Trip to the West Side 10th March 2009 Ade Hairsine
| Hi All |
| A trip over the hills to the West yesterday to look at a few things in that part of the world. |
| We started at Warton and worked our way on from there, Calling at........ |
| BAe Warton 10-03-09 |
| The first call of the day |
| ZA101/- HAWK |
| ZJ518/18 NIMROD |
| ZJ699/- TYPHOON |
| ZJ950/- TYPHOON |
| ZK013/- HAWK |
| ZK062/- TYPHOON Saudi AF |
| ZK119/- Pc-9 |
| G-BTXG BAe-31 |
| G-???? BAe-146 (Not req) |
| WT520/- CANBERRA (Nose only at the ATC Centre) |
| Req |
| ?????/- Gr-1 or 4 TORNADO Under a Blue sheet, Fuse only on the river side of the field |
| LYTHAM 10-03-09 |
| A phone call to this adress last week to book an appointment with the guys here is the only way to get in. |
| An Aladdin's cave of engineering Planes Boats and Steam engines, Its all in here. |
| XM708/- GNAT Red Arrows c/s |
| G-BBTL Pa-23 |
| BAe Warton 10-03-09 |
| And the second call here today found these changes |
| (XS928/AD) LIGHTNING |
| ZJ516/16 NIMROD |
| ZJ700/- TYPHOON |
| ZJ938/- TYPHOON |
| G-LASU Ec-135 POLICE |
| G-UMAS ROTORSPORT UK MT-03 Painted in "Low-Vis" RAF Grey |
| OTT to Blackpool |
| Z????/- ISLANDER RAF |
| PRESTON BAe MARSH LANE 10-03-09 |
| A Harrier and a Tornado live in the BAe school here, The Harrier is made up on two aircraft and a test rig of a P-1127 Kestral |
| (XV281/nn) Gr-1 HARRIER (Nose) |
| (XW272/nn) Gr-1 HARRIER (Centre section) |
| ?????/nn P-1127 KESTRAL (Rear) |
| ZA328/nn Gr-1 TORNADO |
| Down the M6 to the Chester area next |
| HAWARDEN 10-03-09 |
| A good amount of Biz-Jets / Prop's seen here today on the two visits we made |
| G-MAJL BAe-41 Eastern A/Ls |
| G-WYNE BAe-125 |
| CS-DRY BAe-125 |
| CS-DUD BAe-125 |
| EI-ECE BAe-125 |
| EI-JEM BAe-125 |
| M-TRSI Be-90 |
| N3497J BAe-125 |
| OK-ASA LET-410 |
| P4-PET BAe-125 |
| VP-CGC Da-2000 |
| VP-CXP BAe-125 |
| (23- WHITE) Su-27 |
| (35- RED) Su-17 |
| (54- RED) Su-17 |
| On a local industrial estate is another ATC centre |
| (XE852/-) VAMPIRE |
| Moving on to the next call |
| CONNAHS QUAY 10-03-09 |
| A collage with two items of intrest to us, And one not so interesting to us |
| XR658/- JET PROVOST |
| XW423/14 JET PROVOST |
| N66SW Ce-340 |
| Next yet another Collage this time at Wrexham |
| WREXHAM 10-03-09 |
| (XP585/24) JET PROVOST This only has its code and its "M" number on it 8407M |
| Back up the road to Hawarden to see if anything had changed |
| HAWARDEN 10-03-09 |
| A good job we called back as a few things had changed, And a few more bits were read off we could not get during the day for the heat haze |
| G-JENC Be-300 To be ZZ416/nn with the British Army |
| G-PLPL S-76 |
| CS-DFX BAe-125 |
| CS-DMG Be-400 |
| CS-DMR Be-400 |
| CS-DRH BAe-125 |
| CS-DRL BAe-125 |
| F-GSTA/1 A-300ST BELUGA |
| HZ-105 BAe-125 |
| OTT |
| G-EZED A-319 |
| G-JEDR DASH-8 |
| As it was a Football day in Liverpool we decided to have a look across the river from Ellesmere Port at Liverpool airport, |
| A good view from the Boat Museum car park was found and the following were logged from about 3,1/2 Miles away. |
| I did read some bits off with no problem but it was the aircraft parking position that prevented me getting it all so some were taken from the Civil Spotters Group |
| LIVERPOOL 10-03-09 |
| G-EZAD A-319 |
| G-EZAO A-319 |
| G-EZDS A-319 |
| G-EZED A-319 |
| G-EZIT A-319 |
| G-OMYJ A-321 |
| G-SOVC LEARJET |
| G-VUEA Ce-550 |
| EC-GQG MD-80 |
| EC-HBN B-737 |
| EC-HNY B-717 |
| EC-HYI Da-2000 |
| EC-JTH CE-550 |
| EC-KBO B-737 |
| EC-KSM B-747 |
| EI-DHS B-737 |
| EI-DLZ B-737 |
| EI-DWO B-737 |
| N90FS Pa-31T |
| N889VA Ce-303 |
| N8970C Ce-303 |
| A good little look across put a few in the book, On the way home we looked in at Manchester |
| MANCHESTER 10-03-09 |
| A little run of the mill i guess |
| G-ECOH DASH-8 |
| G-JECH DASH-8 |
| G-JECO DASH-8 |
| G-JECT DASH-8 |
| G-JECW DASH-8 |
| G-TTOG A-320 |
| A6-EBS B-777 |
| A6-EYH A-330 |
| A6-MBH CL-604 |
| D-ACRG CL-600 |
| EI-FXI ATR-72 |
| HB-IPT A-319 |
| OH-LVD A-319 |
| OM-ASF B-737 |
| OY-CNC Do-328j |
| OY-KBO A-319 Retro c/s (Looks good, All those years ago eh !) |
| G-VUEM Ce-500 |
| And the last call after the Sun had gone down |
| BARTON 10-03-09 |
| G-LYFA YAK-52 ex 110 Russian AF |
| And that was our day out, And a very good day out at that. I think i have this all correct but if you do see something not quite correct please do e-mail me. |