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Scramble 459
G-BBND DHC-1 Bernoulli Syndicate as/ex WD286 14
G-CTNG SR20 John Crackett 14
G-RAVN R44 Heli Air 14,15
G-ROON S-76C Cardinal Helicopter Services 14
G-SCHI AS350B2 Patriot Aviation 14
G-TYPH BAe146-200 BAE Systems (Corporate Air Travel) 14
G-URSA S-76C Capital Air Service 16
N835BA B737-7BC Boeing 13
The Thunderbirds codes changed a lot during a weekend of display flying, hence the reason why we don’t put the numbers
behind the serials. We do have however a list of the situation during RIAT 2017:
Lunchtime recordings of ‘buzz’ numbers for Thursday to Sunday:
91-0392 5 / 5 / 6 / 5 non flyer on Friday
91-0413 - / 5 / 5 / 4
91-0479 D - / 4 / 4 / -
92-3881 1 / 1 / 1 / 1
92-3888 3 / 3 / 3 / 3
92-3896 - / 6 / - / - to hangar 1345 on Saturday
92-3898 - / - / hgr / 6 non flyer on Friday - to hangar at 1410 Friday/from hangar Saturday 1413
92-3908 2 / 2 / 2 / 2
As the crewchiefs tend not to change from their respective aircraft we can also give you a review from the Sunday display:
#1 SSgt Aaron Langley & SSgt Jesse Barker/Lt Col Jason Heard,Commander/Leader [92-3881]
#2 SSgt Joshua Pait & SSgt Lucas Culver/Major Ryan Bodenheimer, Left Wing [92-3908]
#3 SSgt Daniel Walling & SSgt Kyle Smith/Major Nate Hoffman, Right Wing [92-3888]
#4 SSgt Cody Fouratt & SSgt Bryson Schuster, Major Nick Krajicek, Slot [91-0413]
#5 SSgt Alvin Felder & SSgt Nicole Calungsod/Major Alex Turner, Lead Solo [91-0392]
#6 SSgt Pierce Gillis & SSgt Derrick Young/Major Whit Collings, OpposingSolo [92-3898]
Brize Norton movements visible from Fairford:
ZM410/410 Atlas C1 70sq inbound Brize Norton 14
ZM414/414 Atlas C1 70sq outbound Brize Norton 17
ZZ171/171 C-17A 99sq outbound Brize Norton 16
ZZ175/175 C-17A 99sq outbound Brize Norton 16
ZZ175/175 C-17A 99sq (spec mks) outbound Brize Norton 17
ZZ333 Voyager KC3 10/101sq outbound Brize Norton 16
ZZ335 Voyager KC3 1312 Flt 16
ZZ336 Voyager KC3 10/101sq outbound Brize Norton 17
Credits: Ben van Hemert, MSF, NAMAR, Scramble messageboard.
Another first was the visit of this E-7A Wedgetail of the Royal Australian Air Force. A30-006 is seen here during its departure, but it stayed in
the UK, conducting several local missions from RAF Waddington in the following days. (Fairford, 17 July 2017, Rene Liebe)
