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Old 4th Jun 2015, 11:56
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great - are they NVG capable?
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Yes they are.
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Old 4th Jun 2015, 19:27
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What about the crews?
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Caernarfon isn't live yet is it?
 
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Yes they are Crab.
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Old 5th Jun 2015, 10:08
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Not conclusive but here is a late night ADS-B track for GK.

G-MCGK - Aircraft info and flight history - Flightradar24
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Old 5th Jun 2015, 15:01
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Jerry - I knew they would be as many of them are ex-C flight at Valley and therefore already competently trained on NVG in the mountains
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Old 5th Jun 2015, 16:41
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I looked up PA Scales on the RAF website Crab but I couldn't find an overtime rate for Devil's Advocates.
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Old 5th Jun 2015, 18:24
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Jerry - I knew they would be as many of them are ex-C flight at Valley and therefore already competently trained on NVG in the mountains
And D Flt/A Flt too mate 😉
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Old 7th Jun 2015, 22:22
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S-92

Another busy day at Bristow Inverness and GF overflew Inverness an hour ago headed west.

GE from Humberside out in the lakes around Helvellyn and Scafell Pike this afternoon.

GK training in Snowdonia this afternoon.


AW139 and AW189

AW139 G-CIJW not seen but G-CIJX up most days last week around Norwich.

AW189 G-MCGM also not seen but interesting activity elsewhere. On Thursday morning, G-MCGN flew from Norwich to Yeovil (Agusta Westland). On Thursday afternoon, the newest AW189 currently flying, G-MCGP, flew from Yeovil to Norwich. The Register shows that a change in ownership is currently in-process for G-MCGP (currently still shown as Agusta Westland).
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Old 9th Jun 2015, 06:54
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Jerry - I can't vouch for those from the second division Northern Sqn
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Old 9th Jun 2015, 16:45
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Crab has only ever flown round mountains with summits that can also be reached by train
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Old 9th Jun 2015, 19:13
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There's no train up Troodos
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Old 9th Jun 2015, 23:05
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Nice comeback.
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Old 10th Jun 2015, 05:47
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And I must have missed seeing the train on Tryfan many times
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Old 10th Jun 2015, 07:23
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No train, who'd Adam and Eve it?
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Old 10th Jun 2015, 08:16
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Nice one - I see what you did there

I've got a nice picture of me and a fellow crab in a Mk7 Lynx with a skid on each of those rocks
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Old 13th Jun 2015, 18:31
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And I've got a nice picture of (most of) a Squirrel at the bottom of Tryfan after attempting the same. Please don't encourage 'les autres'.
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Old 15th Jun 2015, 07:25
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Clearly wasn't a SAR pilot then
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Old 15th Jun 2015, 14:40
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Or a pair/couple/duet/clutch/few/combo (somebody help!) my favourite, a Brace of Crabs in a Mk 7 Lynx that don't sprechen sie French.
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