Aircraft Movements, 8th Oct. 2024

 Military movements recorded from Melksham using PlanePlotter

Hex	Callsign	Redg	Type	Date/time
3B77CE		114	CN35	2024-10-08 08:24:34
3B77CE	CTM2019	114	CN35	2024-10-08 08:28:26
3B9BE3		32	FA10	2024-10-08 12:22:38
3B9BE3	FNY55F7	32	FA10	2024-10-08 12:29:02
3F5727	GAF059	54+14	A400	2024-10-08 10:25:35
407D90	RRR1927	G-ZABH	F900	2024-10-08 12:44:59
43C04E	RRR6221	ZZ175	C17	2024-10-08 19:38:25
43C072	CMNDO13	ZJ123	EH10	2024-10-08 13:02:18
43C173		ZZ173	C17	2024-10-08 09:51:45
43C173	JDW824	ZZ173	C17	2024-10-08 10:00:09
43C1C6		ZZ176	C17	2024-10-08 12:39:03
43C1C6	RRR6629	ZZ176	C17	2024-10-08 12:44:46
43C453	REDARROW	XX319	HAWK	2024-10-08 11:46:44
43C47B		ZK011	HAWK	2024-10-08 11:23:53
43C47B	POISN23	ZK011	HAWK	2024-10-08 11:16:19
43C497	TYPHOO31	ZJ917	EUFI	2024-10-08 08:55:22
43C4BD		ZA674	H47	2024-10-08 14:59:28
43C4BD	SHF473	ZA674	H47	2024-10-08 14:47:47
43C4D6	SHF394	ZA705	H47	2024-10-08 16:30:28
43C553	NINJA41	ZK016	HAWK	2024-10-08 15:14:11
43C553	POISN22	ZK016	HAWK	2024-10-08 11:24:29
43C556	AXIS31	ZK019	HAWK	2024-10-08 13:26:00
43C55D		ZK026	HAWK	2024-10-08 15:58:23
43C55D	NINJA42	ZK026	HAWK	2024-10-08 15:18:11
43C55D	POISN21	ZK026	HAWK	2024-10-08 11:20:35
43C5E3	ASCOT62	ZM409	A400	2024-10-08 23:23:00
43C5E3	BLNHM62	ZM409	A400	2024-10-08 17:02:15
43C5E3	JIGSAW93	ZM409	A400	2024-10-08 12:10:59
43C5E6		ZM412	A400	2024-10-08 10:54:40
43C5E6	RLET39	ZM412	A400	2024-10-08 10:57:35
43C5E8		ZM414	A400	2024-10-08 16:07:57
43C5E8	COMET452	ZM414	A400	2024-10-08 15:05:07
43C5EA		ZM416	A400	2024-10-08 14:14:47
43C5F6	SHF456	ZH899	H47	2024-10-08 17:25:23
43C6BB	RECON21	ZZ398	LYNX	2024-10-08 13:58:15
43C6C1	RECON22	ZZ407	LYNX	2024-10-08 13:43:07
43C6C5	TALON10	ZZ413	LYNX	2024-10-08 10:22:00
43C6C5	TALON732	ZZ413	LYNX	2024-10-08 15:45:53
43C6F7	RRR2216	ZZ334	A332	2024-10-08 11:59:43
43C6FA	TARTAN29	ZZ337	A332	2024-10-08 07:13:54
43C6FA	TARTN28	ZZ337	A332	2024-10-08 13:26:06
43C6FB	RRR2215	ZZ338	A332	2024-10-08 20:14:48
43C700	RRR2302	ZZ343	A332	2024-10-08 06:57:45
43C73B		ZK355	EUFI	2024-10-08 14:47:56
43C73B	WTN15	ZK355	EUFI	2024-10-08 13:29:33
43C762	SPEAR26	ZZ521	LYNX	2024-10-08 20:04:40
43C769	RASCAL31	ZZ528	LYNX	2024-10-08 22:09:14
43C8D2	SWIFT1	ZM331	TEX2	2024-10-08 11:14:17
43C923	SWIFT1	ZM342	TEX2	2024-10-08 14:06:17
43C932	BDN64	ZM704	H64	2024-10-08 13:24:14
43C944	PTHR78	ZM722	H64	2024-10-08 10:45:47
43C951		ZM735	H64	2024-10-08 13:14:51
43C951	PNTHR77	ZM735	H64	2024-10-08 09:48:03
43C952		ZM736	H64	2024-10-08 11:39:57
43C952	PNTHR78	ZM736	H64	2024-10-08 11:42:47
43C952	PNTHR86	ZM736	H64	2024-10-08 15:06:48
43C966	JAVLN	ZB137	HAWK	2024-10-08 12:15:09
43C968	JAVLN23	ZB139	HAWK	2024-10-08 12:23:26
4CA204		258	LJ45	2024-10-08 08:24:07
4CA204	IRL258	258	LJ45	2024-10-08 08:28:33
AE0133	DUKE86	97-00102	C560	2024-10-08 09:03:50
AE0260		61-0295	C135	2024-10-08 14:32:53
AE0424		60-0333	C135	2024-10-08 12:51:55
AE0471	RCH640	57-1451	C135	2024-10-08 07:08:56
AE04DE	RCH649	57-2597	C135	2024-10-08 07:30:09
AE0502		59-1511	C135	2024-10-08 12:54:33
AE10B7		01-0188	C17	2024-10-08 08:26:49
AE1235	RCH4609	03-3124	C17	2024-10-08 04:41:29
AE1241	RCH4587	04-4136	C17	2024-10-08 08:34:30
AE1467	RCH110	07-7169	C17	2024-10-08 10:45:54
AE1470	RCH4600	07-7178	C17	2024-10-08 08:34:16
AE29FD	CNV4020	166694	B737	2024-10-08 18:26:28
C2B5AD	CFC4249	130614	C30J	2024-10-08 07:33:03

Aircraft Movements, 7th Oct. 2024

 Military movements recorded from Melksham using PlanePlotter

Hex	Callsign	Redg	Type	Date/Time
3B7542	CTM1011	2022	A332	2024-10-07 08:02:47
3B773C		64	E121	2024-10-07 11:54:29
3B773C	CTM1727	64	E121	2024-10-07 12:02:34
3B9BE3		32	FA10	2024-10-07 13:25:14
3E95CA	GAF688	14+05	GLEX	2024-10-07 17:25:13
407D8F	KRF28R	G-ZAHS	F900	2024-10-07 10:49:41
407D8F	RRR1028	G-ZAHS	F900	2024-10-07 07:31:19
43C072	CMNDO10	ZJ123	EH10	2024-10-07 13:03:17
43C072	CMNDO50	ZJ123	EH10	2024-10-07 15:21:42
43C173	BCT829	ZZ173	C17	2024-10-07 14:27:47
43C173	RRR817	ZZ173	C17	2024-10-07 10:33:38
43C1C6	RRR6404	ZZ176	C17	2024-10-07 00:01:47
43C208	RRR6405	ZZ178	C17	2024-10-07 17:10:38
43C421	REDARROW	XX242	HAWK	2024-10-07 13:10:10
43C440	REDARR0W	XX295	HAWK	2024-10-07 13:14:10
43C4D6		ZA705	H47	2024-10-07 13:05:58
43C4D6	SHF253	ZA705	H47	2024-10-07 12:48:44
43C556	VYT16	ZK019	HAWK	2024-10-07 08:06:44
43C55E		ZK027	HAWK	2024-10-07 12:55:55
43C55E	NINJA33	ZK027	HAWK	2024-10-07 12:57:25
43C5DF	RRR4297	ZM405	A400	2024-10-07 00:01:40
43C5E6	COMET451	ZM412	A400	2024-10-07 11:22:32
43C5E6	DREAD43	ZM412	A400	2024-10-07 18:09:25
43C619	NAVY571	ZZ501	B350	2024-10-07 10:46:00
43C6BB	DINGO05	ZZ398	LYNX	2024-10-07 13:05:17
43C6C1		ZZ407	LYNX	2024-10-07 14:22:25
43C6C1	RECON21	ZZ407	LYNX	2024-10-07 12:59:11
43C6C5		ZZ413	LYNX	2024-10-07 15:00:00
43C6C5	VNGNCE65	ZZ413	LYNX	2024-10-07 18:33:04
43C6E8		ZZ384	LYNX	2024-10-07 20:07:02
43C6E8	VALNT63	ZZ384	LYNX	2024-10-07 09:12:34
43C6F7	TARTN18	ZZ334	A332	2024-10-07 13:11:58
43C6FA		ZZ337	A332	2024-10-07 09:30:30
43C6FA	RRR2252	ZZ337	A332	2024-10-07 08:48:23
43C6FA	RRR2253	ZZ337	A332	2024-10-07 14:04:29
43C6FB	RRR2214	ZZ338	A332	2024-10-07 09:45:31
43C700	TARTN19	ZZ343	A332	2024-10-07 09:25:26
43C706		ZK344	EUFI	2024-10-07 09:33:01
43C706	RAMPAG31	ZK344	EUFI	2024-10-07 17:21:22
43C769		ZZ528	LYNX	2024-10-07 20:22:07
43C769	SCANDL01	ZZ528	LYNX	2024-10-07 10:09:39
43C769	TALON01	ZZ528	LYNX	2024-10-07 14:30:08
43C769	TALON03	ZZ528	LYNX	2024-10-07 12:55:21
43C769	TALON732	ZZ528	LYNX	2024-10-07 20:25:38
43C8D1	RCKT01	ZM330	TEX2	2024-10-07 11:13:47
43C8D6		ZM335	E50P	2024-10-07 10:43:59
43C8D6	CWL42	ZM335	E50P	2024-10-07 09:52:33
43C932	PNTHR76	ZM704	H64	2024-10-07 09:38:16
43C944	PTHR78	ZM722	H64	2024-10-07 11:21:41
43C94E	PNTHR76	ZM732	H64	2024-10-07 13:03:33
43C951	PANTHR89	ZM735	H64	2024-10-07 14:39:56
43C952	PNTHR76	ZM736	H64	2024-10-07 18:17:32
43C952	PNTHR77	ZM736	H64	2024-10-07 14:00:45
43C966		ZB137	HAWK	2024-10-07 11:46:52
43C966	JAVLN30	ZB137	HAWK	2024-10-07 11:50:24
43CF30		ZZ391	LYNX	2024-10-07 21:31:30
4A34E3	3B@TA@@U	274	H60	2024-10-07 14:36:50
70C078		501	C130	2024-10-07 14:12:20
70C078	MJN280	501	C130	2024-10-07 14:19:54
7CF922	ASY705	A41-210	C17	2024-10-07 11:54:42
AE015D		63-8879	C135	2024-10-07 16:34:06
AE015D	GOLD32	63-8879	C135	2024-10-07 16:36:25
AE01B0		84-0087	LJ35	2024-10-07 09:40:06
AE01B0	VALOR42	84-0087	LJ35	2024-10-07 09:46:45
AE04AB	DUKE63	99-00102	C560	2024-10-07 07:58:52
AE04C5		59-1476	C135	2024-10-07 15:37:56
AE055C	RCH4040	84-0061	C5	2024-10-07 17:09:08
AE1167	BOXER41	02-0202	B737	2024-10-07 05:00:30
AE1236		03-3125	C17	2024-10-07 11:42:52
AE1236	RCH4610	03-3125	C17	2024-10-07 11:08:47
AE123D	RCH132	04-4132	C17	2024-10-07 10:42:02
AE1462	RCH809	06-6164	C17	2024-10-07 12:15:08
AE151A		166377	GLF5	2024-10-07 06:12:25
AE151A	VV101	166377	GLF5	2024-10-07 06:25:36
AE5BC8		16-46023	B762	2024-10-07 15:35:02
AE5BC8	GOLD21	16-46023	B762	2024-10-07 15:37:39
AE5F9C	GOLD31	18-46049	B762	2024-10-07 16:32:45
AE6919	HKY629	18-5921	C30J	2024-10-07 14:20:49

HFDL Map for 12th Jan 2023

 

Received frequencies:

17919 Mhz (Riverhead, New York)

17928 Mhz (Canarias, Spain)

21955 MHz (Canarias, Spain)

Time 1400 to 1500z

Equipment: HF loop with a CCW loop amplifier, RSP1A receiver and dumphfdl software

#avgeek  #aircraft #radio

HFDL Map for 11th Jan 2023

Receive frequencies 8942, 10081, 11184, 13270 and 15025MHz 

Time 1600 to 1700z

Equipment: HF loop with a CCW loop amplifier, RSP1A receiver and dumphfdl software

#avgeek  #aircraft #radio

HFDL Map for 4th Dec. 2022

 Receive frequencies 17 to 21MHz 

Time 1200 to 1300z

Equipment: HF loop with a CCW loop amplifier, RSP1A receiver and dumphfdl software

Hot air Balloon over Melksham

 

New feeding station

Up until now I've been feeding the hedgehogs by sprinkling the food (dry cat food) onto the grass, the local cats have found this free food leaving little for the hogs.

I created a feeding station from an old recycling box with a 5" square hole cut in one end.

As this video shows, it works - the feeding station is on the left and the nest/hibernation box on the right.

 

Foxy Visitor

I've had a fox visiting the garden for a while but this is the first time I caught 2 foxes at the same time. The one at the back appears to be a young fox, interesting to see him investigate the hedgehog and soon backs away when he touches the hog

 

A visit to Compton Abbas Airfield

 On the way home from a visit to Weymouth with a friend we stopped off at Compton Abbas airfield near Shaftesbury (Dorset). A pleasant cup of coffee and a chance to take a few photos.

Visit to Portland and Weymouth

 My first visit to the coast since lockdown and it made a very pleasant change, an enjoyable day spent with good friends.

Apart from the lighthouse Portland provides some spectacular views along the coast, this first photo, looking West, shows Chesil Beach with Abbotsbury Swannery in the far distance beyond East and West Fleet.

Fox in the garden

A visiting fox pinching the food for the hedgehog

 

Wildflower meadow

 My wildflower meadow has been established for around 5 years now and is beginning to look good. It gets cut just once a year around mid September and all the cut material removed.

These photos were taken during mid June and late July

Dyrham Park - Jan 2020

A surprise visit to Dyrham Park near Bath on a frosty Sunday morning

St Peters Church - Dyrham

A few photos of St Peters Church, Dyrham park. The church has its origins in the 13th century, with the tower added in the 15th century.
It seems to be open daily with easy access from the formal gardens at Dyrham Park.

Stourhead - The Pantheon

The Pantheon lies in the ground of Stourhead in Wiltshire, an estate owned by the National Trust.
Architect Henry Flitcroft was commissioned to design the Pantheon and building started in 1753 by William Privett.

The pantheon is home to several statues, some shown below, including "Hercules" created by Rysbrack

There are many more photos of Stourhead and other National Trust properties in my gallery

RAF Lyneham Gate Guardian

De Havilland Comet C2 XK699 "Sagittarius" was unveiled as RAF Lyenham's gate guardian by HRH The Princess Royal on the 22nd June 1987.
These photos of XK699 were taken about 4 weeks before the unveiling.
With the closure of Lyneham in 2012 the airframe was scrapped - possibly the nose section was saved and moved to Boscombe Down.

Poole Pottery - Peacock Vase

I recently started collecting Poole Pottery (just in a small way) - this is one of my first acquisitions. The vase is a peacock design in the “Living Glaze” range, designed by Anita Harris and painted by Lorna Whitmarsh in the early 2000’s - the blue interior indicates this is a fairly early product, those produced later have a black interior.

Airbus A400M Atlas ZM401

The following is a selection of photographs I took of the A400M Atlas whilst it was on a training exercise at the rarely used airfield at Keevil in Wiltshire.