Leeds Bradford Airport visit to Multiflight with

the Air Yorkshire Aviation Society 7 October 2015 - David Thompson

A selection of photo's taken during the visit

Hangar 1
As well as being home to The Aviation Academy in which Multiflight is one of four partners , the hangar is home to the Multiflight general aviation fleet as well as several privately owned and based GA aircraft , some of which also have a Multiflight connection .

330244/C-46 J3C-65 Cub 43-30244 , really G-CGIY
G-ATND F150F MF (Multiflight were known) , cockpit only , #1
G-BFMH C177B Cardinal
G-BHFI F152
G-BNYO BE76 Duchess MF
G-BSHP PA-28 Cherokee Warrior II MF
G-BTEU AS365N2 Dauphin II boom and tail rotor only , #2
G-BXLY PA-28 Cherokee Warrior MF
G-BXWB Robin HR100 Royale
G-BZLH PA-28 Cherokee Warrior II MF
G-CILR Guimbal Cabri G2 MF , recently arrived
G-FMSG FA150K Aerobat ARC exp 1-8-2014
G-GHKX PA-28 Cherokee Warrior II MF
G-IIPT R22 Beta
G-MFLB HR200 Club MF
G-MFLM F152 MF
G-OCCH DA40 Diamond Star
G-OTAA Robin HR200 MF , really G-MFLC , #3
G-THIN FR172E Reims Rocket
G-TRAN BE76 Duchess MF
G-WENA AS355 Squirrel MF
N150ZZ Cirrus SR-22
N928SK Cirrus SR-22T
N10522 PA-46 Malibu

#1 ; ex-engine test bed and possibly moving to the aviation academy ?
#2 ; used by the aviation academy
#3 ; GO The Aviation Academy , ‘LC was PWFU on the 16 September 2014 after striking the LBA ILS !
Hangar 2
This is the Multiflight maintenance hangar which is fully equipped to handle fixed wing and rotary aircraft not only from their own in-house fleet but from a wide spectrum of private owners and operators . The maintenance workshop is the sharp end of Multiflight engineering operations but is fully supported from within the same building by a technical department who manage the companies extensive approvals and capabilities lists as well as their aircraft parts and sales departments . Also in here is Multiflights executive handling department which can provide anything and everything from fuel , hangarage and parking through to pilot briefing ,VIP and pet handling !
G-BTEU AS365N2 Dauphin II cab only , #4
G-BTNC ditto MF
G-CEYU AS365N1 Dauphin MF
G-MOUT C182T Skylane
G-NHAB AS365N2 Dauphin II GNAA , Pride Of Cumbria
G-NIME T206H Turbo Stationair Saltergate , North Yorks based
G-OADY B76 Duchess MF
G-RWEW R44 Clipper II

#4 ; being converted into an air ambulance procedures trainer . See Hangar 1 for its boom !

Hangar 3
The largest of the Multiflight hangars and home to the largest and most impressive aircraft of their fleet , biz-jets ! The hangar is actually divided into two with Multiflight in one half with the other half being leased to Jet2.com (follow the Jet2 link for more info on the company) which they use as a maintenance hangar as even their half alone is big enough to accommodate not only their fleet regulars the B737-300/800 but also their bigger B757-200’s , one of which was in during our visit .
G-BWNZ A109C
G-GBRU B206 Jet Ranger III MF
G-LSAC B757-23A Jet2.com
M-OLOT Challenger 604
N425ST C550 Citation
N600LB Cirrus SR-22 GTS
N54105 Cirrus SR-22

Parked outside were ;
G-ORTH BE90 King Air
G-SCAR Challenger 350 NAL

and with that it was thanks to our hosts David and Phil and back into the minibus – executive travel being part of the Multiflight experience too , and into our cars to move on for a different experience – fish and chips at Murgatroyds ! It was my first visit to this renowned fish and chip emporium but it is a regular haunt for Air Yorkshire members and more often than not the venue for many of their official and not so official lunches and meetings . Situated within a stones throw of the airport in Yeadon village , that name might be familiar to some ? , our gathering on this occasion was a Section Editors Lunch appropriately chaired by the society Chairman Dave Senior , aided and abetted by Secretary Jim Stanfield and magazine editor Trevor Smith to whom all three – thank you very much . Perhaps I should explain at this point that the lunch was a belated part of the societies Golden Jubilee celebrations marking fifty years , yes 50 years , since its formation as the West Riding Branch of Air Britain at the then Yeadon Airport in 1964 with both Dave and Jim being founder and lifelong members . After a superb lunch and in desperate need to walk off some of the recently acquired calories , they also do a nice selection of puddings to complement the main course , we headed off up the A658 and through the tunnel under the main 14/32 runway – they didn’t have that 50 years ago but do you remember the Varsity sat up on the hill ? , and made our way to Leeds heliport at Coney Park , home to Heli-Jet Aviation .

News from here is that the longtime resident Bolkow Bo105M’s have been sold and are returning to Germany and that the long standing problem of overcrowding is being eased with the construction of another hangar , the base of which is already in place . Noted during our visit and as ever with thanks to the staff for airside access ;
Parked out
80+39 Bolkow Bo105M yellow c/s
80+40 ditto camo c/s
G-HECK R44 Raven II
OH-HAF R22 Beta recently arrived

Hangared
G-BOYC R22 Beta
G-BRVI ditto
G-BTOC ditto NFD 6-10-2015 , dismantled on long term rebuild
G-CDYR B206 Long Ranger III
G-GUST B206 Jet Ranger II PWFU 29 March 2011 , dismantled , stored
G-NELS R44 Raven
G-OLRT R22 Beta ARC exp 9-10-13 , dismantled in deep storage
G-MRSN R22 Beta ARC exp 2-5-14 , dismantled on long term rebuild
G-RAMI B206 Jet Ranger III
N153H Bell 222B
N911DN Iroquois UH-1H

With grateful thanks to David , Phil and Scott for the airside access as well as Air Yorkshire stalwarts Dave , Jim and Trevor and to those other members who were there on the day , and whose names I have ashamedly forgotten , but whose contributions to the society make it what it is as do all the Air Yorkshire Aviation Society members – thank you all very much indeed for your company on the day . For further information and membership details on Air Yorkshire , please visit their website at ; http://www.airyorkshire.org.uk/

DET
30 October 2015

 

 

 

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