It’s grim up north 17/10

[keithh]

For reasons I won’t go into, I had to rush up to Durham on Sunday and decided to take in a few fields en route. My first stop was Bagby which I’ve included here to save making two reports. Unfortunately the weather was grey and drizzly, not great for seeing too much action. Most of the aircraft were parked out and I managed to see the contents of two hangars but I wasn’t allowed on the other side of the runway. I have put types by those needed.
AVZP
AZSW Fuselage, there was another Pup in this hangar but I thought I had taken a shot of it but obviously didn’t.
CFLD C42 IKARUS
BWSI
XALZ RANS S6
CIFK XAIR HAWK
SAUK
BUGZ FALKE
HENT RALLYE
JAFS
RVND PA38
NBCA PC12
FLAV
SIMY PA32
BPHI
CHER PA38
BSPE
BOER

I moved on to the three fields in the Durham area, the first of which was Fishburn. I was surprised to find over 20 decent size hangars which were all unfortunately closed. Definitely one for a visit in nice weather. There were some preserved aircraft by the control, two of which were civil, (I don’t do military), D-IFSB Dove and BLKA Vampire. There were only three aircraft parked out on the field.

N737CN CESSNA 172
MAKS
BBTB

I had plenty of time to get to my hotel so I decided to crack on knowing that there was little chance of seeing much more. My next stop was Wheatley Hill, the home of East Durham Microlights. As expected, there was nothing to be seen but the hangar looked like the home of just weightshift micros or frames that can have their wings folded.

A short distance away was Peterlee, mainly a skydiving field. I could see the para hangar was slightly ajar so I went and had a quick look before returning to my car to look at the map. While I was studying my route, I had a tap on the window and a gentleman asked if I was looking for someone. One thing led to another and it turned out that he was the skydiving pilot and offered to let me look in the only other hangar housing the North East Flying Club so at least I managed to see everything here.

N208UP
AZOE
CCNP
CBIE
BYJD
CBIB
DGFY FLYLIGHT DRAGONFLY
CCWM ROBIN DR400
CGBM

So not a lot to write home about but hardly surprising given the dreadful weather. I did take some pictures so I will sort some out later.

Bagby

DSC07201 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07202 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07203 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07204 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07205 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07206 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07207 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07213 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07214 by keith harbor, on Flickr

Fishburn


DSC07219 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07220 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07221 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07222 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07223 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07224 by keith harbor, on Flickr

Peterlee


DSC07225 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07226 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07227 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07228 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07229 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07230 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07231 by keith harbor, on FlickrDSC07232 by keith harbor, on Flickr

[graham]

Nice log and shots Keith. I know you've been using Planebase for a while now, in case you weren't aware, if you click on the "Base" button down on the lower left, then click on "select from list" then type the airfield you're looking for into the search, it'll bring up a list of residents for that field.

You can refine the search if required by ticking/unticking the various boxes to show all, or just GA, helicopters, gliders, etc or any combination you want. It will never be 100% accurate and up to date of course but can be handy to see what you need there and also to identify any queries you might have after your visit.

[keithh]

Cheers, I’ll remember that in future