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Royal Wedding Visitors   29 April  2011 - Ade Hairsine

A quick afternoon and evening trip down South for the royal wedding aircraft saw this log going in the book, Going down the A1 route to Mildenhall we first called at

Gamston 29-04-2011

Not much here 1 biz and the ex mil GIA aircraft note only

G-CBRG Ce-560

XP672/nn Jet Provost
XX494/nn Jetstream


Balderton 29-04-2011

Still rotting away here is the Lightning

(XN728/V) Lightning

RAF Wittering has had its gate guard changed this month so look out if your going past, The aircraft is Grey and parked in the same place as the old one which was Green so it's easy to spot the difference

RAF Wittering 29-04-2011

ZD469/nn Gr-7 Harrier

We did not stop at Cambridge as time was getting a little tight to get to Farnbrough in daylight

RAF Mildenhall 29-04-2011

Just the 4 visiting tankers logged here no residents looked at

(6)0 0331 Kc-135
(6)3 0000 Kc-135
(6)3 8879 Kc-135
(6)3 8888 Kc-135

Back on the road and Stansted next, We only looked at the old terminal area for the visiting govenment jets and bits round that area

Stansted 29-04-2011

A6-ALN B-777
A6-MMM B-747
A6-MRM BBJ
A40-AA A-320

Others

G-LCYL EMB-190
N703TS EMB-135
VP-BVS EMB-135

Moving on and a direct drive to Farnbrough we arrived with a good deal of time left before darkness

Farnbrough 29-04-2011

A6-DFR BBJ
A6-HEH BBJ
A7-AAG A-320

A36-001 BBJ Australin AF
A36-002 BBJ Australin AF

Others

G-CGUZ Ce-525
G-EVRD RB-390
G-FBLK Ce-510
G-HUBY EMB-135
G-IMAC CL-601
G-IRSH EMB-135
G-LEAI Ce-510
G-PEPE Ce-560
G-PREI RB-390
G-SHEF BD-700
G-SIRS Ce-560
G-TAGE CL-605
G-TAGF Da-900

(B-7699) BD-700
C-GZPX CL-604
(CS-DRS) BAe-125
EC-KCA Gulf-200
M-ABCT Gulf-4
M-AIRU CL-605
M-COOL Ce-510
M-HOTB Gulf-5
N124TF Gulf-4
N317MJ Gulf-4
N428CJ Ce-525
N841WS Gulf-4
OE-HRM CL-300
OE-IOE Da-900
OO-KRC CL-604
(OY-GBB) CL-605
SX-FAR BAe-125
(VP-BBX) Gulf-5
VP-BGM CL-605
VP-CEB BD-700
(VQ-BJA) BD-700
XD-DAK BAe-125
(ZS-ZBB) BD-700

FAST Museum

WT309/nn Canberra
WV383/nn Hunter
XP516/nn Gnat
XS420/nn Lightning
(XV631/nn) Wasp
XW241/nn Puma
XW566/nn Jaguar
(ZJ496/-) Jundivik

(XZ166/nn Lynx) Sheeted at the rear of the museum ?

Cannot remember if we saw XW934 Harrier or not

AAIB Compound

(G-VUEM) Ce-501
(G-REDU) AS-532 Bond Helicopters

Back round the M25 and a drive round Heathrow

Heathrow 29-04-2011

B-???? A-330 China A/L's
F-GTAV A-321
N53110 B-757
ZK-OK? B-777 G or N ?

We did not look at RAF Northolt after LHR as it was dark by now so the next call was Luton

Luton 29-04-2011

G-CEYL BD-700
G-IPAX Ce-560
G-KALS CL-300

A6-AAM A-318
A6-FLO EMB-135
CS-DFS Ce-560
CS-DKI Gulf-5
CS-DNR Da-2000
CS-DNQ Da-2000
CS-DTH Learjet
D-BAVB BD-100
EI-GDL Gulf-5
M-ONAV BAe-125
M-PRVT Ce-750
N162DJ Eclipse
N227RH Gulf-5
N273A Gulf-4
N338TZ Gulf-4
N448QS Gulf-4
N550GV Gulf-5
N767CW Gulf-5
N888HE Gulf-5
N925AK Da-2000
N1759C Gulf-5
OE-INC BD-700
OE-IVA Da-7x
P4-AEG EMB-135
SX-GAB Gulf-4
TC-KRM Gulf-5
VP-BHR Gulf-3
VP-BFT BBJ
VP-CBX Gulf-5
9H-AFQ CL-605
9K-ALD A-320
(144615) CL-144

Airliners

G-EZAB A-319
G-EZAG A-319
G-EZBM A-319
G-EZBY A-319
G-EZFA A-319
G-EZGE A-319
G-FDZG B-737

EI-EKR B-737
EI-EMD B-737

And of course the last look

East midlands 29-04-2011

EI-EKB B-737
TF-TIH B-757
VP-BLW Gulf-5

A good trip out with a few more going in the bag this week,

Big Biz Logged

6 BBJ's, 6 EMB-135's 4 Airbus's and 1 B-747, 1 B-777.
 

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