Afternoon spent at the Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport with AutoAvia

A planned afternoon spent at the Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport with AutoAvia for a catch-up and some photography.

The weather didn't look too bad however there was a chilly wind making sitting on the balcony a no go.


It was a quiet day in all however a unexpected visit of a Thomas Cook Airlines Airbus A321, Royal Air Force Globemaster C.1 and the Army Air Corps Islander CC.2 performing enginer runs kept us on our toes. 

DragonFly Aviation Services Beech 200 Super King Air had also been active performing some local training.


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Just a flying visit to Cardiff Airport

No plan to head to Cardiff Airport today but while driving home I thought drive past it.

It was a good job I did as there was a Embraer Legacy 500 business jet performing some training.

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Third day in a row at Cardiff Airport

Wasn't expecting it but a visit to Cardiff Airport for the third day in a row this time at the Cambrian Café Bar.

A few more visitors today thanks to the sporting calendar.  

First of all Arkata Aviation Ltd Beech E90 which has been operating for the Tour of Britain bike race.  Also seen the return of the Aero4M Embraer 145 this time to take the 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.

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Another flying visit to Cardiff Airport

A flying visit to the crash gate located near The Highwayman, Cardiff Airport today in order to photograph the Aero4M Embraer 145.

During the visit I also photographed a Vueling Airlines A320, Thomas Cook Airlines A320 & Thomson Airways B737-800.

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A brief visit to Cardiff Airport

A brief visit to the crash gate located near The Highwayman, Cardiff Airport today in order to photograph the visiting Titan Airways Boeing 737-300.

During the visit I also photographed a KLM Fokker 70 and Flybe Embraer E195.

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A dull day but with some surprises

Waking up this morning decided to head to the Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport despite it being a damp and miserable day.

In one day managed to witness the last ever flight of a British Airways Boeing 767-300 before being scrapped and a single Red Arrow Hawk T.1 heading back to base. 

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Beautiful sunshine at Cardiff Airport

It was a glorious four hours spent at the Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport with AutoAvia and Mark Pearce.

Despite it being the busiest day for scheduled movements there was very little in the way of visitors.  We did however get a Cessna 560XL Citation Excel, Beech C90GTi King Air, TB-9 Tampico & Robinson R22 Beta II. 

Next visit TBA
 
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Hawk Action at St Athan

On returning from Cardiff Airport it's just a quick swing past St Athan to catch a few Royal Air Force Hawk returning from their sorties. 

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A day of two halves

When I woke up in the morning morning the weather was miserable and not ideal for taking photo's at all.

I decided regardless to head to the the Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport in hope that I may get a decent shot or two.

After some poor quality photographs in the morning by 1pm the weather had vastly improved and managed to catch the British Airways Boeing 777-300 ariving from Heathrow and Eastern Airways Saab 2000.

Next visit will be Tuesday 
 
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Glorious day at Cardiff Airport

AutoAvia Photographic and I had arranged for a day of photography at Cardiff Airport making most of the busiest day of the week and the glorious sunshine.

It was nice to see the Cardiff Airport GA apron almost empty as aircraft departed making the most of the perfect flying conditions.

It was a shame however that there was only one visiting light aircraft during our visit.

Despite the heat distortion making it a bit difficult for high quality images it was certainly a good four hours.

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A couple of hours at St Athan

With a gap in commercial aircraft at Cardiff Airport it was a huge waste to miss a full day of photography so it was decided to swing by St Athan on the way home.

What we thought may have been an hour turned out to be several as the temporary Royal Air Force Hawk T.2's were extremely active.  We managed to get over six in total with many performing training circuits on their return to base.

It was a first to see two of the UK Search & Rescue departing simultaneously as the AgustaWestland AW189 performed training as the AW139 was scrambled to an incident.

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Three hours at Cardiff Airport

After being undecided on where to go for a couple of hours today the destination of choice was Cardiff Airport.  

Three and a half hours spent  at the Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport.  With a nice spot of dinner and Royal Air Force visitors turned out to be a good day.   

Two Hawk T.2's performing a fly-past, A400M go-round and a landing by the Tucano T.1.  There was also a visit by a Staverton Flying School Cessna F152.

Due to work commitments next visit will be Tuesday next week.

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Breakfast at the Cambrian Café Bar

Just a brief visit at the Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport this morning.

Among the regular morning arrivals was a Cessna 182S Skylane, CL60 & Diamond DA42 Twin Star.

Possibly a visit on Thursday however this is not confirmed yet

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Tour of Cardiff City Heliport

A tour of the Cardiff City Heliport (ex Tremorfa Heliport) which has now re-opened to traffic after several years.

Despite no visiting traffic during the visit it was great to meet the team and to take a look around.

Only image taken was a panoramic view of the empty apron.

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A few hours at Cardiff Airport

Four hours spent at the Cambrian Café Bar, Cardiff Airport this afternoon.

Amongst the regular scheduled traffic there was a lot of business jet action today.

A Cessna 525A Citationjet CJ2+, Learjet 60 & Learjet 35A were all active during a short period of time.

Also visible were yesterday's arrivals Cessna 525A Citationjet CJ2+ & Bahrain Defence Force Avro RJ-85.

May only have the opportunity for a flying visit over the next few days so for now check out some of my images previously taken in the below photostream.

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Afternoon at St Athan

A few hours this afternoon spent around MoD St Athan mainly to see the Royal Air Force Hawks which have been deployed during runway resurfacing works at RAF Valley.

Despite missing most of the action managed to catch a couple of images as they returned to St Athan. Also active today was a Horizon Flight Training Grob G115, UK SAR St Athan AW139 and the NPAS Eurocopter NPAS Eurocopter EC.135P2+ (Images below)

Praying for some more good weather tomorrow to head out for more images but for now check out some of my images previously taken in the below photostream. 

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