AWACS @ BIQ yesterday

Register on the touchdown-news yahoo group and ask there. If anyone knows, then these guys. Might also help of you know what nation it belonged to. NATO, French, UK, US (Won’t be Saudi for sure 😉 ) ?

3 or 4 PM CET roughly.

Working on my tan for sure but I’m living here…;)

Yes, we know. 😎

I’ll see what I can do for you. A better idea of the time that you saw it would be useful.

No promises, obviously.

BIQ would be Biarritz.

I think Hand just wanted us all to know that he’s sunning himself in Aquitaine. 😀

Working on my tan for sure but I’m living here…;)

You’d have thought that if he was sunning himself, he’d not be bothering too much about 707s with spinning roof-racks! :rolleyes: I’m sure that there are plenty more visually appealing subjects to look at! 😎

Andy

Yes indeed, and quite possibly subjects bearing very visual and appealling stereo parabolic “racks”…:cool:

I think Hand just wanted us all to know that he’s sunning himself in Aquitaine. 😀

You’d have thought that if he was sunning himself, he’d not be bothering too much about 707s with spinning roof-racks! :rolleyes: I’m sure that there are plenty more visually appealing subjects to look at! 😎

Andy

My “intel” source on the subject advises that if an AWACS was seen taking off from BIQ (where ever that is!) at around 4PM, an AWACS could probably have been observed landing at BIQ sometime before that time :p

BIQ would be Biarritz.

I think Hand just wanted us all to know that he’s sunning himself in Aquitaine. 😀

My “intel” source on the subject advises that if an AWACS was seen taking off from BIQ (where ever that is!) at around 4PM, an AWACS could probably have been observed landing at BIQ sometime before that time :p

Andy

PS: Such aircraft often visit commercial airports, either (a) on legitimate business, (b) as a diversion from a planned military airfield for any variety of operational reasons or (c) as a training exercise associated with the possibility of the aforementioned diversion. For example, AWACS periodically visit EMA to do training ILS (civilian) approaches as many military airfields do not have commercial ILS and many civil airfields do not have military PAR

Does this qualify as Commercial aviation?

I believe the crew were seen shopping airside before departure Lance…:D

Was definitly taking off from a civilian airport…

Feel free to move if you please…

Does this qualify as Commercial aviation?