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    Welcome to our Trip Report Blog.
    Here we will post logs and pictures taken on aircraft spotting trips.
    Any info can be used for personal use, if passing on or publishing please credit SWAG.
    If you can correct or add any information please contact me here.

    To visit our Flickr photo pages click StuC, RichT, IanG, MatthewB

    Header Picture: UP-MI602 Mil Mi-26T (34001212133) Kazakhstan Emercom at Boraldai, Kazakhstan on 08/07/19 (credit StuC)

    Updates 2022:
    26th May - Log and pics added for Private Flyer Show 14/05/22
    24th December - BAPC Register updated and 56 pictures added

    Wednesday 25 March 2015

    24/03/15 - Stokes Bay - Lee-on-Solent - Hamble

    Stu & Pat had a day out to Gosport to see the Carrier.

    Stokes Bay - CVN-71 USS Theodore Roosevelt 

    CVN-71

    CVW-1 AB

    VFA-11 "Red Rippers" 
    McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18F Super Hornet

    166628/100 (F-121) ..on hangar deck
    166634/101 (F-127) ..on hangar deck
    166624/102 (F-117)
    166625/103 (F-118)
    166629/104 (F-122)
    166610/105 (F-103)
    166631/106 (F-124)
    166633/107 (F-126) ..on hangar deck
    166623/110 (F-116)
    166626/111 (F-119)
    166627/112 (F-120)

    VFA-211 "Fighting Checkmates" 
    McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18F Super Hornet

    166797/200 (F-170) ..on hangar deck
    166799/201 (F-172)
    166805/202 (F-178)
    166807/203 (F-180)
    166808/204 (F-181)
    166809/205 (F-182)
    166812/206 (F-185)
    166813/207 (F-186)
    166814/210 (F-187)
    166815/211 (F-188) ..moved to hangar deck
    166816/212 (F-189)

    VFA-136 "Knighthawks" 
    McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18E Super Hornet

    166820/300 (E-139)
    166821/301 (E-140)
    166822/302 (E-141)
    166823/303 (E-142)
    166824/304 (E-143)
    166825/305 (E-144)
    166826/306 (E-145)
    166827/307 (E-146)
    166828/310 (E-147)
    166829/311 (E-148)
    166818/312 (E-137)
    166817/313 (E-136)

    VAQ-137 "Rooks" 
    McDonnell-Douglas EA-18G Growler

    168266/500 (G-048)
    168267/501 (G-049)
    168269/502 (G-051) ..moved to hangar deck
    168270/503 (G-052)
    168274/504 (G-056)

    VMFA-251 "Thunderbolts" 
    McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18C Hornet

    164902/400 (C-361)
    164892/401 (C-353) ..moved to hangar deck
    164958/402 (C-378)
    164975/403 (C-390)
    164900/404 (C-360)
    164980/405 (C-395)
    164964/406 (C-381)
    164952/410 (C-375)
    164909/411 (C-368)
    164973/412 (C-388)

    VAW-125 "Tigertails" 
    Grumman E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

    168592/600 (AA-?)
    168593/601 (AA-?)
    168594/602 (AA-?) ..on hangar deck
    168595/603 (AA-?)
    168321/604 (AA-?)

    HS-11 "Dragon Slayers" 
    Sikorsky SH-60F Oceanhawk

    164800/610 (701946) ..on hangar deck
    164801/611 (701947) ..on hangar deck
    164615/612 (701804) ..by Island

    Sikorsky HH-60H Rescue Hawk

    165115/614 (701953) ..by Island
    163795/615 (701676) ..on hangar deck
    165120/616 (702284)
    165256/617 (702289)

    HSM-46 "Grandmasters" USS Winston Churchill
    Sikorsky MH-60R Seahawk

    167038/HQ-466 (703822) ..on hangar deck


    Overflights

    G-BEMB Reims-Cessna F.172M (1487)
    G-CEYE Piper PA-32R-300 (32R-7780533)

    Lee-on-Solent

    G-CGIJ AgustaWestland AW139 (31203) CHC Scotia/Coast Guard
    G-CGIR Remos GX Mirage (366)
    G-CIGM Britten-Norman BN-2B-20 Islander (2312) Britten-Norman Aircraft Ltd
    G-JSAT Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbine Islander (2277)
    G-OALI Aerospatiale AS.355F1 (5115) Atlas Helicopters
    G-OVFR Reims-Cessna F.172N (1892)
    G-RAIX/KF584/RAI-X Canadian Car & Foundry Harvard 4 (CCF4-409)
    G-SAMZ Cessna 150D (150-60536)
    ZG996 Britten-Norman BN-2T-4S Defender AL.2 (4010) Army Air Corps

    Hamble

    XM693 Folland Gnat T.1 (FL.503) Preserved
    XM693