GATWICK ROUNDUP 06-10-11

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John Dyer Posted: Thu, Oct 6 2011 10:23 PM

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VISITORS
A rare type at Gatwick these days, Gulfstream 3 N461AR (384 ex N1982C, N399WW, N399BH, N369CS, N112GS, N818TJ) registered to Osprey Air Lease made its first visit at lunchtime wearing a very dark blue (possibly grey) scheme with a black registration. This airframe visited as N818TJ as recently as 7/3 this year & was also to be seen here as N1982C back on 07/03/85. The day's other newcomer was Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight A320 A6-DLM (2403 ex ZK-OJJ, VP-CMS), which positioned in from Farnborough.

FLEET NEWS
Astraeus A320 G-STRP (0136) failed to make it from RAF Brize Norton to Kemble today - perhaps tomorrow.
British A/W B773 G-STBD (38695) made its first flight today.
Ryanair. It seems that B738 EI-EST (34994) made its first flight on 4/10 as N761BA. Interestingly, ATDB shows EI-ESR to EI-ESU as "acquisition cancelled". I will leave you to draw your own conclusions.

ROUTE NEWS
None today.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
CRJ850 G-RADY (8081 ex D-ATRI) was registered to TAG Aviation today & promptly undertook a flight from Farnborough to Istanbul.
Rossiya A148s are currently scheduled for 9/10 & 10/10. No others are showing at the moment for the rest of October, but Rossiya seems to change aircraft types at very short notice these days.
Staff at the Airbus factories in Germany will stage a one-day strike tomorrow over the use of temporary staff. Airbus has stated that this may influence its plans to allocate more final assembly capacity for A320-family aircraft to Hamburg as this might lead to a "loss of trust" in the German sites. I hope that none of you were planning at trip to Finkenwerder tomorrow.
My usual correspondent for the supply of information regarding aircraft due the following day is out of the country until at least 17/10. If anyone is in a position to supply such details in his absence, please let me know.

CREDITS   
Alan Edwards, Malcolm Baldry, David Hewitt, John Creasey, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Emilia Fox & anybody else that I have forgotten.

Happy spotting!
John (& my cat Mad Max)  
http://www.flightglobal.com/airspace/blogs/john_dyer/default.aspx

MOVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS
AIRLINERS
AEA1013 E195 EC-LIN
AEA1015 cancelled
AMC116 A320 9H-AEO
AMC118 A319 9H-AEL
AUI501 B733 UR-GAQ
AWE732 A333 N274AY
AZW724 cancelled
BER8596 B737 D-AHXE (also BER8598)
BTI651 B733 YL-BBL
CIM4661 CRJ2 OY-RJD
CIM4663 CRJ2 OY-RJI
CIM4665 CRJ OY-RJG
CTN4494 A319 9A-CTI
DAL12 B763 N155DL
EIN23A A320 EI-DET
EIN232 A320 EI-DEJ
EIN236 A320 EI-DVM (also EIN244/248)
EZS8463 A319 HB-JZJ
EZS8475 A319 HB-JZM
EZS8481 A319 HB-JZV
EZS8530 A319 HB-JZW
FIF114 B752 OH-AFI
ISS351 A319 EI-DFP
ISS355 A319 EI-DEZ
MAH612 B736 HA-LOD
MAH614 B737 HA-LOI
NAX14X B733 LN-KKI (displaying NAX1318 on SBS)
NAX18Z B738 LN-DYR (also displaying NAX1318 on SBS!)
NAX31F B738 LN-NOP
NAX32A B733 LN-KKD
NAX34G B733 LN-KKL
NAX36C B738 LN-NOG
NAX51ZC B738 LN-NOE
NAX55YB B738 LN-NOV
NAX59ZA B738 LN-DYM
NAX351L B738 LN-NOS
NAX510G B738 LN-NOL (also NAX512J)
NAX1336 B738 LN-DYN
NAX3522 B738 LN-NOD
NAX5818 B738 LN-DYI
OAI142 B733 SP-HAA
OAI192 B733 ES-LBD (also OAI348)
RYR5FE B738 EI-DPZ
RYR6NF B738 EI-DHS (also RYR1ZR/2MU/5ZG)
RYR6XB B738 EI-EFV
RYR27AH B738 EI-DHC
RYR27GJ B738 EI-DLN
RYR57HB B738 EI-DLY
RYR64BZ B738 EI-DPL (as RYR664BZ)
RYR1397 B738 EI-EMD
RYR2747 B738 EI-EBA
RYR5252 B738 EI-DWO
RYR5301 B738 EI-DPL
RYR7728 B738 EI-DCZ
SAS4623 B736 LN-RRU
SRR6977 eta 22.10 (due to be B762F OY-SRG)
STU2375 A320 LX-STC
TAP334 A319 CS-TTB
TAP346 A319 CS-TTH (also TAP332)
TCX413 A332 OY-VKF
TSC322 A333 C-GCTS
UAE009 B773 A6-ECD
UAE011 B773 A6-EMQ
UAE015 B773 A6-EBK
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
A6-DLM A320 (AUH07, first visit, dep with same callsign)
D-CAAE Lear 55 (arr 5/10, dep today as IFA1507)
N461AR Gulf 3 (reg as callsign, first visit)
ZS-AOL Gulf 5 (arr 4/10)