LOG Wednesday 24/09/2008

A321 TC-OAI of Onur Air landing in the evening sun (IanG)

A321 G-DHJH Thomas Cook landing on runway 12 (IanG)

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 12

Visitors

Landing at 09:10 is Cessna 550 G-OMRH c/n 550-1086 parking Echo ..departed 10:46 to Bristol

Landing at 09:59 is Dawn Meats Group Cessna 441 EI-DMG parking Echo ..departed 10:06

Landing at 11:26 from Cranfield is Thomsonfly Mooney M20P G-OBAL parking southside ..departed 13:05 back to Cranfield

Landing at 11:36 is "CWL91" 55(R)Sqn Dominie T.1 XS731/J parking Echo ..departed 13:30 low-level to the West

Landing at 14:21 from a private strip in Yorkshire is Beech 58 N64VB parking Echo ..departed 14:56

Due in from DSA/Finningley at 14:55 is "EGL322" BE20 G-KVIP, departs 15:40 to Exeter ..landed 15:09 parking Echo ..departed 15:16

Landing at 15:22 is "Skydrift 600" Cessna 560 G-PPLC c/n 560-0059 parking Echo ..departed 18:12

Landing at 15:53 is "Saxonair 33B" Beech 200 G-SAXN parking Echo ..departed 17:03 to Norwich

Inbound 17:25 is Gamston based M.20J Mooney G-OEAC ..landed 17:42 parking Southside

Landing 17:40 Citation 550 Bravo LZ-GMV c/n 550-1136 ..parking echo ..BEAST !

Inbound 18:30 is Waterford based and regular to Cardiff Cessna 441 EI-DMG ..landed 18:38 parking on echo ..departed back to Waterford 18:47

Transients

Routing eastbound along the coast at 09:00 is SR20 N781CD on a flight to Top Farm but diverting to Staverton due to weather

Routing Minehead-Flatholme-Severn Bridges at 10:55 on a flight from Bodmin to Wellsbourne Mountford is Agusta 109S G-CGRI

Crossing the channel to Nash Point at 11:00 on a flight to Sheffield is AS.355F1 G-CPOL ..returned 15:40 routing Wolverhampton to a private site near Barnstaple via Nash Point

Routing westbound along the coast at 15:20 is Robin R2112 G-EWHT

Operating at low level (below 2000') in the ranges at 15:40 is "Snapshot 02" 5 Sqn Sentinel R.1 ZJ690

Interesting OTT

09:20 "Reach 429" C-17A 93-0600 EB FL340 GITUS-MAM 62ndAW McChord AFB WA

15:33 "CKS207" B742 N713CK EB FL349 MERLY-EXMOR ..Kalitta Air [JFK-BRU]

17:18 "UPS213" MD11F N259UP EB FL369 STU-DIKAS ..United Parcel Service [SDF-CGN]