Archive Spotting Movements Log & Heads Up

[twevsmiff]

Must be bad weather at Manchester.
EI-DPH(Ryaniar 21TB), Bergamo - Manchester, holding over LBA awaiting to divert in.
Looking on radar the KLM Amsterdam - Manchester flight is currently heading towards Morcambe !!!!!

 

[twevsmiff]

Aircraft now landing at Manchester but still delays, hence
G-LSAI(Channex 12F) Heraklion - Manchester on finals for 32, diverting into LBIA(1940).

The bad weather now seems to be approaching Leeds, aircraft taking of 32, making right hand turn outs.

 

[oldendays]

Weird business this weather. Not half an hour ago the LBA ATIS was reporting CAVOK in spite of a pile of cloud just to the southwest and the sky being rather black ! Does the transmissometer only measure cloud directly above the airfield, I wonder ?

 

[oldendays]

Not transmissometer. Ceilometer. Twit !

 

[lbaspotter]

Back Bone Aviation Bombardier CRJ-200LR, OY-RJC currently working inbound LBA as I type as BOB213 from LGW.

 

[twevsmiff]

RAF C-17 ZZ175(Ascot 820) just leaving hold to carry out ILS and overshoot runway 32(1535).

 

[lbaspotter]

RAF C-17 ZZ175(Ascot 820) just leaving hold to carry out ILS and overshoot runway 32(1535).

He requested 4 approaches. Here's pic i got whilst he was in the LBA overhead hold.

 

[lbaspotter]

RAF royal flight BAe 146, ZE701 has just arrived into LBA using flight no "KRF93"

 

[twevsmiff]

Citation X P4-AND just arriving LBIA(1230)

 

[lbaspotter]

RAF Chinook HC4, ZA712 which belongs to 18 Squadron has just passed low overhead LBA and landed at Coney Park for a refuel using callsign "Vortex591"

 

[quik123]

Not transmissometer. Ceilometer. Twit !

Ceilometer does only measure cloud above it. It's located off the end of the 32 approach.
ATIS weather is entered manually. ie it's a human observation, hope that helps.

 

[a300boy]

Couple of Biz Jets I noted today
OE-HUB Citation 10 [arrived at 1305]
9H-ALL Citationjet [ Departed at 1720]
also a P188 Avanti landed this morning but I missed it so cannot identify it.

 

[oldendays]

Thanks quick. Not much use for recording the cloud sitting on the 14 threshold where only Cat 1 is available. Not a new problem for Leeds Bradford, mind you.

 

[twevsmiff]

Couple of Biz Jets I noted today
OE-HUB Citation 10 [arrived at 1305]
9H-ALL Citationjet [ Departed at 1720]
also a P188 Avanti landed this morning but I missed it so cannot identify it.

The Avanti was M-ONTE, new aircraft replacing King Air 90 M-ONTI.

 

[a300boy]

Thank You T !!!!!

 

[twevsmiff]

USAF Gulfstream 5(C-37A) 01-0029(Spar 24), inbound 1420
Just got clearance outbound to Stansted)1455)

 

[lbaspotter]

RAF Tornado GR4, ZG750 (Pinky) just did an ILS missed approach to runway 14 using callsign "Marham06"

Here's a picture of Pinky I got at the 2016 Farnborough Airshow back in July.

 

[yorkie40]

As of tomorrow the airport looks noticeable quieter! Thought it was end October when it slows down?

 

[oldendays]

Jet2 traditionally operate second rotations to Spain and Portugal in the afternoons during the peak season. Most of these have now stopped as we're into October. Some Greek flights have also now finished, e.g. The Wednesday Zakynthos. Several of the long distance flights (Canaries and Turkey) which operated in the afternoon are now scheduled for the morning so the afternoons will be generally a little quieter.

 

[oldendays]

We have an Eastern Airways Embraer 170 with us this morning. G-CIXW.