Ronaldsway Friday 15th Jan

[alexIOM]

Quiet day today,

- Arriving at 1220 was Cessna P210N Pressurized Centurion N210BE. Unusually it parked in area M and would appear to have dropped pilots off to pick up resident PA32-300 Cherokee Six G-AVFU. As Marquis mentioned, N210BE is owned by AT Aviation sales (The same company that has recently departed resident Breezer G-OBZR for sale). Now I've just been on their website and have found G-AVFU for sale. So looks like we have just lost another resident aircraft, and one that has been locally owned and based on the IOM for a very long time!

G-AVFU (First time I have seen it since its overhaul, but hopefully not the last)
Piper PA32-260 Cherokee Six G-AVFU at Isle of Man EGNS 15/01/16 by IOM Aviation Photography, on Flickr
Piper PA32-260 Cherokee Six G-AVFU at Isle of Man EGNS 15/01/16 by IOM Aviation Photography, on Flickr
and very nice P210N N210BE departs straight after G-AVFU to Bourne
Cessna P210N N210BE at Isle of Man EGNS 15/01/16 by IOM Aviation Photography, on Flickr

[marquis]

Following up Alex's comments above - G-AVFU was registered to the Ashley Gardner Flying Club on the 8th November 1991, and apart from a period of about 5 and a half months in 1999, has remained resident on the IOM, at Ronaldsway, Andreas and the Mount Rule Farm strip, ever since; having been missing from RWY for most of last year, it re-appeared at the end of September in a smart new scheme, but has not been active since then, and it would appear has now, sadly, disappeared from the IOM scene.