Post by davidallum on Feb 21, 2015 11:25:50 GMT
After listing the first 3 days of our trip I realised that I hadn't included the date so part 4 is Thursday 5th Feb.
Our hotel in Fort Lauderdale was under the approach to Fort Lauderdale Executive and as it was cloudy and rain was forecast we decided to go here first and as we got to the airport the heavens opened and it rained and rained,we felt like giving up but carried on not expecting to log much as most of the hangars were firmly shut.The rain finally stopped after about 2 hours but was still very overcast.The log in the end was pretty good and with 133 biz logged we came away very happy,the non N reg biz we saw are as follows:
B-8130 Gulfstream 5
C-FBNA Challenger 601
C-GGLD Global Express 5000
C6-PCA Citation 550-II
LV-BYG Challenger 601
LV-CAE Lear Jet 45
LV-CUE Lear Jet 60
PP-BED Lear Jet 60
PR-SCB Lear Jet 31A
T7-XXV Citation 551SP
YV1346 Lear Jet 25D
YV203CP Lear Jet 25C (derlict,been here years)
YV2347 Mitsubishi MU.300 Diamond
YV436T Lear Jet 25D
YV543T Lear Jet 35A
Other non N reg aircraft seen were:
C-FVMS PA-31 Navajo 350
C6-AUD Cessna 411/414 (TBC)
C6-SBH Cessna 208 Caravan
C6-SBI Cessna 208 Caravan
D-IBSA PA-31T Cheyenne II
D-ILKA Dornier 228
HP-1765 King Air C.90A
HR-AYB Cessna 402
PT-PQD Short Skyvan
YV2099 Rockwell Commander 690C
On the far side of the airport near the Toy Store Aviation hangar is an area where aircraft are dumped ie no engines,tails etc etc and in this collection are two stored Fouga Magiister's N19FM and NX179PS.
As it now appeared to be brightening up we decided to take the short trip down Interstate 95 to one of my favourite airports in the world Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International where we proceeded to go to the top of the MSCP (known as Hibiscus Garage) where they have a dedicated viewing area which looks over both runways and 99% of the FBO's.Airliner traffic is very brisk with all the majors present plus about 4 Frontier,6 Virgin American and 1 Alaska on a daily basis,Allegiant seem to base a couple of MD80's here and N401NV and N417NV operated all flights during our stay here.Another healthy biz jet log with 89 being recorded,the non N reg ones seen were as follows:
C-FHNS Gulfstream G.100
C-GAJS Lear Jet 35A
G-NOAH Airbus A319CJ
G-RAAA Global Express XRS
M-KARI Challenger 605
PP-BIR Challenger 300
PP-CTA Lear Jet 31A
PP-LJY Lear Jet 45
PR-RNF Lear Jet 40
PR-SFA Lear Jet 31
PR-WBW Lear Jet 60
PT-FCS Falcon 2000LX
VP-BVG Global Express XRS
XA-MDK Gulfstream G.200
XB-CAR Challenger 601
YV2331 CitationJet 525
YV2389 Citation 560 Encore
Only one non N reg GA was seen and that was C-FGQL a Glasair on floats.
Non US airliners logged were as follows:
C-FFWN A320 Air Canada (all other Air Canada flights were A321's and I don't need any)
C-FKWS B737 Westjet
C-FWSY B737 Westjet
C-GKVP B737 Sunwing
N481AV A320 Avianca
PR-AIX A330 Azul
XA-VOV A320 Volaris
There was also 2 Caribbean B737's seen but not logged.
In cargo FedEx do have a considerable operation with different amounts of aircraft on stand depending on what day of the week it is,today however only 4 were seen and they were N681FE A300F,927FD B757F and Cessna Caravans N729FX and N973FE,the UPS operation is much smaller and only one aircraft was seen N408UP B757F.There are currently two B727's in store here,N253FE and N909PG.
Day 5 to follow.
Our hotel in Fort Lauderdale was under the approach to Fort Lauderdale Executive and as it was cloudy and rain was forecast we decided to go here first and as we got to the airport the heavens opened and it rained and rained,we felt like giving up but carried on not expecting to log much as most of the hangars were firmly shut.The rain finally stopped after about 2 hours but was still very overcast.The log in the end was pretty good and with 133 biz logged we came away very happy,the non N reg biz we saw are as follows:
B-8130 Gulfstream 5
C-FBNA Challenger 601
C-GGLD Global Express 5000
C6-PCA Citation 550-II
LV-BYG Challenger 601
LV-CAE Lear Jet 45
LV-CUE Lear Jet 60
PP-BED Lear Jet 60
PR-SCB Lear Jet 31A
T7-XXV Citation 551SP
YV1346 Lear Jet 25D
YV203CP Lear Jet 25C (derlict,been here years)
YV2347 Mitsubishi MU.300 Diamond
YV436T Lear Jet 25D
YV543T Lear Jet 35A
Other non N reg aircraft seen were:
C-FVMS PA-31 Navajo 350
C6-AUD Cessna 411/414 (TBC)
C6-SBH Cessna 208 Caravan
C6-SBI Cessna 208 Caravan
D-IBSA PA-31T Cheyenne II
D-ILKA Dornier 228
HP-1765 King Air C.90A
HR-AYB Cessna 402
PT-PQD Short Skyvan
YV2099 Rockwell Commander 690C
On the far side of the airport near the Toy Store Aviation hangar is an area where aircraft are dumped ie no engines,tails etc etc and in this collection are two stored Fouga Magiister's N19FM and NX179PS.
As it now appeared to be brightening up we decided to take the short trip down Interstate 95 to one of my favourite airports in the world Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International where we proceeded to go to the top of the MSCP (known as Hibiscus Garage) where they have a dedicated viewing area which looks over both runways and 99% of the FBO's.Airliner traffic is very brisk with all the majors present plus about 4 Frontier,6 Virgin American and 1 Alaska on a daily basis,Allegiant seem to base a couple of MD80's here and N401NV and N417NV operated all flights during our stay here.Another healthy biz jet log with 89 being recorded,the non N reg ones seen were as follows:
C-FHNS Gulfstream G.100
C-GAJS Lear Jet 35A
G-NOAH Airbus A319CJ
G-RAAA Global Express XRS
M-KARI Challenger 605
PP-BIR Challenger 300
PP-CTA Lear Jet 31A
PP-LJY Lear Jet 45
PR-RNF Lear Jet 40
PR-SFA Lear Jet 31
PR-WBW Lear Jet 60
PT-FCS Falcon 2000LX
VP-BVG Global Express XRS
XA-MDK Gulfstream G.200
XB-CAR Challenger 601
YV2331 CitationJet 525
YV2389 Citation 560 Encore
Only one non N reg GA was seen and that was C-FGQL a Glasair on floats.
Non US airliners logged were as follows:
C-FFWN A320 Air Canada (all other Air Canada flights were A321's and I don't need any)
C-FKWS B737 Westjet
C-FWSY B737 Westjet
C-GKVP B737 Sunwing
N481AV A320 Avianca
PR-AIX A330 Azul
XA-VOV A320 Volaris
There was also 2 Caribbean B737's seen but not logged.
In cargo FedEx do have a considerable operation with different amounts of aircraft on stand depending on what day of the week it is,today however only 4 were seen and they were N681FE A300F,927FD B757F and Cessna Caravans N729FX and N973FE,the UPS operation is much smaller and only one aircraft was seen N408UP B757F.There are currently two B727's in store here,N253FE and N909PG.
Day 5 to follow.