Evening all,

After the lifting of lockdown and the prospect of seeing some different aircraft in Cornwall I decided I would pay a visit to the South West of England to catch some required frames. My last visit was in 1979 so as you can imagine the place has changed considerably since my last visit.

My base for the duration of my stay has been the Great Western Hotel in Central Newquay. A very reasonable price for Bed and Breakfast here and good access to Food and Drink in the Town.

An early start today saw me leaving home on the dot of 6am. A hot clear day with good visibility was very welcome. First stop was Exeter which was reached in exactly 2 hours.

Noted on a quick stop at 8am:

EI-GPO ATR72*

G-CLXC DHC8D BEE

G-JMCK B734F NPT

G-JMCY B734F (WFU after a landing accident and due to be scrapped)

G-LGNK SF340 LOG

 

After checking my E mails it was back on the road for an hour before I found a place to stop just before 9am. After a 10 minute wait the reason for stopping came into View crossing the SW Coat near Falmouth

SU-BTT 7X Egyptian AF*

 

I then continued to Newquay Airport where I did a couple of circuits and then I parked in a field opened by a farmer at St. Eval which is on top of a local hill with a great view of the whole airfield. Noted 0945 – 1630

EI-DCR B738 RYR

G-LEGC EMB135BJ

G-MAJT JS41 EZE

G-POLW P68 POlice Air Wing

G-SAJF EMB145 LOG

G-SAJK EMB145 LOG

G-SAJR EMB135 LOG

G-UZLA A320N EZY

G-XATW A321N ZAP

N839AG A332 (WFU Thomas Cook colours)

CS-EME Da900EX

F-RAFA Da7X CTM

F-RAFQ Da900EX CTM

G-HARG EMB550

10001 B744 ROKAF

15001 A310 CFC

15+01 A319 GAF

152 CN235 CTM

00-0184 C17 USAF

03-3119 C17 USAF

09-0016 C32A USAF

80-1111 B773 JASDF

80-1112 B773 JASDF*

82-8000 VC25A USAF

A39-007 KC30A RAAF

MM62174 A319 IAM

ZZ176 C17 RAF

G-CRWL AW169* Cornwall Air Ambulance

G-DGUN A109

G-GALI A109

G-GPOT A109

G-IWPI A109

G-JMBS A109*

G-LITO A109

G-TCUK A109

G-THDR A109*

159351 VH3 USMC

159360 VH3 USMC*

ZH899 CH47 RAF

OTT

EI-NEU B789 NOS

CS-GLZ BD6500 NJE

N221DG G650

N889LS BBJ

204 E3A CTM*

 

Mark Paulin

 

Photo credit: Gilles Astre