No Pies for Papa 18th - 22nd September 2015 Day 1

A four day trip for Colin, John and Darren to mid Europe. Spanning four countries in four days. We headed out from Luton around midday and winged our way over to Stansted via a few small dromes. From here we flew with Ryanair on EI-EKG to Bratislava, Slovakia on the evening flight.

First stop of course was the standard nip round the local!

Luton 18-9-15
F-GIXT Boeing  737 39MF 28898 Europe Airpost
LX-ISR Dassault Falcon 7X 229 Global Jet Luxembourg
N94UT Dassault Falcon 900EX 105 Corporate
N103WG Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 9129 Corporate
N162WC Boeing  737 7BC 30329 Corporate
N150GA IAI Gulfstream 150 252 Gulfstream Aerospace
OE-LUV Embraer Emb-190 100ECJ Lineage 1000 19000571 International Jet Management
VP-CYA Bombardier Global 6000 BD-700-1A10 9628 TAG Aviation Asia

Then it was a leisurely drive over to Hunsdon. Very friendly here and we were allowed to roam freely around.

Hunsdon 18-9-15
G-BUTG Zenair CH.601 Zodiac PFA 162-12225 

G-CBIZ Solar Wings Pegasus 7870

G-CCJA Best Off Skyranger BMAA/HB/299

G-CCUF Best Off Skyranger BMAA/HB/375

G-CFAX Ikarus Comco C-42 Cyclone 0712-6933

G-CGXV P & M Aviation Quik 8594

G-MTXD Thruster TST Mk.1 8038-TST-067

G-MZFR Thruster T600 N 9047-T600N-003

G-MZIZ Murphy Renegade Spirit UK PFA 188-11701

G-OLDM Solar Wings Pegasus 7589

G-THAT Raj Hamsa X Air BMAA/HB/221

G-WAZP Best Off Skyranger BMAA/HB/273

Next stop was Audley End, access granted to the main hangar where a good mix of aircraft were found.

Audley End 18-9-15

D-EYXA Xtreme Air Sbach 342 Unknown
G-ATTR Bolkow Bo.208 C Junior 612
G-AXMW Beagle B121 100 Pup B101

G-AXUA Beagle B121 100 Pup B150

G-BECN Piper L-4J Grasshopper 12776

G-BTNA Robinson R22 Beta 1800 Private

G-BTOG de Havilland DH-82 A Tiger Moth 86500

G-BWUT de Havilland Canada DHC-1 Chipmunk 22 C1/0918 - marked as WZ879

G-CBLS Fiat CR.42 Falco 920

G-CBUF Flight Design CT 2K 02-04-04-10
G-CGDV Czech Sport Aircraft SportCruiser 09SC285
G-CGHW Czech Sport Aircraft SportCruiser 09SC290

G-CGPR Piper PiperSport P1001043
G-CKSC Czech Sport Aircraft SportCruiser 09SC327

G-ECGO Bolkow Bo.208 C Junior 599
G-EMSA Czech Sport Aircraft SportCruiser 09SC323

G-IIJI Xtreme Air XA-42 121
G-KFLY Flight Design CT SW 06-11-04
G-LHER Piper PiperSport P1001042

G-OFSP Czech Sport Aircraft SportCruiser 09SC302
G-PALI Piper PiperSport P1001040

G-RNLI Supermarine Walrus I S2/5591

G-RVPH Van's RV-8 PFA 303-13906

G-SIJW Scottish Aviation SA.120 T.1 Bulldog 295
G-TSOB Rans S.6 Coyote II PFA 204-14066

N111GW American Champion 8KCAB Decathlon 1123-2013
N3064B Cessna 195 B 7947
......../719 Spitfire Mk.26

We were parking in Takeley on someones driveway! At a very reasonable £28 for five days. So a quick look into the farm for some Rotorway action. Sadly it was all closed up but a few were gleaned from the windows etc...

Takeley-Street Farm 18-9-15

G-BUJZ Rotorway Exec 6793

G-BWUJ Rotorway Exec 6153

G-BZES Rotorway Exec 6191

G-RISH Rotorway Exec 6926

G-RWAY Rotorway Exec 6414

G-TALN Rotorway A600 Talon 8022

The park on my drive guy kindly gave us a lift to the terminal, where an overpriced Burger King was on the menu.
Only a few noted at Stanny, with a couple of nice Government liners.

Stansted 18-9-15

99-0003 Boeing  C-32 A 29027 United States Air Force

9K-GBB Airbus A340 542 1102 Government of Kuwait

A6-PFC Boeing  787 8 35303 UAE Presidential Flight
D2-ANG Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 XRS 9232 Government of Angola
HB-JGP Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A10 XRS 9238 Corporate
N92SR Boeing  737 7JR 37111 Corporate
N306UP Boeing  767 34AF 27759 United Parcel Service Company
N343AR Gulfstream G550 5343 Corporate
N496MC Boeing  747 47UF 29257 Atlas Air
N770BB Boeing  757 2J4 25220 Corporate
N822A Gulfstream G4 SP 1447 Corporate
TC-DIA Embraer ERJ-135 BJ Legacy 600 14501148 Corporate

VP-CHG Dassault Falcon 900LX 266 Corporate

FR2318 took us to BTS, arriving just after 11pm. Unfortunately all the car hire firms were shut down by then. So it was a cab driven by Slovakia's answer to Grant Mitchell to the hotel for the night.

Not the busiest of airports, we noted a few, but as we had to return in the morning for our car we agreed to explore further then.

Bratislava 18-9-15

(EI-EAC) Airbus A300 B4-203F 250 DHL Worldwide Courier Express - Stored
OK-HCB Airbus A320 214 2180 Holidays Czech Airline

OM-BYO Tupolev Tu-154 M 89A803 Government of Slovakia

OM-BYR Tupolev Tu-154 M 98A1012 Government of Slovakia

RA-73000 Boeing  737 76N 28630 Gazpromavia
YL-RAA Antonov An-26 B 112-06 RAF Avia

Not an overly great day, but it was all about getting in position for a full first day in Slovakia.