Morning Claire

The M.V. Morning Claire

a car and truck carrier,

inbound to Avonmouth

from

Gioia Tauro

in souther Italy.

Two more visitors at Filton 23-10-12

Taking a break from training

was this EC-135

G-MSPT

to top up with fuel.

Call sign Gladiator 02

 Titan Airways

Citation 525A CJ-2

G-POWG

also taking a break from training

for a crew change.

Call sign ZAP2A

Foggy Filton 22-10-12

Not long arrived on a foggy

autumn day 

was this

Citation Cj3

VP-CCX

 Tucked behind the 

Royal Mail building

was this 

Challenger 604

OE-IPD

Pilning 17-10-12

Patchway 16-10-12

Brize Norton 16-10-12

Sudden text asking if

I wanted to go to Brize Norton 

to catch the

Euro Atlantic 777.

Yep ready! says I.

Arriving with 5 minutes to spare

we just caught this

Lockheed Tristar KC1

ZD950.

 5 Minutes later the Euro Atlantic

Boeing 777-212

CS-TFM

arrived as

MMZ7311.

 Training was this

Chinook HC3R

ZH898.

 Biggest surprise was this

AN-124

RA-82045

arrived as

DA4239. 

 More helicopter training

Apache AH1

ZJ203

 AS365N-3 Dauphin II

ZJ782

 Hawk T1

XX176

joined the training gang.

 First time seeing what used to be called the

Multi Roll Tanker Transport

MRTT.

Now the

A-330 FSTA Voyager.

Future Strategic Tanker Aircraft

 Boeing C-17A Globemaster II

ZZ172

 Departing as Titan 49A

was 

Boeing 757 256

G-POWH

WOW!

Great afternoon.

Thanks for invite Neil.

Filton 15-10-12

Arriving around 10.30 this morning wasthis

Falcon 2000 I-ARIF.

Unfortunately I could not get closer

for a better photo! 

 Kittywake 1703 had 

EMB 145 G-RJXF

which arrived at 10.44.

Filton 10-10-12

Just about to taxy out

G550

N550GD

on the Beluga stand.

With its next load of A-400M wings

Beluga F-GSTA

about to back track and

take off.

 Still can't make it

look any

better.

 Much easier on the eye

was this

C-17

ZZ178 using RRR830

callsign.

 Training this morning.

Check out the 

undercarriage.

They twist as they get stowed 

into the blisters.

 Gazelle ZB692

also training, as 

AAC774

 Low flypast from 

Kemble

Cessna 172

G-CEWK