Goodwood Racecourse 30/07/16

[teeyufive]

Present today on the racecourse  during the final day of the Qatar Goodwood Festival,(formerly known as Glorious Goodwood) were the following .
As the helicopter parking area is a fair distance from the grandstand ,it was difficult to read everything, but the following were identified :-

G-GLAB     Eurocopter EC.135T2+
G-HOLM     Eurocopter EC.135T2+
G-LCFC     Agusta A.109S
G-LIMO     Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II
G-LITO     Agusta A.109S
G-NIPL     AS.350B3 Ecureuil
G-OALI     AS.355F1 Twin Squirrel
G-OASP     AS.355F2 Twin Squirrel
G-PTOO     Bell 206L LongRanger IV
G-SCHZ     AS.355N Twin Squirrel
G-SPYS     Robinson R-44
M-IKEY     AS.365N3 Dauphin 2       (6713)

The following were also noted earlier in the week :-

G-BOYF     Sikorsky S-76B               (TUE 26th)
G-DCAM    AS.355NP Twin Squirrel    (TUE 26th)
G-CFOJ     Eurocopter EC.155B1        (THU 28th)
G-EMHD    Agusta A.109S                (WED 27th)
G-LONE     Bell 206L-1 LongRanger II  (TUE 26th)
G-TRMP     Sikorsky S-76B               (THU 28th)
G-WCKD    Eurocopter EC.130B4        (THU 28th)
M-SHRM     Agusta AW.139              (TUE 26th / WED 27th / FRI 29th)
N150SF     SA.341G Gazelle    (1584)  (TUE 26th)
          
plus 2 Dubai Air Wing Agusta 139's  (not read but believed to be DU140 & DU142)  (TUE 26th)
sadly a few others remained unidentified.

Also noted inflated and tethered on Tues 26th was G-KSKS   Cameron N-105   'Matchbook' who were sponsoring the first race of the meeting.
This was also inflated on other days but remained tethered.

[rh226]

The Dubai Air Wing AW139s are indeed DU-140 and DU-142.  They were read off when they arrived in the UK at Stansted on 4th May aboard UAE AF C-17A 1224.

There are several of these, but these two seem to be the only two that ever come over here for the horse racing.

[teeyufive]

Hi  rh226  - Thanks for the confirmation on the AW139's , I suspected as you pointed out they were the two off-loaded
from the C17 at STN , and also seen recently at Fairoaks fairly regularly.

[rh226]

Hi teeyufive,

Fairoaks is where they are "based" this year, I believe - as they usually are.   However, last year, I think that they actually used Stapleford as their "base" for a change.