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Old 28th Apr 2023, 20:32
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An A343 of Qatar floated by heading into LHR this afternoon, a once common type becoming ever rarer.
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Old 29th Apr 2023, 11:14
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Good to see two of the BBMF Spitfires out today. Three of the resident Spits out of Biggin so far, two 2-seaters and the newest single seater G-RYIX was very audible heading up to Duxford earlier...

...and that distant grumbling is a Yak 18T following the southern M25 westwards.
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Trump's 757 N757AF not long touched down ABZ from YQX. Livery looks as garish as ever!
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Old 1st May 2023, 12:40
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Trump's 757 N757AF not long touched down ABZ from YQX. Livery looks as garish as ever!
In his own image!
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You beat the Telegraph with that observation, Richard T.

Argentine Gulfstream V in and out of Biggin today - note I've noticed any Argentine bizjets over this side of the pond on ADSB before...
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Old 3rd May 2023, 11:45
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Anyone know what exotic visitors are bringing guests to the coronation?
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Old 3rd May 2023, 17:04
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Just noticed a Hondajet departing Biggin with the unfortunate registration I-JACK. Wonder what his squawk is...?
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It's how you pronounce it in Italian ;-)
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Old 4th May 2023, 11:16
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Anyone know what exotic visitors are bringing guests to the coronation?
Qatar Amiri A7-AAH into STN today... repositioning to MAN for the weekend, presumably due to STN being short of stands.
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RAAF 737 inbound Stansted.
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Old 4th May 2023, 13:40
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In an idle moment spotted something that one be possible soon, two RAF C130Js in close company with a Voyager at around FL160 north of the Wash, then GRIFFIN2 went dark, shortly followed by GRIFFIN3 doing the same, the Voyager, TARTAN 49, was race tracking off Fraserhead earlier before assuming its current station.
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Nice to see PA474 pootling along at c.150kts on her way back from commemorating of Operation Manna in Belgium and Holland.
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Old 4th May 2023, 16:37
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Nice to see PA474 pootling along at c.150kts on her way back from commemorating of Operation Manna in Belgium and Holland.
Ah, wondered what she was doing!

German Herc did an out and return from Evreux to somewhere up north earlier - Lossie? Also an Aussy AF Herc heading towards Malaga/Seville area, looks like out of Beirut. Long way from home...
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A Brazilian Govt Airbus went by into STN an hour ago, no doubt related to tomorrow's happenings.
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Polish, Swiss, Swedish, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish execs all heading our way... presume there's a grand nosh-a-thon this evening for visiting bigwigs somewhere?

Bit o' snap, crackle and pop avoidance over London right now - the twirlies on the Mall must be a bit damp.

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Just noticed a Hondajet departing Biggin with the unfortunate registration I-JACK. Wonder what his squawk is...?
Probably this bloke's buddy -

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Just looking at an EC-120 airborne near Reading, G-FCKD - how'd they get away with that one? CAA norty registration prefect must have been asleep...
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Is that the airfield used in one of the Bond movies ? Somewhere in the Pyrenees ?
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Courchevel.

PA46 F-GUYZ Hits a snowbank at Courchevel Altiport

Tomorrow Never Dies sequence filmed at Peyresourde-Balestas Altiport in the Pyrenees (it says here...)
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Just looking at an EC-120 airborne near Reading, G-FCKD - how'd they get away with that one? CAA norty registration prefect must have been asleep...
Previously on the Dutch register as PH-ECK, presumably with an Irish owner.
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