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Short and Sweet (by Chris Smith)

Don't know why exactly, but I made a spur-of-the-moment decision to drive down to Bagby Airfield for a couple of hours before work today, then made a second spur-of-the-moment decision to call in at RAF Leeming en-route too.

RAF Leeming
02-08-2011 1251 - 1255

Only one aircraft worthy of a mention amongst a few resident Hawks. Didn't get a reg on it so any help appreciated.

XX BAe Hawk T1A Royal Air Force
XX BAe Hawk T1A Royal Air Force
XX BAe Hawk T1A Royal Air Force
ZR32? Agusta A109E Power Elite Royal Air Force

Bagby Airfield
02-08-2011 1325 - 1415

Bagby appears on the surface to have lost a lot of traffic in recent months, but I was assured this is not the case and aircraft that normally sat outdoors have now found hangarage. A lot of the people here are familiar with DTVA having been involved with GA here over the years, most having jumped ship due to rising costs etc and they didn't have any good words to say about the place sadly.

The guys and gals at Bagby are very friendly and relaxed (they were insulted that I was wearing a hi-viz!!) and a guy was quite happy to show me around the whole airfield, including the normally-restricted engineering hangar.

G-ARLR Beagle A61-2 Terrier Private
G-AVVC Reims Cessna F172H Skyhawk Babs Flying Group
G-AVMD Cessna 150G Bagby Aviation
G-AWLA Reims Cessna F150H Bagby Aviation - being scrapped
G-AWUN Reims Cessna F150H G-AWUN Group
G-AXDV Beagle B121 Pup I Private
G-AXHS Socata Morane Saulnier MS880B Rallye Club Private - to be scrapped
G-AXHT Socata Morane Saulnier MS880B Rallye Club Private - to be scrapped
G-AZCP Beagle B121 Pup I Private
G-AZMD Slingsby T61C Falke Tandem Gliding Syndicate
G-AZSW Beagle B121 Pup I Private
G-BETM Piper PA-25-235 Pawnee D Yorkshire Gliding Club
G-BGGG Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk GGG Group - in bits
G-BGWO Jodel D112 Private
G-BIDI Piper PA-28R-201 Cherokee Arrow III Private
G-BKAO Jodel D112 Private
G-BLAF V-Star SA900 Private
G-BPXJ Piper PA-28RT-201T Turbo Cherokee Arrow IV Private
G-BRBF Cessna 152 De-registered, not airworthy
G-BSSE Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee De-registered, not airworthy
G-BTFP Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk St George Flight Training
G-BUGZ Slingsby T61F Venture T2 Dishforth Flying Group
G-BXTB Cessna 152 Durham Tees Flight Training
G-CESW P&M Aviation Flight Design CTSW Private
G-CGSH Cosmik Aviation EV-97 TeamEurostar Private
G-DEND Reims Cessna F150M Private
G-DYMC Yeoman Dynamic WT9 Private
G-EYCO Robin DR400/180 Regent Private
G-HMES Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior II De-registered, not airworthy (previous owner Cleveland Flying School)
G-IITC CAP 232 Private
G-LFSJ Piper PA-28-161 Cherokee Warrior II Flybpl.com
G-MVSE Solar Wings Pegasus XL-Q Private - disgusted with myself for even noting the reg of this piece of sh*t!
G-OPUB Slingsby T67M Firefly Private
G-ORDH Eurocopter AS355N Twin Squirrel Harpin Ltd
G-SKYC Slingsby T67M Firefly Private
G-SOOZ Rans S6-ES Coyote II Private
G-STUB Pitts S-2B Pitts Special Private
G-TERY Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee Archer II Private
G-TWOO Extra EA-200 Extra 200 Aviation
G-UMMS Cosmik Aviation EV-97 TeamEurostar Private
PH-KAU Slingsby T67M Firefly 200 Private
ZS-AZM Piper J-3 Cub Private - being restored

That's it - short and sweet as the title suggests, I didn't take any photos on this trip. Hope it's been a good read!

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