn’t give quite long enough to do some real damage !!