LOG Sunday 17/10/2010

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 30

Visitors

Parked on stand 15 is Do.228 G-OMAF ..departed 12:03 as "Watchdog 92" down the channel [may have flown a mission in the early hours]

Dornier Do.228 G-OMAF getting airborne off runway 30 (Phil Woods)

Inbound at 13:45 from Carmarthen for an hour of training approaches is "Police 12" A109E G-DPPF ..departed 15:07 via St.Hilary home to Carmarthen

Diverting in at 16:50 on a return flight from Kemble to Swansea due to poor visibility at base is Tomahawk G-BOHU ..landed 16:59 parking on stand 15

Landing at 23:46 is "JEI 272" Learjet 35 D-CCCA parking on stand 15

Ad Hoc charters/One off Airliner movements

Due in from Bridgetown at 05:20 is TOM193 B763 G-OBYJ ..landed 06:17 parking on stand 7 ..departed at 07:52 to Manchester as TOM192F

Due in from East Midlands at 08:30 is TOM138F B763 G-PJLO ..landed 09:02 parking on stand 7 ..departed at 11:46 to La Romana as TOM138 [Flight time 9hrs 2min]

Thomson Airways Boeing 763 seen departing off 30 (Phil Woods)

Based Aircraft Movements

Airborne at 10:25 into the circuit is Pup G-AZCZ ..landed 11:25 ..into the circuit 12:45 ..landed 13:09

Departing at 10:29 to Henstridge is PA-28 G-BXIF ..landed 13:07 ..into the circuit 14:30 ..landed 15:04

Departing at 12:24 via St.Hilary is PA-32R G-VERN ..returned and landed 12:55 off an ILS

Departing at 12:33 via Nash Point is Robin HR200 G-GMKD ..turned back and landed 12:44

Airborne at 13:19 into the circuit is Tomahawk G-GALL ..landed 13:32

Departing at 17:58 is DragonFly Beech 200 G-BVMA ..landed home at 19:58 parking stand 17 for fuel ..taxied Southside 20:36

MOD St Athan Runway in use 26

634 VGS Vigilants active today are: ZH209/UQ, ZH249/UU

Over the Top

Above FL160

10:55 "Reach 317" [SBS RCH7597] KC-135R 57-2597 EB FL390 GITUS-MAM-EA1-NAVPI ..153 ARS MS ANG Meridian/Key Field MS

11:05 "Fendy 99" C-20E 87-0140 EB FL410 STU-CPT-DVR ..OSACOM/PAT Andrews AFB MD

11:18 "N701WH" GLEX N701WH WB climbing CPT-STU ..Vesey Air [Farnborough-Hartford Windsor Locks]

11:30 "Reach 424" C-17A 01-0187 EB FL330 GAPLI-MAM ..62ndAW McChord AFB WA

12:01 NAF40 KDC10 T-235 EB descending GAPLI-CPT ..334 Sqn Eindhoven AB

12:05 "Reach 461" C-17A 02-1101 EB FL330 GAPLI-MAM ..437thAW Charleston AFB SC

12:20 "Reach 6018" C-5B 86-0018 EB FL370 GAPLI-MAM 337thAS AFRC Westover JARB MA

13:41 "Reach 194" C-17A 02-1112 WB FL340 MAM-GITUS ..183rdAS MS ANG Jackson MS

13:44 "N628BD" GLF5 N628BD EB descending STU-NUMPO ..Hewlett-Packard

14:10 "Spar 26" C-37A 01-0030 WB FL400 CPT-STU ..6thAMW MacDill AFB FL [Ramstein-Scott AFB]

14:58 "Duke 02" C441 N22CG NB FL300 BHD-EXMOR-DIKAS ..Jubilee Airways Inc Trustee

15:17 "N762RS" TBM7 N762RS EB FL270 STU-CPT ..Aircraft Guaranty Corp Trustee

16:57 "M-SKZL" CL60 M-SKZL WB climbing CPT-STU ..Kerzner Intl Management

18:11 "N487GA" G150 N487GA WB FL400 CPT-STU ..Gulfstream

20:07 "PAT 63" C-37A 02-1863 EB FL410 ABAPO-TOPRO ..OSACOM-HQ Fort Indiantown Gap, PA