JULY 2015, VISITING AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS AND REPORT

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MOVEMENTS FOR JULY 2015

			
						
        To complete previous months:						
						
N2086P  PA-23 Geronimo 150 (arr 18/3) & G-OFSP Sportscruizer (arr 21/5) presumed still under maintenance						
G-JUDE 	Robin DR.400        Arr 12/6 from Woodvale for maintenance, ret to Woodvale 23rd July 1200					
G-ERSE	King Air 350i       Arr 29/6 stopped between charters and to Marseille 1st July at 1313					
G-AYAC  Cherokee Arrow      Arr 29/6 dep to a non-airport site 1st July at 1048					
G-BVJT	Cessna F.406        Arr 30/6 night stopped and returned to Farnborough Wed 1st at 1029					
						
	Wednesday, 1st July 2015					
						
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1031	1339	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        1130	1713	f&t private location(s)	HLL 5	
ZK010/A	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1200    G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 95	
XX158	BAe. Hawk T.1	        1232	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 25	
G-PDGF	AS.350B2 Ecureuil	1434	1458	private site-Barton	PDG 65/55	
ZH883	C-130J Hercules C.5	1454	G/A 09	to Brize Norton	        RRR 367	
G-NWAE	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1522	1543	f&t private location(s)	HLE 75/75E	
XX324	BAe. Hawk T.1	        1556	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 02	
G-TCXB	Airbus A.330-243	2253 02/0059	Dalaman-Manchester	TCX 2853	  Dvt WX MAN thunderstorm
EI-FIG	Boeing 737-8AS	        2303 02/0014	Dublin-Manchester	RYR 28EA/155	Dvt WX MAN thunderstorm
						
	Thursday, 2nd July					
						
OK-PRA	Cessna 414 Chancellor	0718	1131	f&t Prague		                Parked on main apron
M-WMWM	Citation 525A CJ2	0851 03/1728	f&t Malaga		
ZM402	Airbus A.400M Atlas	1206  2xG/A 27	to Prestwick	        RRR 407         plus another 1216.	
G-CIFE	Beech B200 King Air	1411 03/0813	Blackbushe-Isle of Man	LNX 10FE/83FE	
G-GZRP	PA-42-720 Cheyenne IIIA	1508	1611	Verona-Oxford	        MCD 19	        air ambulance flt
						
	Friday, 3rd July					
						
G-LIDE	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0626	1016	East Midlands-Isle of Man CWY 2101	Likely Dvt WX IoM am fog
M-ARTY	Pilatus PC-12 47E	0911	1254	f&t Jersey		
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1053	1316	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
D-CLUZ	Lear Jet 60	        1217	1516	Edinburgh-Dublin	IFA 863	
N133SC	Citation 501-1/SP	1258	1416	f&t Karlovy Vary, Czech Rep.
G-AYGC  Cessna F150K            1358    G/A 27  to Barton		
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1451	1633	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air	1711	1800	Le Castellet-Glasgow	FLJ 2SE/3SE	
D-CFTG	LearJet 35	        1841	2106	Dalaman-Cologne	        QAJ 826
G-AYGC  Cessna F150K            1857 04/0944    Barton-Caernarfon	
						
	Saturday, 4th July					

G-AYGC  Cessna F150K            1157    1307    Caernarfon-Blackpool						
OE-GPS	Citation 550B Bravo	1244	1445	Berlin/Tegel-Pula	TYW862S/863S	Tyrol Air Ambulance
G-BCCF	PA-28 Cherokee 180	1303 18/0929	f&t Manchester		                here for maintenance work
G-AYGC  Cessna F150K            1551 05/1004    Blackpool-Caernarfon
G-CRBN	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1741 06/0956	Malaga-Perugia, Italy	FLJ 4BN/1BN	
G-GMPX	MDH MD-900 Explorer	1744	G/A 27	to Barton	        UKP 151	        & second G/A at 1801
ZJ238/Y	Bell 421EP Griffin HT.1	overflew 27 threshold at 1620, routing north to south.				
						
	Sunday, 5th July					
						
OK-RDA	LET 410-UVP	        0914	0958	f&t Isle of Man	        VAA 202/203	Citywings, pax charter i/b
G-AYGC  Cessna F150K            1252    1601    Caernarfon-Barton
OK-RDA	LET 410-UVP	        1839	1928	f&t Isle of Man	        VAA 218/219	Citywings, pax charter o/b
						
	Monday, 6th July					
						
M-BETS	Rockwell 695A Commander	0952	1458	f&t Shobdon		
N133SC	Citation 501-1/SP	1433	1545	f&t Kassel		
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1509	1546	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Tuesday, 7th July					
						
OK-AAL	Beech 200 King Air	0902	1103	f&t Prague		
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        0914	1635	f&t private location(s)		
G-CXLS	Ciation 560XLS	        0957	1652	f&t Jersy		
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1036	1205	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-AXNS	Beagle 121 Pup 2	1250	1623	f&t Gamston		
2-ROCK	Cirrus SR.22	        1852 10/1516	Guernsey-Fairoaks		
						
	Wednesday, 8th July					
						
OE-FHK	Citation 510 Mustang	0209 09/0814	Lille-Toulon/Hyeres	GAC 476F/549N	
D-ITEM	PA-31T-620 Cheyenne II	0213	0424	Stuttgart-Strausberg		        possibly small freight?
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1019	1145	Exeter-Isle of Man	EGL 7/99M	a/c swop-over
M-YMCM	Bell 429         	1024	1106	non airport-Gloucester		
G-VIPX	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1036	1207	Isle of Man-Exeter	EGL 99L/7	a/c swop-over
OK-AAL	Beech 200 King Air	1052	1343	Prague-Karlovy Vary		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1320	1348	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
F-GSTB/2 Airbus A.300STA Beluga	1723 09/1625	Hamburg-Hawarden	BGA 234B   	Dvt WX Chester due winds
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2318 09/1505	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Thursday, 9th July					
						
G-CIFE	Beech B200 King Air	0903	1002	Isle of Man-Biggin Hill	LNX 50FE/10FE	
ZK027/R	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1233	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 272	
XX256	BAe. Hawk T.1	        1329	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 02	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1701	1723	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
						
	Friday, 10th July					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0944	1023	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1156	1226	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-BYCP	Beech B200 King Air	1520	1721	Stapleford Tawney-Caen	LNX 26CP	
ZK027/R	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1545	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 98	
						
	Saturday, 11th July					
						
G-FLCN	Falcon 900B	        0842	0936	Paris/Le Bourget-Nice	XJC 448	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        0851	1022	Birmingham-Brize Norton	CLJ 408P/408	Cello, EFC team charter o/b
D-CAHO	Citation 560XLS+	0935	1043	Palma-Venice	        AHO 562H	
CS-DKH	Gulfstream 550	        1014	1137	Edinburgh-Oxford	NJE 558U/9AD	
G-FLYW	Beech B200 King Air	1338	1704	f&t Isle of Man	        PYN 1	
ZG998	BN-2T Defender AL.1	1608	G/A	to Cranwell	        RRR 7940	
						
	Sunday, 12th July					
						
D-IBBS	Citation 525A CJ2+	1038	1212	Luton-Palma		
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1231 14/1219	Oban-Shannon	        EGL 42P/46U	
G-GMCM	AS.350B Ecureuil	1333	1714	f&t Blackpool		                & 2 x local flights
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1536	1703	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
N4446	Columbia 400	        1849 13/1616	Freiburg-Stuttgart		        f.v. of type!
						
	Monday, 13th July					
						
M-WMWM	Citation 525A CJ2	0956	1100	Malaga-Gloucester		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1038	1318	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1222	1252	Exeter-Isle of Man	EGL 99P/99R	to provide extra capacity o/b
G-FIRM	Citation 550 Bravo	1645 14/1635	f&t Dundee	        FLJ 3RM/2RM	
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1725	1942	Isle of Man-Exeter	EGL 99S/99P	to provide extra capacity i/b
ZM402	Airbus A.400M Atlas	2323	G/A 27	to Brize Norton	        Gauntlet 89	
						
	Tuesday, 14th July					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0853    0953    f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
ZH878	C-130J Hercules C.4	1136	G/A 27	to Brize Norton	        RRR 164	        and a 2nd G/A at 1152
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        1357 18/1627	f&t private location(s)	HLL 1/5	        & local 18th
G-NWAE	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1403	1427	f&t private location(s)	HLE 75E	
CS-GLE	Global Express 6000	1642	1727	Edinburgh-Farnborough	NJE 600T/6LE	
						
	Wednesday, 15th July					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1033	1224	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1403	1727	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-NWAA	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1404	1440	f&t private location(s)	HLE 75E	
ZK017/H	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1543	G/A 27	to Valley	        Poison 1	
ZK021/L	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1543	G/A 27	to Valley	        Poison 2   	G/A as a formation of three
ZK035/Z	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1543	G/A 27	to Valley	        Poison 3	
G-ZMED	Lear Jet 35A	        1628	1722	Corfu-Oxford	        MCD 79	        air ambulance flight
ZD711	Tornado GR.4	        2123	G/A 27	to Marham	        MRH 66	        BUT showed on PP as ZD942!
						
	Thursday, 16th July					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1045	1259	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-PRPL	DHC-8-Q400 Dash 8	1107	1141	f&t Belfast City	BEE 903/904	Flybe, fv of new a/c in fleet
G-IPLY	Citation 550 Bravo	1113	1218	Gloucester-Ajaccio	XJC 304
G-AYGC  Cessna F150K            1320    G/A     to Barton  	
G-NWAA	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1436	1458	f&t private location(s)	HLE 75E	
G-JFWI	Cessna F172N	        1613	August	Barton-		                        here for maintenance work
G-FIRM	Citation 550 Bravo	1732	1823	Dundee-Cambridge	FLJ 1RM/2RM	
G-SYGA	Beech B200 King Air	2012	2102	Lydd-Fairoaks	        SYG 947	
HA-LYV	Airbus A.320-232	2042	2143	f&t Warsaw	        WZZ 1311/1312	Wizz Air, new regn in fleet
						
	Friday, 17th July					
						
OK-MEK	Airbus A.319-112	0828	0945	f&t Prague	        CSA 668/669	Inaugural scheuled service
OO-ALX	Citation 680 Sovereign	0859	1009	Antwerp-Vigo, Spain	FYG 01C/02C	
ZA607/EB-X  Tornado GR.4	1322	G/A 27	to Coningsby	        Apollo 1    	G/A as a flight of two
ZG775/EB-Z  Tornado GR.4	1322	G/A 27	to Coningsby	        Apollo 2       	both full 41 Sqdn colours
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1335	1611	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
N133SC	Citation 501-1/SP	1406	1504	f&t Prague		
ZK031/V	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1531	G/A 27	to Valley	        Poison 1   	G/A as a flight of two
ZK022/M	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1531	G/A 27	to Valley	        Poison 2	
CS-DKH	Gulfstream 550	        1538	1836	Luton-Northolt	        NJE 991H/697N	
ZK027/R	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1557	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 89	
EI-EBW	Boeing 737-8AS	        1659	1817	not known-Dublin	FR 67M/198	Ryanair, Dvt congestion DUB
						
	Saturday, 18th July					
						
G-MEGN	Beech B200 King Air	1000	1050	Cardiff-Glasgow	        CBM 88	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1017	1124	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        1033	1318	Blackpool-Tatenhill		        & a local flt.
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1405	1432	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
M-YMCM	Bell 429	        1540	1603	Tatenhill-Blackpool		
D-IOHL	Citation 525A CJ2	1702 19/1319	Munich-Ibiza		
OK-EAS	Beechcraft 400	        1729	1831	Naples-Prague	        TIE 174Y	
G-IASA	Beech B200 King Air	1925 19/0944	Malaga-DTV	        MDI 1	        air ambulance flight
G-SYES	Robinson R.66	        2102	August	private site-	        HLL 5	        & a local flt, 30th.
						
	Sunday, 19th July					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1325	1506	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-MEGN	Beech B200 King Air	1345	1429	Glasgow-Cardiff	        CBM 88	
G-SYGA	Beech B200 King Air	1535	1951	f&t Fairoaks	        SYG 947	
						
	Monday, 20th July					
						
G-IPLY	Citation 550 Bravo	1103	1208	Gloucester-Olbia	XJC 306
G-EZDN	Airbus A.319-111        1159    based   Palma-based             EZY 9142/based  new 'Amsterdam' promo cols
G-BYBP	Cessna A185F	        1718 21/1650	f&t Dinard		
G-IPLY	Citation 550 Bravo	1853	1939	Olbia-Gloucester	XJC 306	
D-CFAI	Lear Jet 35	        2126 21/1336	Dalaman-Jerba	        IFA 5627/5634	air ambulance flt.
						
	Tuesday, 21st July					
						
G-OXLS	Ciation 560 XLS	        0809	1347	f&t Guernsey	        HGR 818	
G-JDBC	PA-34-200T Seneca II	0849 24/1020	Hawarden-Caernarfon		        (an early CEG refugee)
G-PAOL	Citation 525B CJ3	1000 24/1704	f&t Nice		
XX239	BAe. Hawk T.1	        1305	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 24	
IAC 258	Lear Jet 45	        1422 23/1215	Paris/Le B-Baldonnel	IRL 258         Irish Air Corps	
						
	Wednesday, 22nd July					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1024	1158	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-NWAE	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1124	G/A 27	to Barton	        HLE 75E	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1343	1405	f&t Isle of Man   	EGL 99R/99S	
G-NWAE	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1642	1706	f&t private location(s)	HLE 75E	
LZ-ABR	Antonov An-26	        2034 23/1019	Turin-Leipzig	        REM 025/026	Rose Air, freighter charter
						
	Thursday, 23rd July					
						
LY-ETM	ATR-42	                0952	2203	Milan/Bergamo-Luton	LVR 249/164	Aviavilsa, freight charter
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1054	1234	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
OE-HCA	Challenger 300	        1115	1229	f&t Salzburg		
G-WVIP	Bech B200 King Air	1309 24/1232	Shannon-Wick	        EGL 46V	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1442	1625	Isle of Man-Exeter	EGL 99R/99P	a/c swop-over
G-NWAE	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1502	1537	f&t private location(s)	HLE 75E	
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1511	1621	Exeter-Isle of Man	EGL 99P/99S	a/c swop-over
G-WWFC	Falcon 2000LX	        1515 25/0848	Farnborough-Exeter	LNX 15WC	
CS-PHC	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1543	1654	Farnborough-Lugano	NJE 5HC	
PH-MJP	Fokker 100	        1800 24/0814	Glasgow-Tarbes	        DNM 710F/6271A	Denim Air, Lourdes chtr o/b
G-OCEG	Beech B200 King Air	1915 24/1108	Palma-Bournemouth	GMA 412/519	air ambulance flight
						
	Friday, 24th July	(Hawarden (CEG) closed 1800 until Tuesday am)				
						
EC-MFS	Boeing 737-4YO	        0703	0914	Dublin-Tarbes	        LAV 925P/8724	Alba Star, Lourdes chtr o/b
EI-RJZ	Avro RJ.85	        0949	0947	Dublin-Tarbes	        BCY558P/9558	Cityjet, Lourdes chtr o/b
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        0957	1015	Birmingham-Dundee	CLJ 411P/411	Cello, EFC team chtr o/b
M-ABDP	Hawker 800XP	        1050	1527	Tel Aviv-Kos		
EC-LNC	Boeing 737-4K5	        1333	1432	Glasgow-Tarbes	        LAV 954P/8728	Alba Star, Lourdes chtr o/b
ZK032/W	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1349	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 97	
G-NIAA	Beech B200 King Air	1404	1540	f&t Belfast Intl	CWY 999A/999B	air ambulance flt.
G-JDBC	PA-34-200T Seneca II	1506 25/1017	Caernarfon-Gloucester		        (CEG refugee)
PH-MJP	Fokker 100	        1515	1641	Edinburgh-Tarbes	DNM 627P/6271	Denim Air, Lourdes chtr o/b
CS-DUC	Hawker 750	        1525 25/1855	Mykonos-Amsterdam	NJE 878D/1KT	(likely CEG refugee)
9A-JSC	Citation 525A CJ2	1651 25/0958	Corfu-Zagreb	        JSY 245C/256C	
						
	Saturday, 25th July					
						
CS-TFX	Airbus A.340-542	0841	1034	Kuala Lumpur-Brussels	HFY 751/722P	Hi-Fly, LFC team chtr  i/b
D-CAST	Citatin 525B CJ3	1208	1324	Pisa-Brescia	        AHO 403X	
M-BETS	Rockwell 695A Commander	1257	1456	Shobdon-Lyon/Bron		
G-SAPM	SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad	1314 26/1724	f&t Gloucester		
G-IPLY	Citatin 550 Bravo	1605	1648	Naples-Birmingham	XJC 307	
G-JDBC	PA-34-200T Seneca II	1700 29/0922	Gloucester-Hawarden		        (CEG refugee)
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	2057 26/0900	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99T/99V	
						
	Sunday, 26th July					
						
CS-DUC	Hawker 750	        0004 27/1739	Luton-Guernsey	        NJE 306Q/1KT	(CEG refugee?)
M-YMCM	Bell 426	        0846	0922	Blackpool-private site		
CS-DRQ	Hawker 800XP	        1019	1150	Farnborough-Mykonos	NJE 6FE/850G	(CEG refugee)
G-EYUP	Citation 560XLS+	1138 29/0848	Ibiza-Hawarden	        XJC 593/599	(CEG refugee)
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1206	1355	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
M-MYCM	Bell 426	        1301	1327	private site-Blackpool		
G-CEDK	Citation 750 Ten	1337 28/0831	f&t Northolt		                (CEG refugee)
D-IPCC	Citation 525A CJ2+	1500 27/1237	Palma-Visby,Sweden		
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1701	1857	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-JPEG	BN-2A Islander	        1911 28/1548	Aberdeen-Hawarden		        (CEG refugee) Apem Ltd
						
	Monday, 27th July					
						
G-OCJZ	Citation 525A CJ2	0949	1535	f&t Biggin Hill	        CLF 847	
OE-FCB	Citation 510 Mustang	1110	1203	Bournemouth-Luton	GAC 552T/412W	
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1228	1309	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C	        1235	1349	Barton-Isle of Man		
OO-ALX	Citation 680 Sovereign	1348 29/1203	Vigo-Palma	        FYG 02C/24C	
ZA548/040  Tornado GR.4	        1830	G/A 27	to Marham	        MRH 48	
M-CTEM	Hawker 800XP2	        1839 28/1338	Angouleme-Hawarden		        (CEG refugee)
ZA674	BV Chinook HC.4	        2316	G/A 27	to Odiham	        SHF 578	
						
	Tuesday, 28th July					
						
G-OART	PA-23-250D Aztec	0842	1601	f&t private location(s)		
G-NWAE	Eurocopter EC.135T2	en route, low flyover down runway, late morning				
N222LX	Gulfstream 5	        1233	1735	Lydd-Teterboro, NY		         Dep. direct to USA.
OE-FHA	Citation 510 Mustang	1312	1415	Paris/Le Bourget-Cannes	GAC 043R/353X	
YU-BUU	Citation 525A CJ2+	1317	1423	Zagreb-Barcelona		
G-LBSB	Beech 350 King Air	1537	G/A	to Cranwell		
						
	Wednesday, 29th July					
						
G-OJER	Citation 560XLS+	0951	1702	f&t Jersey	        AVB 891/892	
G-TBSV	TB-20 Trinidad	        1041	1819	f&t Abbeysrhule		
G-NTWK	AS.355F2 Twin Squirrel	1126	1220	f&t Barton	        PDG 63	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1149	1236	Dundee-Birmingham	CLJ 412/421P	Cello, EFC team chtr i/b
G-LVRS	PA-28-181 Archer II	1215	1640	f&t Elstree		
G-CGKW	Grob G.115E Tutor	1303	G/A 27	to Woodvale	        UAM 10	        and a further G/A at 1317
G-NWAE	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1353	1417	f&t private location(s)	HLE 75E	
G-CEDK	Citation 750 Ten	1421 30/0753	Southampton-Inverness		
F-RACD	DHC-6 Twin Otter 300	1456 30/1003	Barra-Le Harve	        CTM 1427   	No.298, French Air Force
G-LBSB	Beech 350 King Air	1527	G/A 27	to Guernsey		                and a further G/A at 1538
OE-GDP	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1926	2009	Biggin Hill-Paris/Le B	SPG 762	
						
	Thursday, 30th July					
						
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0253	0557	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0949	1144	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-LUKA	Beech G58 Baron	        1115	1533	f&t Isle of Man		
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1321	1417	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
ZD792/100  Tornado GR.4	        1358	G/A 27	to Marham	        MRH 60	
G-BFDK	PA-28-161 Warrior II	1444	1704	f&t Elstree		                starsfly.co.uk
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1556	1622	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99T/99U	
OE-FKO	Citation 525A CJ2+	1626	1810	Paderborn-Ibiza	        AOJ 48L	
G-NWAE	Eurocopter EC.135T2	1715	1730	f&t private location(s)	HLE 75E	
						
	Friday, 31st July					
						
OK-HWK	Hawker 900XP	        0750	0915	Jersey-Glasgow		
EC-LNC	Boeing 737-4K5	        0843	1008	Tarbes-Southampton	LAV 8793/954P	Alba Star, Lourdes chtr i/b
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0856	1129	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
N266EA	Beech 58 Baron	        1128	1651	f&t Fairoaks		
SX-RFA	Boeing 757-23N	        1140	1352	Coventry-Helsinki	GJ 57	        Gain Jet, LFC team chtr o/b
ZA459/025  Tornado GR.4	        1157	G/A 27	to Marham	        MRH 31	
EC-LTG	Boeing 737-4K5	        1343	1554	f&t Tarbes	        LAV 8791/8792	Alba Star, Lourdes i/b + o/b
G-VIPU	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1359	1745	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
PH-MJP	Fokker 100	        1510	1640	f&t Tarbes	        DNM 6272/627P	Denim Air, Lourdes chtr i/b
G-EYUP	Citation 560XLS+	1512	1604	Hawarden-Faro	        XJC 505	
EI-RJY	Avro RJ.85	        1711	1815	Tarbes-Dublin	        BCY 555/559P	Cityjet, Lourdes chtr i/b
D-IEKU	Citation 525A CJ2	1758	1837	Glasgow-Palma		
G-PACO	Sikorsky S-76C	        1801	1812	Isle of Man-Barton		
G-EMBI	EMB RJ-145EP	        1942 01/	Bremmen-Brize Norton	BMR 9463/8186	BM Regional, pax charter
PH-MJP	Fokker 100	        2115	2205	Tarbes-Birmingham	DNM 6272A/700P	Denim Air, Lourdes chtr i/b
						
	completes July vistors.

NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS

30/1003 shows that the aircraft stayed over midnight, departing on the date and time shown

f&t = from and to. Where the point of origin and destination are different, both locations are named separated by a - .

All times are quoted as ‘local’ time, so are GMT/UTC + 1 hour. As the source material is in UTC, an error by one hour is possible, but hopefully very infrequent.

G/A refers to an aircraft that did not land, performing a go-around only, but did not touch down. t&g is 'touch and go'.

The registrations of aircraft operating on call-signs, especially RAF aircraft on Go-Around are not always 100% accurate. Where a code and direction of Go-Around are given, this means that the registration was confirmed by Mk.1 eyeball (well, usually a digital image!).

Where an aircraft operated on call-sign, this is noted by official 2 or 3-letter abbreviation. If there is no call-sign, then the aircraft operated using the registration. Where there is just one call-sign, the same flight number was used both in- and out-bound.

'Football related', 'team chtr' or similar comments are generally determined by the times and point of origin/destination and is guesswork, not absolute known fact.

The source material does not name non-registered airfield sites, these are covered by the blanket term ‘private site’. Nor does it identify diverted flights or the reason for the diversion, however these can usually be worked out from other sources.

'WX' = literally 'weather out' conditions below or above acceptable, 'Dvt' = diverted in, 'chtr' = charter flight, Pax = passengers, Del = delivery, Arr = arrived. Often further detail in the written Report section that follows.

I do my best to check full type designations, however some may not be absolutely name and mark accurate.

Should any details be used and repeated elsewhere, due credit to 'LJLA and nwan forum' is expected. This post should NOT be 'copy and pasted' and repeated in full or part elsewhere on the internet. Hyper-linking this to other sites, again with due credit, or printing-out for personal use does not require specific permission.

My very many thanks for Liverpool John Lennon Airport in permitting access to records to extract these visitor movements - so allowing our complete records since 1958 to continue unbroken.

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July's Visiting Movements and Monthly Report of activity marks a year since I took over at no notice from Dave Graham for the July 2015 Visiting Aircraft Logs.

LJLA – ACTIVITY & VISITING AIRCRAFT .
AN OVERVIEW FOR JULY 2015.

AIRPORT AND AIRLINE DEVELOPMENTS

CZECH AIRLINES COMMENCE PRAGUE SERVICE

With the now ‘traditional’ water-arch welcome, handshakes, ribbon cutting and cake, the Airport marked the arrival of the first arrival of the new CSA Czech Airlines service from Prague on Friday 17th. The morning flight operate twice weekly on Friday and Mondays. For more from the Airport’s press release: www.liverpoolairport.com/ljla-celebrate-inaugural-czech-airlines-flight-prague/

A BUSY TIME WITH LOURDES FLIGHTS

A very busy day on Friday 24th July witnessed the departure of no less than 5 flights carrying over 600 pilgrims and carers to Lourdes. In a long day, the Friends of Liverpool Airport helped considerably in easing the passage of the passengers through the terminal and onto the aircraft. Two Fokker 100 flights, two Boeing 737-400s and an Avro RJ85 were involved operated by airlines based in Holland, Spain and Ireland. The passengers returned from Lourdes the following Friday, and a further aircraft load departed on one of the Boeing 737-400, returning on August 7th. The pilgrimage tours were organised by JWT, Liverpool Diocese and the final departure by Salford Diocese.

LJLA – LIVERPOOL’s BUSINESS OF THE YEAR

Liverpool Airport have won the annual award of ‘City Business of the year’ at an award ceremony in Seton park’s Palm House. More details: www.liverpoolairport.com/ljla-wins-business-year-award/

CONSULTATION BEGINS REGARDING USE OF GNSS AT LJLA

A consultation has been launched with those involved into the introduction of a new positional approach aid for pilots, as an alternative to using the ILS system. Initially use of GNSS will be limited, however it has the potential to keep traffic flowing should the ILS fail. More, and a further link on: www.liverpoolairport.com/ljla-gnss-rnav-introduction/

JULY PASSENGER FIGURES CONTINUE UPWARD TREND

The trend for month on month increase in passengers over the corresponding month in 2014 continues into July. July 2015 passenger throughput was 7% up on the same month last year – this being the sixth consecutive month of growth, with 431,000 passengers against 403,000. Indeed the January to July total in 2015 is better than that in both 2013 and 2014. The period of downward trend does seem to be now firmly reversed due to a combination of new routes, operators and with improved loads on established routes too. Good news all-round. www.liverpoolairport.com/liverpool-john-lennon-airport-sees-7-growth-july/

SCHEDULED SERVICE AIRCRAFT

EASYJET (U2/EZY)

As our principal based airline, there were less AoG (aircraft on ground) problems than during June. No flights during July were observed to have been cancelled, although twice during the month an aircraft had to be brought in to help clear a backlog of delayed passengers. On Monday 6th G-EZEN was brought up from Luton in the evening to operate a rotation to Amsterdam, before returning to Luton at midnight, while on Friday 24th G-EZIO arrived from Gatwick in the evening to operate a rotation to Geneva, before departing to Luton shortly after midnight. On Monday 13th A.320 G-EZUS left for Geneva on EZY7283 early afternoon , but did not return for 12 hours, having diverted into Lyon and waited for the return passengers. Other LJLA flights delayed due to knock-on effects. Finally mention on Monday 27th that shortly after departure A.319 G-EZDD on EZY637 to the Isle of Man suffered bird strikes, so made a precautionary return to LJLA. After inspection, the same aircraft departed again for the IoM only an hour after the previous departure, this time without incident.

No training aircraft were operated through LJLA during July. However, A.319 G-EZEN is of note on 6th when it operated as a substitute aircraft, as it has only recently returned from being HB-JZI. A.319 G-EZDN, based from Monday 20th is in ‘Amsterdam’ promotional scheme and titles. Be nice to see a Liverpool promotional scheme with the waterfront buildings in silhouette rather than daffodils!

Aircraft used by EasyJet through LJLA during July:
A.319: G-EZAG, EZAK, EZAS, EZAZ, EZBU, EZDA, EZDD, EZDE, EZDJ, EZDN, EZDO, EZDW, EZDZ, EZEN, EZFG, EZFK, EZFL, EZFS, EZFV, EZGC, EZGD, EZIN, EZIO (23)
A.320: G-EZOJ, EZOP, EZUS, EZWS (4) = 27 different aircraft

RYANAIR (FR/BEE)

Ryanair operations from Liverpool were smooth during July, with no cancellations and few disruptions observed. On Friday 31st EI-DPD positioned across from Dublin as FR3330 (not a usual positioning call-sign) in the evening as from 1st August for four weeks the LJLA flight programme requires an additional, 5th aircraft.

Aircraft used into LJLA during July (all Boeing 737-800s): EI-DAN, DAO, DCR, DHF, DHO, DHY, DHZ, DLC, DLD, DLF, DLG, DLH, DLO, DLX, DPB, DPD, DPL, DPP, DPV, DPW, DPY, DWB, DWE, DWG, DWI, DWS, DWT, DYC, DYD, DYH, DYN; EI-EBI, EBM, EBS, EBT, EBV, EBW, EBX, EBY, EFA, EFD, EFG, EFI, EFK, EFO, EFP, EFR, EFT, EFV, EFY, EGA, EKA, EKC, EKF, EKI, EKJ, EKL, EKP, EKV, EKW, EKZ, EMJ, EMN, EMO, ENI, ENS, ENT, ENY, EPB, EPG, ESO, ESP, ESR, ESS, ESW, ESX, EVH, EVI, EVN, EXE; EI-FEF, FIC, FID, FIG, FIK = 85 different aircraft (includes those on diversion/positioning as well as on our own schedules)

FLYBE (BE/BEE)

A fairly routine month for Flybe into LJLA, with near 200 rotations per month, there are bound to be some issues though. On the whole flights from the Isle of Man operated smoothly, with just the first rotation on Thursday 2nd cancelled and on Sunday 12th the evening inbound was cancelled, an aircraft arriving from Birmingham to operate the outbound flight. A slightly different story on the Belfast City service, with cancellations (due aircraft/crew shortages?) on Thu 2nd, Sat 4th, Tue 21st, Thu 23rd and Thu 30th; while on Saturday 25th G-JECF arrived on BE901, developed a problem and did not depart until 5 hours later, by which time the second rotation BE903/904 had been and gone, presumably collecting at least some of the stranded passengers in the process.

One new aircraft to the fleet was G-PRPL which operated on the Belfast City service on 4 rotations, first visiting on late morning BE903/904 Thursday 16th.

Aircraft used into LJLA, all Dash 8s: G-ECOA, ECOB, ECOC, ECOE, ECOG, ECOH, ECOI, ECOJ, ECOK, ECOM, ECOO, ECOP, ECOR, ECOT; G-FLBA, FLBB, FLBC, FLBD, FLBE; G-JECE, JECF, JECG, JECH, JECI, JECJ, JECK, JECL, JECM, JECN, JECO, JECP, JECR, JECY, JECZ; G-JEDM, JEDP, JEDR, JEDT, JEDU, JEDV; G-PRPL = 41 different aircraft during the month.

WIZZAIR (W6/WZZ)

Following the timetable adjustments in late July, for August the WizzAir programme into LJLA involves 9 rotations per week, with Gdansk on Sun, Mon, Wed, Fri; Warsaw on Tue, Thu, Sat; Riga on Fri, Mon. All services operated during July with no apparent problems. One new aircraft seen was HA-LYV (from Warsaw on Thurs 16th and Sat 18th) - a non-wingletted A.320 formerly with WizzAir Ukraine as UR-WUB.

Aircraft seen at LJLA during July: HA-LPL, LPM, LPN, LPP, LPR, LPT, LPZ; HA-LWL, LWM, LWO, LWP, LWQ, LWX, LWZ; HA-LYF, LYH, LYJ, LYK, LYM, LYN, LYV = 21 different aircraft.

BLUE AIR (OB/BME)

Now well established at LJLA, all 22 rotations from Bucharest and Bacau operated early, on, or close to schedule. All the Bacau schedules were operated by Boeing 737-300 series, while all but one of the Bucharest flights by series 400 aircraft.

Aircraft used on the LJLA flights in July:
Boeing 737-300 YR-BAC, YR-BAF.
Boeing 737-400 YR-BAJ, YR-BAO, YR-BAR, YR-BAS

CZECH AIRLINES (OK/CSA)

The long awaited, several times postponed inaugural Prague scheduled passenger service landed at 0828, Friday 17th as OK668. Following the now traditional water arch welcome and publicity handshakes, cake and photographs, left a little late at 0945 as OK669 on the return leg to Prague. The twice weekly service ran smoothly and to time for the rest of the month.

A.319s used into LJLA during July were: OK-MEK Fri 17, OK-NEM Fri 31st, OK-NEN Fri 24th, OK-NEO Mon 20th and OK-REQ Mon 27th.

AIRCRAFT USING LJLA DURING JULY

More details can often be found in the visiting aircraft log which cross-references to the details summarised here.

CHARTERS, TOURS & FREIGHT OPERATIONS DURING JULY

Majority of charter flights during July were Lourdes pilgrimage flights and for pre-season football team fixtures.

On Friday 24th, no less than 5 aircraft departed for Tarbes with Lourdes pilgrimage passengers, all returned on Friday 31st and a further single plane load departed for Tarbes. Details are shown in the Log section, Denim Air operated a double run with Fokker 100 PH-MJP on behalf of JWT Travel and Alba Star two Boeing 737-400 EC-MFS and EC-LNJ along with CityJet RJ.85 EI-RJZ all for Liverpool Diocese. The return on Friday 31st were operated by a double run by Fokker 100 PH-MJP, Alba Star Boeing 737-400s EC-LNC and EC-LTG with the CityJet RJ.85 being EI-RJY. Also on 31st Alba Star’s EC-LTG, operating on behalf of Salford Diocese, departed with passengers on their annual Lourdes Pilgrimage.

Everton FC used Cello’s BAe.146-200 G-RAJJ on Saturday 11th taking them to RAF Brize Norton for their visit to Swindon FC. The team must have returned to Liverpool by road after the friendly warm-up match. EFC were away on their travels again on G-RAJJ later in the month up to Dundee on Friday 24th, then after games against both Hearts and Dundee, back to Liverpool on Wednesday 29th. Liverpool departed direct on their Far East tour from Manchester as they wanted to avoid an en route Dubai stop, but returned into LJLA, direct from Kuala Lumpur on Hi-Fly Airbus A.340-500 CS-TFX at 0841 on Saturday 25th July. This is the first visit by the stretched A.340 and the first by an A.340 for some 13 years, it also must be the longest direct flight into LJLA ever. While their new Anfield stand is still being completed, all LFCs pre-season warm-up matches are away games. They set off for a match in Helsinki on Friday 31st on Gain Jet’s Boeing 757-200 SX-RFA. Further friendly games by both EFC and LFC in the first week of August will be covered next month before the Premiership season started on Saturday 8th August.

It is only left to mention that a bmi Regional ERJ-145 G-EMBI arrived mid evening Friday 31st from Bremen, either positioning or on a private charter.

There are however some interesting freight charters to cover, after several months of nothing to report. On Wednesday 8th Piper Cheyenne D-ITEM from Stuttgart in the early hours may have been carrying small packages, however later in the month came two certain freighters. On the evening of Wednesday 22nd Rose Air’s unorthodoxly adorned Antonov An-26, LZ-ABR arrived from Turin after several delays on the initial ETA. It departed late the following morning. Meanwhile on Thursday 23rd in the morning, Aviavilsa’s ATR-42 LY-ETM had arrived from Milan, the aircraft leaving late evening. Given the disruption to cross-channel freight (ferry and rail) by a combination of French strikes and illegal immigrants, we speculated that more loads could be on their way, but it was into the first week of August before the An-26 returned.

DIVERSIONS – GAINS & LOSSES

July is not noted for poor weather however there were still a handful of diversions inbound, two involving wide-body types – against no diversions away.

On Wednesday 1st in the late evening a Thomas Cook Airbus A.330, recently acquired G-TCXB, and a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 both elected to land at Liverpool to wait-out thunderstorms in the Manchester Airport region. Both left for Manchester with their passengers still embarked once the storms had cleared. On Sunday 5th LJLA was put on stand-by for further Manchester thunderstorm activity diversions, but all made it routinely into Manchester. On Friday 3rd early morning small package freight flight Navajo G-LIDE en route East Midlands to the Isle of Man diverted into LJLA due fog at Ronaldsway , proceeding there later. On Wednesday 8th it was gusty cross-winds at Hawarden that brought in Beluga F-GSTB/2 in the late afternoon, leaving 23 hours later having night stopped at Liverpool. Finally at Dublin early evening on Friday 17th an emergency landing by an Air Transat aircraft caused delays to inbound aircraft, a Ryanair Boeing 737 elected to wait-out the delays on the ground at Liverpool. Towards the end of the month Hawarden was shut for 3 days, this was a planned closure so Airbus wing flights were re-programmed, however a number of biz-jet and GA aircraft operated through LJLA and are included in the relevant sections.

There were two minor incidents at Liverpool during July, that could have blocked the runway so closing the airport, but didn’t. On Thursday 2nd a landing aero club Tomahawk aircraft suffered a bird strike with injury reported to one of two persons aboard; while on Thursday 9th Aerostar N911TL burst a tyre on landing. Both incidents were quickly attended by the Airport’s emergency services and operations returned to normal.

TRAINING

Apart from aircraft on go-around, no training flights noted during July.

BIZ-JET VISITORS

A busier month than June with 44 different aircraft (of which 25 were marks of Citation), with 9 different registration nationalities. In June I moaned about the lack for several months of any BAe.125/Hawker 800 series, larger Citations or Beechcraft 400s, all were represented during July, along with a variety of Phenoms. Also in July there were a pleasing number of visits by Net Jets aircraft, an operator that has been thinly represented in past months.

The larger biz-jet sector is represented by visits of Global Express, Challenger, Gulfstream and Falcon aircraft. The Global Express was a Net Jets example on Tuesday 14th routing Edinburgh-Farnborough, while the Challenger 300 was OE-HCA f&t Salzburg on Thursday 23rd. Net Jet’s Gulfstream 550 CS-DKH called twice, on Saturday 11th Edinburgh-Oxford and Friday 17th Luton to Northolt. Gulfstream 5 N222LX on Tuesday 28th departed direct transatlantic to Teterboro, NY. Falcon 2000LX G-WWFC called on Thursday 23rd, departing on 25th, while a first time caller this year, G-FLCN of Xclusive Jet Charter routed Paris Le Bourget to Nice on Saturday 11th.

After very few examples all year, with none in recent months, there were five Hawker 800 series within a week at the end of the month! M-ABDP on Friday 24th routed in from Tel Aviv, out to Kos, while another Manxman, M-CTEM on Monday 27th arrived from Angouleme on Monday 27th, a refugee from a shut Hawarden. Both are Hawker 800s. Also due to the notified closure of Hawarden were Net jet aircraft, a series 750 CS-DUC on Friday 24th and Sunday 26th and 800XP CS-DRQ on Sunday 26th. Finally on Friday 31st OK-HWK a 900XP routing Jersey to Glasgow. There was also a Beechjet 400 in the form of Time Air’s OK-EAS, which has not been here for a while, on Saturday 18th Naples to Prague. Lear jet visits too were interesting with series 60 D-CLUZ of IFA Rent a Jet on Friday 3rd from Edinburgh to Dublin and a series 35 of theirs on an ambulance flight on Monday 20th from Dalaman. Another German series 35, D-CFTG of Quick Air Jet Charter on Friday 3rd, from Dalaman and also likely an ambulance flight. Another type with increasing numbers in July is the Embraer Phenom 3, with 3 different aircraft. G-CRBN of FlairJet on Saturday 4th and night stopped, Malaga to Perugia , Netjets CS-PHC Thursday 23rd to Lugano and finally Speedwings Executive’s OE-GDP on Wednesday 29th out to Paris/Le Bourget.

Which brings us around to the Cessna Citation range. Fewer Mustangs, while as is usual CJs and Excels account for over half the Citations There were though, two of the larger Citations in the range. Cessna 680 Sovereign OO-ALX of Flying Service called on Friday 17th, leaving for Vigo, returning from Vigo on Monday 27th and staying until departure on 29th, while Cessna 750 X G-CEDK called on Sunday 26th and Wednesday 29th, the first occasion certainly because of the closure of its Hawarden base that weekend. Of the older Citation series, Czech Republic based Citation 501 N133SC called on 3rd, 6th and 17th, wirh Citation 550s OE-GPS of Tyrol Air Ambulance from Berlin on Saturday 4th, FlairJet’s G-FIRM on Monday 13th and Thursday 16th both times from Dundee and Xclusive Jet Charter’s G-IPLY on Monday 20th and Saturday 25th. Just five Citation 510 Mustangs, three from major Mustang operator, Globe Air of Austria, OE-FCB Monday 27th, OE-FHA Tuesday 28th and OE-FHK Wednesday 8th, plus Avcon Jet’s OE-FKO Thursday 30th and mention of regular, YU-BUU on Tuesday 28th routing Zagreb to Barcelona. Most numerous of the Citation line was, as usual the Citation 525 CJ models. From around Britain M-WMWM, G-PAOL and G-OCJZ and from Croatia 9A-JSC of Jung Sky from Corfu to Zagreb on Friday 24th and night stopped. The other 5 CJs all being German registered, all either from or to Mediterranean cities, D-IBBS on Sunday 12th to Palma, D-IEKU to Palma on Friday 31st, D-IOHL on Sunday 20th to Ibiza, D-IPCC from Palma on Sunday 26th and Air Hamburg’s D-CAST on Saturday 25th from Pisa to Brescia. The Citation 560 Excels are all familiar ones, with G-CXLS, Xclusive Jet’s G-EYUP, Beauport Aviation’sG-OJER, Hangar 8’s G-OXLS and Air Hamburg’s D-CAHO on Saturday 11th from Palma to Venice.

GENERAL AVIATION VISITORS

Following an interesting June, July disappoints with relatively few GA visitors by European and US registered aircraft, fortunately though a decent variety by recent standards of British singles and twins.

Sole non-British registered single in June was a good one, the first visit of a Colombia 400 (a Cirrus SR.20 look-alike) during the evening of Sunday 12th and night stopped, N4446 arrived from Freiburg im Breissau and departed to Stuttgart.

Non-British twins were few and far between. OK-PRA a Cessna 414 during the morning of Thursday 2nd and King Air 200 OK-AAL during the morning of Tuesday 7th both operated from & to Prague, possibly with small package freight, rather than passengers, which though is unknown. Baron N226EA on Friday 31st is a regular, f&t Fairoaks.

British (by which I include Manx and Guernsey registered) twins as usual featured a number of King Airs. G-SYGA of Synergy Aviation on Thursday 16th and Sunday 19th is not a regular, all the others such as London Executive’s G-BYCP and G-CIFE, Haverford West Charter’s G-FLYW, Dragonfly Executive’s G-MEGN (with ‘Cambrian’ call-sign) have all been before in recent months. Flair Jet’s Chester based, but frequently at LJLA, G-ERSE was here early in the month, but not since believed to have suffered damage landing at Hawarden morning of Wednesday 8th. Capital Aviation’s aircraft are near daily at Liverpool on air ambulance contract work; one of theirs that wasn’t was King Air 200 G-WVIP on Sunday 12th, Tuesday 23rd and Monday 27th shuttling around between Oban, Wick and Shannon, before returning to base at Exeter. On air ambulance flights came IAS Medical’s G-IASA on Saturday 18th from Malaga, Gama operated Cega Aviation’s CEGA G-OCEG from Palma on Tuesday 23rd and Woodgate’s G-NIAA from Belfast on Friday 24th. A further air ambulance flight was operated by Air Medical’s Cheyenne G-GZRP from Verona on Thursday 2nd. Rockwell Commanders are now rare visitors, however Shobdon based M-BETS called on Monday6th and Saturday 25th, while another rarely visiting type was an Aztec 250 G-OART on Tuesday 28th operating from a private strip. Baron G-LUKA called on Thursday 30th, f&t Isle of Man. Two Chester based aircraft using Liverpool while Hawarden was closed for a long weekend were JD Aviation’s Seneca G-JDBC and Apem’s survey Islander G-JPEG.

Operating Capital Aviation’s Manx hospital contract were all three of their Air Ambulance Navajo Chieftains, with G-VIPX June-8th, G-VIPY 8th-23rd and G-VIPU 23rd-August. Unusually both aircraft changes took place at Liverpool. Also involved was King Air 200 G-KVIP with two visits on Monday 13th.

Most notable amongst the British singles was a rare visit by a Beagle Pup G-AXNS on Tuesday 7th, f&t Gamston. Just a single visiting Cirrus SR22 2-ROCK on Tuesday 7th, not leaving until Friday 10th after a number last month. Two TB-20 Trinidads, Abbeysrhule based regular G-TBSV and one I don’t recognise, G-SAPM f&t Gloucester on Saturday 25th. Turbo-power is represented by PC-12 M-ARTY on Friday 3rd f&t Jersey. The rest are all Cessna and Piper models, the Cessnas being regular 172 G-JFWI in for maintenance on Thursday 16th and another unfamiliar one, 185 G-BYBP f&t Dinard on Monday 20th. Another Cessna 150, G-AYGC arrived from Barton on 3rd, flew to Caernarfon and then Blackpool on 4th, to and from Caernarfon and then back to Barton on 5th. Pipers were only slightly more numerous, with Manchester Airport based Cherokee G-BCCF for maintenance between 4th and 18th, and two unfamiliar ones, G-LVRS on Wednesday 29th and G-BFDK on Thursday 30th still in an old CSE Aviation colour scheme and web-address ‘starsfly co uk’ titling, f&t Elstree on Thursday 30th.

After a good month for numbers and variety in June, helicopters visits were well down in July, with even many of the regulars failing to call. Only unfamiliar one was PLM Dollar Group’s Squirrel G-PDGF on Wednesday 1st, their G-NTWK on Wednesday 29th is a regular. Sikorsky S-76C G-PACO called on Monday 27th and Friday 31st, collecting and dropping off passengers to and from the Isle of Man. HEMS Eurocopter EC-135’s used to be rare visitors, however over the past 3 months the rate of visits has increased, in July red G-NWAE called 6 times and yellow G-NWAA twice, on 15th and 16th, the visits are usually brief, just a ‘splash and dash’ hot refuel. So quiet was July, I’ll record that regulars , Squirrel G-GMCM called on 12th and Bell 429 M-YMCM on 8th, 18th and 26th. Regular Robinsons G-CEKA, G-CFNF and D-HXXY were not to seen!

RESIDENT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND CHANGES

With decent, but not brilliant weather, more than usual to report in this section. Firstly Bellanca Citabria G-BFHP which has been resident off and on at Liverpool for some years has been reregistered to Martin Keen and Mitchell Walker. The aircraft last flew as G-BFHP on July 4th, a few days later the paperwork was approved by the CAA for a change to G-CTAB, with the aircraft flying for the first time in new marks during the afternoon of Saturday 25th July. The already attractive colour scheme is unchanged.

Over with Merseyflight Tomahawk G-VMCG was away on overhaul 28th May until return from Derby 10th July. On Thursday 2nd G-RVND suffered a bird strike on finals, however damage was slight and the aircraft back in service the next day.

Moss Aviation’s King Air 90 9H-MOS last operated out of LJLA way back on 19th March and was noted at Oxford for several weeks afterwards. It has now been re-registered back as G-MOSJ with Moss Aviation, but is now in service with Jota Aviation and has not been back at Liverpool.

Ravenair’s fleet has been active with their Tomahawks, Cherokee, Aztec, Senecas and Partenavias all taking advantage of the improving weather. Their fleet has remained fairly consistent for some time, there are some of the fleet at Liverpool that have not flown so far this year, and indeed many of these that have not flown for several years. Currently inactive are Tomahawk G-EMMS, G-RVRL, G-RVRM; Seneca G-MAIR; P.68s G-ORVR, G-RVNJ and Aztecs G-RVRD, G-RVRJ and G-RVRW.

Based Cirrus SR.20 N203CD has been noted as advertised for sale during July, but still here at the end of the month. LFS’s Cherokee Arrow G-LFSR which was up for sale earlier in the year is still here and flies regularly. Meanwhile their Cherokee 180 G-LFSG in under overhaul since 29th April in the Keenair hangar. While one of Lomac Aviation’s Tomahawks, G-BNNU has been away at Sleap since 29th June on overhaul.

Of the other non-modern Cessna or Pipers based at Liverpool Cessna C-165 G-BTDE flew to Brimpton on 4th and again 17th, Skybolt G-RODC on 18th , Sportscruizer G-WOOO to Sleap twice and Gyrocopter G-KEAY on 6 evenings during the month flew local flights. Gemini G-AKKB has not flown so far in 2015, but was seen flying early in August. Meanwhile Chipmunk G-BCSL is undergoing maintenance, so has not flown since mid June. Aerostar N711TL had a 'runway incident' on returning from a local flight on 9th, it subsequently departed for Tatenhill on 15th. With Helicentre Robinson R.66 has been on the ground much of the second half of the month between flights, while R.44s G-OGJC, G-CJLL and G-FCUM have been active, as has R.22 G-OBIO and EC.120 G-OMEN, which now wears ‘Helicentre’ web address titles.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT VISITORS

Although once again, nothing from the British military air arms landed at LJLA in July, there were two interesting visitors. First came the Irish Air Corps, not with a CN.235 as is often the case, but with a very smart Lear Jet 45 ‘258’ arriving from Paris Le Bourget early afternoon on Monday 20th, staying until shortly after midday on Thursday 23rd when it departed to Dublin/Baldonnel. The second interesting visitor was unexpected, and came in the form of a DHC-6 Twin Otter, marked as F-RACD and operating on a COTAM call-sign. The books give this as No.298, but unusually for a French aircraft the c/no was not painted given on the fin. Unusually too for a military aircraft it was all white with no national markings. The aircraft arrived from Barra, Scotland mid-afternoon Wednesday 29th and night stopped before leaving for Le Harve mid-morning the next day. Photos of both can be found on the daily threads.

GO-AROUND ACTIVITY

Another month with a varied mix of military aircraft performing an en-route overshoot, Hawks, Tornados, Hercules, Atlas, Islander, Chinook along with a civilian King Air, Tutor, HEMS Eurocopter, Police Explorer helicopter and a Cessna 150. Even the regular Hawks managed to pull a surprise on us, with 3 aircraft close together in ‘Vic’ formation mid-afternoon Wednesday 15th as ‘Poison Formation’. A few days later, mid-afternoon Friday 17th ‘Poison Formation’ turned out to be just a pair of Hawk T.2s. Tornados appeared on 5 days, 15th, 17th, 27th, 30th and 31st. While most were Marham Wing aircraft, on Friday 17th ‘Apollo’ turned out to be 2 x Coningsby 41 Sqdn marked aircraft together, ZA607/EB-X and ZG775/EB-Z. RAF C-130J Hercules on 1st and 14th and A.400M Atlas, now back in service again with ZM402 twice, on 2nd with an Ascot call-sign and on rather late at night on Monday 13th with a Gauntlet call-sign, signifying a DERA Boscombe Down test-pilot crew. Another late night user of the ILS and overshoot was Chinook HC.4 ZA674 on Friday 27th. Finally, Defender ZG998 on Saturday 11th in the afternoon; semi-military King Air 350 G-LBSB on Thursday 28th and again the next day; Woodvale based Tutor G-CGKW twice on Wednesday 29th; Barton based Cessna 150 G-AYGC 3rd and 16th; Police MDH-900 Explorer twice evening of Saturday 4th and HEMS Eurocopter EC.135T G-NWAE on Wednesday morning 22nd.

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STATISTICS FOR JUNE

These are the CAA statistics for June (the comments in the heading paragraphs refer to Airport sourced July figures).

                              Monthly              January to June           Annual Moving Total
                      June 15   June 14  Chng      2015    2014   Chng     July 14-   July 13-   Chng
                                                                             June 15    June 14
    
Total Passengers      393012    359623  +9.3%   2002549 1893040   +5.8%    4096163    4117256    -0.5%
     
Total Freight (tonnes)    23        21  +9.5%       104      94   +6.4%        246        170    +45%
    
Total Movements         5410      4850  +11.5%    26610   25904   +2.7%      52955      54890    -3.5%

EPILOGUE

In recent months I have been waffling around to find candidates for outstanding visitor of the month. July offers a plethora of worthy candidates. Prize must go to Hi Fly’s CS-TFX on Saturday 25th – first stretched A.340-540 at LJLA, first A.340 for 13 years and longest distance a direct flight has ever travelled to get here, all the way from Kuala Lumpur! Worthy runners-up are the French Air Force Twin Otter F-RACD on Wednesday 29th; first visit by a Thomas Cook UK A.330 G-TCXB on diversion on Wednesday 1st and at the other end of the size scale, the first visit of a Colombia 400 N4446 on Sunday 12th. Denim, Cello, Alba Star, CityJet, BMI Regional, Hi Fly and Gain Jet all operating charters during the same month is of note too. A good month.

CREDITS & THANKS

Once again the daily notes provided by all who contribute to nwan forum add considerably to the official record. So many thanks to the good services of the Airport, and to Beemer, Philglt, Sabreliner, Agate, Evoant, Hawker, TonySpeke, andyH, ChrisB, ac2348, Blueaircraft79, 8miles27, clifftop,737Tony1, barfleur and a number of others.

As usual, if you spot an error, or wish to query an entry, do drop me a PM to enable a correction to be entered. Thank you, Brian Jones.