Yorkshire Day Trip Part 1

15/1 A very wet trip out to Yorkshire and surrounding airfields.

First off was a very early tour of RAF Syerston chasing some elusive Royal Air Force Grobs.  Below is a list of what was noted around the hangar as day broke.

BGA2546 Slingsby T.30B
G-BSSP Robin DR.400180R
G-BTUL Aerotek S-2A Special
G-BYHL de Havilland Canada DHC-1
G-STNG TL-2000 Sting
ZE495 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE499 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE528 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE529 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE533 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE550 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE555 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE592 Grob VikingTX.1 (cockpit only)
ZE594 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE602 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE609 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE628 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE632 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE636 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE650 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE651 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE652 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE653 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE657 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE680 Grob VikingTX.1
ZE685 Grob VikingTX.1
ZH145 Grob VigilantT.1
ZH196 Grob VigilantT.1
ZH211 Grob VigilantT.1
ZH269 Grob VigilantT.1
ZH270 Grob VigilantT.1
ZJ961 Grob VigilantT.1
ZJ967 Grob VigilantT.1
ZZ192 Grob VigilantT.1


Very good in and out tour with time very valuable.  On to a few civil airfields to be covered in Part 2. The other Military base visit was at Dishforth with the following been noted.

XZ173 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ193 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ195 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ203 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ211 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ216 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ219 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ221 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ611 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ652 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ670 Westland LynxAH.7
XZ677 Westland LynxAH.7
ZB670 Aerospatiale SA.341
ZD278 Westland LynxAH.7
ZD279 Westland LynxAH.7
ZD284 Westland LynxAH.7
ZF539 Westland LynxAH.9
ZG884 Westland LynxAH.9


All in all 2 quality tours with some UK military frames hitting the book.

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16th February 2023

 N523EF Beech 60 Reykjavik to Wick ===================================== Airbus A380