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Post by graham on Jan 1, 2020 11:22:36 GMT
Not just a new year but a new decade. Doesn't seem possible that it's 20 years ago that we were all waiting for the catastrophic armageddon that was called the Millennium Bug yet the second hand ticked across midnight on December 31st 1999 and nothing happened....
Never been one to wish my time away but 2019 was an awful year for us and I'm glad to see the back of it. Let's hope 2020 brings us all everything we wish for including of course clear skies and decent weather for the likes of RIAT, Farnborough and Yeovilton.
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Post by graham on Jan 1, 2020 11:37:58 GMT
And the first one for me in 2020, albeit a scrape, is SP-RKC en route to Cork
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Post by keefyboy on Jan 1, 2020 12:24:21 GMT
I'm impressed - I've only just got up!!;-)
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Post by graham on Jan 1, 2020 12:34:23 GMT
And I thought we were lazy sods for getting up at 10.30!!....;0)
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Post by davidallum on Jan 2, 2020 10:31:28 GMT
After a visit to Popham yesterday for the New Year's Day Fly In,the following were noted from home:
SP-RKC B737 Ryanair Sun (DUB-WRO) N288Z Gulfstream G650 9H-QBT B737 Malta Air (DUB-MLA) PH-HXD B737 Transavia (AMS-VLC) CS-TVG A320NEO TAP Air Portugal (LIS-OSL)
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Post by rh226 on Jan 2, 2020 12:11:27 GMT
There was only thing pottable for me anyway (SAM933 C-37B 18-1942), but it was 100% clag all day for me (just 7 miles West of Graham, but not on top of higher ground like Devizes).
The Gulfstream will back sometime, anyway.
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Post by brizewatcher on Jan 2, 2020 14:45:04 GMT
Much the same here, unfortunately!
On the plus side, weather for the next couple of days at least is looking semi decent.
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Post by brizewatcher on Jan 3, 2020 18:04:51 GMT
First for the year this evening:
63-8878 KC-135R USAF "QUID704"
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Post by davidallum on Jan 3, 2020 18:44:14 GMT
A quartet seen from home this afternoon:
9H-QCN B737 Malta Air (BRS-CGN) EI-GHJ E190 Stobart Air (SOU-EDI) TC-LSO A321NEO Turkish (IST-DUB) N940JS TBM 940 (went to Kidlington I believe)
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Post by Trevor B on Jan 3, 2020 22:09:27 GMT
Managed some spotting time today!!
G-CBSK GAZELLE Heading towards Lee On Solent but i don't think he landed
YL-CSL A220 Air Baltic was coasting out via Sam - I do like this colour scheme
EC-MBF A320 Vueling which I believe was out of Gatwick
G-WUKJ A321 Wizz out of Luton
G-UZMC A321 EasyJet - ex Stansted
EC-NBP A330 BAW on the New York run from Gatwick
SP-RSP B737 Ryanair routing overhead from Hurn
EI-GJJ B737 Ryanair Coasting out
EC-MXM B737 Air Europe out of Gatwick
EI-GHJ EMB190 Flybe - Overhead routing in to Southampton
And my only ‘scrape’ G-DRTN Jet 2 which i saw on the 22nd July 2007 as TC-APJ then owned by Pegasus Airlines
So not a bad day for me
Trevor
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Post by deke on Jan 4, 2020 0:10:18 GMT
Nothing to set the pulse racing but a start for the month, year, decade
OE-LOZ Airbus A320 – 232, LaudaMotion EI-LRC Airbus A321 – 253NX, Aer Lingus N783AN Boeing 777 – 223, American Airlines 9H-VCB Bombardier BD-100-1A10 Challenger 350, VistaJet
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Post by billsamuels on Jan 4, 2020 11:07:06 GMT
Morning Guys.
Recorded first pot(s) of the year yesterday (03/01/2020) with a visit to LHR (twice) and Luton, where I retrieved my repaired, and now working perfectly, Opticron 15x70’s...
LHR consisted of these. PH-BCL B737 KLM A6-EVD A380 Emirates N883A Gulf 550 (OTT 14.35 going west) TC-LSO A321N Turkish (OTT 14.47 to DUB) JA797A B777 ANA
Luton. G-OPMJ Ce172 (o/f) VP-CRH Gulf 550 N18CZ Global 6000 M-HOME Global 6000 OE-LIM Gulf 550 9H-OJP Global 6000 YU-PBB Ce560 HB-JNL B777 Swiss (OTT 13.45)
Home. T7-NMN CL604 N8705Y Twin Comanche
And so it begins, all over again...
Good luck guys and Happy New Year to everyone.
Bill
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Post by deke on Jan 5, 2020 1:02:22 GMT
Sat 4th
G-VMOZ Vans RV-8, V Millard N65TL Cirrus SR22T Carbon, Les Chardons Two Inc N7EY Piper PA-30 Twin Comanche, Charnwood Aviation Inc N888FD Boeing 777 – FS2, FedEx
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Post by deke on Jan 6, 2020 23:34:04 GMT
Mon 6th Jan
PH-LAU Dassault Falcon 900EX, ExxAero International HB-JVU Embraer ERJ-190LR, Helvetic Airways EC-NDC Airbus A320 – 271N, Vueling EC-JZU Bombardier CRJ – 900ER, SAS (operated by Air Nostrum) N890DA Gulfstream G550, Bank of Utah Trustee N1898B Dassault Falcon 8X, US Bank NA Trustee
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Post by billsamuels on Jan 9, 2020 17:13:31 GMT
Evening chaps.
Well the month is growing, slowly.
4th. CS-TJO A321N TAP (out of LHR) N900YB Falcon 900 (OTT) EI-STK B737 ASL (OTT) D-AALL B777 DHL (OTT) N124DG SR22 EI-FSK ATR72 9H-QBL B737 Ryanair G-LCAB Emb190 BA (OTT) VQ-BFM A320 Rossiya (ex LGW) 9H-QDB B737 Ryanair
5th. 9H-QBN B737 Ryanair (OTT) N605VV CL605 (OTT) TC-LLD B787 Turkish (OTT)
7th. N1836S Falcon 900 (FAB 07.34) N4444X Global 6000 (OTT) 9H-QBX B737 Ryanair TC-JMN A321 Turkish (OTT) N123AB Global Express XRS N421SZ Global 6000 02-5001 B757 USAF (OTT) 9H-QAO B737 Ryanair D-AIEE A321N Lufthansa (from LHR)
8th. OO-MMT Ce560 (from FAB)
9th. N414DH Challenger 350 (to Biggin 10.20) TC-NBR A320N Pegasus (OTT) D-ATCH A320 Condor (OTT) EC-MIH B787-8 Air Europa (OTT) CS-TXD A321N TAP (to LHR 12.18) SE-MDA ATR42 ‘Aurigny’ (ex LGW 12.20) B-5962 A330 China Eastern (ex LGW 12.27)
My frames versus scrapes is almost neck and neck, so far...
Countdown is now on for India.
Cheers fellas.
Bill
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Post by davidallum on Jan 10, 2020 8:15:55 GMT
A nice trio seen from home just after lunch yesterday before the forecast cloud & rain arrived:
SU-GES B787-9 Egyptair (CAI-JFK) 4X-ERB B787-8 El Al (TLV-YYZ) CS-TJN A321NEO TAP Air Portugal (AMS-LIS)
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Post by deke on Jan 10, 2020 23:10:37 GMT
Fri 10th
Mostly whilst out and about, driving by BHX and CVT
At BHX
G-SVIP Cessna 421B Golden Eagle, R Bateman G-XXSF Bell 505 Jet Ranger X, Seafresh Group (Holdings) Ltd
At CVT
G-JAVO Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior II, Victor Oscar Ltd G-JSCA Piper PA-28RT-201 Cherokee Arrow IV, J Haddon (G-JSCA Flying Group) G-BNXE Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior I,I M Brown
At home
G-PLIP Shandong Bin AO DA40D Diamond Star, AJW Construction Ltd
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Post by davidallum on Jan 11, 2020 7:26:12 GMT
Really decent morning at home yesterday:
G-DRTR B737 Jet 2 (MAN-BOH) SE-RPD B737 Norwegian Air Sweden (OSL-LPA) 9H-QBO B737 Malta Air (CGN-BRS) T7-ELL Global Express (inbound Farnborough) D-AWSI E190 WDL (EDI-BOD) N902AG Challenger 604 G-XWBC A350 British Airways (LHR-YYZ)
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Post by gtf4j2m on Jan 11, 2020 9:25:15 GMT
A slow start to the year, a few OTT in the first few days then a trip out to BHX for the Turkmenistan B737
OTT from home in Shropshire
01-Jan CS-DLL ..Falcon 2000EX .. southeast 13:55 , DUB -
03-Jan CN-ROA .. B737-8B6 .. Royal Air Maroc ..RAM819 .. south 16:45 to RILES, MAN - CMN G-UZME .. A321-251NX .. easyJet .. EZY405 .. north 15:05 to RIBEL, BRS - GLA N14001 .. B787-10 .. United AL .. UAL998 .. west 14:55 -, BRU - EWR TC-LSO .. A321-271NX .. Turkish AL .. THY1977 .. west 15:00 , IST - DUB
05-Jan 9H-AOA .. Citation Latitude .. southeast 12:15, DUB -
Birmingham 10-Jan A6-EVA .. A380 .. Emirates A7-BCN .. B788 .. Qatar AW D-ABQC .. DH8Q .. Eurowings D-AINA .. A320N .. Lufthansa D-IROL .. D228 D-ITTT .. Cessna F406 .. Air Taxi Europe EC-GPS .. Sw Metro .. Flightline EC-KDX .. A320-216 .. Vueling EI-DVN .. A320 .. Aer Lingus EI-EFK /EKM /EMH .. B73G .. Ryanair EI-FAV .. ATR72 .. Aer Lingus EI-FSL .. ATR72 .. Stobart Air EI-GEC .. Canadair CRJ-900LR .. Cityjet EZ-A019 .. B737-82K .. Turkmenistan AL G-DRTW /JZHG .. B73G .. Jet2 G-EZDM .. A319 .. easyJet G-EZOA .. A320 .. easyJet G-MFLT .. Eurocopter AS365N Dauphin G-SVIP .. Cessna 421B N178PT .. Gulfstream 4 OE-GBE .. IAI Astra SPX OE-LWD .. ERJ195 .. Austrian AL PH-EZB .. ERJ190 .. KLM Cityhopper SP-RSB .. B73G .. Ryanair VT-ANX .. B788 .. Air India ZE708 .. BAe146 .. RAF-
I will put some photo's in the BHX thread when I have sorted them out
Graham GTF4J2M
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Post by deke on Jan 13, 2020 0:41:33 GMT
Saw almost as many goals against my team at Villa Park as I did planes to add earlier on Sunday
OE-IZS Airbus A320 – 214, Easyjet PH-BXV Boeing 737 – 8K2, KLM D-CAWN Cessna Citation 680A Latitude, Aerowest GmbH N767AJ Boeing 777 – 223, American Airlines N492MC Boeing 747 – 47UF, Atlas Air F-GKXR Airbus A320 – 214, JOON A6-BMD Boeing 787 – 10 Dreamliner, Etihad Airways ER-00005 Airbus A320 – 232, Fly One LN-LNP Boeing 787 – 9 Dreamliner, Norwegian Long Haul (scrape of G-CKHI)
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Post by davidallum on Jan 13, 2020 8:17:31 GMT
Not too bad @ home yesterday:
SE-RXM B787-9 Norwegian Air Sweden (BCN-LAX) RP-C5915 Dash 8 PAL Express 9H-QEK B737 Malta Air (TLS-EDI) SU-GET B787-9 Egyptair (CAI-JFK)
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Post by gtf4j2m on Jan 13, 2020 8:33:56 GMT
A few over Shropshire yesterday (Sunday), although cloud managed to be in the way of a couple biz & the Philippine AL DHC8 which I missed
A7-BFU .. B777-F .. Qatar AW Cargo .. QTR8102 .. (ORD - AMS) F-HNCO .. A321-251NX .. La Compagnie .. DJT100 .. (ORY - EWR) N833AA .. B787-9 .. American AL .. AAL48 .. (DFW - LHR) N878SC .. Global Express .. nw /b 15:35 .. (ZRH - ) SE-RPB .. B737-8JP .. ex EI-FHS .. Norwegian .. NAX25B .. (TFS - SVG)
Graham GTF4J2M
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Post by Trevor B on Jan 13, 2020 14:20:29 GMT
Between Drone flying yesterday just 2 and one of them was a Scrape
F-HREV A350 of French Bee look beautiful routing along the coast.
HB-JYM A319 of Easyjet climbing out of Southampton (which i had already seen as G-EZGH September 2015)
Cheers all
Trevor
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Post by deke on Jan 13, 2020 19:26:24 GMT
Mon 13th
EI-STP Boeing 737 – 4Q8(SF), ASL Airlines Ireland G-VJAM Airbus A350 – 1041, Virgin Atlantic PH-BCB Boeing 737 – 8K2, KLM
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Post by christoff on Jan 14, 2020 8:50:32 GMT
I can finally get this year off to a start, after an upsetting end to December with the loss of a good friend and fellow spotter at the age of 47..
12/01
OE-HWM G280 FSE1B EGTK-MID-? SE-MDA AT75 AUR613 EGKK-EGJB 9H-QEK B738 RYR4WQ EGPH-LFBO EC-NGT A359 IBE31FG LEMD-EGLL
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Post by rugbyref on Jan 14, 2020 10:29:50 GMT
Just seen a photo of the ‘Buzz’ colour scheme. Certainly not boring!
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Post by billsamuels on Jan 16, 2020 19:37:48 GMT
I can finally get this year off to a start, after an upsetting end to December with the loss of a good friend and fellow spotter at the age of 47.. 12/01 OE-HWM G280 FSE1B EGTK-MID-? SE-MDA AT75 AUR613 EGKK-EGJB 9H-QEK B738 RYR4WQ EGPH-LFBO EC-NGT A359 IBE31FG LEMD-EGLL Sorry to hear of your loss, Chris. We’ve had a spate of losses recently. There’s never a good time but either side of Christmas is always a very painful time of the year. All the best mate. Bill
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Post by rh226 on Jan 16, 2020 20:38:43 GMT
Seconded - with feeling!!
Bob
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Post by rh226 on Jan 16, 2020 21:02:00 GMT
A quick overnight trip up to Mildenhall to help me out of the dumps (funeral was yesterday) was deemed necessary by a very good friend. Although making two, it was not inspiring, so I have not bothered with a separate trip report.
59-1482 KC-135R 328AS/AFRC...….."NACHO" TDY machine. Should go back to Niagara Falls on Saturday (18th) 64-14841 RC-135V 55WG 09-6207 MC-130J 67SOS...…………..new bird for the 67th. Was delivered yesterday (15th)
Was a bit lucky though, in that the "NACHO" had taken off (before I left home) for a mission down over the Mediterranean and had only landed back 10 minutes before I arrived. Still, it saved me a 2nd visit from the Travelodge just to see it, having already seen the MC-130J in the SOG line-up.
So that is me off the blocks for 2020. Would be great if we got some nice blue (non-hazy) skies over Wiltshire for a change - when the decent stuff is around. Have missed several already this year due to inclement weather.
Incidentally, the KC-135 completed the FY59 (active) KC-135s for me.
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Post by graham on Jan 17, 2020 8:45:16 GMT
A trio of biz for me yesterday..
D-BPMI - CL35 T7-SSS - GL6T D-CBTA - C525
Clear here this morning so far, have seen OO-SFP A330 scrape
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