LOG Wednesday 22/04/2009

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 30

Visitors

Due in from Stapleford at 10:55 is LNX87CP Beech 200 Kingair G-BYCP ..landed 10:45 parking on echo ..departed back to Stapleford 13:04

Inbound 11:10 "Armyair 599" 1 Flight Islander AL.1 ZG847/- ..landed 11:26 parking on echo ..departed to Waddington 12:42

Inbound 11:38 from Biggin Hill via the Cardiff Docks VRP is PA-31 350 Navajo Chieftain G-PLAC ..landed 11:50 parking on echo ..departed 18:25 to Biggin Hill

Inbound 17:05 for an overshoot is "Vortex 427" an Odiham WG Chinook HC.2 ZD982/DF ..departed to the West 17:15 ..now heading back East 17:19 to route through the CDF overhead enroute to Abergavenny.

Based Aircraft Movements

Departing 10:28 to Compton Abbas is PA-32R G-VERN ..landed 14:26

Departing 11:55 for some circuits is Cessna 150 G-ECBH ..landed 13:29

Landing at 15:35 is Beech Sundowner G-BBTY ..departed 16:04 to St.Athan

Departing 15:57 for circuits is Rockwell 112B Commander G-CRIL ..landed 17:24

Landing at 19:08 is AC.112 G-PLAZ

Transients (Below FL160)

Inbound 13:20 to Miskin Manor is Robinson R44 G-CEEE ..departed 16:00 to a site near Bedford

Inbound 15:13 to Tremorfa Heliport from Halfpenny Green is R.22 G-SPEE

Interesting OTT (Above FL160)

11:20 "Steel 82" KC-135T 58-0074 WB FL380 DIKAS-STU ..171stARW/PA ANG Pittsburgh IAP, PA

11:28 "SAM 4678" C-37A 99-0402 WB FL400 DIKAS-STU ..89thAW Andrews AFB, MD

12:10 "Reach 373" C-17A 94-0068 WB FL340 MAM-GITUS ..437thAW Charleston AFB, MD

12:40 "Reach 675" C-17A 01-0190 EB FL370 GITUS-MAM ..437thAW Charleston AFB, SC

13:40 "Steel 84" KC-135T 58-0072 WB FL380 MAM-GITUS ..171stARW/PA ANG Pittsburgh IAP, PA

14:07 "Reach 7038" C-5B 87-0038 WB FL340 MAM-DIKAS-STU ..337thAS/AFRC Westover AFB, MA

14:30 "Reach 042" C-17A 96-0005 EB FL330 GAPLI-MAM ..437thAW Charleston AFB, SC

17:45 "CFC3701" CC150 15001 EB FL370 STU-CPT ..437Sqdn Trenton, Canada

19:48 VDA1462 AN124 RA-82081 EB FL330 UL607 NUMPO ..Volga-Dnepr [Stewart NY-Istanbul]

MOD St Athan Runway in use 26

Landing at 16:07 from Cardiff is Beech Sundowner G-BBTY ..departed 16:23