Walney Island 08-01-10

[vickersfour]

Hello Folks

The airfield was closed due ice on the runway for most of last week so a bit of a thaw and some nice light got me itching to take some photos of anything that came within range.

First up was a Warton based Hawk T1A XX321 ‘Tarnish 14’ which had been low level in the Lakes. I got just over a minutes notice of this ‘fly through’ along runway 23.





The based P92 G-OALH flew locally in the afternoon.



The only BAE Submarines flight of the day was G-CDFY inbound from Farnborough just before sunset illuminated with some gorgeous light from the low sun.




For anyone interested I have compiled an active residents list for Walney. Those aircraft noted this year are annotated ‘current’.

G-BPMF PA28-151 Privately owned
G-BYEC DG-800B Privately owned ‘23’ current
G-BZHT PA18-150 Lakes Gliding Club current
G-CDFY Beech King Air 200 BAE Submarines current
G-CDUT Jabiru J400 Privately owned
G-CDZT Beech King Air 200 BAE Submarines current
G-CFTR Grob Astir CS Lakes Gliding Club
G-CKMZ ASW.28-18 Privately owned ‘J5' current
G-DDLA Pilatus B4-PC11 Privately owned current
G-DDZR IS-28 B2 Lakes Gliding Club current
G-DHRR ASK.21 Lakes Gliding Club ‘D-70’ current
G-OALH P-92EA Echo Privately owned current
G-PEGZ Pegasus 101A Privately owned ‘J7’ current
N741CD Cirrus SR22 Privately owned

Cheers

Shaun

[superian]

lovely shot of the hawk.
Ian.

[Cityflyer]

Some excelent shots

[columbo]

Fantastic photo's! Thanks for sharing

[johnoakes]

very artistic-- I like the close up of the Hawk especially.

[ronturner]

These are excellent photos. Would you allow me to copy some of them and distribute within my group of freinds. (Not for commercial use.)
Ron Turner.

[vickersfour]

Certainly Ron it would be my pleasure.

Cheers

Shaun