Leeds Bradford July 2020 - Richard Bowater
With news that Jet 2
was about to start flying again we decided to go and see the
parked Jet 2 737s at Leeds Bradford. Also on the agenda was fish
and chips lunch from Murgatroyds just along the road at Yeadon.
We tried to spy
G-JRXI Bell 505 on the A658 near Pannal golf club but it is too
well hidden by trees and not a good distraction from watching
the duffers driving at 40 in the 60 limit... Next was Coney
Park, only G-GRZZ R44, with the thought of lunch we didn’t stop.
The fish and chip
restaurant car park was in a state of chaos as a delivery van
driver had decided to block the one way system. I parked up and
watched the developing mayhem. With lunch onboard we ventured up
to the moor, I haven’t visited Leeds for some years and realised
the entrance to the moor is now gated and locked so we moved
onto the next track near the golf course and parked there.
The new Great North
Air Ambulance Dauphin was in the circuit and Cessna 206 G-NIME
departed that was it for movements during our visit. N928SK
SR-22 was parked up by the hangars.
EI-DHE 738 of Ryanair
was parked at the terminal and presumed to be active. There were
sixteen Jet 2 737s parked, six 300s were listed and G-GDFO,FK,FM
and FT were noted. The rest were 800s and G-DRTA,TC,TD, GDFY and
JZBI,HP. The list for the day had seventeen but only sixteen
were present. G-TKHE Pa 28 was parked up on stand 2 at the
terminal. It’s a long time since light aircraft have parked over
there.
