LOG Tuesday 17/03/2009

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 12

Visitors

Parked on stand 17 is 4 FTS Hawk T.1 XX283/283

Parked on Echo is DA-42 Twin Star N228US ..departed to Swansea 15:34

Inbound 12:18 via Cardiff Docks is Southend based PA-28 R200 Arrow G-AXCA ..landed 12:29 parking stand 15 ..departed 15:39

Overshooting at 14:52 & 15:14 is "Exam 10" PA-34 200T Seneca II G-MAIR

Based Aircraft Movements

Departing 11:24 Pup G-AZCZ ..landed 12:08

Departing 12:26 PA-38 Tomahawk G-GALL ..landed 12:05

Departing 16:36 for circuits PA-32 G-AZDJ ..landed 16:56

Landing 18:35 Beech C23 G-BBTY

Transients (Below FL160)

Southbound at 07:58 on a flight from a site near Daventry to St Davids via the Cardiff Docks VRP is Robinson 44 G-BYKK

Departing St Donats at 11:45 southbound is Raj Hamsa X'Air G-CCOO

Eastbound 12:03 through the CDF overhead "Atlantic 404" Cessna 404 G-TASK

Southbound 15:18 on a flight from Staverton to Newquay via Port Talbot is Cessna F.172M G-BEZO

Eastbound 15:20 on a flight from Swansea to Turweston is PA-28 Cherokee B G-ARYR

Interesting OTT (Above FL160)

09:40 "N900SX" F900 N900SX EB FL410 at BCN ..Musk-Elon

10:30 "Reach 7176" C-17A 07-7176 WB FL320 MAM-GITUS ..436thAW Dover AFB DE

11:30 GTI8736 B743 N355MC EB FL370 UL607 NUMPO ..Atlas Air [McGuire AFB-Ramstein]

11:35 "Reach 3115" C-17A 03-3115 EB FL370 GITUS-MAM ..183rdAS MS ANG Jackson MS

11:55 "Reach 7438" KC-135R 57-1438 WB FL400 MAM-GITUS ..336thARS/AFRC March ARB, CA

13:10 "Reach 222" C-17A 00-0182 EB FL330 GAPLI-GITUS-MAM ..62ndAW McChord AFB, WA

14:15 FDX6 MD-11F N609FE EB FL30 STU-BCN ..Federal Express [Newark-Charles de Gaulle]

14:30 "N8200E" F900 N8200E WB FL380 CPT-MERLY ..Emerson Electric Co

14:42 AEW131 B763 UR-VVT WB FL339 at BCN ..Aerosvit Airlines [Kiev Borispol-JFK]

15:46 FDX34 MD-11F N593FE EB FL370 At NUMPO ..Federal Express [Indianapolis-Charles de Gaulle]

16:30 FDX4 MD-11F N590FE EB FL370 at BCN ..Federal Express [Memphis-Charles de Gaulle]

16:48 UPS213 MD-11F N280UP EB FL370 South of NUMPO ..United Parcel Service [Standiford Field-Koeln-Bonn]

18:15 "N909MM" F2TH N909MM EB FL410 descending South of NUMPO ..Massachusetts Mutual Life Ins

MOD St Athan Runway in use 08

Landing at 10:58 is T.67M Firefly G-BLVI