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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.

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    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

    Tuesday 14 June 2011

    09-13/05/11 - Gatwick - Knock - Galway - Dromod

    RichT had a short break in Ireland with his good lady.

    09/06/11 Gatwick - 09:30-13:45

    9H-AEN Airbus A320 (2665) Sky Airlines
    A6-EGA Boeing 777 (38984) Emirates
    A6-EMG Boeing 777 (27252) Emirates
    C-GTSO Airbus A330 (132) Air Transat
    C-GTSO
    CN-RND Boeing 737 (26530) Royal Air Maroc
    CS-TTP Airbus A319 (1165) TAP Portugal
    EC-LCQ Embraer EMB195 (19000303) Air Europa
    EI-DCF Boeing 737NG (33804) Ryanair
    EI-DEJ Airbus A320 (2364) Aer Lingus
    EI-DFA Airbus A319 (1305) Meridiana Fly
    EI-DHR Boeing 737NG (33822) Ryanair
    EI-DLF Boeing 737NG (33588) Ryanair
    EI-DVJ Airbus A320 (3857) Aer Lingus
    EI-DVN Airbus A320 (4715) Aer Lingus
    EI-DVN
    EI-DYO Boeing 737NG (33636) Ryanair
    EI-ENH Boeing 737NG (35033) Ryanair
    EI-ENH
    F-OFDF Airbus A330 (253) Air Caraibes Atlantique
    F-OFDF
    G-CRPH Airbus A320 (0424) Thomas Cook Airlines
    G-ECOE DHC-8 (4212) Flybe
    G-EZAO Airbus A319 (2769) Easyjet
    G-EZAO
    G-EZAX Airbus A319 (2818) Easyjet
    G-EZAX
    G-EZAZ Airbus A319 (2829) Easyjet
    G-EZBN Airbus A319 (3061) Easyjet
    G-EZBY Airbus A319 (3176) Easyjet
    G-EZDI Airbus A319 (3537) Easyjet
    G-EZDP Airbus A319 (3675) Easyjet
    G-EZDW Airbus A319 (3746) Easyjet
    G-EZDX Airbus A319 (3754) Easyjet
    G-EZDY Airbus A319 (3763) Easyjet
    G-EZDY
    G-EZEC Airbus A319 (2129) Easyjet
    G-EZEW Airbus A319 (2300) Easyjet
    G-EZEZ Airbus A319 (2360) Easyjet
    G-EZFC Airbus A319 (3808) Easyjet
    G-EZFJ Airbus A319 (4040) Easyjet
    G-EZFR Airbus A319 (4125) Easyjet
    G-EZFU Airbus A319 (4313) Easyjet
    G-EZGB Airbus A319 (4437) Easyjet
    G-EZGD Airbus A319 (4451) Easyjet
    G-EZIE Airbus A319 (2446) Easyjet
    G-EZIT Airbus A319 (2538) Easyjet
    G-EZIY Airbus A319 (2636) Easyjet
    G-EZPG Airbus A319 (2385) Easyjet
    G-EZTE Airbus A320 (3913) Easyjet
    G-EZTJ Airbus A320 (3979) Easyjet
    G-EZTW Airbus A320 (4250) Easyjet
    G-EZUC Airbus A320 (4591) Easyjet
    G-EZUF Airbus A320 (4676) Easyjet
    G-EZUI Airbus A320 (4721) Easyjet
    G-EZUI
    G-FBED Embraer EMB195 (19000084) Flybe
    G-FBEF Embraer EMB195 (19000104) Flybe
    G-FBEF
    G-JEDP DHC-8 (4085) Flybe
    G-OBYG Boeing 767 (29137) Thomson Airways
    G-OJMB Airbus A330 (427) Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia
    G-OJMB
    G-STRN Boeing 737NG (28007) Iceland Express
    G-VIIB Boeing 777 (27484) British Airways
    G-VIIB
    G-VKSS Airbus A330 (1201) Virgin Atlantic
    G-VKSS
    G-VROS Boeing 747 (30885) Virgin Atlantic
    G-VROS
    G-VTOP Boeing 747 (28194) Virgin Atlantic
    G-VTOP
    G-VZON ATR-72 (853) Aurigny Air Services
    G-VZON
    G-YMMB Boeing 777 (30303) British Airways
    G-YMMB
    G-YMMF Boeing 777 (30307) British Airways
    G-YMMF
    LN-KKD Boeing 737 (29339) Norwegian Air Shuttle
    LN-KKJ Boeing 737 (28564) Norwegian Air Shuttle
    LN-KKS Boeing 737 (24094) Norwegian Air Shuttle
    LN-NOL Boeing 737NG (37159) Norwegian Air Shuttle
    LN-NOO Boeing 737NG (30289) Norwegian Air Shuttle
    LN-NOV Boeing 737NG (31713) Norwegian Air Shuttle
    LX-STB Airbus A320 (0436) Strategic Airlines Luxembourg
    N188DN Boeing 767 (27583) Delta
    N270AY Airbus A330 (315) US Airways
    N403TB Gulfstream 4 (1191) Knickerbocker Aviation LLC
    N92AE Gulfstream 4 (1301) American Express
    OY-JTY Boeing 737NG (30727) Jet Time
    OY-VKF Airbus A330 (309) Thomas Cook Airlines
    SP-HAA Boeing 737 (24664) Small Planet Airlines Polska
    YL-BBI Boeing 737 (27454) Air Baltic

    09/06/11 Knock

    EI-DHR Boeing 737NG (33822) Ryanair
    EI-STA Boeing 737 (29057) Europe Airpost
    G-OBMP Boeing 737 (24963) BmiBaby

    10/06/11 Galway

    EI-ZZZ Bell 222 (47061) Dublin Pool & Juke Box Co
    EI-ZZZ
    N222WX Bell 222 (47021) Newtown Aviation Inc ..stored
    N222WX
    N369ST Piper PA-46 Malibu (4636396) My Mirage Inc Trustee

    11/06/11 Dromod - Cavan and Leitrim Railway - South East Aviation Enthusiasts Group

    173 De Havilland Canada Chipmunk T.20 (C1/0746) ..preserved
    173
    184 Percival Provost T.51 (PAC/F/408) ..preserved, wings off 183 (the fuselage of 183 is at Baldonnel fitted with the wings from 184)
    184
    187 DeHavilland DH-115 Vampire T.55 (15766) ..partially burnt, stored under tarpaulin
    187
    192 DeHavilland DH-115 Vampire T.55 (15816) ..pod, stored under tarpaulin
    192
    BGA1410 Schneider DFS 108-49 Grunau Baby III (unknown)
    BGA1410
    BGA1424 Slingsby T.8 Tutor (SSK/PF/27) ..stored in same bus as EI-139, fuselage will be mated to nose section of RA881
    BGA1424
    EI-100 PZL-Bielsko SZD-12A Mucha 100A (F-494) ..stored in train shed, pwfu as glue has given up the ghost
    EI-100
    EI-139 Slingsby T.31B Cadet TX.3 (902) ..airworthy, lives in a bus, will be re-reg to EI-G?? before it flies again later this year
    EI-139
    EI-BDM Piper PA-23-250 Aztec D (27-4166) ..dismantled
    EI-BDM
    (G-AKGE) Miles M65-3C Gemini (6488) ..cockpit, stored in bread van
    G-AKGE
    G-ANIS Auster 5 (TJ375) ..fuselage
    G-ANIS
    (G-AOIE) Douglas DC-7C (45115) ..forward fuselage
    G-AOIE
    (N435MA)/VP-BDF Boeing 707-321 (18085) ..nose section
    VP-BDF
    (RAFGSA 163) Slingsby T.7 Cadet TX.1 (unknown) ..ex RA881, nose section preserved in train shed, see above
    RA881

    13/06/11 Knock

    EI-DES Airbus A320 (2635) Aer Lingus
    EI-DLT Boeing 737NG (33597) Ryanair
    EI-DWT Boeing 737NG (33626) Ryanair
    EI-EBW Boeing 737NG (35010) Ryanair
    EI-EPG Boeing 737NG (34985) Ryanair
    G-TOYH Boeing 737 (28570) BmiBaby