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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.
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    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

    Monday 6 September 2010

    RichT went on an organised tour of Culdrose & Predannack

    750 NAS

    XX478/CU-564 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (261)
    XX478
    XX488/CU-562 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (267)
    XX488

    771 NAS

    XV647/28 Westland Sea King HU.5 (WA.635)
    XV666/21 Westland Sea King HU.5 (WA.654)
    XV670 Westland Sea King HU.5 (WA.658)
    XV705/29 Westland Sea King HU.5 (WA.676)
    ZA130/19 Westland Sea King HAS.5 (WA.891)
    ZA130
    ZA134 Westland Sea King HU.5 (WA.895)
    ZA134
    ZA166/16 Westland Sea King HU.5 (WA.899)
    ZA166
    ZA167/22 Westland Sea King HU.5 (WA.900)
    ZA167

    814 NAS

    ZH836/68 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50072)
    ZH836
    ZH838/66 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50077)
    ZH838
    ZH845/67 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50105)
    ZH845
    ZH850/70 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50125)
    ZH850

    820 NAS

    XM479/(G-BVEZ) BAC Jet Provost T.3A (PAC/W/9287) ..undergoing engine change
    ZH837 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50074)
    ZH837
    ZH853/68 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50135)
    ZH853

    824 NAS

    ZH827/82 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50037)
    ZH827
    ZH833/85 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50061)
    ZH834/86 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50065)
    ZH834

    829 NAS

    ZH832 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50057) HMS Richmond
    ZH832
    ZH841/82 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50087) "Bors"
    ZH841
    ZH848 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50116)
    ZH848
    ZH856 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50147) HMS Sutherland
    ZH856
    ZH858 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50155)
    ZH860 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50164)
    ZH860

    849 NAS

    XV671/83 Westland Sea King ASaC.7 (WA.659)
    XV671
    XV707/84 Westland Sea King ASaC.7 (WA.678)
    XV714/88 Westland Sea King ASaC.7 (WA.685)
    ZD636/82 Westland Sea King ASaC.7 (WA.945)
    ZE418/186 Westland Sea King ASaC.7 (WA.956)

    Engineering Training Squadron (ETS)

    AV511/511 Merlin Avionics Trainer
    AV511
    XV706/017 Westland Sea King HAS.6 (WA.677)
    XV706

    FRADU

    XX157 BAE Hawk T.1A (312003)
    XX157
    XX170 BAE Hawk T.1 (312017) under repair after bird strike
    XX170
    XX217 BAE Hawk T.1A (312053)
    XX230 BAE Hawk T.1A (312066) under repair after bird strike
    XX230
    XX301 BAE Hawk T.1A (312126)
    XX301

    Gliding Club

    G-BIVA Robin R.2112 Alpha (137)
    G-BIVA
    G-BYFL Hoffman HK.36TTS Super Dimona (36623)
    G-CFTC/N56 PZL SZD-51-1 Junior (B-1860)
    G-CHAF/N53 PZL SZD-50-3 Puchacz (B-2031)
    G-CKOX Glaser-Dirks DG.505 Elan Orion (5E258X87)
    G-LSJE Just Aircraft Escapade (BMAA/HB/486)
    G-LSJE
    G-UJGK Jabiru UL-450 (PFA 274A-13558)
    G-UJGK
    G-XIXI Evektor EV-97 Teameurostar UK (2938)
    G-XIXI

    Merlin Depth Maintenance Facility (MDMF)

    ZH835/65 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50067)
    ZH846/81 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50109)
    ZH851/10 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50127)
    ZH852 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50131)
    ZH855/37 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50143)
    ZH863 EHI Merlin HM.2 (50175)
    ZJ122/F EHI Merlin HC.3 (50113)
    ZJ122
    ZJ125/J EHI Merlin HC.3 (50137)
    ZJ127/L EHI Merlin HC.3 (50149)
    ZJ130/O EHI Merlin HC.3 (50169) 1419flt
    ZJ136/U EHI Merlin HC.3 (50191)
    ZJ990/AA EHI Merlin HC.3A (50089)
    ZJ998/AE EHI Merlin HC.3A (50148)

    Ramps

    G-FPLB Beech King Air 200 (BB-1048) Cobham
    G-FPLB
    XX169 BAE Hawk T.1 (312016)
    XX169
    XX201 BAE Hawk T.1A (312048)
    XX217 BAE Hawk T.1A (312053)
    XX221 BAE Hawk T.1A (312057)
    XX221
    XX261 BAE Hawk T.1A
    XX261
    XX316 BAE Hawk T.1A (312141)
    XX316
    XX476/CU-561 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (216)
    XX481/CU-560 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (251)
    XX484/CU-566 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (266)
    XX484
    XX486/CU-567 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (265)
    XX486
    XX487/CU-568 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (269)
    XX487
    ZA110/CU-563 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (248)
    ZA110
    ZA111/CU-565 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (211)
    ZA111
    ZE422/92 Westland Sea King ASaC.7 (WA.961)
    ZE422
    ZH840 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50085)
    ZH854/84 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50139)
    ZH860 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50164)
    ZH862 EHI Merlin HM.1 (50171)
    ZH862

    School of Flight Deck Operations (SFDO)

    XV371/61 Sikorsky SH-3D (61-394)
    XV371
    XV654 Westland Sea King HAS.6 (WA.642)
    XV654
    XV657/32 Westland Sea King HAS.5 (WA.645)
    XV657
    XX510/69 Westland Lynx HAS.2 (3/13)
    XX510
    XZ248/702 Westland Lynx HAS.3GMS (080) (not XZ239)
    XZ239
    ZB603/T03 BAE Harrier T.8 (212035)
    ZB603
    ZD579/79 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (912042/P.14)
    ZD579
    ZD611 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (912050/P.15)
    ZD611
    ZD990/T90 BAE Harrier T.8 (212043)
    ZD990
    ZE690/90 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (B.49/P.12)
    ZE690
    ZE692/92 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (B.51/P.21)
    ZE692
    ZH797/97 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (NB.02)
    ZH797
    ZH798/98 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (NB.03)
    ZH798
    ZH802/02 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (NB.07)
    ZH802
    ZH803/03 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (NB.08)
    ZH803
    ZH804 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (NB.09) under wraps outside
    ZH804
    ZH811 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (NB.16) under wraps outside
    ZH811
    ZH813/13 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (NB.18)
    ZH813

    SFDO Hangar W11

    XZ440 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (912003/P.34)
    XZ440
    ZF641/641 EHI EH-101 (50001)
    ZF641
    ZH796 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (NB.01)
    ZH796

    Preserved

    WF225 Hawker Sea Hawk F.1 (5886) at HMS Seahawk gate
    WF225
    XV786/123 BAE Harrier GR.3 (712036) in fire station
    XV786

    Predannack

    G-BSNE Luscombe 8E Silvaire Deluxe (5757)
    G-BSNE
    WT308 EE Canberra B(I).6 (EE-368)
    WT308
    XP137/711 Westland Wessex HAS.3 (WA.070)
    XP137
    XS520/F Westland Wessex HU.5 (WA.189)
    XS520
    XS738/U HS Dominie T.1 (25077)
    XS738
    XS885/512 Westland Wessex HAS.1 (WA.265)
    XS885
    XV753/53 BAE Harrier GR.3 (712016)
    XV753
    XV783/83 BAE Harrier GR.3 (712033)
    XV783
    XW271/71 BAE Harrier T.4 (212010)
    XW271
    XX479 Scottish Aviation Jetstream T.2 (259)
    XX479
    XX845 SEPECAT Jaguar T.4 (B.33)
    XX845
    XZ145/45 BAE Harrier T.4 (212026)
    XZ145
    XZ570 Westland Sea King HAS.5+ (WA.838)
    XZ570
    XZ969/69 BAE Harrier GR.3 (712205)
    XZ969
    XZ996/96 BAE Harrier GR.3 (712219)
    XZ996
    ZD581/124 BAE Sea Harrier FA.2 (912044/P.31)
    ZD581
    ZD667/67 BAE Harrier GR.3 (712228)
    ZD667
    ZE521/VK Grob Viking T.1 (33890-K-128)
    ZE527/VP Grob Viking T.1 (33896-K-134)
    ZE527
    ZE562/WK Grob Viking T.1 (33926-K-161)
    ZE562
    ZE605/XE Grob Viking T.1 (33949-K-182)
    ZE605
    ZE626/XQ Grob Viking T.1 (33971-K-204)