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Post by csnewton2701 on Apr 25, 2016 12:55:54 GMT 1
Picked up 2 callsigns talking to Warton on the 22.04.16. They were Victor 01 and Victor 02. Does anyone know what they were? I havnt been able to track them down.
Cheers
Chris
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Post by viscount on Apr 25, 2016 14:28:51 GMT 1
Would suspect that these are RAF Valley Hawks. The 'Victor' is the first part of the RAF tri-gram 'VYT' 'Victor Yankee Tango' denoting a Valley Unit pilot. The ICAO official spoken call-sign for VYT is 'Anglesey', however have never heard that in use, just Victor Yankee Tango on initial call, Victor (eg Victor 69) on subsequent calls. Unusual to get VYT 01 and VYT 02 in the air at the same time, as I suspect they are allocated to the Base Chief Flying instructor and his deputy.
The BAe Warton Test Pilots call 'Tarnish' followed by two numbers fixed to the pilot in command, the ICAO written form being 'WTN'. The BAe Systems communications aircraft based at Warton call 'Felix' which in written ICAO form is 'BAE'.
Other call-signs likely on Warton Radar are 'Uniform Alpha Mike', the tri-gram 'UAM', often just 'Uniform' on the radio are UAS Grob Tutors operating out of Woodvale. 'Rescue' (eg Rescue 926) are Coastguard helicopters, written form probably SRG. 'Pedro' are the couple of training helicopters out of RAF Valley. 'Shawbury' or 'SYS' are training helicopters from RAF Shawbury. 'Typhoon' are training Typhoons from RAF Coningsby, written form 'CBY'. 'Cranwell', written as CWL are usually King Air 200 training aircraft.
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Post by csnewton2701 on Apr 25, 2016 15:07:29 GMT 1
Thanks Viscount your explanation is much appreciated. My original theory was that they were 2 of the 4 Typhoons i had seen in the Lake District that day.
Chris
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