Anyone seen the RAF Voyager at Waddington.
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Anyone seen the RAF Voyager at Waddington.
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With living near by RAF Waddington I have yet to have seen the Voyager Tanker at the airfield. This does surprise me as the base reopened its runway in late 2016, and with them operating over the north sea daily you would expect to see one now and again in the circuit. They have everything else flying in from A400M to a Cessna 152, don't they like Waddington!!
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With living near by RAF Waddington I have yet to have seen the Voyager Tanker at the airfield. This does surprise me as the base reopened its runway in late 2016, and with them operating over the north sea daily you would expect to see one now and again in the circuit. They have everything else flying in from A400M to a Cessna 152, don't they like Waddington!!
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E-3s based at Waddington, presume they use boarding steps...?
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Did VC-10s or TriStars ever visit? I thought (or perhaps assumed) that boarding steps can be raised/lowered to suit different aircraft sill heights.
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How did you chaps dismount from and mount your steeds? 
Oddly enough, sitting in my office in Croydon with an RAF E-3D just trailing over the top at 30000 and heading south!
Oddly enough, sitting in my office in Croydon with an RAF E-3D just trailing over the top at 30000 and heading south!
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Certainly a good view of that one, the odd contrail on that route is usually a K or RC-135 out of Mildenhall.
We used to be at the top of Centre Tower with an excellent panoramic view in nearly all directions, now on the 5th floor of a smaller office block with Saffron Square blotting out much of the sky. I have a great view NE across SE London, ideal for some surreptitious "plane spotting".
We used to be at the top of Centre Tower with an excellent panoramic view in nearly all directions, now on the 5th floor of a smaller office block with Saffron Square blotting out much of the sky. I have a great view NE across SE London, ideal for some surreptitious "plane spotting".
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I have wondered where Voyagers do their training, at St Mawgan/ Newquayairport we see Herks, A400, and C17' doing circuit work, but never Voyager, (would love to see them here).
I think the answer is more closely aligned to the Fire Cover / Crash Category that Waddington can provide compared to Brize Norton and the bigger civilian airfields.
Although (and I stress here, I don't know) there may also be an element of the fact that Airtanker own the aircraft and the currency training for pilots may be suitably covered by Sim training only - hence the relative lack of approach training compared to other fleets.
Although (and I stress here, I don't know) there may also be an element of the fact that Airtanker own the aircraft and the currency training for pilots may be suitably covered by Sim training only - hence the relative lack of approach training compared to other fleets.
The Voyager has a 60 metre wingspan giving it insufficient wing tip clearance at Waddington.
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