Filton Airfield and Filton Abbey Wood 29-06-12

Zipped down to Filton and caught this

DA 42

N228US

sat on apron 1

 Wizzed home to clean

Fru Fru Fiesta.

As I finished I got a heads up

that a Net Jets was inbound.

So jumping on the trusty

Percy push bike,

I tootled back down to Filton

and caught

Hawker 400

CS-DMZ.

 On the way home,

I noted that a non stop train was due through 

platform 2

but not time tabled.

Sure enough

66058 trundled through

on a loaded coal train

towards Bristol Parkway.

 As luck would have this

veteran Class 31

31106

pushed a track test train

from Derby to Bristol.

LUCKY

or WHAT!

Filton Abbey Wood 27-06-12

Running empty coal hoppers

to Portbury

was 66200

at 09.51

Half an hour later 

66850

passed south bound to Tilbury

as 6Z60

On the cement train

heading north

was 66616

at 11.16

Loaded coal to Wales

behind

66525

AT

11.46.

Eight minutes later this

stone blower

DR80206

headed south

at 11.52

with

a grumpy

face.

Two Yanks and a Pom. 26-06-12

A lunch time today

apron 1 had

PA-34

G-BBPX

 and

Cirrus SR 22

N40GD

 Outside the

501 hanger

was

Cessna

N249MW

Channel shipping

Heading to Portbury

from Setubal, Portugal

Gande Scandinavia.

 Fri Langesund

heading to Avonmouth

from

Helsingborg, Sweden.

 Endeavor

out of Avonmouth

 Sunny Young

out of Portbury

for Trombetas, Brazil.

Some Filton visitors 18-06-12

On the way to Parkway

I stopped at Filton to find

PA 46

N921GG

on apron 1

Photos taken from

Bristol Parkway,

Falcon 50

F-HADH

on finals at

13.12

Airbus A 400

F-WWMZ

arriving at 13.32.

On a test flight

Turbo Navajo

N900TB

on finals.

20's at Bristol Parkway 18-06-12

On the 6M67

Nuclear train 

20's

20301

and 20305

passed at 15.20.

Bristol Temple Meads and Parkway 18-06-12

Down at Bristol Temple Meads

66539 was on the Wineliner at 09.04

heading to London.

Passing at the same time 66413

on a loaded coal to Rugeley

via South Wales

This is what I aimed for

56312

on the 0O56

light engine move

to Plymouth

at 10.08.

Nice,

Later headed to Bristol Parkway

66230

headed east to Didcot

with coal

at 12.16.

This is what I aimed for

73's

73119

and

73207

on the0Z73

Barton Hill to Eastleigh

light engine move

at 12.19.

66034

Headiing to Avonmouth

with coal empties

at 13.19

With coal empties

from Usk power station to Stoke Gifford yard

70002

arrived at 14.11

More loaded coal

out of Avonmouth

to Didcot

66158

heads east at

13.58

Three track machines were also seen

Tamper

DR73905

headed east at 11.21.

Regulator

DR77327 

followed at 11.25

Finally 

Tamper

DR75406

entered the down loop

at 13.34

Final journey of VP-CMN. 16-06-12

Boeing 727 VP-CMN

on a low loader

ready for

its possible

final journey,

 reported to be Kemble.

This plane has now been reported to be on scrap row

at Kemble,

having arrived there around 10am.

Sorry for the photos

but they were taken

through 2 fences.

Net Jet at Filton 13-06-12

Having arrived as

NJE533E

Citation 550 

CS-DHH

relaxes on apron 2

amongst the long grass.

Filton 11-06-12

Sat on a damp apron 1

at 13.30

was

Jetstream 31 G-NFLA.

 Having arrived as 

Vista Jet 658

Chalanger 605

OE-INT

was on the Beluga stand.

2 Specials at Parkway 09-06-12

While waiting for a couple of vintage specials

66957 headed east

with loaded coal

at 7.21.

66501 

was on the

4O51

passed at

7.39

on a container train

for Wentloog South wales

from Southampton.

First of the special

a pair of class 37's

37609 and 37606

on the 1Z20

at 8.38

66546

arriving for 

Stoke Gifford Yard

at 10.29

Second special had

47790 leading

with 47830

trailing

on the 1Z47

for Bath.

Rainy Bristol Parkway 07-06-12

Pooped on to the platform at 

Parkway

to see what was about.

In Stoke Gifford Yard

was 

70010.

 Arriving from Rugeley power station

70014

easing into Stoke Gifford Yard

on the 4V06. 

 Powering away from Parkway

on the 6M67

are 20005 and 20001

heading north to

Crewe.