LOG Thursday 29/10/2009

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 12

Visitors

Inbound at 10:00 for a practise approach is "Vortex 499" Chinook HC.3 ..overshoot 10:17 and departed West via Nash Point

Due in from Norwich at 10:55 is "Saxonair 33B" Beech 200 G-SAXN ..landed 11:06 parking on Echo ..departed to Cambridge at 12:07

Inbound at 16:34 is PA-34-200T Seneca II G-CDPV ..landed 16:42 parking on echo, here for three days

Due in from Rome-Ciampino at 21:29 was CEG983

Based Aircraft Movements

Departing at 12:28 via Wenvoe is PA-28 G-OPET ..landed 16:31

Leaping into the circuit at 14:15 is Tomahawk G-GALL ..landed 15:02 ..departed 15:41 via St.Hilary ..returned to the circuit 16:08 ..landed 16:35

Landing at 17:10 is PA-32R Lance G-VERN

Landing at 17:31 is DragonFly Beech 200 G-MEGN

MOD St Athan Runway in use 08

UWAS Tutors active today : G-BYVW, G-BYWA, G-BYWD

Inbound at 18:43 from Gloucester is "Redhead 49" EC.135T2 G-BZRS ..landed 19:01

Tremorfa Heliport

Landing c.16:50 is "Armyair 019" Gazelle AH.1 XZ320 ..departed c.17:28

Over the Top

Below FL160

Flying a racetrack pattern in the Bristol Channel at 10:50 at FL80 is "ISAF 04QJ" 216 Sqn Tristar C.2 ZE705, this is dumping fuel after having a birdstrike on take-off from Brize Norton ..departed back to Brize 11:19

Southbound at 11:40 on a flight from Swansea to Dinard is R44 G-HTMT

Eastbound at 19:15 from Castlemartin Range to Odiham is "Vortex 499" Chinook HC.3

Above FL160

07:50 "Reach 331" C-5A 69-0008 EB FL350 GAPLI-MAM ..137thAS NY ANG Stewart NY

08:36 "Reach 465" C-5B 86-0011/87-0042 EB FL360 GAPLI-MAM ..60thAMW Travis AFB CA

09:14 "N400JD" C750 N400JD WB FL380 CPT-STU ..John Deere

09:52 "Reach 448" C-5B 87-0031 EB FL350 GAPLI-MAM ..436thAW Dover AFB DE

11:06 "Reach 141" C-17A 02-1112 EB FL350 GAPLI-MAM ..183rdAS MS ANG Jackson MS

11:25 "Reach 335" C-17A 90-0534 WB FL340 MAM-GITUS ..437thAW Charleston AFB SC

11:30 "Reach 867" C-17A 03-3113 EB FL330 GAPLI-MAM ..183rdAS MS ANG Jackson MS

13:46 "N168NJ" GLF5 N168NJ WB climbing CPT-STU ..Wilmington Trust Co Trustee

14:12 "N298W" F900 N298W WB climbing CPT-STU ..FRC Holding Inc

14:40 "Reach 549" C-17A 01-0190 WB FL300 MAM-DIKAS-STU ..437thAW Charleston AFB SC

14:57 VDA2170 A124 RA-82045 EB FL330 STU-CPT ..Volga Dnepr [Tulsa-Bierset]

15:24 "N742E" CL30 N742E WB FL430 CPT-STU ..Eaton Leasing Corp

15:35 "Otis 11" KC-130J 165810/BH WB climbing Lyneham-DIKAS-STU ..VMGR-252 NAS Cherry Point NC

17:47 "CGAOB" CL60 C-GAOB WB FL340 DIKAS-STU ..Skyservice

18:49 "Reach 1011" EC-130J 96-8153 EB FL250 STU-DIKAS-BZN-Mildenhall ..193rdSOS PA ANG Harrisburg IAP PA

18:51 "Reach 326" C-17A 01-0188 WB FL320 MAM-GITUS ..437thAW Charleston AFB SC

19:46 "Reach 7036" C-5B 87-0046 EB FL330 GAPLI-MAM ..60thAMW Travis AFB CA