LOG Monday 15/12/2008

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 12 ..to 30 09:25 ..to 12 12:35 ..to 30 21:53

Visitors

Inbound 10:25 is "Goosepool 41" Beech 200 G-BVMA ..Still owned/operated by DragonFly ? ..landed 10:34 parking echo ..departed to Manchester 11:09

Departing at 12:59 to the Channel Islands is Cessna F.182Q N182GC

Due out to Guernsey at 18:10 is TBM700 N700GY ..departed 18:34

Landing at 20:16 is "Lion King One Ambulance" LJ35 LX-ONE parking stand 15

Based Aircraft Movements

Taxiing to echo 10:35 DragonFly Beech 200 G-MEGN ..departed to Manchester 11:05 ..returned 16:52

Landing 12:34 PA-32 Cherokee Lance G-VERN ..departed to the south 13:52 ..returned 15:59

BAMC Happenings

Ground running 07:40 B772 G-YMMF

Due in from Heathrow at 16:13 is BA9180 B772 G-VIIS ..landed 16:13

Transients (Below FL160)

Southbound 10:08 via the BCN VOR to Exeter is Beech 58 Baron N581AF ..returned northbound at 16:00

Westbound 11:20 to route through the Cardiff overhead at FL30 is "Atlantic 404" Cessna 404 G-TASK ..routed back the other way at 15:05

Crossing the channel at the islands and then routing westbound along the coast to Swansea at 15:03 is "Inferno 005" RN Lynx HMA.8

Interesting OTT (Above FL160)

07:20 "Reach 9949" KC-10A 79-1949 EB FL350 GITUS-MAM ..305thAMW McGuire AFB, NJ

07:25 "GFA9064" A320 A9C-EL WB FL250 North of TALGA ..Gulf Air ..not seen but worthy of a mention [Geneva-Dublin]

11:00 "Reach 3125" C-17A 03-3125 WB FL340 MAM-GITUS ..305thAMW McGuire AFB, NJ

11:00 "Reach 1187" C-17A 01-0187 EB FL350 GITUS-MAM ..62ndAW McChord AFB, WA

12:28 "NASA 928" WB-57F NASA928 WB FL470 BZN-GAPLI ...NASA/Johnson Space Centre, Houston, TX ....BEAST !

13:09 "Amiri 2" A332 A7-HHM WB FL380 UL607-NUMPO-SWANY-MERLY ..Qatar Amiri Flight

14:52 FDX5038 MD11 N595FE EB FL370 UL9 STU-BCN ..FedEx [Newark-Frankfurt]

MOD St Athan Runway in use (26)

Inbound 11:42 from the West is "Shawbury 108" a 60[R]Sqdn Griffin HT.1 ZJ234/S ..landed 11:59 ..departed to Shawbury 13:04

Inbound 12:10 "Shawbury 97" 60[R]Sqdn Griffin HT.1 ZJ237/T ..landed 12:20 ..departed to Shawbury 13:42

Inbound 12:12 "Shawbury 91" 60[R]Sqdn Griffin HT.1 ZJ239/R ..landed 12:22 ..departed to Shawbury 13:50