A first time visit to St Athan on Tues 21st April 2015 mainly to get the stored aircraft including the ex Air India A330's.
Noted between 15.38 and 16.37.
Resident - G-CPAS - EC135 police helicopter was noted landing.
G-CINP A330 Air India ( Ex VT-IWA )
G-CINR A330 Air India ( Ex VT-IWB )
N400SA B744F Southern Air
N674AC B73G Moskovia Airlines ( Ex VQ-BER )
N980AP A320 Spring Airlines
VQ-BCF or VQ-BMW B752 Yakutia Airlines ( Awkward angle to read off )
C-FAYN / 282 CL215 Buffalo Airways
C-FAYU / 283 CL215 Buffalo Airways
Outside Twin peaks hangar
G-ZBAS A320SL Monarch ( C/N 6550 ) **
9H-ZAZ B734 Air Horizont ( Ex G-DOCD )
G-CIOE B734 Ex S7 Siberia Airlines ( VP-BQG ) ** ( All white )
And one other B734 in an all white scheme
Noted in the scrapping area.
In various states of scrapping.
N720AP - China Eastern c/s (ex B-2400) - A320
(N468CS ntu) - Fastjet c/s (ex 5H-FJB) - A319
(N859AC) - ex Vietnam Airlines (ex VN-A308) - A320
All white fuselage "AC" faintly visible on fuselage. No cockpit.
(N934AC) - SAS c/s (ex LN-TUI) - B737-7
Still marked as LN-TUI.
(PR-MBI) - ex TAM - A319
"A320 Sharklet retrofit aircraft" partially visible on tail.
Can anybody help with the identities of the following aircraft.
1. The all white B737-4 to the port side of the Air Horizont B737 marked as 9H-ZAZ (which is still registered as G-DOCD!)
The aircraft on the starboard side is all white G-CIOE B737-4 (ex VP-BQG).
2. Yakutia Airlines B757 outside minus engines.
Either VQ-BMW or VQ-BCF?
3. Unmarked Pembroke near southside fence
Out of 19 aircraft noted, confirmed 10 frames & 3 scrapes including G-ZBAS & N980AP, plus another possible 3 frames depending on the id's of the queries.
Regards
Benjamin Burt
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Log: St Athan 21 April 2015 (Tues)
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Re: Log: St Athan 21 April 2015 (Tues)
Did the B747 fly out, or was it scrapped.
Re: Log: St Athan 21 April 2015 (Tues)
Hi,
I understand that the B747 is being parted out and then will be scrapped.
Regards
Ben
I understand that the B747 is being parted out and then will be scrapped.
Regards
Ben
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Re: Log: St Athan 21 April 2015 (Tues)
747s cannot depart from Saints, the runway is too small.
Re. the Yakutia, it was probably BCF. BMW went on an airtest yesterday which makes me assume it's been in the hangar for a bit, and would have been in when you were there.
Your unident polarbear 734 was either 9M-FZB (now G-CIHK) - although this should still have a red tail? or LN-BRE (G-CILC),which is definitely a polarbear but wasn't visible last time I was down.
And the Pembroke must have been G-BNPH...
Unless it was a Sea Prince, or it was devoid of wings/engines.
See here for further info;
http://cardiffstathan.blogspot.co.uk/p/ ... mally.html
Hope that helps!
Re. the Yakutia, it was probably BCF. BMW went on an airtest yesterday which makes me assume it's been in the hangar for a bit, and would have been in when you were there.
Your unident polarbear 734 was either 9M-FZB (now G-CIHK) - although this should still have a red tail? or LN-BRE (G-CILC),which is definitely a polarbear but wasn't visible last time I was down.
And the Pembroke must have been G-BNPH...
Unless it was a Sea Prince, or it was devoid of wings/engines.
See here for further info;
http://cardiffstathan.blogspot.co.uk/p/ ... mally.html
Hope that helps!
Re: Log: St Athan 21 April 2015 (Tues)
Hiya
I read VQ-BCF off on 24 April 2015, agreed it was parked at a funny angle. The other 757 was not seen.
Regards
Sean
I read VQ-BCF off on 24 April 2015, agreed it was parked at a funny angle. The other 757 was not seen.
Regards
Sean
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