LJLA Visiting Aircraft Visitors Log & Report - APRIL 2016

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THE LJLA VISITING AIRCRAFT LOG
- APRIL 2016

											
	To complete previous months:					
						
G-OZON	PA-32R-301 Saratoga II	arr 25.11.15, flew a local 26.04 and departed for Blackpool 1345 on Thursday 28.04.16				
G-NFLA	BAe. Jetstream 31	departed 01/1421 for Cranfield as CFD 1, locals 29th, 30th, 31st & 1st.				
						
	Friday, 1st April					
						
EI-FOT	Boeing 737-8AS	        0754	0855	f&t Dublin	        RYR 442/443   Ryanair, fv of new a/c
G-SCHI	AS.350B2 Ecureuil	0955	1453	f&t private location(s)	BRI 1/ -	
OE-GGP	Citation 560 XLS	1016	1811	f&t Zurich	        IJM 329	
LN-WDF	DHC-8Q-402 Dash Eight 	1047 02/0923	Stavanger-Riga	        WIF 7407/8441 Wideroe, football weekend chtr
C-FEMT	Lear Jet 36A	        1116 02/1953	St.Johns,Canada-Paris/Le Bourget     Air Ambulance
N266EA	Beech 58 Baron	        1149	1645	f&t Fairoaks		
SP-ENC	Boeing 737-4Q8	        1236	1354	Evenes-Manchester	ENT 531/531P  Enter Air, football w/end chtr
OE-GPS	Citation 550B Bravo	1342	1612	Geneva-Innsbruck	TYW 852S/853S Tyrol Air Ambulance
G-RJXB	Embraer RJ-145EP	1841 02/2214	f&t Stansted	        BMR 8512/8513 BMR, with Spurs to Anfield
OK-SWT	Boeing 737-7Q8	        1926	2045	f&t Prague	        CSA668/669    CSA, op by Smartwings a/c fv
EI-FOZ	Boeing 737-8AS	        1932	2050	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
						
	Saturday, 2nd April					
						
G-LEAA	Cessna 510 Mustang	0750	0815	Luton-Blackpool  	LNX 05AA      football related i/b
G-MCGJ	Sikorsky S-92A	        0819	0849	f&t Caernarfon   	SRG 936	      presumed crew familiarisation
OM-GLE	Raytheon Premier 1	1125	2149	f&t Bratislava  	ELJ 101/102   likely football related
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1322	1544	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
G-SIRS	Citation 560 XLS	1524	2107	f&t Luton	        LNX 08RS      football related o/b
G-XLTV	Citation 560 XLS	1735 03/1012	Biggin Hill-Marrakech	REN 33	
						
	Sunday, 3rd April, 2016					
						
ZH885	C-130J Hercules C.5	1253	G/A	to Brize Norton	        RRR 56	
CS-DVL	ATR-42-320	        1409	1457	Berne-Bordeaux	        LZF 1/002P    Lease-Fly, private charter i/b
G-UFLY	Cessna F150H	        1420	1612	f&t Blackpool		              Westair Flying Services
SE-RGX	Citation 525 CJ1	1518	1700	Inverness-Frankfurt	GOT 110/120	
G-GLEG	EMB-135BJ Legacy 650	1633 06/0015	f&t Luton	        LNX 57EG	
EI-FRC	Boeing 737-8AS	        1855	1937	f&t Dublin	        RYR446/447    Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
LN-WDF	DHC-8Q-402 Dash Eight	1904	2023	Mytilini-Stavanger	WIF 8442/7408 Wideroe football charter o/b
EI-REH	ATR-72-201	        1927	2027	f&t Isle of Man	        BEE 609/610   Stobard, substitute a/c
						
	Monday, 4th April					
						
G-YDEA	Diamond DA.42 Twin Star	0815	0851	Exeter-Gamston	        WKT 16	
9H-FAM	EMB-500 Phenom 100	0954 06/1615	f&t Nice	        LWG 301	
G-NFLA	BAe. Jetstream 31	1340 11/1534	Cranfield-Shannon	CFD 05/01     & locals 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th & 8th.
ZK035	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1612	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 95	
G-KLNW	Citation 510 Mustang	1653	1722	Birmingham-Paris/Le B	SXN 51D	
D-CJPG	Lear Jet 35	        1655 05/0941	Fuerteventura-Lanzarote	QAJ 618/621   likely air ambulance
						
	Tuesday, 5th April					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1117	1439	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99R	
SP-ENC	Boeing 737-4Q8	        1131	1232	Manchester-Evenes	ENT 532P/532  Enter Air, posn i/b, charter o/b
ZK034/Y	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1151	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 51	
SE-RGX	Citation 525 CJ1	1229	1421	Frankfurt-Inverness	GOT 130/140	
G-XXEB	Sikorsky S-76C	        1237	1608	f&t private location(s)	TQF 1/1R      Royal Flight
OY-JJB	Do.328JET-300	        1359	1616	Manchester-Northolt	SUS 606B/606C Sun Air, VIP charter
ZG752/129  Panavia Tornado GR.4	1522	G/A 27	to Lossiemouth	        Rebel 88      RAF, no unit markings
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1646	1816	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
SP-NWN	Pilatus PC-12	        1808 06/1316	Katowice-Cambridge		
						
	Wednesday, 6th April					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1008	1214	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-POWK	Airbus A.320-233	1106	1255	Gatwick-Dortmund	AWC 478Y/4781 Titan, LFC team o/b, Europa Cup
CS-PHH	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1204	1338	Cranfield-Malaga	NJE 289H/547C	
G-PCOP	Beech B200 King Air	1542 10/1045	Luton-Glasgow	        GMA 294	      possibly Aintree related?
						
	Thursday, 7th April - first day of the Aintree Grand National Festival					
						
G-TBEA	Citation 525A CJ2	0730	0820	Manchester-Munster	CLF 615	
EI-JSK	Gulfstream 650	        0903 09/1903	Columbia, USA-Shannon	EFF 6	      Westair Avn, Aintree related
F-GPKL	PA-46-350P JetProp DLX	1007	1609	f&t Tours		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1021	1206	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
CS-DUA	Hawker 750	        1121	1226	Biggin Hill-Dublin	NJE 7HN/421L	
2-MIKE	Commander 114B	        1131	1322	Shoreham-Guernsey		
G-SENS	Eurocopter EC.135T2+	1204 09/1630	f&t Aintree Racecourse	NAT 21/26     Aintree related
EI-LIM	Agusta AW.139	        1239 09/1154	Shannon-Aintree Races	NAT 81	      Aintree related
G-MAXD	Robinson R.44 I	        1344	1400	f&t Newcastle		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1352	1516	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-EMHD	Agusta A.109S Grand	1359	1437	f&t private location(s)	'BX 8'/CTK 8  'cargo' flight
9A-JSC	Citation 525A CJ2	1552	1749	f&t Zagreb	        JSY 073C/074C	
N360HP	Global Express 5000	1614	1812	Carlisle-Stansted		
CS-DUA	Hawker 750	        1653 09/1117	Dublin-Biggin Hill	NJE 573G/7HN	
G-EMHD	Agusta A.109S Grand	1654	1737	f&t private location(s)	CTK 8	      'cargo' flight
EI-FOV	Boeing 737-8AS	        1857	1936	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c 
						
	Friday, 8th April - 'Ladies Day' at Aintree					
						
G-TBEA	Citation 525A CJ2	0020	0044	Munster-Manchester	CLF 615	
ZK025	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0821	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 55	
HB-JRB	Challenger 604	        0835	1129	Teterboro,USA-Zurich	SAZ 351/352    Swiss Air Ambulance
ZK020/K	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0838	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 72	       4 Sqdn anniversary tail cols
C-FEMT	Lear Jet 36A	        0841 09/0902	Goose Bay,Canada-Keflavik	       air ambulance
M-ABEU	Lear Jet 45	        1029	1100	Brussels-Dublin	        RYR 3P	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1056	1116	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-ZAPW	Boeing 737-3L9	        1214	1322	Dortmund-Stansted	AWC 4782/478W  Titan, with LFC i/b
G-IMEA	Beech 200 King Air	1311	1357	Shannon-DSA	        BRO 031	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1419	1452	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-CFNF	Robinson R.44 II	1437	1451	private site-Coventry		
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1558	1617	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
OK-SWW	Boeing 737-7Q8	        1753	1842	f&t Prague	        CSA 668/669   CSA, op by Smartwings a/c fv.
CS-PHH	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1809 09/1514	Geneva-Carlisle	        NJE 265K/781F	
N854SD	Gulfstream IV	        1818 10/1225	f&t Dublin		              Aintree related
EI-FRB	Boeing 737-8AS	        1908	1952	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
G-RVRD	PA-23 Aztec 250E	                dismantled, parted-out frame left Ravenair by road.				
						
	Saturday, 9th April - Aintree Grand National Day					
						
G-CHUI	Citation 560 XLS+	1005	2030	f&t Dublin	        EDC 128	      Aintree related
G-FSEU	Beech 200 King Air	1033	1921	f&t Exeter	        ENZ 609	      Aintree related
M-FLYI	Citation 525C CJ4	1052	1834	f&t Shoreham		              AvTrade, Aintree related
G-ODIP	Aviat A-1C-180 Husky	1053	1649	f&t Hawarden		              & 2xlocal flts (has floats)
EI-LAD	Robinson R.44 II Raven	1339	1425	f&t Aintree Races	NAT 18	      Aintree related
CS-DQB	Citation 560 XLS+	1342	1839	f&t Luton	        NJE 543G/253F possibly Aintree related
CS-DUA	Hawker 750	        1348	1847	Biggin Hill-Dublin	NJE 7HN/557D	
M-OTOR	Beech B200GT King Air	1417	1805	f&t Gamston	       'PVT' 08A/08B  Call-sign likely 'Eastern 08A/08B'	
EI-SEV	Boeing 737-73S	        1845	2038	Prestwick-Dublin	RYR 04	      Ryanair, collecting M.O'Leary
						
	Sunday, 10th April 2016					
						
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1144	1343	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-BGMT	SOCATA Rallye 235E	1219	1802	f&t private location(s)		
CS-PHD	EMB-505 Phenom 300	1302	1513	Blackpool-Geneva	NJE 207E/388H	
EI-FRD	Boeing 737-8AS	        1857	1952	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
OE-FZA	Citation 510 Mustang	1919 11/0907	Brussels-Antwerp	GAC 448I/448A	
						
	Monday, 11th April					
						
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star	        0826	0858	Exeter-Glasgow	        WKT 14/14A	
ZK011??	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0838	G/A	to Valley	        VYT 55	
ZK034/Y	BAe. Hawk T.2	        0902	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 83	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1138	1212	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M   note a/c change-over since 10th
G-SOVB	Lear Jet 45	        1147	1615	f&t Biggin Hill	        BZE 02A/02B	
ZH878	C-130J Hercules C.4	1418	G/A	to Brize Norton	        RRR 116	
OE-FZA	Citation 510 Mustang	1508	1634	Antwerp-Leeds	        GAC 448B/856I	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1523	1818	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99T/99U	
F-GSTF/5  A.300STA Beluga	2030 12/1132	Hamburg-Hawarden	BGA 134F/144F Airbus, diverted in
						
	Tuesday, 12th April					
						
CS-DRL	Hawker 800XPi	        0844	0955	Dubln-Belfast City	NJE982P/831	
G-CEBE	Schweizer 269C-1	1046		private site-	        HLL 1	      still present at end of month
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1222	1423	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99L/99M	
G-OSJF	PA-23 Aztec 250F	1304		private site-		              into Hangar, still present
ZK036/AA  BAe. Hawk T.2	        1322	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 12	
G-YEDC	Citation 525B CJ3	1500	1624	Luton-Luxembourg	EDC 144	
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1502	1538	Blackpool-Exeter		
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1924	1933	Exeter-Blackpool		
						
	Wednesday, 13th April	Fog at Liverpool in morning caused disruption to inbounds upto 0830ish.				
						
F-HFKE	Embraer RJ-145LR	0959	1108	Heathrow-Biggin Hill	SVB 002P/01   SLAvia, EFC team to Crystal Palace
D-AGEU	Boeing 737-75B	        1233 15/1123	f&t Dortmund	        GMI 1000/1001 Germania, Dortmund supporters
TC-JSJ	Airbus A.321-231	1244	1437	Dortmund-Istanbul	THY 3341/3342 Turkish, Dortmund team i/b
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1355	1535	f&t Isle of Man 	EGL 99L/99M	
ZK460/U	Beech B200GT King Air	1549	G/A 27	to Cranwell	        CWL 74	
G-OMEA	Citation 560 XL	        1557	1705	Geneva-Luton	        FLJ 52/53	
						
	Thursday, 14th April					
						
F-HFKE	Embraer RJ-145LR	0114	2237	Luton-Manchester	SVB 02/002P   SLAvia, EFC team i/b
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        0801	0820	Blackpool-Blackbushe		
ZH884	C-130J Hercules C.5	1009	G/A 09	to Leeds/Bradford	RRR 147	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1038	1221	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-YEDC	Citation 525B CJ3	1149	1336	Rome/Ciampino-Manchester EDC 144	
G-SVEA	PA-28-161 Warrior II	1438	1722	f&t Coventry		
G-OGGM	Cirrus SR.22	        1456	1507	Blackbushe-Blackpool		
M-RLEE	Beech C90GT King Air	1602 15/0957	Edinburgh-North Weald		      football related
VP-CPF	Challenger 300	        1635 15/1038	f&t Allendorf		              "Anneliese", football related
G-DJSM	AS.350B3 Ecureuil	1706	1801	f&t private location(s)		      Mark de Ferranti
D-APLC	Falcon 7X	        1741 15/0825	f&t Frankfurt	        BVR 60	      football related
N308ST	PA-46-500TP Meridian	1749 15/1005	f&t Moenchengladbach		      football related
						
	Friday, 15th April					
						
G-GOYA	Global Express	        0819	1343	Sabih Gocken,Istanbul-Cardiff		
N266EA	Beech 58 Baron	        0934	1523	f&t Fairoaks		
TC-JSJ	Airbus A.321-231	0954	1132	Istanbul-Dortmund	THY 3343/3344 Turkish, Dortmund FC o/b
G-XAVB	Citation 510 Mustang	1036	1101	East Midlands-Jersey	AVB 553/554	
ZK027/R	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1141	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 76	
ZK028/S	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1222	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 57	
G-GFRA	PA-28R-201T Arrow IV	1517	1536	f&t Isle of Man		
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1529	1708	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-DMPP	DA.42 Twin Star    	1558	1622	Gamston-Exeter	        WKT 8	
SX-ATF	Boeing 737-406   	1641 16/1833	f&t Southampton	        GNJ 74	      GainJet, Southampton FC chtr
G-GFRA	PA-28R-201T Arrow IV	1722 16/1607	f&t Isle of Man		
						
	Saturday, 16th April					
						
N414AG	PA-32R-301T Saratoga TC	1100	1137	Gamston-Prestwick		
G-IWFC	Agusta AW109SP Grand	1209	1244	Manchester-Newcastle	KDM 2	
G-JAJK	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1436	1459	Isle of Man-Belfast Int CWY 08A/08B	
G-IMEA	Beech 200 King Air	1505	1621	DSA-Belfast City	BRO 31P/31
9H-AHA  Boeing 737-505          1523    1746	Malta-Bournemouth       CLJ 436P/436  Air X/Cello, LFC team chtr o/b
G-GFRA	PA-28R-201T Arrow IV	1745	1809	f&t Isle of Man		
G-IWFC	Agusta AW109SP Grand	1857	1906	Newcastle-Manchester	KDM 2	
N414AG	PA-32R-301T Saratoga TC	1904	1916	Prestwick-Gamston		
						
	Sunday, 17th April 2016					
						
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1044	1240	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-IMEA	Beech 200 King Air	1138	1317	Belfast City-DSA	BRO 31/31P	
G-ZBAT	Airbus A.320-214	1405	1544	Malaga-Manchester	MON 653M/653N Monarch, dvt due delays at MAN
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1637	1734	Palma- Exeter         	EGL 65H	
9H-AHA	Boeing 737-505	        1817 19/1218	Bournemouth-Paris/Le B	CLJ 437 / -   Air X/Cello, LFC team chtr i/b
G-EMDM	Diamond DA.40 Star	1852 19/1408	f&t Oxford		
G-IPAX	Citation 560 XL Excel	2044 18/1119	Malaga-DSA	        EDC 148/159	
						
	Monday, 18th April					
						
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star  	0838	0908	Exeter-Gamston	        WKT 14	
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	0901	0919	Exeter-Wick	        EGL 517	
9H-VCE	Challenger 350  	0946 19/1241	Moscow/Sher'-Luxembourg	VJT 474E      VistaJet
G-KDOG	SA Bulldog 120  	1049 20/0933	f&t private location(s)		      Likely marked as XX624/E
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1123	1257	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
N70AR	DHC-6 Twin Otter 300	1218   /May	Wick-		                      for survey work
				                & locals 22nd, 24th, 25th, 27th,28th, 29th, 30th and into May
G-XLTV	Citation 560 XLS	1430	1603	Essaouira-Biggin Hill	REN 22	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1442	1609	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
EI-REH	ATR-72-201	        1901	2033	Isle of Man-Dublin	REA116P/BEE610 Stobard, a/c change-over
EI-REL	ATR-72-212 (500)	1918	2039	Dublin-Isle of Man	BEE609/REA117P Flybe, a/c change-over
						
	Tuesday, 19th April					
						
G-CGKY	Cessna 182T      	0920	1253	f&t private location(s)		
ZK010/A	BAe. Hawk T.2    	0933	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 85	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1035	1623	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/S	
G-TBSV	TB-20 Trinidad   	1216	1757	f&t Abbeysrhule		
G-IWFC	Agusta AW.109 SP Grand	1517	1543	f&t private location(s)	KDM 2	
G-KVIP	Beech 200 King Air	1536	1821	f&t Exeter	        EGL 99P/99P   back-up aircraft?
ZM406	Airbus A.400M Atlas	1653	G/A 27	to Prestwick	        RRR 405	      & another G/A earlier at 1640 ?
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1754	1823	f&t Isle of Man  	EGL 99R/99M	
G-SUFK	Eurocopter EC.135P2+	2005	G/A	to Barton	        UKP 35T	
						
	Wednesday, 20th April	(Anfield LFC  v EFC derby game, no visiting aircraft)				
						
G-IWFC	Agusta AW.109SP Grand	0009	. . . 	private site-not noted	KDM 2	
N980RJ	Cirrus SR.22	        1057	1129	Cumbernauld-Sywell		
9H-ALL	Citation 525A CJ2	1240 21/0600	Cambridge-Salzburg	LWG 192/101	
G-SJSS	Challenger 605   	1250	1747	f&t Northolt		
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1830	1904	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
						
	Thursday, 21st April					
						
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1027	1206	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-BORL	PA-28-161 Warrior II	1133	1234	f&t Blackpool		              Westair Flying Services
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1353	1418	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
9H-ALL	Citation 525A CJ2	1425 22/1310	Salzburg-Oxford	        LWG 102/191	
G-WCAO	Eurocopter EC.135T2+	1651	G/A	to Hawarden	        UKP 06T	
						
	Friday, 22nd April					
						
ZK018/I	BAe. Hawk T.2   	1118	G/A 09	to Valley	        VYT 72	      4 Sqdn anniversary tail cols
G-BZHV	PA-28-181 Archer III	1149 23/0908	f&t White Waltham		
G-WVIP	Beech B200 King Air	1610	1634	Wick-Exeter	        EGL 517	
G-RJXJ	Embraer RJ.135LR	1842	1922	Newcastle-Brussels	BMR 8508/9152 BMRegional, NCL FC team i/b
G-EZOY	Airbus A.320-214	2303	based	Belfast-based	        EZY 614/based EasyJet, fv of recent a/c in fleet
						
	Saturday, 23rd April					
						
EI-REH	ATR-72-201	        0734	0905	Isle of Man-Dublin	BEE601/REA200P Stobard, a/c swop-over
EI-REL	ATR-72-212A (500)	0739	0850	Dublin-Isle of Man	REA100P/BEE602 Flybe, a/c swop-over
EI-GER	Maule MX-7	        1224	1813	f&t Brittas Bay		
G-MOAL	Agusta A.109SP Power	1243	1837	White Waltham-pvt site		
G-RJXC	Embraer RJ.145EP	1658	1919	Aberdeen-Newcastle	BMR 9161/8509 BMR Regional, NCL FC team o/b
EI-FRE	Boeing 737-8AS   	1835	1915	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of new a/c
G-LEAA	Citation 510 Mustang	2153	2218	f&t Luton	        LNX 70AA	
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        2251	2334	Luton-Birmingham	CLJ 560/560P  Cello, EFC i/b from FA Cup game
						
	Sunday, 24th April 2016      (reasonable day weatherwise, just a shortage of visiting aircaft)					
						
EI-FRF	Boeing 737-8AS	        1907	1953	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
						
	Monday, 25th April					
						
D-AONE	Challenger 604	        0645	1034	Gander-Cologne	        AYY 151	      Air Alliance
YL-LCK	Airbus A.320-214	0843	1003	f&t Bucharest	        BMS 133/134   Blue Air, fv leased a/c, TCX c/s
G-ZVIP	Beech 200 King Air	0911	0932	Cardiff-Wick	        EGL 517	
G-VIPW	PA-31-350 Chieftain	0955	1127	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
G-CRUZ	Cessna T.303 Crusader	1138	1612	f&t Biggin Hill		
G-CPAO	Eurocopter EC.135P2+	2026	G/A	to Hawarden	        UKP 04T	
						
	Tuesday, 26th April					
						
ZK030/U	BAe. Hawk T.2	        1442	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 89	
D-CDOC	Lear Jet 45	        1445	1736	Heraklion-Cologne		      air ambulance
G-OGUN	AS.350B2 Ecureuil	1539	1841	f&t private location(s)		      & local flt.  Covering reaction
G-TVHD	AS.355F2 Ecureuil II	1539	1622	Redhill-Barton	        REN 45	      at end of Hillsborough Inquest
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1714	1947	f&t Isle of Man   	EGL 99L/99M   a/c change since day before	
9H-ALL	Citation 525A CJ2	1734 27/0700	Dublin-Paris/le Bourget	LWG 193/101	
						
	Wednesday, 27th April					
						
G-FRYI	Beech 200 King Air	0725	0844	Stapleford-Dublin	LNX 99FR	
G-CELJ	Boeing 737-330	        0753	0956	Leeds/Bradford-Valencia	EXS 104C/6204 Jet 2, LFC supporters
G-ZAPX	Boeing 757-256	        1010	1214	Gatwick-Castellon	AWC 492Y/4921 Titan, LFC team to Villareal
EI-GJL	AS.365N3 Dauphin	1130	1311	f&t private location(s)		
G-ERSE	Beech 350i King Air    resident	1256	dep to Doncaster/Sheffield  FLJ 54    Sold, for delivery to USA
9H-ALL	Citation 525A CJ2	1500 28/0720	Paris/Le Bourget-Salzburg LWG 102/101	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1620	1903	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
N682AC	Cessna 208B Caravan	1738   /May	Reykjavik-		              for Survey work in May
D-IMAX	Citation 525A CJ2	1833	2032	Ibiza-Castellon	        AWU 927	      football related o/b?
EI-FRH	Boeing 737-8AS	        1851	1936	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of a new a/c
						
	Thursday, 28th April					
						
G-BGRM	PA-38-112 Tomahawk	1010   /May	Sleap-		                      Presumed still here end of month
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1050	1334	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99L/99M	
9H-ALL	Citation 525A CJ2	1553 29/1228	Salzburg-Biggin Hill	LWG 102/191	
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1622	1648	f&t Isle of Man   	EGL 99R/99S	
EI-FOW	Boeing 737-8AS	        1859	1954	f&t Dublin	        RYR 446/447   Ryanair, fv of new a/c
						
	Friday, 29th April					
						
G-ZAPX	Boeing 757-256   	0255	0401	Valencia-Stansted	AWC 4922/492W Titan, LFC team from Villareal
G-CELJ	Boeing 737-330   	0339	0925	Valencia-Leeds/Bradford	EXS 6205/105  Jet 2, LFC supporters i/b
ES-SAK	Airbus A.320-214	0843	0954	f&t Bucharest	        BMS 133/134   Blue Air, fv leased-in a/c
G-OLCP	AS.355N Twin Squirrel	1051	G/A	to Barton	        KDM 3	
ZK020/K	BAe. Hawk T.2    	1145	G/A 27	to Valley	        VYT 76	      4 Sqdn anniversary tail cols
OO-VLN	Fokker 50	        1414	1440	Bournemouth-Antwerp	VLL 964/964F  CityJet c/s, Bournemouth FC i/b
G-XDEA	DA.42 Twin Star    	1422	1518	Gamston-Exeter	        WKT 5	
						
	Saturday, 30th April					
						
CS-DIY	Citation 525B CJ3	0819	1141	Le Harve-Biggin Hill	AJU 521	
G-NIAA	Beech B.200 King Air	1046	1219	f&t Belfast Intl.	CWY 999A/999B likely ambulance flight
G-IWFC	Agusta AW.109SP Grand	1209	1246	private site-Newcastle	KDM 2	
G-CIFE	Beech B200 King Air	1257	1331	f&t Isle of Man		
G-RAJJ	BAe.146-200	        1606	1739	Birmingham-Cardiff	CLJ 436P/436  Cello, LFC team to Swansea City
OO-VLF	Fokker 50	        1717	1931	Antwerp-Bournemouth	VLL 965P/965  VLM, Bournemouth FC o/b
G-SAPM	SOCATA TB-20 Trinidad	1805   /May	Gloucester-		
G-VIPY	PA-31-350 Chieftain	1906	2042	f&t Isle of Man	        EGL 99R/99S	
G-IWFC	Agusta AW.109SP Grand	1908	1917	Newcastle-private site	KDM 2	
						
	End of visiting aircraft movements for April 2016.

NOTES AND ABBREVIATIONS

30/1210 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 - . Occasional use of abbreviations eg EMA - East Midlands Airport; DTV - Durham Tees Valley; DSA - Doncaster Sheffield Airport; LBA - Leeds Bradford Airport; DUB - Dublin; MAN - Manchester; BRS Bristol; CEG Chester.

All times are quoted as ‘local’ time. As the source material is in UTC, so during the summer errors of one hour are possible, no matter how I try and avoid mistakes!

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. During daylight 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 IATA 2- or more usually ICAO 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 informed 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 minima visibility or above acceptable wind speed/direction, 'Dvt' = diverted in, 'chtr' = charter flight, Pax = passengers, Del = delivery, Arr = arrived, Dep = departed. Sometimes further detail in the written Report section that follows.

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

CREDIT & THANKS

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 onto other sites, again with due credit, or printing-out for personal use does not require specific permission.

Finally and very importantly, 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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Did anyone identify the Bulldog that landed 1049 on Monday 18th April and departed on Wednesday 20th April at 0933? From the photos on the daily thread it would appear that there were photographers 'on duty' as they captured the VistaJet Challenger 9H-VCE an hour before and the Twin Otter's first arrival an hour and half later.

I do have a report that it was coded '9' on the tail, which points towards the Sleap based G-BZME/XX698/9. However the aircraft that landed at Liverpool was G-KDOG, so should be marked XX624/E (code in white on the engine cowling).


The April movements entry seems longer than recent months, so a quick look at the number of Excel lines of visiting aircraft entries shows:

January   31 days  181 visiting aircraft, diversions and regular airliners of interest (first visits, substitute types)
February  29 days  178
March     31 days  230
April     30 days  237

So up from an average of under 6 per day in January to just over 8 per day in April.

Mind you, having just completed typing the whole year visiting aircraft log for 1969 with some 4500 entry lines, that equates to an annual average of over 12 visiting aircraft per day, somewhat more than we get in 2016 - although the number of airliner movements are significantly higher now!

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APRIL 2016

Beware if viewing on 'Recent Posts' as these are April's Visiting Aircraft movements, which are being posted late.

Due to a shortage of time, this Report was not completed during May. Now nearly August, I have filled in the airline aircraft used in brief without the normal time-consuming researched comments as to alterations to schedule. Likewise the time-consuming summary of general and business aviation visitors have been left blank. A number of sections do appear ‘in full’, in particular the ‘Charters’ section for a busy month. I have left the ‘pro forma’ framework titles in place to make it clear which sections don’t have any information for April.

Sorry, but I feel an abbreviated report is far better than no report at all. There is no real “missing” information as the blank sections just re-sequence information that is in the main Monthly Visitors Log above.

LJLA – ACTIVITY & VISITING AIRCRAFT.
AN OVERVIEW FOR APRIL 2016.

AIRPORT AND AIRLINE DEVELOPMENTS

AER LINGUS DUBLIN SCHEDULE CHANGES

Aer Lingus is to hand the operation of the Dublin-Liverpool link over to Aer Lingus Regional, who will replace the current Airbus A.320 operation with a much more frequent ATR-72 service. The increase in flight time is marginal, for a much greater choice of flight departure times. There will be a slight decrease in the number of seats offered each month. The change-over will take place on Monday 2nd May.

RYANAIR AND EASYJET ANNOUNCE WINTER PROGRAMMES

During April both Ryanair and EasyJet launched their winter 2015/16 flight programme. Ryanair surprised all by including a new destination, so reversing the ‘leakage’ of routes transferring to Manchester. The new route is to Sofia, twice weekly from the very end of October. A number of summer season routes will continue through the winter this year, serving Bergerac, Gran Canaria, Pisa, Oporto and Szczecin, along with extra flights to Alicante and Malaga. Why Ryanair don’t provide extra services between Liverpool and Tenerife is again not clear. The positive press releases don’t include information regarding any cuts in frequency on other routes though.

EasyJet have not added any new destinations from Liverpool for a while, and there will not be any new ones for winter 15/16 either, however they do say that there will be extra departures to Amsterdam, Paris, Malaga and Isle of Man.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/04/ryanair-launch-winter-201617-schedule-from-ljla-with-6-new-winter-services/
www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/04/ljla-expects-further-growth-as-easyjet-launches-its-winter-2016-flights/

THOMSON ANNOUNCE EXPANDED PROGRAMME FOR SUMMER 2017

The TUI travel group, with major ‘High Street’ travel agents Thomson and First Choice have announced a major increase to the number of destinations and holidays they are offering from LJLA next summer, 2017. The will be two new destinations, Ibiza to be flown on Mondays and Tenerife on Fridays, along with a second flight each week to Palma on Saturday to add to the existing Tuesday service. All the flights seem to have a very ‘family friendly’ lunch-time departure and arrival at LJLA. Good news indeed for the Airport and holiday makers.

www.liverpoolairport.com/news/2016/04/more-choice-and-variety-for-liverpool-s-sun-seekers-thomson/

AINTREE GRAND NATIONAL DAY, SATURDAY 9th APRIL

For the aviation enthusiast, Grand National Day visiting aircraft at Liverpool were almost non-existant. Long gone are the halcyon days of Concorde charters and a long line of visiting twins and biz-jets. Over the three days of the Meeting there were a number of aircraft visiting that likely brought in race-goers (these are identified in the main log entries), but no influx on the Saturday despite reasonable weather. Nowadays visitors by air often fly directly into Aintree by helicopter, cutting out visiting LJLA, however two Irish helicopters that used the Airport were of note, especially the larger AW.139 EI-LIM (although it shyly hid in a hangar between arrival and departure) and ‘National regular Robinson R.44 EI-LAD.

SCHEDULED SERVICE AIRCRAFT APRIL 2016

EASYJET (U2/EZY)

Aircraft used by EasyJet on LJLA flights during April:
Airbus A.319s: G-EZAL, EZAM, EZAN, EZAU, EZAW, EZBF, EZBL, EZBO, EZBT, EZDH, EZDS, EZDU, EZDZ, EZED, EZEH, EZFJ, EZFY, EZFZ, EZGD, EZIM, EZIP, EZIX, EZSM (= 23)
Airbus A.320s: G-EZOB, EZOE, EZOH, EZOY, EZTY, EZUC, EZUO, EZWD, EZWZ (= 9)
Total 32 different aircraft

RYANAIR (FR/RYR)

With the introduction of summer schedules at the very end of March, a few more ‘non-based’ aircraft boosting the numbers of different aircraft used during April.

Aircraft used by Ryanair on LJLA flights during April:
Boeing 737-800: EI-DAD, DAE, DEF, DEM, DEN, DEO, DCI, DCO, DHC, DHF, DFP, DFW, DFX, DFZ, DLD, DLO, DLR, DPG, DPM, DPN, DPP, DPR, DWD, DWF, DWK, DWR, DWZ, DYC, DYM, DYP, DYR, DYY, DYZ; EI-EBA, EBE, EBG, EBI, EBV, EFC, EFE, EFS, EST, ESZ, EGC, EGD, EKL, EKM, EKZ, EMA, EMJ, EMO, ENC, ENI, ENP, ENR, ENX, ENY, EPH, EVA, EVF, EVJ, EVK, EVM, EVW, EVZ; EI- FEH, FIB, FIE, FIS, FIV, FIZ, FOG, FOJ, FOM, FOR, FOS, FOT, FOV, FOW, FOY, FOZ, FRB, FRC, FRD, FRE, FRF, FRH (= 87 a/c)
Boeing 737-700: EI-SEV private flight for M.O’Leary on Grand National Day evening.
Total = 88 different aircraft used.

FLYBE (BE/BEE)

Aircraft used through LJLA during April:
DHC-8-Q400 Dash Eights: G-ECOB, ECOG, ECOH, ECOJ, ECOM, ECOO, ECOP, ECOT, FLBA, FLBB, FLBC, FLBD, FLBE, JECF, JECG, JECH, JECJ, JECJ, JECL, JECM, JECX, JECY, JECZ, JEDM, JEDP, JEDT, JEDU, JEDV, JEDW, PRPA, PRPB, PRPC, PRPD, PRPL (= 34).
ATR-72s: EI-REH (white substitute a/c), EI-REL, REM (= 3 different aircraft)

WIZZAIR (W6/WZZ)

Aircraft used through LJLA during April:
A.320s: HA-LPJ, LPL, LPN, LPO, LPQ, LPR, LPS, LPN; LWA, LWC, LWD, LWE, LWF, LWO, LWP, LWS, LWX; LYA, LYF, LYG, LYH, LYJ, LYK, LYL, LYM, LYN, LYS, LYT, LYV = 29 different aircraft

AER LINGUS (EI/EIN)

April is the final full month that all Aer Lingus Dublin flights were operated by Airbus A.320 equipment.

Airbus A.320s: EI-CVB, CVC, DEA, DEF, DEG, DEH, DEI, DEJ, DEL, DEM, DEN, DEO, DEP, DES, DVG, DVH, DVK, DVL, DVM, DVN, EDP, EDS, EZV, EZW = 24 different aircraft.

BLUE AIR (OB/BME)

Bucharest on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Bacau on Tuesday and Saturdays. Operated by a mix of aircraft types and marks, including aircraft leased-in for the month. The ‘B’ before the date shows that it is a Bacau flight.

Boeing 737-400: YR-BAJ B2nd, B26th, B30th; YR-BAO 1st, B9th, 22nd, B23rd; YR-BAQ 4th; YR-BAS B17th as op late; YR-BAU B5th, B12th, B19th. (= 5 a/c)
Boeing 737-800: YR-BMB 11th, 13th, 15th, 20th; YR-BME 6th, 8th, 18th (= 2 a/c)
Airbus A.320: ES-SAK 29th; YL-LCK 25th, 27th (= 2 leased-in a/c)

VUELING AIRLINE (VY/VLG)

A regular three times weekly service from Barcelona on Sunday, Wednesday, Friday.

Aircraft used into LJLA by Vueling during April:
A.320s: EC-KDT 8th, EC-LRM 20th, EC-LVO 29th, EC-LZM 13th, EC-MBL 17th, EC-MBY 1st, EC-MEQ (Pepsi graphics) 22nd, EC-MES 15th, EI-MFL 3rd & 10th, EC-MJB 24th, EC-MJC 6th, EC-MKM 27th.
A total of 12 different aircraft noted.

CZECH AIRLINES (OK/CSA)

Although timetabled to be operated Mondays and Fridays by Airbus A.319s, a number of rotations in April were operated by Smartwings Boeing 737-700s. Much more regular use was made of their own A.319s in May.

Czech Airlines aircraft used into LJLA during April:
Airbus A.319s: OK-MEL 11th, 15th; OK-NEN 4th (= 2 different a/c)
Boeing 737-700 of Smartwings: OK-SWT 1st, 25th, 30th; OK-SWW 8th, 18th, 22nd (= 2 a/c)

AIRCRAFT USING LJLA DURING APRIL 2016

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

CHARTERS, TOURS & FREIGHT OPERATIONS

With LFC still in European competition and playing 3 legs during April, plus team and supporter flights for domestic games, together with a couple of private charters, all-in-all not a bad month at all for both Airport and enthusiast.

Private charters saw a party returning from Easter on the Swiss ski-slopes, returning Sunday 3rd on the same white ATR-42 CS-DVL of Lease Fly that they flew out on a week earlier. A Sun Air Do.328JET on Tuesday 5th arrived empty from Manchester to take out to Northolt part of Royal visit during the late afternoon. The Royal family members using Sikorsky S-76C G-XXEB. One flight that could be considered a private charter and nearly overlooked was Ryanair’s Boeing 737-700 EI-SEV that took a party, including Grand National race winner’s owner, one Michael O’Leary, home to Dublin on the evening after the Aintree Race, Saturday 9th April.

Domestic football brought in two charters from Norway for a cultural, sporting and shopping week-end break on the first weekend of April when LFC were hosts to Spurs. Dash 8-Q400 LN-WDF of Wideroes arrived from Stavanger morning of Friday 1st, positioned to Riga on 2nd and positioned back in from Mytilini on 3rd to operate the return flight that evening. The other was Enter Air’s Boeing 737-400 SP-ENC which also arrived on Friday 1st, then positioned to Manchester, it returned on Tuesday 5th for the return leg.

Teams using aircraft to get around the country brought in a number of aircraft visits. Spurs arrived in Liverpool on BMRegional ERJ-145 on Friday 1st, departing on 2nd after their Anfield match, f&t Stansted. The aircraft could have been either GRJXA or G-RJXB depending on the source of information. Everton often use a BMR ERJ-145, however on Wednesday 13th it was a French operator contracted to carry them to Biggin Hill for a clash with Crystal Palace, using RJ-145 F-HFKE of Enhance Aero, operated by Siavia, and returned the team from Gatwick in the early hours of 14th. Southampton FC arrived for a Goodison match in style on Gain Jet’s Boeing 737-400 SX-ATF afternoon of Friday 15, departing back to Southampton on evening of 16th, meanwhile the same weekend LFC used Air X’s Boeing 737-500 9H-AHA, operating for Cello to get to Bournemouth early evening Saturday 16th, returning evening of 17th. The following weekend Newcastle FC arrived on BMRegional’s RJ-145 G-RJXJ on Friday 22nd for a game at Anfield, returning to Newcastle after the game, evening of 23rd on G-RJXC. The same weekend EFC had an appointment at Wembley against MUFC, the disappointed team flew home from Luton on Cello’s BAe.146 G-RAJJ.

LFC played three European Cup games during April. The first was an away leg, playing Borussia Dortmund, the team were taken there on Titan’s Airbus A.320 G-POWK on Wednesday 6th, returning home midday Friday 8th on Titan’s Boeing 737-300 G-ZAPW. For the Anfield leg a week later, Borussia Dortmund flew in on their club ‘logo-ship’ Turkish Airlines’s Airbus A.321 TC-JSJ on Wednesday 13th and flew home morning of Friday 15th, although the aircraft had returned to Istanbul between these flights. Borussia fans arrived on a Germanair Boeing 737-700 D-AGEU which was parked at Liverpool from Wednesday 13th through to Friday 15th. The third European clash was an away 1sst leg against Villa Real of Valencia. The LFC team again used Titan, this time on Boeing 757-200 G-ZAPX, flying out at lunch time on Wednesday 28th, returning early hours of 29th. Compared to past years there were no supporter’s charters for the away leg until the semi-finals of the competition. Fans flew out on Jet 2’s Boeing 737-300 G-CELJ morning of Wednesday 27th, arriving back early hours of 29th.

All in all, not a bad month for charter activity, with quite an interesting variety of operators and aircraft types – but would be eclipsed in May (but that lies outside the scope of this report!)


DIVERSIONS – GAINS & LOSSES

With little extreme weather, April was a quiet month for receiving diversions. Quiet, but not without interest. On Monday 11th April Beluga F-GSTF/5 landed at LJLA at 2030 inbound from Hamburg and did not position out across to Hawarden until 1132 the following morning. On Sunday 17th Monarch’s A.321 G-ZBAT, inbound from Malaga to Manchester diverted to LJLA in the early afternoon as a precaution while there was much holding at Manchester following a runway incident there. The aircraft flew across to Manchester after an hour and forty minutes on the ground here. Just the one flight diverted in.

TRAINING

No crew training noted, although on one Tuesday an EasyJet A.319 arrived to night stop after a crew training/validation flight, but the following morning became a replacement aircraft for an aircraft at Liverpool with a ‘technical’ issue.

BIZ-JET VISITORS

Sorry, no comments compiled for this section, look through the main log for the biz-jet visits.

GENERAL AVIATION VISITORS

Sorry, no comments compiled for this section, look through the main log for GA aircraft visits.


ROTARY VISITORS

Sorry, no comments compiled for this section, look through the main log for helicopter visits, apart from drawing your attention to a further visit by the Coastguard Sikorsky S-92A on Saturday 2nd and an AW.139 EI-LIM which arrived from Shannon on Thursday 7th with Grand National meet visitors, and was hangared at Liverpool until Saturday 9th when it left for Aintree.


RESIDENT AIRCRAFT ACTIVITY AND CHANGES

Two departures to report during April. King Air 350 G-ERSE, operated by Flairjet departed to Doncaster-Sheffield on 27th April on the first leg of delivery to new owners in the USA. Rumours abound regarding possible replacement by a biz-jet. Another turbo-prop departed in the form of PA-46 Malibu 350P N921GG which left for Coventry, en route to new owners on 8th April. A further departure was former Ravenair Aztec 250E G-RVRD which has not flown for several years (likely during 2013), and has slowly been stripped of re-usable parts. It was noted disappearing out of the GA area on a flat-bed lorry on Friday 8th April.

Commander 114 G-NATT departed for Caernarfon on 15th March and has yet to reappear at Liverpool, has it fallen victim to the dreaded Caernarfon rabbit holes? Our other Commander 114 G-OLFT departed for Fairoaks on 18th April, but subsequently returned in early May. Another based aircraft that spent most of April away from Liverpool was TBM-850 N97RN which left for Weert on 2nd April, but returned in mid-May. In the other direction, Schweizer 269C helicopter G-CEBE which is a regular temporary resident returned to Liverpool on 12th April and has been mostly hangered since. Aztec 250 G-OSJF which is known to be up for sale and had left Liverpool on 23rd December 2015, returned on the 12th April, possibly just for a spell of maintenance.

A temporary resident arrived on Monday 18th April in the form of survey Twin Otter N70AR. At the end of the month it was out for several long local flights and will remain based for survey work for a number of weeks yet. It was joined late on Wednesday 27th by N682AC a Cessna 208B Caravan which arrived transatlantic via Reykjavik. Usually employed for taking parachutists aloft, it will join the Twin Otter in performing survey work during May possibly mostly in the hours after dark.

An unusal sight in the sky over Merseyside on Saturday 9th, flying several locals, as the owner , who is a member of Merseyflight ‘showed off’ his new acquisition, a float fitted Aviat Husky, G-ODIP. The aircraft is actually Hawarden based. While mentioning Merseyflight, a new radio call-sign was heard in use during April “Mersey 1” being used by one of their Tomahawks.

MILITARY AIRCRAFT VISITORS

Rather too easy to compile this section for April, as disappointingly there we no military aircraft that landed at LJLA during the month.

GO-AROUND ACTIVITY

The usual mix of military aircraft on practice diversion and go-around. Just a sole front line jet with a Tornado ZG752 en route to Lossiemouth late afternoon Tuesday 5th. There were 13 Hawk T.2s from RAF Valley, spread fairly evenly throughout the month. RAF Transports featured 3 visit by Hercules aircraft with ZH878 early afternoon Monday 11th, ZH884 mid-morning Thursday 14th and ZH885 early afternoon Sunday 3rd, plus A.400M Atlas late afternoon Tuesday 19th. Finally a sole King Air 200 visit with Cranwell aircraft ZK460/U mid-afternoon Wednesday 13th to complete the military aircraft.

Civilian aircraft using that performed go-arounds without subsequently landed were all helicopters. The Police helicopters on training flights were EC.135s: G-SUFK on Tuesday 19th, G-WACO on Thursday 21st and G-CPAO on Monday 25th – all on night flying training. Cheshire Helicopters Twin Squirrel G-OLCP was noted late morning of Friday 29th on go-around.

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STATISTICS

EPILOGUE

Not a bad month, with the Grand National meeting, domestic and international football all bringing in biz-jets and charter flights. As to the ‘star’ movement of the month, well I am going to pick the Danish VIP Do.328JET on Tuesday 5th April. However candidates included the Irish Gulfstream 650 and AW.139 for the Grand National meet, German Falcon 7X, US Twin Otter and Cessna 208B, even the Irish Maule MX-7 or RAF colours Bulldog. Airliners on football charters have acclaim too, as does the diverted Beluga.

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.

Again, my apologies for some sections being omitted and others shortened, but hopefully enough is here to paint at least a partial picture of activity during April.

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.