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    Welcome to our Trip Report Blog.
    Here we will post logs and pictures taken on aircraft spotting trips.
    Any info can be used for personal use, if passing on or publishing please credit SWAG.
    If you can correct or add any information please contact me here.

    To visit our Flickr photo pages click StuC, RichT, IanG, MatthewB

    Header Picture: UP-MI602 Mil Mi-26T (34001212133) Kazakhstan Emercom at Boraldai, Kazakhstan on 08/07/19 (credit StuC)

    Updates 2022:
    26th May - Log and pics added for Private Flyer Show 14/05/22
    24th December - BAPC Register updated and 56 pictures added

    Sunday, 8 November 2009

    06 & 07/11/09 - San Diego - Carlsbad

    IanGs log from California

    6th November

    NAS North Island - seen from the harbor boat tour

    149565/7K Douglas A-4C Skyhawk (12890) Dump, rear fuselage/tail only
    162167/NG-36 Grumman C-2A Greyhound (47) VRC-30

    ? Grumman C-2A Greyhound (?) NADEP
    ? Grumman E-2 Hawkeye (?) NADEP
    ? Grumman E-2 Hawkeye (?) NADEP
    ?/MA-129 McDonnell FA-18 Hornet (?) NADEP + at least 13 more
    97-0043 McDonnell-Douglas C-17A Globemaster III (P-43) 729thAS AFRC

    ?/63 Sikorsky H-60 Seahawk (?)
    ?/67 Sikorsky H-60 Seahawk (?)
    ?/126 Sikorsky H-60 Seahawk (?)
    ?/130 Sikorsky H-60 Seahawk (?)
    (165755)/164 Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk (?)
    ?/RA-1 Sikorsky H-60 Seahawk (?) HS-10
    ?/RA-05 Sikorsky H-60 Seahawk (?) HS-10
    ?/RA-13 Sikorsky H-60 Seahawk (?) HS-10
    (164457)/RA-14 Sikorsky SH-60F Seahawk (?) HS-10
    (164076)/RA-15 Sikorsky SH-60F Seahawk (?) HS-10

    San Diego International - seen from the harbor boat tour

    N775AX Boeing 767-281 (22790) DHL Worldwide Courier Express

    San Diego Harbor - overflying USS Midway

    6023 Sikorsky MH-60J Seahawk (70-1705) United States Coast Guard
    N491TS Diamond DA42 Twin Star (42.AC091)

    Oceanside - operating to a ship moored offshore were

    (166315)/VR-60 Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk (?) HSC-21

    (166362)/VR-71 Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk (?) HSC-21
    165756/(WC)-41 Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk (?) HSC-23
    ?/(WC)-43 Sikorsky MH-60S Seahawk (?) HSC-23


    7th November

    Carlsbad McClellan-Palomar

    N100AG Hawker-Siddeley 125-800SP (258238)
    N10655 Beech B100 King Air (BE-81)

    N182JT Cessna 182 (33068)
    N211MA Gulfstream G4 (1247)
    N21621 Cessna 172S (172S-9530)
    N231DX Mooney M.20K (25-0174)
    N23RH Cessna 414A Chancellor (414A-0258)
    N247CH Beech C90GT King Air (LJ-1754)
    N3251R Piper PA-28 Warrior 151 (28-7515173)
    N35WP Hawker-Siddeley 125- 600FB (256029)
    N37HA Diamond Katana DA20-A1 (10044)
    N395MY Learjet 35A (35-395)
    N500FM Hawker-Siddeley 125-700A (257102)
    N525HV Cessna 525 Citation Jet (525-0201)
    N600GG Learjet 60 (60-115)
    N601GG Learjet 60 (60-192)
    N604EG Bombardier Challenger 604 (5635)
    N6493E Cessna 182R (182-68370)
    N66TS Cessna T.206 Turbo Stationair H (T206-08334)
    N694TT Cirrus Design SR-22 (1239)
    N731DC Bombardier Challenger 300 (20073)
    N7678R Cessna 182T (182-81721)
    N7819G Cessna 172L (172-59519)
    N8366X Cessna 172C (172-48866)