Bagby Airfield 26 February 2020
The airfield
continues to be in the middle of a long term re-modelling and
landscaping cum construction project but seemingly without a
project manager and seriously compounded by the horrendous
winter weather which is making life on the airfield difficult
for both aviators and aeroplanes .
On the
northside a new access road from Bagby Lane has been marked out
, the new clubhouse has a panorama window overlooking the
airfield whilst on the south side a new hangar is being built to
accommodate the resident PC-12 N359ST , with the possibility of
another on the way ? , together with a new hardstanding and
apron area . The vision illustrated by the new clubhouse
in-waiting and what must be a large financial input by the owner
promises much , should the rain eventually stop !
I arrived
around 13:00 as one time resident Flight Design CTSW G-CESW flew
through and departed again for its home at Felixkirk , its
previous hangar here being demolished to make way for the PC-12
super hangar . One of
two small hangars on the south side which were demolished with
the other homeless resident Robin Dauphin G-GBUE moving into the
pig-shed .
The ‘pig-shed’
G-ARLR
Terrier II
NFD 25-3-2019 , poor state
G-BHEL
Jodel D117
G-BUGZ
T61F Venture TMk2
G-BULJ
Streak Shadow
G-CCPN
MCR-01 Club Banbi
G-CDKO
Savannah Jabiru
G-CFLD
Ikarus C42 FB80
G-CIFK
X’Air Hawk
G-EVSW
Evektor Sportstar
G-GBUE
Robin DR400 Dauphin
G-MVSE
Pegasus XL-Q
G-SAUK
Ranns S6-ES Coyote II
for sale
N88NA
PA-32R Turbo Saratoga
stored dismantled , accident 8-9-2018
The former Fox
hangar is now used by businessman Richard Menage to houses his
Tiger Moth T7794/G-ASPV and Fw44 Stieglitz D-EMNN . The hangar
is almost spotter-proof and I could make out one outline of one
Tiger Moth but I was told that there were two inside , the other
being a long-term visitor while the Stieglitz was away .
Centre
G-AXZT
Jodel D117
rarely seen resident !
South side
Parked out
G-BDBU
Cessna 150
G-BOER
PA-28 Cherokee Warrior II
G-BSOK
PA-28 cherokee Warrior II
NFD 30-10-2019 , open store
G-BYFR
PA-32R Saratoga II
G-EEJE
PA-31 Navajo
ARC exp 14-1-2020
G-FLAV
PA-28 Cherokee Warrior II
mtce
G-JAFS
PA-32R Saratoga II
G-SIMY
PA-32 Cherokee Six
ARC exp 17-4-2019
Hangared
E-15
Fokker S-11
really G-BIYU , ex-Topcliffe
G-ARGV
PA-18 Super Cub
mtce , Wolds GC , Pocklington
G-BJZN
T67A Firefly
ARC exp 25-2-2020 , mtce
G-BLVI
T67M Firefly
for sale
G-BMBB
Cessna 150
NFD 26-3-2019
G-BOXC
PA-28 Cherokee Warrior II
arrived 19/2 from Teesside for ARC rnwl
G-BPHI
PA-38 Tomahawk
NFD 7-2-2018 , stored
G-BRBA
PA-28 Cherokee Warrior II
ARC exp 11-2-2020 , mtce
G-BSPE/46
F172P Skyhawk
NFD 16-11-2018
G-CENO
WT9 Dynamic
G-HOLA
PA-28 Turbo Dakota
G-PAWS
AA-5A Cheetah
NFD 24-1-2020 , mtce
N246FA
Cirrus SR-20
Not seen by me but I was told that
B429 Global Ranger G-HPIN was also in its hangar on the south
side during my visit . Bugger !
With thanks as ever to Flyingmac and
also to Matthew and his team at Fox Aircraft Engineering for the
south-side access . For access on foot beyond the clubhouse I
would recommend wellies !