DC3 at Eastleigh

[Akrotiri bad boy]

Hello all out there.

Just witnessed a Dak/DC3 over Hampshire inbound to Southampton/Eastleigh.
Can anyone elaborate as to who, what, why etc?

Thanks in anticipation

[AlphaWhiskyRomeo]

Was it definitely inbound to SOU?

I know Atlantic's DC-3 was flying back from Caen to Coventry this afternoon at FL 050.

[1DC]

Possibly coming in to pick up a load of oil dispersant from the oil spill response centre.Apparantly a large oil spill in the Menai strait area of Wales.. Atlantic have a contract with the government to spray dispersant from Dc3's, they carry special tanks and equipment for low level spraying..

[Akrotiri bad boy]

Passed overhead at approach height approx 10miles out, that was around 11:00. Seen again, albeit briefly, through the cloud cover north bound at approximately 15:00. The second sighting would tally with the Caen-Coventry flight plan.

[Newforest]

The Dakota was G-AMRA, haven't got any confirmation yet whether it landed.