GATWICK ROUNDUP 18-02-12

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John Dyer Posted: Sat, Feb 18 2012 9:08 PM

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VISITORS
Falcon 2000 OM-OPF (207 ex N207EM, OE-HEM) operated by Opera Jet made its first visit this morning, while another newcomer was THY B738 TC-JGF (29790).

FLEET NEWS
EasyJet A320 G-EZUN (5046) made its fist flight yesterday as D-AXAN.
Lufthansa A321 D-AIDP (5049) made its first flight yesterday as D-AZAG.
RAM B738 CN-RGJ (33072) made its first flight today.

ROUTE NEWS
None today.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Two new biz jets joining the register yesterday were G200 G-OIRP (142 ex N235LC, SX-IRP) for Air Charter Scotland & Falcon 7X G-SVNX (123) for Executive Air Charter at Farnborough.

With the recent retirement of Omni Air International's last DC-10, there are now no passenger variants of the type left flying anywhere in the world. Including 60 KC-10s for the USAF, a total of 446 DC-10s were built &, according to ATDB, 155 are still active, 48 are stored, 72 are derelict, while 139 have been scrapped & 32 have crashed.

Little for tomorrow so far:
M-ISLE Ce680 etd 07.20
NAX flights - 10G/NOV, 16Y/NOT, 34G/DYA, 36C/NOY, 51ZC/DYN, 1304/NOP, 4457/DYK, 5818/NOE

CREDITS
Jay Walters, John Creasey, Martin Stephen, Mr Anon, Jethro, Skyliner, ATDB, Leonard Nimoy & 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-LKX
AEA1015 E195 EC-LLR
AMC116 A320 9H-AEN
AUI501 B738 UR-PSA
AWC76D B733 G-POWC
AWC742 B733 G-ZAPW (also AWC744)
AWE732 A333 N272AY
BTI6G1 B733 YL-BBY
CIM191 CRJ2 OY-MBT
DLH896 B735 D-ABIN
DLH898 B733 D-ABEP
EIN23A A320 EI-DEP
EIN232 A320 EI-EDS (also EIN236/244/248)
EIN7217 A320 EI-DEE (also EIN7235)
EXS2148 B733 G-CELK (also EXS150C on SBS, though used c/s EXS6031)
EZS43LJ A320 HB-JZX
EZS354G A319 HB-JZI
EZS8463 A319 G-EJJB
EZS8467 A320 HB-JZZ
EZS8481 A319 HB-JZM
HCC503 A320 OK-HCA
HVN141 B772 VN-A142
ISS355 A319 EI-DFP
MLD863 A320 ER-AXP
NAX10G B738 LN-NOV
NAX14X B733 LN-KHC
NAX32A B733 LN-KKD
NAX38W B733 LN-KKX
NAX51ZC B738 LN-NOE
NAX5816 B738 LN-NOJ
PLM601P B744 EC-KSM
RYR4RB B738 EI-EPE
RYR5FE B738 EI-DPK
RYR6MN B738 EI-DWX (also RYR1ZR/2MU/5ZG)
RYR6XB B738 EI-DAC
RYR7NH B738 EI-DWJ
RYR76VT B738 EI-DYI
RYR87JL B738 EI-DAO
RYR5301 B738 EI-ENT
SDM297 A319 VQ-BAR
STU841 eta 21.45
STU843 A320 LX-STA
TAP334 A319 CS-TTS
TAP338 A319 CS-TTM
THY1997 B738 TC-JGF (first visit)
TSC522 A332 C-GPTS
UAE9 B773 A6-ECD
UAE11 B772 A6-EML
UAE15 B773 A6-EGJ
VKG1585 B752 G-FCLI
XAX10 A343 9M-XAC
 
GA & OTHER MOVEMENTS
CS-DFX HS125 (arr 17/2, dep today as NJE651C)
CS-DMP Be400 (NJE004U)
HB-VWJ Ce560XL (reg as c/s, dep with reg as c/s)
M-ISLE Ce680 (reg as c/s)
M-YSKY Premier (arr 17/2, dep today with reg as c/s)
OM-OPF DA2000 (OPJ700, first visit, dep with same c/s)