15 Airbus A319-133CJ A7-MED n/s; Phenom 300 CS-PHL
18 Airbus A330-202 A7-HJJ n/s2
22 Gulfstream IV-SP N621JH
28 Boeing 747-8KB A7-HBJ n/s2
31 Falcon 7X 9H-JLK
A regular visitor was Gulfstream 550 N671LE on 15th, 19th, 25th & 31st
n/s.LONDON STANSTED, ESSEX – Eurocopter EC155B M-XHEC is now
based here when not onboard the M/Y Eclipse.LONGACRE FARM, SANDY, BEDS – Noted here on 2nd June was
Thruster T600N G-CCCU (cancelled as PWFU 19th April 2018).MANCHESTER, GTR MCR – The Air & Space Hall at the Museum of
Science & Industry has now closed. The RAF Museum has placed all of
its aircraft here up for loan. They are Avro 504K G-ABAA (cancelled in
census 1st January 1939), Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka II 997 (BAPC.98), Cody
Man-Lifting Kite replica BAPC.428, English Electric P.1A WG763,
Shackleton AEW.2 WR960 and Avro 707A WZ736. The items are
available for loan on a long-term basis (on a renewable three-year loan
period). It is understood that owners of other aircraft that were on
display are also making plans to recover their aircraft as well.MANSTON, KENT – Agusta Bell 204B MM80279 (painted in false US
Marines colours, code ‘ 18 ’) belongs to re-enactors group MAG36-UK
and, when not being shown off at military shows around the UK, lives
in one of the hangars here.MOD BOSCOMBE DOWN, WILTS – Grob G.115E G-BYWB departed to
RAF Cranwell on 7th May.MOORLANDS FARM, FARWAY COMMON, DEVON – Noted hangared
with other residents during the Devon LAA Strut Fly-In on 22nd June
was AutoGyro Calidus G-CICM. With a Taunton owner it is perhaps more
likely resident here than at Exeter as last reported to us.MORGANSFIELD, FISHBURN, DURHAM – GlaStar G-MHGS arrived on
2nd June and is now resident.
A visit on 22nd June found Van’s RV-12 G-ELWK is under
construction in one of the hangars, while updating BIR2019 Piper
PA-32R-301 G-WILI is also confirmed as resident.NEWNHAM FARM, BINSTEAD, ISLE OF WIGHT – Magni M.24 G-PWEF,
currently at Popham for pilot training, will be moving to here once this
has been completed.NOTTINGHAM CITY, NOTTS – New here is Helton Lark 95 G-LARK.24 Airbus A320-251Ns EC-NCU f/v & G-UZHZ f/v; Airbus A320-232
HA-LWI; Global 6000 9H-VJA
25 Falcon 7X CS-DSD f/v; Eurocopter AS350B2 G-OGUN f/v; Pilatus
PC-12 SP-EMA f/v
26 MD-82 LZ-LDM f/v; Airbus A220-300 YL-AAS f/v; Boeing
767-35DER ZS-NEX f/v, n/s; Challenger 605 9H-VFF
28 Airbus A330-243 B-6545 f/v; Gulfstream 400 N516MC f/v n/s2;
Boeing 767-32LER 4K-AZ82 f/v
29 Challenger 350 CS-CHH f/v n/s; Falcon 7X M-ZJBT f/v
30 Boeing 767-35DER ZS-NEX; Airbus A340-541 4K-AZ86 f/v
31 Airbus A340-642 EC-JFX f/v
LONDON HEATHROW, MIDDLESEX – Currently on show in Terminal 2
as part of an IWC Schaffhausen advertising display is an all-silver
Spitfire IX full scale model marked as G-IRTY. It was built by GB
Replicas of Catfield, Norfolk at a cost of £42,500. The real G-IRTY is due
to set off on a round the world flight in August.
April 2019 first visiting airliners continued:
5 Airbus A320-271N D-AINR f/v
6 Airbus A320-214 VP-BJA f/v
10 Embraer 190 F-HBLF f/v
11 Embraer 190 F-HBLG f/v
13 Embraer 195 SP-LNL f/v
14 Boeing 787-9 4X-EDJ f/v
15 Boeing 787-9s A4O-SI f/v & N834AA
16 Boeing 737-8K5 D-AHFV f/v; Embraer 190s F-HBLC f/v & SP-LMA
f/v; Boeing 787-9 N839AA f/v
17 Boeing 787-9 N830AN f/v
18 Boeing 787-9s CN-RGX f/v & N829AN; Airbus A350-941 ET-AWM
f/v; Embraer 190 F-HBLK; Airbus A330-941 3B-NBU f/v
19 Boeing 787-10 A6-BME f/v; Airbus A330-343E B-1042 f/v; Boeing
787-8 CN-RGS; Embraer 195 SP-LNH f/v
20 Boeing 737-8BK D-ASUN f/v; CRJ-900 ES-ACM f/v
24 Boeing 787-8 CN-RGB f/v; Airbus A350-941 HL8360 f/v
25 Boeing 787-9 N837AN f/v; Airbus A319-132 OE-LYW f/v
27 Boeing 787-9 A6-BLW f/v; MD-82 LZ-LDS f/v
29 Airbus A320-251N EC-NCM
Moving on to May and we only have the bizjet visitors so far (nothing
reported on missing dates). Notable among the smaller ones were
Montenegro Government Learjet 45 4O-MNE from and to Podgorica on
the 5th, Steiner Film Aviation Cessna 680 N888SF on around trip from
Munich on the 9th and TAG Aviation Falcon 7X 9H-JLK from Geneva on
the 31st.
2 Airbus A340-211 A7-HHK n/s; Gulfstream 650 N761LE
5 Boeing 767-2AXER N767A n/s4; Learjet 45 4O-MNE
7 Boeing 737-75V N737LE
9 Cessna 680 N888SF
12 Cessna 560XLS CS-DXJ
PA-38-112 Tomahawk G-BGGM (38-79A0170) at Leicester on 6th June 2019. [Nigel Bailey-Underwood]