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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

    Monday 9 November 2009

    08/11/09 - Carlsbad - El Centro - Yuma

    More from IanG in California/Arizona

    Carlsbad McClellan-Palomar - 8th Nov

    N152SQ Cessna 152 (152-84185) Private
    N2140T Piper PA-28 Cherokee F180 (28-7105162) Private
    N284SD Gulfstream G550 (5120) Private
    N4629D Cessna 172N (172-72318) Private
    N48768 Cessna 152 (52-83371) Private
    N501DZ Cessna 500 Citation I (500-0059) Private
    N586SW Embraer Emb-120ER Brasilia (120354) Skywest Airlines
    N818WM Hawker-Siddeley 125-800SP (258126) Private

    NAF El Centro - 8th Nov

    151979 McDonnell-Douglas RF-4B Phantom II (897) Preserved
    159798 Douglas TA-4J Skyhawk (14497) Preserved
    159856 Grumman F-14A Tomcat (216) Preserved
    162448 McDonnell-Douglas F/A-18A Hornet (297) Preserved

    MCAS Yuma - 8th Nov

    167925/QD-925 Lockheed KC-130J Hercules (5592) USMC/VMGR-152
    N101WV Velocity 173RG (DMO-134)
    N150HP Neico Lancair 235 (001)
    N1629Y Cessna 172C (172-49329)
    N183CB Eurocopter EC120B Colibri (1421) U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    N1902X Cessna 182H (182-56002)
    N194RS Van's RV-9A (90315)
    N2049K Beech 1900C-1F (UC-164) Ameriflight
    N207CF Agusta A-119 Koala (14006) Tristate CareFlight

    N20GM Reims-Cessna FT.337GP Super Skymaster (0002)
    N2209Y Piper PA-28-201T Turbo Dakota (28-7921015)
    N2478C Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk (38-79A0200)
    N2655B Cessna 421C Golden Eagle (421C-0698)

    N29645 Cessna 177 Cardinal (177-01006)
    N3133U Cessna 182F (182-54533)
    N344ND Cessna 421C Golden Eagle (421C-0346)
    N3460F Cessna 182J (182-57460)
    N36187 Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II (28-7816619)
    N373HS Eurocopter EC120B Colibri (1490) U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    N400WW Beech A36 Bonanza (E-2360)
    N421Z Cessna 421 Golden Eagle (421-0077)
    N426PH Bell Helicopters 407 (53751) PHI Inc
    N42W Cessna T.210L Turbo Centurion (210-60344)
    N452SB Beech 400A Beechjet (RK-317) Flight Options
    N4554U Cessna 150D (150-60554)
    N491KS Cessna 310Q (310Q-0925) see below
    N520D Murphy Super Rebel SR.2500 (051SR)
    N5214D Cessna 180A (50112)
    N52PF Piper PA-31T1 Cheyenne I (31T-7904023)
    N5392P Piper PA-24-250 Comanche (24-443)
    N54048 Cessna 172P (172-74857)
    N55542 Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee (28-7325429)
    N591SP Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee (28-22400)
    N60205 Cessna 150J (150-70144)
    N61298 Cessna A.185F Skywagon (185-04142)
    N6282S Cessna 150G (150-67082)
    N63412 Cessna 150M (150-77294)
    N637SC Cessna 421B Golden Eagle (421B-0274)
    N639SC Cessna 421A Golden Eagle (421A-0102)
    N641SC Cessna 421A Golden Eagle (421B-0129)
    N643SC Piper PA-31P-425 Pressurised Navajo (31P-7)
    N644SC Piper PA-31P-425 Pressurised Navajo (31P-13)
    N646SC Piper PA-31P-425 Pressurised Navajo (31P-33)
    N647SC Piper PA-31P-425 Pressurised Navajo (31P-7300129)
    N648SC Piper PA-31P-425 Pressurised Navajo (31P-7300143)

    N651SC Piper PA-31P-425 Pressurised Navajo (31P-7630006)
    N652SC Piper PA-31P-425 Pressurised Navajo (31P-14)

    N653SC Piper PA-31P-425 Pressurised Navajo (31P-25)
    N6839U Mooney M.20C (2544)
    N6878Y Piper PA-23-250D Aztec (27-4225)
    N6907D Piper PA-22-150 Tri-Pacer (22-4834)
    N69MG Cessna 172C (172-49282)
    N6DH Beech F33A Bonanza (CE-397)
    N70718 Neico Lancair 235 (037)
    N739XB Cessna 172N (172-70879)
    N7670M Cessna 175 Skylark (55970)
    N773C Stinson 108-3 Voyager (108-3773)
    N803CF Agusta A-119 Koala (14538) Emergency Medical Service
    N8131 Piper PA-31-350 Navajo Chieftain (31-8152032)
    N8421T Cessna 182 B (52321)
    N91322 Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk (38-81A0101)
    N92BP Van's RV-4 (1900)
    N9694T Cessna 210 Centurion (57494)
    N983FE Cessna 208B Caravan (208B-0113) Federal Express

    "Yuma pretty much empty with only one Herc seen. A few CH-53's about but impossible to read off with the heat haze plus loads of AV-8's and F-5's in their barns ..I had just finished reading off the civil stuff when the military police turned up, gave us a grilling and sent us packing, they seem a lot more touchy out here these days.
    N491KS visited Rhoose on the 8th July 1985 as F-GCCB"