Final stop before returning to LHR was Alexandra Park in Windsor. The below is located on pole display at co-ordinates 51°29’07.2″N 0°37’01.2″W or 51.485331, -0.616994 BAPC.334 Reproduction Full scale model Hurricane Preserved Marked as R4229/GN-J Log and photo credit: Mike Burdett Mike Burdett’s Flickr account – https://www.flickr.com/photos/24739551@N03/
Noted at this Wokingham car scrapyard (A1 Wokingham Car Spares) was the long stored Rotorway G-BSGV……. This helicopter is on top of a shipping container at the following co-ordinates within the yard at 51°24’23.8″N 0°52’19.1″W or 51.406600, -0.871983 It looks like it can be seen from outside but access during opening hours would be needed […]
After the RAFM Hendon it was on to a pre-arranged visit of Vanguards Self Storage…. WT555 Hawker Hunter F.1 41H-665405 Royal Air Force XK632 de Havilland Vampire T.11 15789 Royal Air Force Cockpit Section XP745 English Electric Lightning F.3 95173 Royal Air Force Log and photo credit: Mike Burdett Mike Burdett’s Flickr account – […]
Hi all, it was time for OAG’s last Airbus sortie this year and we decided to go in early December before the Airbus Christmas shutdown and we were rewarded with a pretty full delivery centre. So starting off at Stansted at silly o’clock, we gleaned the below mostly in darkness. 9H-VJK, Bombardier Global 6000 (9619) […]
Hi all, Day 2 of our quick-fire Denmark & Germany trip and our keenly awaited spotter tour around the Airbus factory at Finkenwerder. First up though was a quick look at the airport…… Hamburg/Helmut Schmidt D-AHOS, Embraer Legacy 650 (14501201) D-AIRG, Embraer Legacy 650 (14501234) D-AIZF, Airbus A320 214, Lufthansa (4289) D-ASIM, Dassault Falcon 7X […]
Hi all, first days report from our recent two day sortie to Denmark & Germany. Other than the Airbus ‘spotters’ tour at Finkenwerder, it was intention to catch up with the stored ATRs at Billund & Sonderborg. An early start was required to catch the rather nice Brazilian that had arrived at Kidlington the day […]
We visited Oxford/London Airport better known as Kidlington to most of us. The Airport Operations Manager had agreed to get his team to show us around where possible by means of a walking tour. This was a rare chance to be able to get behind the scenes here and our group raised £130 which was […]
Hi all, A short trip to Germany started from here…… Luton 9H-AVK, Airbus A319 115X (4622) 9H-BOO, Bombardier Challenger 850 (8051) B-3246, Bombardier Global 6000 (9712) C-FORB, Gulfstream G4 SP (1336) CS-GLE, Bombardier Global 6000 (9638) CS-GLG, Bombardier Global 6000 (9757) D-IAAD, Embraer Phenom 100 (50000215) EI-GJM, Boeing 737 NG 800/W, Ryanair (44827) G-AOVS, Bristol […]
Late night arrival back in the UK to wrap up another great Toul;ouse & Tarbes trip; 9H-ILA, Bombardier Challenger 850 (8101) A6-MAF, Gulfstream G650 (6203) A7-HBJ, Boeing 747 8KB BBJ, Qatar Amiri Flight (37075) A7-MBK, Airbus A320 232X, Qatar Amiri Flight (4170) D-ARYR, Bombardier Global Express XRS (9419) HZ-SKY2, Airbus A330 243 ACJ (1676) N215TM, […]
R202/64-GB, Trans Alliance C-160R, ET 00.064, French Air Force (202) (A6-RRA), Embraer ERJ-145 MP, (145398) F-GLEU, Pilatus PC-6 B2-H4, (627) F-WKVE, ATR 72 500, Passaredo Linhas Aereas (565) F-WKVG, ATR 42 600, Silver Airways (1216) F-WKVH, ATR 72 600, Senegal Airlines (1447) F-WKVI, ATR 72 500, Air Caraibes (682) F-WNUA, ATR 72 600, Fastjet (1047) […]