Air-Britain News – August 2019

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30/6 Beech 250 G‑CWCD (f/t East Midlands)
4/7 Boeing 737‑809 EI‑GKW (f/t Palma)

KERRY, CO. KERRY – Visitors noted during June were:
4 Pilatus PC‑12 LX‑TAI (f Jersey t London Stansted)
6 SOCATA TBM‑700 EI‑LCM (f/t Dublin Weston)
7 Cessna T210N G‑WYLD n/s (f North Weald t Inishmore)
12 Pilatus PC‑12 LX‑JFR (f Farnborough t Jersey)
15 Legacy 500 G‑TULI (f Biggin Hill t Figari)
17 Cessna 525A G‑LFBD (f Manchester t Inverness); Cirrus SR22T
N141KJ (f/t Denham)
19 Dornier 328JET OY‑JJB (f Zurich t Billund)
20 Cessna 172F G‑BPVA (f Sligo t Cork)
21 Diamond DA 40 G‑SUEO (f Waterford t Dublin Weston)
28 Beech A36 D‑EAWK [E‑2174] n/s14 (f Shannon t Maastricht)
Moving on to July and the following were noted:
2 Beech B200 G‑OLIV (f London Luton t Blackbushe)
4 Piper PA‑18 N45458 [18‑8553] n/s2 (t Cardiff)
6 Beech R55 N60526 n/s (f/t Elstree)
8 Cirrus SR20 N321W (t Wycombe Air Park)
12 Europa G‑RIXS n/s (f/t Waterford)
14 Cessna F177RG G‑OSFS (t Nottingham City)

SLIGO, CO. SLIGO – Recent visitors reported have been Cessna T210N
G‑WYLD on 8th June (f Inishmore n/s t Donegal) and then Cessna 172F
G‑BPVA (f Donegal t Kerry), Beech B200 G‑MEGN (f Warton n/s3
t  Manchester) and Cirrus SR22 N120MX (f Waterford t Retford
Gamston) all on the 20th. Pilatus PC‑12 G‑NBCA arrived from Leeds‑
Bradford on the 28th, night‑stopped and departed back to
Leeds‑Bradford on the 30th. Then Cirrus SR22T N45KB arrived from
Leicester on 3rd July and departed back there on the 8th.

WATERFORD, CO. WATERFORD – Recent visitors reported here have
been:
30/5 Robin R1180 G‑GEEP (to Wycombe Air Park)
7/6 Beech B200 G‑JASS n/s (f Farnborough t Lydd)
14/6 Silence Twister G‑FUUN n/s3 (f/t Gloucestershire)
19/6 Cirrus SR22 N120MX n/s (f Retford Gamston t Connemara)
20/6 Beech 200XP G‑ZVIP (f Geneva t Exeter)
21/6 Piper PA‑28 G‑RRED (f Wycombe Air Park); Diamond DA 40
G‑SUEO (f Cardiff t Kerry)
22/6 Piper PA‑31‑310 G‑EEJE; Cessna F172L HB‑CEU [0879]
(f Cherbourg); Airbus EC135P2 VP‑BHC [0989] (f Kerry
t Bournemouth)
28/6 Cirrus SR20 G‑JOID n/s2 (f/t Solent)
6/7 Piper PA‑28R N808VT (f/t Denham)
8/7 Beech 250 G‑CWCD (f East Midlands t Farnborough)

AUSTRALIA


ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA – A new display building for Vickers
Vimy G‑EAOU (cancelled as WFU 7th October 1920, flown from England
to Australia between the 12th November and 10th December 1919 by
brothers Ross & Keith Smith) is to be built at the Adelaide Airport
Terminal precinct in 2021 and the aircraft will be moved from its
current building some distance away, near where the old terminal was
located.

CABOOLTURE, QUEENSLAND – DH.60M Metal Moth VH‑UQH [1685, the
former G‑ABHY and now marked as such] made its first post‑restoration
flight here on 8th April. It had been badly damaged by a cyclone at
Winning Pool Station, Western Australia in March 1953 and was acquired
by its current owner & restorer, Ed Field, around 40 years ago.

MORWELL-LATROBE VALLEY, VICTORIA – Percival Proctor I VH‑UXS
[K.246, the former G‑AHFU] made its first post‑restoration flight from
here on 30th April. It had been stored at various airfields around
Victoria since the beginning of the 1970s.

MURWILLUMBAH, NEW SOUTH WALES – Percival Gull IV VH‑CCM
[D.46, the former G‑ACUP] reflew on the 24th May following several
years on the ground.

three years ago, but it has not yet become operational and city planners
have now had second thoughts, saying they want a fresh noise impact
assessment, a detailed plan in case of emergency and a bird
management policy in place before they consider extending permission
for the landing zone. It is estimated that the use of a helipad at the
Mater could save up to nine lives a year, and the hospital said that if the
helipad gets the go‑ahead, it would be for life or death use only.


DUBLIN-WESTON, CO. KILDARE – Finishing off the May 2019 visitors
were the following:
21 Beech N35 G‑ARKJ n/s4 (f/t Lasham)
25 Piper PA‑31‑310 G‑EEJE (f/t Cambridge); Pilatus PC‑12 G‑KARE (f/t
Cambridge)
26 Piper PA‑32R G‑BYFR (f/t Cambridge); Bell 206B JetRanger III
G‑JTBX (f/t Cork); Pilatus PC‑12 PH‑PNG (f Kempen)
27 Douglas DC‑3A N8336C [7313] n/s (f Reykjavik t Duxford)
28 Pilatus PC‑12 OO‑PCJ n/s (f Isle of Man t Fairoaks)
30 Pilatus PC‑12 G‑DYLN (f/t Biggin Hill)
31 SOCATA TBM‑700 2‑PLAY (f/t Guernsey)


June 2019 visitors (nothing reported on missing dates):
1 Piper PA‑32 N129SC (f/t Isle of Man)
2 AA‑5A Cheetah G‑CHTA (f/t Wycombe Air Park)
4 Piper PA‑46‑350P 2‑MLBU (f/t Blackpool)
5 Piper PA‑31‑350 G‑IFIT (f/t Leeds Bradford); Beech C90GTi N95VB
(f/t Sleap)
7 Pilatus PC‑12s G‑KFTI n/s4 (f Jersey t Stapleford) & M‑JJTL (f/t
Denham)
9 Pilatus PC‑12 OO‑PCL n/s (f Wycombe Air Park t Fairoaks)
10 Piper PA‑31‑350 G‑IFIT (f/t Leeds Bradford); Commander 695A
M‑BETS n/s2 (t Manchester)
11 Pilatus PC‑12 LX‑JFR (f Annecy t Stapleford)
12 Cessna 421C G‑CGSG n/s2 (f/t Oxford); Beech C90GTi N95VB
(f Sleap t Southampton); Pilatus PC‑12 2‑LIVE n/s5 (f/t Exeter)
13 SOCATA TBM‑700C2 F‑HAMJ n/s (f/t Brest); Beech C90GTi N95VB
(f Sleap t Southampton); Piper PA‑46‑500TP N466AB n/s (f/t Isle
of Man)
14 Piper PA‑46‑350P PH‑ROD [4636443] (f Bergen op Zoom)
15 Cessna T210N HB‑CCR [210‑63489] n/s3 (f/t Bern)
19 Piper PA‑46‑310P N350BR [4608001] (f/t Shannon)
20 Agusta AW109SP G‑MOAL (f/t Blackpool); Cirrus SR22T N141KJ
(f/t Denham); Piper PA‑46‑350P PH‑ROD [4636443] (f Bergen op
Zoom)
22 Cessna 172F G‑BPVA (f Kilkenny to Manchester Barton); Diamond
DA 40 G‑SUEO (f Kerry t Gloucestershire); Piper PA‑32 N129SC (f/t
Isle of Man)
27 Piper PA‑46R‑350T G‑TFAM n/s2 (f/t Wellesbourne Mountford)
30 Cessna F172M G‑BJDW (f/t Blackbushe); Cessna 182P G‑CBVX
(t Newquay Cornwall); Mooney M.20K G‑OPWS (f/t Oxford);
Diamond DA 42 SE‑MLR [42.N338] (t Newquay Cornwall)


Moving on to July:
1 Piper PA‑31‑310 G‑BPYR (f/t Sywell); Cirrus N258HP [1544]
(f Gloucestershire t Cambridge); Pilatus PC‑12 2‑DARE (f Biggin
Hill t Egelsbach)
2 Cessna F177RG G‑FNEY
3 Cirrus SR20 N321W; Cessna 172S N730SP [172S8667] (f Beauvais
t Sligo)
4 Piper PA‑34 PH‑WDL [3449162] (f Groningen t Denham)
5 Pilatus PC‑12 F‑HGET (f Dole t Goodwood); Cirrus SR22 G‑CHAJ
(f/t Blackpool); Cessna 170 HB‑CAO [18720]
6 Cirrus SR22 G‑CHAJ (f/t Blackpool); Pilatus PC‑12 LX‑LAB
(f Denham t Goodwood)
7 Pilatus PC‑12 LX‑LAB (f Brest t Wycombe Air Park)
9 Piper PA‑46‑500TP n/s (f Biggin Hill t Isle of Man)


HOGS HEAD GOLF CLUB, WATERVILLE, CO. KERRY – Eurocopter
EC130T2 G‑HOGC is based on a helipad here.


IRELAND WEST AIRPORT KNOCK, CO. MAYO – Recent visitors
reported here are:
29/5 Diamond DA 62 G‑TACN n/s2 (f/t Brighton City)
1/6 Pilatus PC‑12 LX‑JFC (t Denham)
3/6 Boeing 737‑8AS SP‑ESF n/s (f Nantes t Jerez)
17/6 Diamond DA 62 G‑GNSS n/s2 (f Lasham)
20/6 Boeing 737‑809 EI‑GKW (f Milan‑Malpensa t Palma)

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