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RAF Leeming Base
Tour |
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Wednesday 17 April
2024 |
By David
Thompson |
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A base visit gave me the
opportunity to have a look at the current Tutor fleet
which is used by four resident units ; Northumbrian UAS
, Yorkshire UAS , 9 AEF and 11 AEF . There are 7
based aircraft and one visitor from Cosford
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G-BYUD/UD |
Grob G115 Tutor T1 |
Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) |
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G-BYUM/UM |
Grob G115 Tutor T1 |
Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) |
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G-BYUY/UY |
Grob G115 Tutor T1 |
Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) |
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G-BYUZ/UZ |
Grob G115 Tutor T1 |
Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (Birmingham UAS/8 AEF) |
from Cosford for 150 hr service |
G-BYVL/VL |
Grob G115 Tutor T1 |
Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) |
only one to fly today as UAQ04 |
G-BYVW/VW |
Grob G115 Tutor T1 |
Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) |
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G-BYWA/WA |
Grob G115 Tutor T1 |
Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) |
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G-BYWZ/WZ |
Grob G115 Tutor T1 |
Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) |
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All aircraft carry their
last two on their tail alongside the 6 FTS badge and
babcock logo .
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ZB137 |
BAE Systems Hawk 167 |
Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron |
under mtce in the same hangar |
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Flying
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ZB131 |
BAE Systems Hawk 167 |
Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron |
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ZB132 |
BAE Systems Hawk 167 |
Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron |
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ZB133 |
BAE Systems Hawk 167 |
Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron |
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ZB135 |
BAE Systems Hawk 167 |
Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron |
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ZB136 |
BAE Systems Hawk 167 |
Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron |
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Using CAPTURE , JAVELIN
and SARAB call-signs .
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ZM336 |
Embraer EMB-500 Phenom T1 |
Royal Air Force - 3 FTS (45 Squadron) |
circuit training as CWL43 |
ZZ190 |
Hawker Hunter F58 |
Hawker Hunter Aviation |
returned from det. at Humberside Airport as
LEE92 |
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Elsewhere
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ZH552 |
Panavia PA-200 Tornado F3 |
Royal Air Force |
gate guard |
XX306 |
British Aerospace Hawk T1A |
Royal Air Force - Red Arrows |
on display at Exelby Services , Leeming Bar |
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Notes
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The airfield
had a drone incursion on Wednesday 16 April . Service
and North Yorkshire police attended but nothing found ,
consideration given to closing the airfield but was not
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