| RAF Leeming Base Tour | |||
| 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 |
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| G-BYUD/UD | Grob G115 Tutor T1 | Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) | |
| G-BYUM/UM | Grob G115 Tutor T1 | Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) | |
| G-BYUY/UY | Grob G115 Tutor T1 | Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) | |
| 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) | |
| G-BYWA/WA | Grob G115 Tutor T1 | Royal Air Force - 6 FTS (NUAS/11 AEF, YUAS/9 AEF) | |
| 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 | |
| ZB132 | BAE Systems Hawk 167 | Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron | |
| ZB133 | BAE Systems Hawk 167 | Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron | |
| ZB135 | BAE Systems Hawk 167 | Royal Air Force / Qatar Emiri Air Force - JHTS / 11 Squadron | |
| 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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