Islander over Worcester

Islander Over Worcester

Evening Gentlemen,

Interesting thread and I think the Islander is back.

Also live in Worcester and have been watching the plane for about the last hour or so thro broken cloud. Looks like racetracks in various directions but invarably towards Malvern (and the RRE ?).
We have the ex Royal Radar Establisment very close together with Pershore not too distant,,,which may explain.

As an update I am ex part owner of Rallye G-BKJF out of Coventry and Wellesbourne.
Not been airside for about 9 years but still with ‘grandfather rights’ I think.

As a separate thread anyone up to date with grandfather rights and re-validation.

Regards to all.

Rallye Bob

Thank you for the information BlueRobin and geckoiw. So they make the Defender 4000 Which is the police/Army verison?

James

Off topic But its about Islanders 😀 Do they still make them and trilanders at Bembridge?

Regards
James

Yes James, they do, but these days the company is called B-N. I believe their latest offering is known as the BN Homeland Defender (Defender 4000).

The Army have a flight of Islanders based at Odiham – maybe some connection with an unanamed sister organisation based in the general area.

There was one in Cyprus last year…………

Read this from Working Lunch in BBC2. Also watch the video report broadcast on Tuesday that week.

A couple of days ago G-SJCH was flying in large circles for a quite a long time over Northwood, Cowes on the Isle of Wight, there was a break and then it started again. In total I would estimate it was circling for about two to three hours. It was being used for flight trials to test a Radar at BAE Systems.

Off topic But its about Islanders 😀 Do they still make them and trilanders at Bembridge?

Regards
James

There’s been an Islander NOTAMed for Worcester for the past week or so. Something to do with ground support operational readiness training?

A couple of days ago G-SJCH was flying in large circles for a quite a long time over Northwood, Cowes on the Isle of Wight, there was a break and then it started again. In total I would estimate it was circling for about two to three hours. It was being used for flight trials to test a Radar at BAE Systems.

The Army have a flight of Islanders based at Odiham – maybe some connection with an unanamed sister organisation based in the general area.

Back to topic – could this be something to do with the environment agency checking the rivers? 10 days of circuits is a little strange.

Ta

Snotty

Maybe its a check to see if it floods :rolleyes: :diablo: Yes and I sort off know where Worcester’s is sort off 😉

James

oh island in da sun

Sorry – I’d forgotten you chaps were a bit lost outside Duxford’s airspace.

Worcester’s to the south west of Birmingham. on the M5. It’s the site of the world’s first municiple airport (Perdiswell) and some brown sauce stuff you can put on cheese on toast to make it into something else.

😀

Back to topic – could this be something to do with the environment agency checking the rivers? 10 days of circuits is a little strange.

Ta

Snotty

And where in the world is WORCHESTER?:confused: or are you thinking of Winchester?

Thats the one 😮 😮 😮 😀

James

Islands in the Sky

This explains everything.

It’s South American weapons smugglers. Running Winchester Rifles to the drug cartels of Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Damn – where have my poppy seeds gone?

Cheers chaps.

Snotty

Ah but this was the UK offices of the Winchester Repeating Arms Corporation / Winchester Ammunition Division of Olin Corporation.

Moggy

It is in Panama city by all accounts.

http://www.worchester.edu/

Winchester used to be just NW of Worcester at a place called Cutnall Green, but mover to Didcot in the early 1990s and has now effectively ceased to exist in the UK at all.

Moggy

Thanks, very educational!

Funny, Winchester was in its usual place when I visited it last month just north of Southampton and to the west of the M.3.:confused:

And where in the world is WORCHESTER?:confused: or are you thinking of Winchester?

It is in Panama city by all accounts.

http://www.worchester.edu/

Winchester used to be just NW of Worcester at a place called Cutnall Green, but mover to Didcot in the early 1990s and has now effectively ceased to exist in the UK at all.

Moggy

Quote:
Originally Posted by Newforest
Yes they have. G-SJCH, Defender 4000 was the second Islander they operated. The first Islander was reported as going to the Cheshire Police. Worcester is near Hereford?

Oh worcester thought he ment Worchester Quote James.

Must do a geography refresher course James!:D

And possibly think of a military unit in Hereford?:rolleyes:

And where in the world is WORCHESTER?:confused: or are you thinking of Winchester?

Credenhill? According to the NOTAMs, they’ve been jumping there in the past week or so

Yes they have. G-SJCH, Defender 4000 was the second Islander they operated. The first Islander was reported as going to the Cheshire Police. Worcester is near Hereford?;)

Oh worcester thought he ment Worchester 😮 😡 😀 :p

James

islander

Wrong shape for an Agusta 109 isn’t it?