Pilot UK - April 2015

KEY

+ restored registration

* used imported

^^^ factory-built microlight

** homebuilt

++ re-registered,

British owned

^ surplus ex-military

^^ from BGA Register

REGISTRATION TYPE OPERATOR

New in-sequence registrations

G-ARAP + Champion 7EC Traveler J J McGonagle, Londonderry NI

G-ARXN + Fairey Tipsy Nipper T.66 Series 2 J F Bakewell,

Nottingham

G-BKVY + Airtour B-31 Cloud Nine Balloon Group, Brighton

G-BWMG + Aerospatiale AS332L Super Puma Bristow Helicopters,

Dyce

G-BZFK + TEAM miniMax P W Andrews, Northampton

G-CGTJ + Eurocopter AS332L2 Super Puma Bristow Helicopters,

Dyce

G-CIIR * Reims/Cessna FRA150L Aerobat H J A Langdon, Salisbury

G-CIKB Schempp-Hirth Duo Discus T B Pocock, Melksham

G-CIKH ** Aeropro Eurofox 914 D B Smith, Stonehaven

G-CIKU ^^^ Flylight Dragonfly H Gordon-Roe, Cambridge

G-CILR Guimbal Cabri G2 European Helicopter Importers,

Kemble

G-CILV ^^^ Flylight Dragon Chaser C J Johnson, Billericay

G-CIMB * Cessna 177RG Cardinal RG A R Willis, Sandy

G-CIMH ^^^ P&M Quik Lite P&M Aviation, Rochdale

G-CIMK ^^^ P&M Quik Lite N R Beale, Southam

G-CINF * Cessna 182M Skylane Aero-Club Braunschweig, Germany

G-CINI ** Rans S7S Courier D R P Mole, Hinton St. George

G-CINZ ^^^ Ace Magic Cyclone T W Lorimer, Glasgow

G-CIPL ** Van’s RV-9 M W Meynell, Darlington

New out-of-sequence registrations

G-COXI XtremeAir XA42 ABD Networks, London

G-EZIB + Airbus A319-111 easyJet Airline, Luton

G-FCTK * de Havilland DH.82C Tiger Moth A J Palmer, Hailsham

G-FIBT * Robinson R44 Raven II G Mazza, Italy

G-FLYJ ^^^ LSA EV-97 Eurostar SL IFlyUK, Reading

G-GATM * Airbus A320-232 Aercap Celtavia 5, Ireland

G-GBAB + Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II B A Mills, Cambridge

G-GMGH Robinson R66 Turbine Heli Air, Wellesbourne

G-HCJP * Cessna T182T Turbo Skylane Beyondmountains

Academia de Voo, Portugal

G-HOON * Pitts S-1S Special A P S Maynard, Pulborough

G-IART * Cessna 182F Skylane Aeroclub of Attica, Greece

G-IDMG * Robinson R44 Raven D M McGarrity, Newtownabbey, NI

G-IFIK * Cessna 421C Golden Eagle T Geither, Germany

G-IOOK ++ Agusta A109E Power Hundred Percent Aviation, Banbury

G-IXXY ^^^ Ace Magic Cyclone L Hogan, Glenrothes

G-JLSP Extra EA 300/LC J M Lynch, Coventry

G-JZHA * Boeing 737-8K5 Jet2.com, Leeds

G-LEMP ^^^ P&M QuikR Messrs TH Brewis, Kelso

G-LROK Robinson R66 Turbine Heli Air, Wellesbourne

G-MATW ++ Cessna 182P Skylane Subados, Spain

G-MKZG ** Supermarine Spitfire Mk.26 D G Richardson,

Saffron Walden

G-MVLF + Aerial Arts Chaser S 508 A Matheu, Spain

G-NPTV * Eurocopter AS355NP Ecureuil II Arena Aviation, Redhill

G-OALI ++ Aerospatiale AS355FI Ecureuil II Atlas Helicopters,

Lee-on-the-Solent

G-OBAD ^^^ LSA EV-97 Eurostar SL M J Robbins, Heathfield

G-ODDD ++ Agusta A109A II Jetworx, Braintree

G-OEGO ^^^ e-Go e-Go Aeroplanes, Cambridge

G-PLJR ** Pietenpol Air Camper P E Taylor, Bicester

G-POWK * Airbus A320-233 Hagondale, Stansted

G-PVIP + Cessna 421C Golden Eagle Passion 4 Autos, Harrow

G-RCHE ++ Cessna 182T Skylane R S Bentley, Cambridge

G-RKUS Schempp-Hirth Arcus T Arcus Syndicate, Pershore

G-SAEA ^ Vickers Supermarine Spitfire LF XVIe M Harris, Stoke-on-Trent

G-SASS Airbus MBB-Bk 117 D-2 Bond Air Services, Staverton

G-SLYR * Hindustan Gnat F1 Heritage Aircraft, North Weald

G-SOPC ** Replica Sopwith Camel C I Law, Market Rasen

G-SPRK, X* Van’s RV-4 Jack Aviation, Pulborough

G-SSDI ** Spacek SD-1 MiniSport P C Piggott, Lutterworth

G-TCDY * Airbus A321-211 Thomas Cook Airlines, Manchester

G-TTGV ++ Bell 206L-4 LongRanger IV Langley Aviation, Retford

G-TUIG Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Thomson Airways, Luton

G-VAAV + P&M QuikR C R Buckle, Sleaford

G-VOOH Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Virgin Atlantic Airways, Gatwick

G-VYGK Airbus A330-243 Voyager AirTanker, London

G-ZRZZ + Cirrus SR22 M Matthews, Hook

New Regs | Compiled by Alan Brown

18 | Pilot April 2015 http://www.pilotweb.aero

No ‘Snow Tiger’

De Havilland Aircraft of Canada was set up in 1928 to

assemble Moths, and was well placed at the outbreak of war

to supply the Royal Canadian Air Force with Tiger Moth

trainers. They were redesigned for the cold winter with

heated cockpits covered by a large sliding canopy, and ski

and float undercarriages could be fitted. More than 1,500 of

these re-designated DH.82Cs were delivered but they did

not find a ready post-war civil market and none are still

airworthy in Canada. The first to cross the Atlantic to the

motherland is G-FCTK, which was civilianised as CF-CTK

but has been stored since 1970.

High ground wreck

In November 1947 a 603 Squadron Spitfire was flying from

Chester to Edinburgh in low cloud when it smashed into

Scafell Pike in the Lake District. Such was the destruction

that the remains of SN611 were not discovered for five

months. They remained on the mountain until 1997 when

they were collected and sold to a private buyer for long-

term restoration. This project has now been registered

as G-SAEA.

Fun to Go

E-Go Aeroplanes has registered its first production aircraft

as G-OEGO with the intention of building eight this year.

The carbon-fibre Single Seat Deregulated design won the

2007 Light Aircraft Association competition for innovative

use of new materials and is a streamlined, fully enclosed

canard pusher with a 30hp Wankel rotary engine. The e-Go

was initially launched as the e-Fun, hence the prototype’s

registration G-EFUN.

Gnat bites

In Britain we remember the Folland Gnat as an RAF

primary jet trainer and the founding mount of the Red

Arrows, but it was initially designed to be a lightweight

low-cost fighter. India was the main customer, taking more

than 200 mostly licence-built by Hindustan Aeronautics.

They fought in both the 1965 and 1971 wars against

Pakistan, being dubbed ‘Sabre Slayer’ from their success

against Pakistan Air Force F-86s. G-SLYR should be ready

to join the Heritage Aircraft Team this summer, which

currently displays three Gnat Trainers.

Passion is fickle

The owners of restored Cessna Golden Eagle G-PVIP used

to profess a ‘Passion 4 Health’ but have now forsaken that

for a Passion 4 Autos. The rare Champion Traveler (correct

US spelling) G-ARAP was cancelled as being temporarily

withdrawn from use, which was quite true: it has just taken

31 years to re-emerge.

The Zenair Zodiac G-CDAK that has been

withdrawn from use

New Regs