The latest new residents here include Agusta A109SP G-DGUN of
Castle Air, which arrived on 1st May, Piper PA-28-161 G-CIZO back with
Falcon Flying Services after lease to South West Aviation at Exeter and
Cirrus SF50 N52AG [0107].BIGHTON, HANTS – Robinson R22 G-CCVU is based on a private
helipad at the owner’s’ home, clearly visible on Google Maps, at The
Old Rectory, just off Bighton Lane.BLACKPOOL, LANCS – Cessna F150L G-AZZR arrived on the 16th and
now lives in the old Westair hangar (Hangar 1). It was registered to a
local owner on the 15th. Further to last month (JUN.969) Piper PA-
28R-200 G-BMOE seems to be based at present, although possibly only
on lease. Eurocopter EC135T2 G-WASS provided temporary cover for
the Air Ambulance the whole month, departing on the 31st.
Hangar 8 visitors were G-RVLW in 2nd (still present at month end);
Piper PA-28RT N66MS in 5th, out 11th & in 12th (still present at month
end); Robin HR200 G-WAVA in 7th, out 10th; Robin HR200 G-WAVV in
10th, out 12th and Cessna F406 G-SMMA in 22nd, out 23rd.
Air Navigation & Trading had Cessna 150L G-BUCT in 16th, out 17th
& returned 17th, out 24th and High-G had Van’s RV-8 G-SOUT out 3rd
(in 23rd February).
UK Aviation Services had as busy month as usual with Sikorsky S-76C
G-MRRI in 1st, out 2nd; Hughes OH-6A G-OHGA out 1st (in 15th April);
Robinson R44 G-POET out 2nd (in 30th April); Sikorsky S-76C G-ROON
out 3rd (in 27th April), in 25th, out 26th & in 28th (still present at month
end); Agusta AW109SP G-SGRP in 3rd, out 9th; Eurocopter EC135T
G-HOLM in 6th, out 7th; Agusta Bell 206B JetRanger II G-XXIV in 7th, out
10th; Bölkow Bö105CBS-4 G-ENVO in 8th, out 24th; Bell 206L-
LongRanger III G-VVBO in 9th, out 10th & in 27th (still present at month
end); Robinson R44 G-NOXY out 10th (in 22nd April); Robinson R
G-NICI in 12th, out 24th; Agusta A109S G-SKBL out 16th (in 30th April);
Sikorsky S-76C M-ONTY in 16th, out 21st; Bell 407 G-HUMM in 21st (still
present at month end); Bell 429 N429JC in 22nd, out 24th & in 28th (still
present at month end); Agusta Bell 206B JetRanger III G-ONTV in 27th,
out 31st; Robinson R44 G-BZGO in 29th (still present at month end);
Robinson R22 G-CDBG in 29th (still present at month end) and Agusta
A109C N74PM out 29th (in 1st October 2018).
The proposed hangar development has been turned down because
of an objection by the airport. The new hangars would block the viewANDREWSFIELD, ESSEX – A visit on 4th June found Pitts S-1S G-BZSB
in residence. In for work with MK Aero Support were Piper PA-28-
G-MKAS and Piper PA-32RT-300 G-NROY.
BASINGSTOKE, HANTS – Hunter F.51 G-9-426 (painted as Iraqi Air
Force 349 ) arrived by road from Solent Airport during the first week of
May and has been mounted on a pole outside the offices of Centerprise
International at the Hampshire International Business Park in Lime
Tree Way. It is painted to represent the Hunter FGA.9 flown by company
chairman Rafi Razzak’s father, Squadron Leader G. Arif A. Razzak,
during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war.
BEMBRIDGE, IoW – The fuselage of BN-2T Islander AL.1 ZG994, which
crashed at Lopcombe Corner at the junction of the A30 & A343 on 30th
June 1999, and was stored here in the old Britten Norman factory for
spares use, has been broken up.
BEVERLEY (LINLEY HILL), E. YORKSHIRE – A visit on 5th May found a
number of previously unrecorded residents. The ‘Old’ hangar had
dismantled Van’s RV-6A G-CCVS (Permit to Fly expired 22nd December
2017), Air Creation Tanarg G-CDRJ, Mainair Gemini Flash IIA G-MTIL
and Bristell NG5 G-TIMI being worked on (probably for Permit renewal,
which was done on 12th June) while the workshop annexe had Jabiru
UL G-CCBY (cancelled by CAA 2nd April 2019) on rebuild. Yak-18T LY-
CCP [22202044623] was resident in one of the new hangars and the
wreck of Cessna A150K G-BPJW was outside.
BIDEFORD, DEVON – Leonardo AW169 G-DSAA (‘HLE10’) landed here
at 15.47 on 9th May, departed at 16.30 and then landed at Langley
Marsh, Somerset at 16.45. It departed for Southmead Hospital, Bristol
at 18.02.
BIGGIN HILL, LONDON – Another Spitfire Tr.9 is due at the Biggin Hill
Heritage Hangar shortly. N308WK [CBAF.IX4494, the one time G-AWGB,
marked as TE308/RJ-M] has been purchased from Bill Greenwood of
Aspen, Colorado and will join three other two-seaters in the hangar. It
has spent the last few years under restoration to flying condition in
Fort Collins, Colorado after it was hit by Hurricane XII N96RW on the
ground at Galveston, TX on 26th April 2008.
AROUND & ABOUT
Stuart McDiarmid, c/o 10 Crosslands, Fringford, Oxon OX27 8DF
E-mail: [email protected]Cessna T310R PH-LAW (310R0096) at Blackbushe on 10th May 2019. [John Murray]