LOG Friday 10/07/2009

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 30

Visitors

Parked on Echo is Gulfstream V SP VP-BLW ..departed to Biggin Hill at 16:07

Also parked on Echo is Beech 200 G-WATJ ..departed as "Ambassador 210A" 18:00

Also parked on Echo is Challenger 601 G-CHAI ..departed to the east at 00:23 (Kidlington?) as "Hangar 848"

Arriving at 09:15 and later departing at 18:33 to Elstree was PC-12 M-OLTT

Landing c09:30 is "HTM10B" Cessna 525 D-IFDN ..parking on echo ..departed as "HTM10C" to Munich 16:35

Inbound 10:00 from East Midlands is Southern Aircraft Consultancy PA-28 Turbo Arrow IV N84718 ..landed 10:19 parking on echo

Inbound 11:20 from Swansea is "Helimed 57" EC135 G-WASN ..landed 11:34 parking near the fire burning area ..departed about an hour later

Landing 13:10 is Dublin regular Cessna T.206H EI-SPB ..parking on echo

Inbound 15:40 is "Mogul" a pair of 4FTS/Valley Hawks XX245/- and XX325/325 presumably for the Swansea Airshow ..run and break 15:47 and landed 15:50

Based Aircraft Movements

Departing 10:12 is PA-28 Archer II G-BXIF ..landed 12:35

Departing 14:45 for some circuits is Jodel G-ASXY ..landed 15:12

Departing 15:06 is Beagle Pup G-AZCZ ..landed 15:45

Landing 19:28 is DragonFly Beech 200 G-MEGN ..parking stand 16

Transients (Below FL160)

Routing Gloucester - Swansea at c10:00hrs was DR.20 G-??DJ

Westbound along the coast 13:10 are a pair of Navy Lynx c/s "Black Cat" enroute for a practice display for the Swansea airshow ..passed South of Rhoose 13:20 ..these routed back along the coast passing South of Rhoose 14:15

Eastbound 13:50 on a flight from Haverfordwest to Turweston and following the M4 is Luscombe 8F Silvaire G-EITE

Practice displaying 16:40 in Swansea Bay is "Typhoon 44" Typhoon T.1A ZJ812/BK from 29[R]OCUSqdn/Coningsby ..returned to Yeovilton 16:48

Eastbound 16:45 inbound to Swansea is "Saxonair 33B" Beech 200 G-SAXN

Interesting OTT (Above FL160)

10:30 "Reach 7030" (265 on SBS) C-5B 87-0030 EB FL350 STU-DIKAS-NAVPI ..60thAW Travis AFB, CA

10:55 "BAF 604" C-130H CH-08 WB FL240 DIKAS-STU ..15WG Brussels-Melsbroek, Belgium [Brussels-St Johns NF]

14:20 "Reach 179" KC-10A 84-0188 WB FL360 MAM-GITUS ..305thAMW McGuire AFB, NJ

15:10 "Reach 7045" C-5B 87-0045 EB FL270 STU-DIKAS-MAM ..436thAW Dover AFB, DE

17:00 "Upset 55" KC-135R 61-0298 EB descending STU-DIKAS-BZN ..126thARS/WI ANG Milwaukee, WI