LOG Friday 07/05/2010

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 30 ..to 12 by 03:00

Visitors

Parked southside is Van's RV9 G-CERK ..assumed to be new resident and added to sidebar

Parked on stand 15 is Cessna 340 N58JA ..departed at 13:58 to Biggin Hill

Inbound at 01:10 is PA-42 Cheyenne 3 D-IABE ..landed c01:20 parking on Stand 15 ..departed 03:22 ..inbound 08:10 ..landed 08:23 and back to Stand 15 ..departed 11:51 to Basel

Inbound at 12:52 from Dublin is Cessna T.206H EI-SPB ..landed 13:20 parking on Stand 15

Inbound at 18:00 from Alderney is another weekend regular, Cessna F182Q N182GC ..landed 18:15 parking on Echo

Training Flights

Inbound at 10:00 for an approach is "Exam 52" PA-34 G-BOWE ..go-round at 10:14 and departed to Oxford

Entering the hold at 12:10 prior to an approach is "Brunel 2" PA-34 Seneca G-MAIR ..go-round at 12:27 and departed to Bristol

Overshooting at 18:05 and departing to Bournemouth is "Proflight 62" Beech 76 G-TWNN

Ad Hoc charters/One off Airliner movements

Parked up on stand 8 is ex Highland JS31 G-UIST (last flight 24/03)

Parked on stand 6 is HiFly A310 CS-TEX (arrived 27/04)

Based Aircraft Movements

Landing at 07:42 is DragonFly Beech 200 G-MEGN

BAMC Happenings

Inbound at 12:30 from Heathrow after a training flight in Scottish airspace is "Speedbird 9262" B772 G-YMMG ..landed 12:50 ..departed at 15:11 to Heathrow as "Speedbird 9263"

MOD St Athan Runway in use 08

Inbound at 14:30 from Sennybridge is "Armyair 094" Apache AH.1 ZJ169 ..landed 14:41 ..departed at 14:58 to Wattisham after a refuel

Over the Top

09:22 "Reach 580" C-17A 97-0048 EB FL360 LND-BZN-MAM ..437thAW JB Charleston SC

11:42 "Reach 441" KC-135R 60-0360 WB FL350 MAM-BZN-VLN GITUS ..319thARW Grand Forks AFB, ND

12:15 "Reach 124" KC-135R 63-8006 WB climbing MAM-BZN-VLN-LND ..319thARW Grand Forks AFB, ND

15:45 "Sirio 404" LJ40 I-PARS EB FL410 STU-CPT ..Sirio

19:35 "N876C" F900 N876C EB descending EVRIN-NUMPO-NIGIT ..General Avileasing Inc

20:30 "Quid 89" KC-135R 63-7979/D WB FL260 MAM-BZN-(GITUS) ..100thARW RAF Mildenhall

20:30 "Peril 14" E-8C 01-2005/GA WB FL260 MAM-BZN-GITUS ..116thACW Robins AFB GA

The two above were refuelling until just south of Cardiff, they split at 20:30 with the E-8 descending to FL250 initially before climbing to FL330 and continuing Southwest. The KC did a u-turn and returned to Mildenhall.

Around & About

Brize Norton has been closed since about 18:15 last night due to LTW Hercules C.3A XV304 suffering an undercarriage collapse on the runway during circuit training.

Good pic here http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e40/beeest/_MGL0664.jpg

12:40 - On a round robin flight from Swansea to Swansea via Ogmore by Sea is Cessna 152 G-BZAE

13:10 - Westbound from Fairoaks to Kilrush, Ireland is PC-12 N412MW