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Saturday, June 26, 2010

Armed Forces Day - LOG Saturday 26/06/2010

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 30 ..to 12 09:20 ..to 30 c11:00
Visitors
Parked on echo is BoBMF Lancaster B.1 PA474/BQ-B/HW-R ..departed at 12:35 as "Memorial 1"
PA474
Pic credit IanG
Also parked on echo is BoBMF Spitfire IIA P7350/QJ-K ..departed at 12:35 as "Memorial 2"
P7350
Pic credit IanG
Inbound at 09:25 from the East is "Arena 08" AS.355F1 G-TAKE ..landed 09:35 parking on stand 15 ..departed 10:36 to operate over Cardiff City
G-TAKE-1024-1
Pic credit Phil Woods
Inbound at 09:45 is "Ascot 1961" 32(TR)Sqn BAE146 ZE700 ..landed 10:03 parking on stand 17 ..departed at 10:28 to Belfast-Aldergrove with the same c/s
ZE700-1024-1
Pic credit Phil Woods
Inbound at 10:00 is 32(TR)Sqn A-109 ZR321 ..landed 10:08 parking stand 17 ..departed at 10:13 as "Ascot 1449" to Tremorfa ..returned and landed 10:50 parking on stand 15 ..departed at 14:00 with the same c/s. [This is believed to have gone to Pontcanna rather than Tremorfa H/P - a red/white helicopter was seen there during a.m [Raptor]
ZR321-1024-1
Pic credit Phil Woods
Inbound at 10:03 is "Sky News 07" AS.355F1 G-SKYN ..landed 10:12 parking on stand 15 ..departed 10:39 to operate over Cardiff City ..landed 12:55 ..departed 12:32 ..landed back 12:55 ..departed 16:52
G-SKYN-1024-1
Pic credit Phil Woods
Inbound at 14:40 from Venice is "Fraction 636T" Hawker 800XP CS-DFZ ..landed 14:55 parking on stand 15 ..departed at 16:03 to Luton as "Fraction 5DZ"
CS-DFZ-900-1
Pic credit Phil Woods
Inbound at 14:50 is Halfpenny Green based PA-28R Arrow III G-TOLL ..landed 15:02 parking Southside
Inbound at 14:52 is Thruxton based PA-28 Cherokee G-CCBH ..landed 15:04 and also parking Southside ..departed 15:47
Inbound at 15:10 from Venice is "Fraction 450H" Citation XLS CS-DXK ..landed 15:24 parking on echo
Inbound at 16:15 from Swansea is Cessna 172N G-BOHH ..landed 16:35 parking Southside ..departed at 16:58 back to Swansea
Inbound at 18:50 from Wycombe Air Park is PA-28 Warrior II G-BGOG ..landed 19:12 parking Southside
Training Flights
Entering the CDF hold at 11:00 prior to an approach is "Brunel 5" PA-34 Seneca G-MAIR ..go-round at 11:20 and returned home to Bristol
Based Aircraft Movements
Departing at 09:28 via Wenvoe is PA-28 Archer II G-OPET ..landed 12:26 ..departed 15:45 ..landed home 17:56
Departing at 09:35 to Bembridge is Glasair II G-KSIR ..landed back 18:00
Departing at 10:00 is PA-28 Archer II G-BXIF ..returned home and landed 19:56
Landing at 12:31 is Beech Sundowner G-BBTY
Inbound at 16:40 from Wycombe Air Park is PA-28 Dakota G-CSBD ..landed 16:55
Inbound at 17:50 is DragonFly Beech 200 G-MEGN ..landed 18:02
Aeros
Departing at 10:52 into the circuit it "Fast Track 43" PA-28 Warrior II G-BOPC ..landed 11:43 ..departed again 11:52 ..landed 12:00 ..departed 12:06 ..landed 12:13 ..departed 13:34 ..landed 14:04 ..departed 15:14 ..landed 16:08
Tremorfa Heliport/Cardiff Bay
Inbound at 10:15 is "Ascot 1449" 32(TR)Sqn A-109 ZR321 ..departed c10:43 back to Cardiff Airport
Noted in/around Cardiff Bay were the following -:
A Gazelle AH.1 in camo colours and only marked with "Army Air Corps" is XZ327
Spifire X4178/EK-B, Scale Model Typhoon IR206 as well as a Watchkeeper UAV [marked ARMY]
Tower Transits
Landing c14:45 at an incident in Wick is "Helimed 57A" EC135 G-WASN ..departed 30 minutes later to the Heath Hospital
Inbound Cardiff Bay at 16:35 to display is "SRG 170" 22Sqn Sea King HAR.3A ZH544 ..completed the display at 17:00 and returned to RAF Chivenor
Inbound to Cardiff Bay at 17:00 for a flypast South to North are "Warlock Formation" 5 X military helicopters including 33Sqn Puma HC.1 XW237, 28/78 Sqdn Merlin HC.3A ZJ125/J, 847 Sqdn Lynx AH.7 ZD282, 845 Sqdn Sea King HC.4 ZF118/O and an unidentified Chinook HC.2 ..all departed to the North at 17:10
Inbound to Cardiff Bay at 17:10 for a display is "Sea Hawk" RNHF Sea Hawk FGA.6 WV908/A-188 ..departed to the Southeast 17:17
Inbound to Cardiff Bay at 17:22 are "Hellcat Formation" 3 X Harrier GR.9 including ZG511/82
Inbound to Cardiff Bay at 17:25 from the South are 9 X Hawks the Red Arrows ..flypast and departed North at 17:30
Over the Top
04:12 EB FL390 N of DIKAS N748AX B762
05:02 EB FL370 at BCN "Reach 850" 03-3114 C-17A
06:21 EB FL330 at DIKAS N428CC FA50
06:31 EB FL430 at NUMPO N117MS GLF4
06:43 EB FL390 at NUMPO "Reach 517" N760NA B763
06:45 EB FL330 at NUMPO "Reach 559" 08-8193 C-17A
06:57 EB FL350 at NUMPO "Reach 111" 96-0006 C-17A
07:00 EB FL450 W of NUMPO N995GG GLF4
08:34 EB FL350 at DIKAS "Reach 285" 89-1189 C-17A
08:41 EB descending at EXMOR "Reach 384" 59-1466 KC-135R
08:43 EB FL350 at EXMOR "Reach 380" 59-1500 KC-135R
09:04 WB FL290 at EXMOR "Reach 894" 87-0040 C-5B
09:05 EB FL350 at VLN "Reach 3045" 63-8045 KC-135R
09:07 EB FL370 at NUMPO "Reach 0302" N275WA MD11
09:15 WB FL400 at TOPRO N776JB GLF4
09:34 EB descending at CDF ZK-KFB GLF5 ..to Luton
10:00 WB FL400 at DIKAS HB-IHQ GLEX
10:14 WB FL380 at DIKAS N832SC CL60
10:15 EB descending at VLN "Reach 802M" 96-0004 C-17A ..to RAF Mildenhall
10:17 EB descending at NUMPO C-GAPT C750
10:40 EB descending S of NUMPO N770BB B752
11:03 WB FL400 at DIKAS "SAM 7466" 09-0525 C-37B
13:40 WB FL430 at DIKAS N5PG GLF5
15:45 WB FL430 at NUMPO N1DC GLF5
16:40 EB FL330 at DIKAS "Velcro 43" N760AG GLEX ..to RAF Mildenhall
17:37 WB climbing at TOPRO N203A GLF5
18:20 WB FL320 N of TALGA AEU466 YR-HBE MD83
18:35 WB FL400 at TALGA NLY2856 OE-IHA E190
19:05 EB FL430 at NUMPO N546QS GLF5
19:28 EB FL350 at DIKAS "Reach 516" 03-3126 C-17A
19:50 EB descending at NUMPO "Canforce 3240" 15001 CC150 ..to Heathrow
21:19 EB FL370 at DIKAS VP-CKH A318

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