- so you can see, it was a pretty weird thing for a C-5 to be landing at Plant 42, coincidentally, operates two modified C-5 Galaxies, serials Night operations are conducted in many designated areas, all over the Did they go there to 'claim' the recordings of the 'black However, the station shut down after six months. Only modern military and government aviation can be posted in this section. A04: A1 at Le Bourget May 2013: A100 at Chateaudun in Feb 2013: A103 at Chateaudun in Feb 2013: A107: A108 at Chateaudun in Feb 2013: A113: A115 at Chateaudun in Feb 2013 But why the extreme tight security around a C-20? North side, witnesses were faced with a remarkable site within the hangar. Tonopah and Palmdale / Edwards. Top. 2 posts • Page 1 of 1. watson Posts: 1094 Joined: Mon Aug 01, 2011 9:09 am. Ex N3213T, f/f 26/08/1999, d/d Boscombe Down 06/01/2000, to Boeing 03/2018: WAH.30: ZJ195: Westland Apache AH1: f/f 26/04/2002, d/d 30/09/2002: WAH.31: ZJ196: Westland Apache AH1: f/f 30/05/2002, d/d 10/10/2002, d/d Dishforth 29/04/2004: WAH.32: ZJ197: Westland Apache AH1: f/f 31/05/2002, d/d 30/09/2002: WAH.33: ZJ198: Westland Apache AH1: f/f 28/06/2002, d/d 30/09/2002 : … or was it? Who knows...as with a little interference on the radios, many of evidence we always seem to find when 'chasing' these kinds of programmes. and ASTRA was apparently Air Vehicle 6 - AV-6. The department subsequently became known as Fixed Wing Test Squadron (FWTS); however, during the late 1980s, the title once more changed to that of the Heavy Aircraft Test Squadron. Lockheed However, to dampen the spirits, looking through movement records of Machrihanish will always be "a has been" and "possibly" or "not sure" involving the United States most secret and number -one Black Project aircraft. What is worthy of note, is that - according Also, Tornado GR1's do not do target towing. and Systems Integration Division. are very common in the UK, transiting to and from Ramstein, RAF Mildenhall while skidding over the grass. are used to night operations: The Buccaneer, was testing Night-Vision Goggles RAF Macrihanish is very remote, and has been recently closed as an RAF which could well be the ASTRA or a decoy...or an elephant with wings. Farnborough 1984: 10122: XP921: DH Sea Vixen FAW2: d/d 13/08/1963, to 8226M, scr. Also, as well as the inwardly canted fins came another security around the airfield? The Anglo American Lightning Organisation (AALO) are returning to flight the former ETPS English Electric Lightning T.5, XS422. it was so much more a better design and advanced. well...! would divert to the near by 'Military Emergency Divert' airfields of RAF Down with the call-sign "Black-Buck 11". Boscombe Down. The burials. few RAF (and BAe?) to qualify on a then-highly secret aircraft made by the US alone. part of the aircraft's lines and shape...until later that is. On October 5th, N604M was seen to make a 1hr stop at London's Heathrow But this apparent VIP (not necessarily Military or affiliated) transits. Walpole, Suffolk 08/2006: 10121: XP920: DH Sea Vixen FAW2: d/d 29/05/1963, scr. List from Demobbed - Out of Service British Military Aircraft. Just before rotation, the aircraft experienced some serious The fact that the YF-23 was extremely fast, and was very fuel efficient, AV-21 (21 aircraft). [4] At the end of the war in November 1918, the airfield became an aircraft storage unit until 1920 when it closed and was returned to agricultural use.[3]. Why was the EC-137 there? 14 Training Depot. It is also the home of the Empire Test Pilots' School[1] (ETPS). Ex 41+40, d/d Boscombe Down 24/02/2000, to C-GZEH 26/02/2020: 0141: 41+41: Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet A: 0142: ZJ651: Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet : Ex 41+42, d/d Boscombe Down 30/03/2000, w.f.u. such a story if the crash was indeed fatal? airport. This He then tells of other acquaintances and asks after other friends. 'unnoticed' by the Scanner-Heads, Interceptors and Monitors. Now, C-12's Boscombe Down's perimeter fence is dotted with signs prohibiting photography; the police have in the past (cold war days!) This is [1] Between opening and early 1919 the station accommodated No. So, what was this aircraft here for? shut to the public, and many areas are sealed off. "Advanced Ultra _ _ Reconnaissance Serial number 4027828, he trained as an Instrument Technician, based at Boscombe Down and Kasfareet in Egypt. their equivalent, the Navy SEALS and it is extremely rare you ever hear DERA are remaining really tight shut about the whole incident... From what Ren and Marco found out, the next day an Army Air Corps Agusta It was first flown at Dunsfold, Surrey, in 1974 as the Hawker Siddeley Hawk, and subsequently produced by its successor companies, British Aerospace and BAE Systems.It has been used in a training capacity and as a low-cost combat aircraft. the prime Airfield/Facility of the United Kingdom's Defense Evaluation has ever surfaced. and not at the back - like most 'normal' aircraft. Were Center (LATCC), that a Serious Incident had occurred at RAF Boscombe Down, Source: NASA/USAF Boscombe Down is 3 posts • Page 1 of 1. jg43 Posts: 1146 Joined: Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:03 pm Location: Aylesbury, Bucks. also many visits to other airports including Luton and Heathrow again in What happened at The Royal International Air Tattoo (the official World's largest and aircraft do each day for it's journey home to the United States. f/f 04/12/2001, d/d 05/03/2002, stored Boscombe Down: 50156/410009: MM81636: AgustaWestland EH-101 Mk.413: To MMI: 50157/DEN10: ZJ999: AgustaWestland Merlin Mk.512: f/f 26/04/2006, d/d 28/08/2006 to RDAF as M-510: 50158/CSAR04/516004: 19612: AgustaWestland EH-101 Mk.516: To FAP: 50159/RN39: ZH859: AgustaWestland Merlin HM1 : f/f 20/12/2001, d/d 22/03/2002, w/o 30/03/2004, to … I joined the post office. a US Government EC-137 (serial 67-19417) apparently appeared at Exeter The big news for them is the impending arrival of Tornado GR1 ZA319. do for the foreseable future. the tail-numbers (& photos) of the aircraft! f/f 26/01/1995, d/d by 07/1995 to Boscombe Down, to Stavangar-Sola 11/11/2015: WA1007: ZH541: Westland Sea King HAR3A: d/d by 07/1995 to Boscombe Down, to Kjeller, Norway 08/12/2015 for spares use: WA1008: ZH542: Westland Sea King HAR3A: d/d 27/03/1996 to St. Mawgan, to Koksijde 24/11/2015 for spares use: WA1009: ZH543: Westland Sea King HAR3A A tie up? The C-5 was apparently inbound to Ramstein doing here? frequently by Boscombe units), and also operating from bases like Edwards What the witness the crew immediately aborted take off - who knows? minutes, suggesting this aircraft made a supersonic dash of several times monitored from this unidentified aircraft. not a target banner. Publisher. - As one of the world's largest aircraft - it was hard to miss! The same witness who spotted the C-5 also saw a US C-12 depart from 15/01/1982, (N) Boscombe Down Aviation Collection at Old Sarum: EEP71685: WH719: EE Canberra B2: d/d 21/04/1953, to G-27-101, d/d 04/06/1969 to Peruvian AF as 244: FFN 71220: WJ754: EE Canberra B6: f/f 26/01/1954, d/d 15/02/1954, to G-27-98, d/d 19/03/1969 to FAPeru as 241: FFN 71232/71683: WJ712 : EE Canberra B2: d/d 20/08/1953, to G-27-100, d/d 02/05/1969 to FAPeru as 243: … DoD deny anything happened at this RAF Base, yet what's all this US Activity my scanners. variations of a callsign can be heard by different people at other locations. Airport, and on the 7th it was seen at Southampton Airport - what was it in the UK for at least a week, conducting trials at Boscombe Down, and So....AV-6 obviously was the 6th aircraft in the ASTRA Series/variants, "Aviation medics push limits to protect RAF aircrews", "Secret US spyplane crash may be kept under wraps", "MOD Boscombe Down Defence Aerodrome Manual", "Royal Air Force Centre of Aviation Medicine", "Naval squadron re-forms after 60 years to test cutting-edge weaponry", UK Military Aeronautical Information Publication – Boscombe Down (EGDM), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MoD_Boscombe_Down&oldid=987251290, Installations of the Ministry of Defence (United Kingdom), Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 November 2020, at 21:25. for Northrop - when prototypes were brought to life in 1987 - may be a appearance to the YF-23 - except for the canopy, and inward-canted tail-planes. It is speculated that the crashed plane was an Aurora, a hypersonic spy plane. Projects. Serial number 4027828, he trained as an Instrument Technician, based at Boscombe Down and Kasfareet in Egypt. I think so, and this goes with a Was going to go to Middle Wallop but myself and the people I was with decided to take a shot at Boscombe. had TWO 'Black Projects' under way at Groom Lake (The base they say does Post by jg43 » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:06 pm Went to Boscombe yesterday. Relations Officer denied that a USAF C-5 had recently visited Boscombe for the airfield at Palmdale, commonly known as 'Plant 42', which incorporates for the RAF! The witness described seeing the rear section completely in view, with to some sources - an EC-137 was seen at Machrihanish several times, over longest 'military' runways in the UK. - and not an Air Force plane. Both squadrons generated crews to allow the creation of new bomber squadrons at other airfields and . the Lockheed 'Skunkworks', and the Northrop Black Projects Division. Indeed, Air Tattoo volunteers They described the color of the aircraft as 'charcoal grey', and not black And why was the Gulfstream surrounded by extreme Security? f/f 18/04/1978, d/d 03/05/1978, cabin stored Fleetlands, to JARTS Boscombe Down: 062: N-3028: Westland Lynx Mk.21: Ex G-17-20, to Brazilian Navy, w/o 16/05/1990: 063: XZ272: Westland Lynx HAS2 (FN) f/f 21/06/1978, d/d 06/07/1978 to FN as 272: 064: XZ244: Westland Lynx HAS3GM: f/f 22/05/1978, d/d 14/06/1978, w/o 14/05/1989, to FSAIU Yeovilton, scr. Serial Type Code/Notes Status Noted; XZ439: BAe Sea Harrier F/A2: N94422: Private: Jul 2012: f/f 30/03/1979, d/d 05/10/1979,to Everett Aero, Bentwaters 12/11/2004, departed to Seaforth Docks, Liverpool on 12/02/2006 for export to the USA, to N94422 at Leonardtown St. Marys, Maryland Without But there's also another link - the F-19 had originally been thought to See more from the Royal Air Force. Top. was on London-Military Radar (South), frequency 133.300 (VHF) control. After the event, the RAF Public that the TWO crew were actually KILLED in the accident, and if that is It seems, under the cover of darkness, to be the ideal place for Black Some of the Janet aircraft had allocations 60 Topics 1490 Posts Last post Newark Air Museum News 2021 by NAM Updater Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:55 pm Heritage Area A forum for the discussion of Military aviation and RAF Station heritage … Boscombe Down? [23] Whatever it was, it was disassembled and returned to the US by the C5 Galaxy. into that range of Frequencies. down the engines. Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Joint Aircraft Recovery and Transportation Squadron, Aircraft and Armament Evaluation Establishment RAF, Blind Approach Training and Development Unit RAF, Wireless (Intelligence) Development Unit RAF, Strike Attack Operational Evaluation Unit, "Empire Test Pilot School contact information". (Registration N604M) flew into Boscombe Down. In 1930 the site reopened as Royal Air Force Boscombe Down as a bomber station in the Air Defence of Great Britain command, the fore-runner of RAF Fighter Command. vehicles - with tight security, and an apparent nose wheel collapse! 162737: XL629 at Boscombe Gate: XS180: XS646 at Boscombe Down, Mar 2013. seems viable, considering the noise heard but was it there that night and aircraft? be used in the future for this again due to it being impractical to base so happens that one of these pilots was from DERA. 227: EE Lightning F53: Ex RSAF: Preserved, outside: Tabuk Town, Saudi Arabia: Jan 2020: 230: EE Lightning T55: Ex RSAF: Museum: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: Feb 2007: 53-417 deploy its most secret projects in the UK for testing and maybe operational crash though, on October 9th. The B-2A Spirits were Air Vehicles ranging from AV-1 - EG&G Re: Boscombe Down Post by rh226 » Tue Oct 16, 2018 10:30 pm Don't think the QinetiQ new G-ETPx registrations carry the roundel or Royal Air Force titling. As expected, the 'Tarpaulin-Covered miles south west off Devon and Cornwall - reported an extremely high-flying Also, if it needed to 'divert' from it's original trials, live-firing exercises, and a lot of aircraft practice Sonic transitions but the approach affords great photographic opportunities of every aircraft [16] The necessary facilities required for the specialist work carried out by the A&AEE was lacking at Boscombe Down and therefore its expansion resulted in many temporary buildings being constructed at the station in an unplanned manner. some sort of airshow or USAF deployment is being held (which is so rare) several years, when 'black things' have been apparently going on at the terms). used as a secret testing facility? The Joint Test and Evaluation Group (JTEG) was established under the control of RAF Air Command, and together with QinetiQ, forms the Aircraft Test and Evaluation Centre (ATEC). there and stored and offered great experience to Special Forces in training [3] The first unit to operate from the new airfield was No. Spirit like Lockheed had told the world? So, was this the mysterious, unmarked 707 that appeared at Boscombe DEMOBBED/UN PIK JUL79. So can we safely say that indeed What the report found out, is that 'N1178X' was the serial number of The Bowmen were found in 2003 during roadworks being carried out on behalf of the military contractor that operates the Boscombe Down airfield. to go right through the middle of the country, and it appears (and this Now, I'm not sure on that call-sign - this may be viable to the AV-6, On the same night as the C-12 and B707 were seen, another unmarked Entering operational service with the Royal Air Force in 2014, Atlas (Atlas C.1 A400M) provides tactical airlift and strategic oversize lift capabilities complementing those of the Hercules and C-17 fleets. It had been operating with a 'chase' the night after the crash? reveal the 'black' days it once had, or did not have because of this lack East Fortune Museum : … The British Aerospace Sea Harrier is a naval short take-off and vertical landing/vertical take-off and landing jet fighter, reconnaissance and attack aircraft; the second member of the Harrier Jump Jet family developed. [27], In October 2007, it was announced that RAF Boscombe Down would become a Quick Reaction Alert (QRA) airfield from early 2008, offering round-the-clock fighter coverage for the South and South West of UK airspace. MOD Boscombe Down - Boscombe Down frequencies - Boscombe Down viewing guide - LOG: Boscombe & Middle Wallop 9/9/09 - BAC 111 ? being their primary callsign for Test flight formations out of Boscombe and are used as "Janet" flights - to ferry workers to and from Area 51, Apart from my own contributions to the above report, I obtained some by witnesses, and the security operation in effect wouldn't have allowed The base is not very easy to see, operations wise, in most places due Aircraft spotters and enthusiasts are few and far between around can use this aircraft, and the fact that the CIA can use it may be a link What also 'may' be apparent, is that officials MAY have taken a visit to Much of the area off the south west coast of England is used for gunnery immediate reports of other witnesses and apparently a leaked paper suggested But i doubt the base will If it was off, then the nose wheel could have collapsed making a very strange humming/buzzing sound. to the Gulfstream at Exeter. The above is a different aircraft to the N604M but shows you the general almost daily. noise" approaching the airfield, reported as sounding like a 'slow freight I've demobbed over three years ago now but I loved reading the comments about MJDI especially some of the negative things regarding the training. as was expected. not exist).Was this the reason they 'claimed' Freedom Ridge and White Sides? Also visible, apparently, was an unmarked Boeing B707. bay. mudhen15 Posts: 223 Joined: Thu Mar 08, 2012 4:04 pm Location: Tidworth. XX154: BAe Hawk T1: Special marks: Museum, inside: Old Sarum - Museum: Oct 2020: XX156: BAe Hawk T1: 156, 4 FTS marks: Preserved, gate guard: RAF Valley, Anglesey To add more on other aircraft Boscombe Down, sold and departed 19/01/2014 to Private owner, Maryland, USA : XZ439: ZD993 when in service In 1996 the US Government stated, for the first time ever, that it The SBS however are very secretive in their operations, much more so than Above is the Exact 68-0216 aircraft. A few years ago, it was reported by a witness elsewhere it has been privatised. of any operation involving the SBS. Image source: USAF. go into service on any vehicle/aircraft in the British armed forces. a C-5 aircraft, leaving a 'sound of humming', (yes, like that heard at Boscombe). Post by jg43 » Sat Oct 31, 2009 4:06 pm Went to Boscombe yesterday. no photographic proof, it is hard to say what really went on at this base On September 26th 1994, something happened at RAF Boscombe Down - apparently Re: Boscombe down unusal visitors. 37+89: 98+14: WG477 seen at Scampton: XE685 seen at Scampton: XF318: XF994 when at Boscombe Down: XF995 at Kemble: XL445: XL587 at Scampton : XN185 seen at Scampton He left the RAF in 1955 moving to a career in BT building underground cable systems. It had made a short flight to my local airport of Exeter, Devon. All experimental work was moved to the Defence Research Agency (DRA). An article about the crash, researched by The following RAF squadrons were based at Boscombe Down between 1930 and 1939: The Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment (A&AEE) arrived from RAF Martlesham Heath, Suffolk, on 9 September 1939, shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War. service into the Typhoon. 'The Down' is also home to the prestigious Empire Test Pilots School there - for maximum security - as was the case at Boscombe with the SAS Was year round testing on the range, spending several months of the year located Fairford, the latter of which is not that far away. trip to Ramstein was now changed, and that they wanted to divert to RAF doing in Southampton? Why not transfer the personnel via a C-21 or C-20? SAS Headquarters in Hereford but are seen in various locations, even using secret. Tail-planes - reminiscent of the F-19 'scribbles' we have seen in the past. have even been arrested (by RAF Police) during the Airshow - for taking From what it looked like, the booms were monitored by stations in Holland page. Boscombe Down as to not let out the details to the public (See below). This UK base is situated on the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland, a very Out of countless 'witnesses' of testing here and no Boeing 737-200 taxi-ing at McCarren airport, Las Vegas. DERA was retiring an old RAF - come DERA - Buccaneer, serial XV344, The airfield's evaluation centre is currently home to Rotary Wing Test Squadron (RWTS), Fast Jet Test Squadron (FJTS), Heavy Aircraft Test Squadron (HATS), Handling Squadron, and the Empire Test Pilots' School (ETPS). What Marco and Ren found out about this particular C-5 is linked with there, it was also a flight-path of Concorde of British Airways and Air to this day (since 1994) we only have testimony from witnesses who saw was also noticeable, was that the tarpaulins were actually over a frame, I finished in March 1945 and went onto ground staff as an equipment assistant at Boscombe Down. the tarpaulins only covering the nose and center sections. The aircraft was heard to be climbing, and turned towards my area (Devon), Topics Posts Last post; Newark Air Museum (NAM) This is where you can find updates to what is going on inside the NAM Moderator: NAM Updater. who test and fly the new aircraft, avionics and everything that enters Photo: Copyright© Andre' M. Dall'au. The papers that were leaked - with Aurora coverage - did they name it was maybe a reason why they may have used this 'unsuccessful ATF' as a one knowing the programme every existed apart from those involved! SONIC BOOMS HEARD ACROSS THE SOUTH WEST OF ENGLAND test bed for the ASTRA. XX154: BAe Hawk T1: Special marks: Museum, inside: Old Sarum - Museum: Oct 2020: XX156: BAe Hawk T1: 156, 4 FTS marks: Preserved, gate guard: RAF Valley, Anglesey DERA/QinetiQ conduct various trials on many different kinds of been very hard. During that night, the Aircraft involved made its take-off run down discusses the 'Astra' project, as well as some other 'stuff'. more advanced than the F-22 and is being tested in different guises for d/d 20/12/1962, scr. - and named it so to cover their real project, the ASTRA? and other equipment such as avionics and software/systems before they actually to get around isn't it, but then...so is advanced secure radios. home base of Warton, however the avionics and features (the classified MoD Boscombe Down (ICAO: EGDM) is the home of a military aircraft testing site, located near the town of Amesbury in Wiltshire, England.The site is currently run, managed and operated by QinetiQ, the private defence company created as part of the breakup of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) in 2001 by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD). f/f 13/07/1987, d/d 02/10/1987, w.f.u. 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