LOG Tuesday 23/09/2008

Jetstream 41 G-ISAY of Highland Airways (Bill Hodges)
ATR-72 EI-REN of Aer Arann (Bill Hodges)

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 12 ...to 30 c21:45

Visitors

Landing at 09:02 is "Tayflite 04" Cessna 340A G-LIZA parking Echo ..departed 20:46 to Glasgow

Landing 11:24 is Jetstream 41 G-ISAY of Highland Airways c/s "Highway 41T" ..parking stand 6 (still in "old" Eastern colours) ..departed 12:34 for some training, 2 ILS, 1 NDB and some circuits ..go-round 12:55, 13:09, 13:24, 13:40, 13:47, 13:51, landed 13:56 ..departed 14:05 to Plymouth ..First visit with this reg!

Inbound 11:25 Beech 200 G-SAXN c/s "Saxon Air 33B" ..landed 11:31 and parking echo ..departed 11:59 to Cambridge/Teversham

Landing 14:55 is Beech 200 240/- of 102Sqdn Irish Air Corps Baldonnel c/s "Irish 240" ..parking on echo ..departed 15:43 to Baldonnel

Transients

Eastbound 12:22 from Swansea to Cranfield is Bell 407 N775SB

Interesting OTT

07:50 "Reach 625" C-17A 06-6168 FL340 MAM-GITUS 436thAW Dover AFB DE

09:20 "Reach 9191" C-17A 89-1191 FL360 MAM-GITUS 437thAW Charleston AFB SC

10:58 "Reach 361" DC-10 N630AX EB FL330 North of NUMPO ..Omni Air International

18:55 "FDX38" MD-11F N618FE EB FL350 North of DIKAS ..Federal Express [MEM-FRA]