Log Wednesday 17/05/2017

Cardiff IAP Runway in use 30

Visitors
Parked on the Cambrian apron is Embraer EMB-505 Phenom 300 D-CAGA ..departed at 16:14 to Liverpool as LXG55GA "Luxaviation 55GA"

Picture credit StuC  
Landing at 16:37 is LEPA/Palma>Bristol fog diversion EDC463R "Saltire 463R" Dassault Falcon 7X G-MATO ..parking on the Cambrian apron

Picture credit IanG

Training Flights & Flybys
Training today were:

FLJ51 "Flairjet 51" Raytheon Nextant 400XT G-FXKR ..go-rounds 10:13, 10:24 ..landed 10:35 for a crew change ..airborne 10:44 into the circuit ..landed 11:00 for a crew change ..airborne 11:14 into the circuit ..landed 11:39 parking on the Cambrian apron ..airborne 13:47 for radar approaches ..landed 14:22 for a crew change ..airborne 14:36 for radar approaches ..departed at 15:01 back to Birmingham
"Lords 19" AS.365N3 ZJ78? ..go-rounds 16:56, 17:09, 17:23, 17:41 and departed 
"GCTCE" DA42 Twin Star G-CTCE ..go-round 19:35 and departed back to Bournemouth

Ad Hoc charters/One off Airliner movements
Landing at 11:53 from LEIB/Ibiza is IGA704 "Iguana 704" Saab 340A SP-MRC ..parking on stand 14

Based Aircraft Movements
Residents active today: G-OLIV  

MOD St Athan Runway in use 25
Residents active today: G-BYVB, G-BYVW, G-CILN, G-NWOI 

Cardiff Heliport
Noted this morning were:
D-HEPP Bell 212

Picture credit StuC  
G-BVLG Aerospatiale AS.355F1 Ecureuil 2 ..departed c12:35 as "Pipeline 60"
G-EMHD Agusta A109S Grand

Picture credit IanG

Interesting OTT
04:57 EB FL370 at VLN GAF820 A310 10+27  
06:42 EB FL230 at VLN "Reach 342" KC-135R 58-0071  
07:45 EB FL370 at DIKAS "Reach 429" C-17A 07-7175  
08:35 EB FL230 at VLN "Bobby 92" KC-135R 59-1506  
08:57 EB FL230 at VLN "Bobby 01" KC-135R 60-0315  
09:30 EB FL330 at DIKAS "Reach 885" C-17A 98-0052  
10:35 EB FL370 at NUMPO "Reach 745" C-17A 02-1107