Hornets at Richmond

Gerard M · #1 26th August 2008, 06:49 PM

Heard on the radio just now that there are some hornets flying into or around richmond at the moment or quite soon.
Anyone know what the occasion is?

Cheers.

Gerard

damien b · #2 27th August 2008, 07:00 AM

Probably just standard landing practice for the pilots. They use Richmond all the time as its a short flight from home base and a less crowded airspace these days.

Jethro H · #3 27th August 2008, 03:37 PM

About a month ago, they were doing some work on the arrester cables.... don't know if that is related to today.

Gerard M · #4 28th August 2008, 06:18 PM

Just heard what i think is Maple 10, or it might have been naple, and Tester 13 (?) on approach to Richmond, but is that a RAAF hornet or something else? Cant say that it had a distinctive Australian accent but still? Any ideas?

damien b · #5 28th August 2008, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Gerard M

Just heard what i think is Maple 10, or it might have been naple, and Tester 13 (?) on approach to Richmond, but is that a RAAF hornet or something else? Cant say that it had a distinctive Australian accent but still? Any ideas?

RAAF/ADF sometime use the 'tester' callsign for aircraft undergoing test flights after major servicings - other than that, no idea.

Mick.B · #6 28th August 2008, 07:46 PM

Tester is form ARDU. Maple is a Hornet.