tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31725286598612462872024-02-20T00:39:59.213+00:00Touchdown Aviation PhotographyTouchdownAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858535725678374611noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172528659861246287.post-38733724483650573362017-04-03T21:49:00.002+01:002017-04-03T21:49:23.437+01:00First Post for 2017It wasn't my intention, to have the first post of 2017 in April but I have been too busy to attend the flying club.<br />
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Today I was treated to a Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 787-8, Dassault Falcon 2000EX EasY and a French Air Force C-135RG.<br />
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Ginge and I decided to make the most of our day by also visiting the Heathrow Aircraft Enthusiasts Fair being held at Kempton Park Racecource.<br />
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Despite the weather being dry the number of decent images taken could be counted on one hand.<br />
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Visitors today consisted of Hawker 800XP & Cherokee Warrior.<br />
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Visitors today consisted of a Bombardier Global 6000, Beech B200GT King Air 250, Mooney M.20J, Cessns 525A CitationJet, Enhance Aero Embraer E145 & Germania Boeing 737-700.
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Visitors today were Gulfstream G550, Cessna 560XL Citation Excel, Piaggio P180 Avanti, Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ2+ & Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100<br />
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Many were awaiting the visit of the first ever Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner which was scheduled for maintenance at British Airways Maintenance Cardiff (BAMC).<br />
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On arrival we could see an orange tail of an EasyJet Airbus A319 which was joined shortly by a further two that had diverted due to fog at Bristol Airport.<br />
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This wasn't it and also photographed Cessna 525 CitationJet CJ1 and a British Airways Boeing 747-400.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;">Today wa<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">s a visit to </span>Cambrian Café Bar<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, Cardiff Airport<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/144233642@N05/30333843146/in/datetaken-public/" title="Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 CS-DVS 16OCT16"><img alt="Embraer EMB-500 Phenom 100 CS-DVS 16OCT16" height="427" src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/6/5533/30333843146_bc54702b6a_k.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src=""></script>TouchdownAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858535725678374611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172528659861246287.post-92195140348332067812016-10-02T19:00:00.000+01:002016-10-02T20:44:29.875+01:00Breakfast at the Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Just a quick visit the the </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;">Cambrian Café Bar<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, Cardiff Airport for a spot of breakfast.</span></span></span><br />
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Nothing really to write about with two residents active<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> </span></span></span></span></span></span></b>TouchdownAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858535725678374611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172528659861246287.post-5932687148455719422016-10-02T18:00:00.000+01:002016-10-02T20:45:49.666+01:00A flying lesson at Swansea AirportFirst visit to Swansea Airport today for a flying experience at Cambrian Flying Club.<br />
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My experience was in a Cessna F150L and Cambrian Flying Club was very busy as many people were making the most of the glorious weather.<br />
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Unfortunately I had little time to stay around to take photo's however managed to get the Cessna Grand Caravan of Skydive Swansea.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Despite <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">anticipating some atrocious weather <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">which was forecast we seemed to manage to a<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">void <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">most of the heavy rain showers, strong win<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ds and thunderstorms<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">During the visit ther<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">e were some business jet visitors too. <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">2 x </span>Cessan 510 Citation Mustangs </span></span></span></span></span></span>and a Gulfstream G550.</span></span></span></span></span></span>
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/144233642@N05/29404172993/in/datetaken-public/" title="Gulfstream G550 N94924 29SEP16"><img alt="Gulfstream G550 N94924 29SEP16" height="427" src="https://c2.staticflickr.com/9/8137/29404172993_d3e8354346_k.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src=""></script>TouchdownAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858535725678374611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172528659861246287.post-22257815590782027482016-09-28T16:10:00.001+01:002016-09-28T16:10:06.659+01:00A dull day at Cardiff Airport<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">It was a dull day but a few hours to spare so a last minute visit<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> to </span>the</span> </span></span>Cambrian Café Bar<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, Cardiff Airport<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Unexpectedly bumped in to Phil Woods & Mark Pearce so it was nice to catch-up.<br />
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Unfortunately there was no visitors in exception to the UK Search & Rescue AgustaWestland AW139 which performed a go-round.<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/144233642@N05/29692421250/in/datetaken-public/" title="UK SAR AgustaWestland AW139 G-CILP 28SEP16"><img alt="UK SAR AgustaWestland AW139 G-CILP 28SEP16" height="427" src="https://c3.staticflickr.com/9/8523/29692421250_e25f65f9ff_k.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src=""></script>TouchdownAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858535725678374611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172528659861246287.post-67838226862018373152016-09-24T19:10:00.001+01:002016-09-24T19:10:16.902+01:00A flying visit to Cardiff Airport<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A quick visit to the </span></span>Cambrian Café Bar<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">, Cardiff Airport<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> with the better half to catch up with some friends that I haven<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">'t seen <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">in a while.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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During the brief visit a Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3 was parked on the Cambrian Apron and there was an arrival of a Cessna 510 Citation Mustang.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The visitors consisted of Bristol Aero Club Piper Cherokee, Cessna F.150K from Haverfordwest, Beech <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">C90GTi King Air from Leeds Bradford and the star of the show a Gulfstream G550 from Florence.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/144233642@N05/29819336286/in/datetaken-public/" title="KLM Embraer E190 PH-EZE 22SEP16"><img alt="KLM Embraer E190 PH-EZE 22SEP16" height="427" src="https://c7.staticflickr.com/9/8295/29819336286_1419df9069_k.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src=""></script>TouchdownAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858535725678374611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172528659861246287.post-38658867150085012232016-09-20T17:19:00.003+01:002016-09-20T17:20:10.976+01:00A flying visit to St Athan<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">A flying visit to StAthan for the ar<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">rival of the FastJet on it's final flight bef<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ore being <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">broken up and parted out at eCube Solutions.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">The weather didn't look too bad however there was a chilly wind making sitting on the balcony a n<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">o go.</span></span><br /> </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">It was a quiet day in all however a <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">unexpected visit of a Thomas Cook Airlines A<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">irb<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">us A321, Roya<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">l Air Force Globemaster C.1 and the Army Air Corps Islander CC.2 performing enginer runs<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> kept us on our toes. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">DragonFly Aviation Services Beech 200 Super King Air <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ha<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">d also been active performing some local training.</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br /> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">It was a good job I did as the<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">re was a <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Embraer <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Legacy 500 business jet performing some training.</span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;">A few more visitors today thanks to<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> the sporting calendar<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">First of all Arkata Aviation Ltd Beech E90 which has been operating for the <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Tour of Britain bike race. Also seen the </span>r</span>eturn <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">of</span> the Aero4M Embraer <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">145 this time to take the <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Ospreys after yesterdays Cardiff Blues flight. To finish it all off we had a visit of a Loganair Saab 2000 which was operating a charter to Norwich on behalf of Cardiff City FC.</span></span></span></span> </span></span><br />
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During the visit I also photographed a Vueling Airlines A320, Thomas Cook Airlines A320 & Thomson Airways B737-800.<br />
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<a data-flickr-embed="true" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/144233642@N05/29461688861/in/datetaken-public/" title="Aero4M Embraer 145 F-HRGD 08SEP16"><img alt="Aero4M Embraer 145 F-HRGD 08SEP16" height="427" src="https://c6.staticflickr.com/9/8551/29461688861_1efeb9985b_k.jpg" width="640" /></a><script async="" charset="utf-8" src=""></script>TouchdownAVhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05858535725678374611noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3172528659861246287.post-54840772781818132502016-09-07T23:00:00.000+01:002016-09-08T00:01:20.272+01:00A brief visit to Cardiff AirportA brief visit to the crash gate located near The Highwayman, Cardiff Airport today in order to photograph the visiting Titan Airways Boeing 737-300.<br />
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During the visit I also photographed a KLM Fokker 70 and Flybe Embraer E195. <br />
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-size: normal;">In one day managed to witness the last ever flight of a British Airways Boeing 767-300 before being scrapped and a <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">single Red Arrow </span>Hawk T.1 heading back to base.</span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Despite <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">it being the busiest day for scheduled <span style="font-size: normal;">movements there was very little in the way of visitors. We did however ge<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">t a Cessna 560XL Citation Excel,<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Be<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ech C90GT<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">i</span> King Air, TB-9 Tampico & Robinson R22 Beta II.</span></span></span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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I decided regardless to head to the <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">the</span> Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"> in hope that I may get a decent shot or two.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">Af<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ter some poor quality <span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">photographs in the morning by 1pm the weather had vastly improved and managed to catch the British Airways Boeing 777-300 ar<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">i<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">ving from Heathrow and Eastern Airways Saa<span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">b 2000</span></span></span>.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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It was nice to see the Cardiff Airport GA apron almost empty as aircraft departed making the most of the perfect flying conditions.<br />
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It was a shame however that there was only one visiting light aircraft during our visit. <br />
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Despite the heat distortion making it a bit difficult for high quality images it was certainly a good four hours.
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