Monday 30 April 2012

Piper PA-28R N8105Z 
all closed up.
 P68B G-KIMK
going round back to
Staverton at 13.48
 PC-12 N812GS
arrived at 14.19.

Sunday 29 April 2012

The coal carrier 
Double Paradise
passing the ledges Clevdon
on its way to unload at
Portbury Dock.

Filton 27-04-12

Cessna 152 G-GFID 
 departing to Kemble via the bridges
at 13.16ish.
 Be 200 G-IASM
Arrived at 13.00
 Arriving at 13.36 from
Guernsey
was Cessna 210
N21SH

Tuesday 24 April 2012

Sat on apron 2 
was 
PA-30 Twin Comanche
N818Y.

Outside 501 hanger was
PA-28 
G-AWFB.

Landing at 13.00 was 
Global
G-OXRS
parked on Beluga stand.

No photos of the last two. :-(

Saturday 21 April 2012

My favourites at todays
Filton Fly In.
Bolkow Junior D-EEAH 
 Think this Jodel DR 1051 G-AYGD
pilot thinks he's a dive bomber.
 Grumman AA-5 Traveler
G-BAJO
 J 5A Cub Cruiser
G-BSDK
 Grumman AA-5B Tiger
 Rans S6-116
G-BVZV
 Flexwing Pegasus Quantum 
G-BYFF
 Flexwing Pegasus Quik
G-CFPR
 Extra 400
N400YY
 AA-5B Tiger
N666GA
44 aircraft landed between 
09.45 and 13.00
when I left.
Well done Filton.

Friday 20 April 2012

At around 13.25
PA-28-180
G-BASJ 
arrived after local training flight.
 Bo 105
G-NDAA
arriving back after an op
at 13.30
as Helimed 65A
 Gulfstream 550
VP-BJD
taxying for take off.
 Lining up on to runway 27
VP-BJD
on a flight to Burmuda. 
 Luckily the Gl 550
departed a few minutes early as the next thunder show
passed over as it
was climbing out. 
 I got just got into the car as the rain 
came down,
followed by hail.
VP-BJD on the right
on apron 3.
Not long left for 
airfield.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

Bristol Parkway 17-04-12

Between 11.15 and 14.40
the following locos were seen.
66509 heading for 
Stoke Gifford yard
at 12.52.
 Track inspection Saloon
975025 called CAROLINE
being propelled by 37409
out of Parkway loop 
at 12.22
 66124 heading to Didcot power station
from Avonmouth bulk coal load
facility 
at 13.51.
At 14.20
 66416
 heading towards Wentloog
to  pick up the Wentloog to Southampton
freightliner which had failed with 
66592.
 66058 accelerating 
east bound with a steel train at 14.26.
 Slowing into the down loop
with 3 steel  wagons at 14.35 was
66061.
 On Stobart Biomass empties,
were 
66723 and 66720
speeding towards
Portbury dock
at
14.38.