10 Airbus A320-251Ns CS-TVC f/v & TC-NBT f/v
12 Airbus A320-232CJ A6-SHJ n/s3; Embraer 195 EW-532PO f/v;
Cessna 525A G-TWOP; Airbus A321-271N HA-LVA f/v
14 Airbus A320-214 ES-SAU f/v; Boeing 787-8 G-ZBJH f/v
16 Cessna 560XLS CS-DXR; Boeing 737-49R LZ-CGY f/v
17 Phenom 300 D-CHLR n/s; Airbus A321-231 HA-LXF f/v; Airbus
A320-251N TC-NBL f/v
18 Cessna 525B D-COWB; Airbus A320-251N G-UZHX f/v
19 Airbus A321-231 HA-LXM f/v; Falcon 900B HZ-HKR f/v, n/s; Boeing
737-86N OO-SRO f/v
20 Challenger 850 D-AJOY
21 Airbus A320-232CJ A6-SHJ; Airbus A320-251N G-UZLD f/v
23 Airbus A320s HA-LYU f/v & OE-LVS f/v; MD-82 LZ-ADV f/v; Boeing
737-8Q8 N820TJ f/v; Airbus A319-112 9H-LOL f/v
24 Airbus A320-251N TC-NBY f/v
25 Airbus A380-842 A6-EVG f/v; Airbus A320-232 HA-LWB f/v
26 Airbus A330-223 EC-MTT f/v
27 Airbus A321-231 HA-LTF f/v; Boeing 777-29MLR P4-XTL n/s
30 Airbus A330-223 EC-MTY f/v; Boeing 737-85N 4L-MWA f/vLONDON HEATHROW, MIDDLESEX – Regrettably this will be the last
biz jet & first visits report from here as our source for the information
has decided to stop recording such things. There are only the bizjet
movements this month, no airliner first visits.
The first business jet to visit in June was Gulfstream 550 N550JH on
the 2nd from Madrid along with a regular visitor, Gulfstream 650
N671LE, this time from Luton en route to Cardiff. On the 5th, United
Aviation Challenger 850 5A-UAD arrived from Tripoli and on the 8th
Arena Aviation Legacy 600 G-XPTV visited from the Isle of Man. Other
noteworthy visitors included Falcon Again Inc Falcon 900EX N5VJ from
Nice on the 18th and Grossman Jet Gulfstream 550 OK-KKF from
Prague on the 27th. The one rotary visitor this month was Castle Air
Agusta A109S G-REXC from Biggin Hill on the 14th.
June 2019 bizjet visitors (nothing reported on missing dates):
2 Gulfstream 550 N550JH n/s3; Gulfstream 650 N761LE n/s
5 Gulfstream 550 N671LE; Challenger 850 5A-UAD n/s
8 Legacy 600 G-XPTV
11 Gulfstream 200 OE-HGS; Global 6000 9H-VJZ
13 Challenger 350 OE-HGG
14 Global 6000 CS-GLA; Agusta A109S G-REXC
15 Airbus A319-133CJ A7-MED n/s; Boeing 737-75V N737LE n/s;
Global 6000 OE-IGL
16 Airbus A320-232CJ A7-HSJ n/s; Challenger 350 OE-HGG; Global
Express XRS OE-IGG
18 Falcon 900EX N5VJ
20 Airbus A340-211 A7-HHK
21 Global 6000 9H-VJL
25 Airbus A319-115CJ A7-MHH; Challenger 350 CS-CHA
26 Challenger 350 9H-VCB
27 Gulfstream 550 OK-KKFLONDON STANSTED, ESSEX – June was a very busy month starting off
with football related flights to Baku including the HiFly Airbus A
and then the Champions League final in Madrid. The following
weekend the A380 flew boxing fans to New York. Over few days the
“Trump circus” descended on the airport with his array of military
heavies, which the military section gives give details of. Throughout
the month there has been a trickle of Ryanair aircraft taking up 9H-
marks, for the latest incarnation of Malta Air.
Laudamotion continue to bring in their newly acquired A320s. The 2nd
June saw a brief visit of Boeing 737-860 ET-AQQ from and to the USA. A
new Federal Express Boeing 777-F N860FD appeared on its first revenue
flight on 5th June and by the time this is read FedEx will have replaced
their daily Airbus A300F flights with a Boeing 767F. Cargolux’s recently
acquired Boeing 747s LX-KCL & LX-LCL put in appearances on the 14th &
11th June respectively. The latest Arkia A321N made its first visit on the
17th and new A320Ns noted were TC-NCE on the 14th and G-UZLC on the
18th. Emirates replaced its usual Boeing 777s with A6-EPY on the 18th.
The Iraqi Boeing 737-800 on the 28th was something different too.
As June drew to a close two security-related instances saw firstly
Jet2 operated Airbus A321 G-POWU divert in with a disruptive
passenger on the 24th and then Air India Boeing 777 VT-ALW diverted
due to a bomb threat) while routing Bombay to Newark on the 27th,
both being escorted in by RAF Typhoons.SV.4C OY-EFF [222, the former G-BUNA]. Robin DR400 G-BRBK was in
for work with Shenley Farms (Engineering) Ltd.
HENSTRIDGE, SOMERSET – Noted here on 6th July was Zenair
CH.601HD G-CCAK.
HIGHER PURTINGTON SHOWGROUND, CHARD, SOMERSET – Andrew
Whitehouse has now acquired Wessex HU.5 XS507. It was previously
on display outside 606 (Chiltern) Squadron, Royal Auxiliary Air Force’s
HQ at RAF Benson. Sea King HC.4 ZA314, previously stored at HMS
Sultan, Gosport, has been registered to him as G-CMDO.
LEEDS, W. YORKS – Noted on display in the Briggate pedestrian
shopping area on 29th June as part of the Leeds Armed Forces Day
celebrations was Spitfire full-scale model BAPC.377 (marked as BA377/
UF-J), owned by Iconic WW2 Aircraft (apparently a new incarnation of
the Northern Forties re-enactment group).This also clarifies JUN.
under Sandbach, Cheshire.
LEEDS BRADFORD, W. YORKS – New here are Bell 505 JetRangers Xs
G-CLCP and 2-BELL.
LEEDS EAST, N. YORKS – A new resident here is Robinson R44 G-OBSM
(Tadcaster owner).
LEEDS HELIPORT, CONEY PARK, W. YORKS – Robinson R44 D-HBAM
arrived here in late May for work by Heliserve Ltd and has since been
re-registered as G-CLEZ to a company in Sudbury, Suffolk.
LEICESTER, LEICS – SIAI-Marchetti S.20 G-BFAP (CofA expired 8th
March 2019) is still here awaiting a new propeller. It has been here
since doing a wheels up landing on 6th August 2018 but is technically
not a resident, merely waiting for work!
LITTLE STAUGHTON, CAMBS – A visit on 3rd June found the wreck of
Cessna 172 G-BHUJ (cancelled by CAA 11th July 2016, blown over by
storm ‘Katie’ at Southend 28th March 2016) stored. Also present was
Morgansfield, Fishburn based Piper PA-28-140 F-BOXT, possibly in for
work with Caldwell Aero Maintenance.
LIVERPOOL JOHN LENNON, MERSEYSIDE – Piper PA-38-112 G-RVND
departed to Bagby on 6th July having apparently been sold. Dungeon
Lane, the road that went past the end of Runway 27, was permanently
closed just after the gate giving access to the General Aviation area on
15th July.
LONDON GATWICK, W. SUSSEX – There were plenty of interest amongst
the airliner visitors during June including first appearances by two Air
Europa Boeing 787-8s, EC-MLT on the 1st and EC-MIG on the 3rd; Avion
Express Malta Airbus A320 9H-AMA operating for Norwegian on the 1st;
HiFly Malta Airbus A319 9H-LOL on the 23rd and operating for BH Air,
Boeing 737-400 LY-CGY of Cargo Air on the 16th; ALK McDonnell MD-
LZ-ADV on the 23rd and MyWay Boeing 737-800 4L-MWA on the 30th.
Among the dozen or so business jets visiting this month, newcomers
were TAG Aviation Falcon 900DX 9H-YUM and Metrojet Gulfstream 550
N888XS both from Madrid on the 2nd, another Gulfstream 550, Gulf
Coast Capitals’ N365GC, from Bristol on the 8th, Atlas Air Cessna 525B
D-COWB from Stansted on the 18th and Al Hokair Aviation Falcon 900B
HZ-HKR from Marrakech on the 19th. The two rotary visitors this month
were also newcomers, Kingsmoor Helicopters Eurocopter AS350B
G-SPVK from and to Liverpool John Lennon on the 4th and Heligroup
Eurocopter EC135P3 G-LAVA on the 8th.
June 2019 visitors (nothing noted on missing dates):
1 Boeing 787-8 EC-MLT f/v; Airbus A320-214 9H-AMA f/v
2 Challenger 604 D-ANGB n/s; Cessna 680 D-CARO; Airbus A320-
HA-LPW f/v; Gulfstream 550 N888XS f/v; Falcon 900DX 9H-YUM
f/v
3 Boeing 787-8 EC-MIG f/v; Airbus A321-271N HA-LVC f/v; Airbus
A320-251N TC-NBK f/v
4 Eurocopter AS350B3 G-SPVK; Airbus A320-232 HA-LWU f/v
5 Gulfstream 650 N4CP n/s
7 Airbus A321-231 HA-LXH f/v
8 Eurocopter EC135P G-LAVA f/v; Airbus A320-251N G-UZLC f/v;
Gulfstream 550 N365GC f/v