LOG Friday 14/03/2008

Cardiff IAP Visitors and Notes

Due in at 04:35 is "RRR4569" from Hanover...Herc or VC-10 ? (IanG) sounded like a herc to me(RichT)

Due out at 11:15 is "NJE6ND" to Jersey, Citation 560 CS-DFM ...departed 11:13
Due in at 11:50 is DH8C "WOW3P" from Staverton and out to Southend at 15:30 as "WOW9313"...G-WOWA ..landed 10:22 ..departed 15:30

DHC8D G-JECS on the Flybe BE1431 flight started taxiing at 08:50 but returned to stand due to rumours of a strike at CDG, closing the airport. Hopefully this will not happen. Turned out to be false. (StuC)

F-HBRU Beech 200 still on echo at 11:00
Inbound now 14:45 is regular Cessna 182 N182GC...will park on echo (IanG) ..landed 14:52
Just departing 16:06 is B733 G-THOP of ThomsonFly c/s "TOM442X"
Just landing 17:40 is F-HBSC ...type uknown at the moment (IanG) ...going by the airport boards this appears to be the C525 "SOC001" from Clermont-Ferrand (StuC)
Just landed at 18:03 is another unknown c/s "(Syrex ?) 402" ...departed at 19:36..possibly an SW4 Metro (StuC)......Suspect this may have been "Zorex 402" EC-GPE (AndyD grasping at straws!)
Due in at 19:05 is "BE1432A" from Paris CDG ..DH8D G-JECM Flybe c/s "Jersey 143G" ..landed 20:14 ...departed to Manchester as c/s "Jersey 048Z" at 20:53 (StuC)
Due in at 20:40 is "TJS032" from Paris LBG..D.328JET OE-HTJ c/s "TyrolJet 32" ..landed 20:39 (StuC)
Landing at 23:01 on a weather diversion routing Le Plessis-Belleville France to Dunkeswell is Lancair LC41-550FG N325SK. Parked in the Terminal area. Will night stop as fuel is not available until 09:00. (StuC)

Rugby Charter Flights ..WALES v FRANCE

With the exception of the last three, all flights listed below depart a short time after arrival. The last three stay until Sunday. The Air France Boeing 777 is supposed to be a 777-300 which is Paris Orly based ... one from the following F-GSQN/O/P/R/S/T/X (RichT)

Arrivals

09:00 is "FPO1199" from Paris CDG B733 F-GZTA c/s "French Post 199F" ..landed 08:57
09:25 is "FPO1201" from Lyon B733 F-GIXJ c/s "French Post 201E" ..landed 09:20
09:30 is "FPO1179" from Bordeaux B733 F-GIXF c/s "French Post 179C" ..landed 09:23
10:30 is "LS6931" from Lyon B757 G-LSAA ..landed 12:00
10:55 is "FPO1189" from Marseille B733 eta 11:30 F-GIXH c/s "French Post 189D" ..landed 11:34
11:25 is "AXY925" from Paris CDG B734 eta 12:00 F-GLXQ ..landed 12:06
11:45 is "AFR4316" from Paris ORY B773 eta 11:55 F-GSQS ..landed 11:44 drat (Richt)
12:20 is "BLE842" from Nantes Atlantique FK10 F-GNLH ..landed 11:50
12:45 is "FPO1239" from Toulouse and Bordeaux B733 F-GIXL c/s "French Post 239H" ..landed 12:37
11:50 is "FPO1243" from Paris CDG B733 eta 12:15 F-GIXO c/s "French Post 243G" ..landed 12:16
13:50 is "FPO1209" from Lyon B733 F-GZTA c/s "French Post 209F" ..landed 13:48
14:10 is "FPO1205" from Lyon B733 F-GIXJ c/s "French Post 205E" ..landed 14:25
14:20 is "FPO1241" from Toulouse B733 F-GIXF c/s "French Post 241C" ..landed 14:45
14:30 is "TOM8442" from Paris CDG B733 G-THOP c/s "Thomsom 442X" ..landed 15:00
14:45 is "FPO1197" from Toulouse B733 F-GFUE c/s "French Post 197A" ..landed 14:58
17:30 is "SOC001" from Clermont-Ferrand C525, departs Sunday ...probably F-HBSC see above
20:00 is "TLB661" from Paris LBG E120, departs Sunday...cancelled
20:30 is "RLA8064" from Paris LBG AT45, departs Sunday..F-GVZB c/s "Airlinair 8064" ..landed 20:32

Departures

09:45 "FPO138V" B733 to Lyon F-GZTA c/s "French Post 138F" ..departed 09:47
09:55 "FPO176V" B733 to Lyon F-GIXJ c/s "French Post 176E" ..departed 10:33
10:15 "FPO141V" B733 to Toulouse F-GIXF c/s "French Post 141C" ..departed 10:16
11:30 "LS931P" B757 to Newcastle G-LSAA ..departed 12:54
11:40 "FPO152V" B733 to Lyon F-GIXH c/s "French Post 152D" ..departed 12:13
12:05 "AXY025F" B734 to Paris CDG F-GLXQ ..departed 13:13
13:45 "AFR372V" B773 to Paris ORY F-GSQS ..departed 13:56
13:00 "BLE842P" FK10 to Paris CDG F-GNLH ..departed 13:02
13:40 "FPO139V" B733 to Toulouse F-GIXL c/s "French Post 139H" ..departed 13:34
13:50 "FPO143V" B733 to Paris CDG F-GIXO c/s "French Post 143G" ..departed 13:11
14:35 "FPO164V" B733 to Bordeaux F-GIXF c/s "French Post 164C" .. departed 15:24
14:40 "FPO188V" B733 to Toulouse F-GZTA c/s "French Post 188F" ..departed 14:54
14:55 "FPO140V" B733 to Lyon F-GIXJ c/s "French Post 140E" ..departed 15:05
Two additions to the Mayfly list
15:55 "FPO102V" B733 to Toulouse F-GFUE c/s "French Post 102A" ..departed 15:56
16:06 "TOM8442" B733 to Manchester G-THOP c/s "Thomson 442X" ..departed 16:06

Well the weather was dreadful this morning with heavy drizzle and poor visibility making it almost impossible to get any quality photos from the club. It was nice to see some old faces and hopfully tomorrow will produce some nice executive aircraft. I would like to thank Stu Carr for keeping the blog running while i was away, cheers ! (IanG)

Cardiff Freight Flights

Arriving at 05:50 should be "TAY217X" from Liege via Stansted, a BAe 146, departing to Liege at 06:20 as "TAY148P" OO-TAE 146-200QT ...departed 07:13