As lockdown was easing, this was the opportunity to get the car out for a blast on the local motorway network. So over to Hawarden for a coffee in the Chocks Away diner and have a look at some of the aircraft about the ramp and the preserved exhibits.
I also went passed the 2247 Sqn ATC and noted the de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T.11 again. A nice surprise was the front nose of BGA1733 PZL-Bielsko SZD-30 Pirat glider, which was resting alongside one of the ATC buildings.
My photo link at: https://www.flickr.com/…/jlt…/albums/72157719217276484
Noted between 0955-1115hrs
Preserved:
Displayed in canvas corporate showroom.
Confirmed as G-CCGH Supermarine Aircraft Spitfire Mk.26 C/n PFA 324-14054 Private. Marked AB196. It had previously been based at Enstone~Oxon.
It did suffered a heavy landing at Hawarden on the 1st March 2011. It tipped onto its nose and damaged the left landing gear and prop..
23 red Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-27D C/n 83712515040 Preserved.
Stored outside at the side of the Chocks Away Aviator Cafe car park
YL-PAF Aero Vodochody L-29 Delfin C/n 591771 Preserved. Marked 18 red.
Stored between 2 hangars which adjoin the Chocks Away Aviator Cafe car park
ZE966 BAe/Panavia TornadoF.3T C/n AT042 Preserved.
Stored outside close to Chocks Away Aviator cafe
54 red Sukhoi Su-17M C/n 69004 Preserved.
Stored outside near the Chocks Away Aviator cafe
35 red Sukhoi Su-17M3 C/n 25102 Preserved. Unmarked.
Stored outside near the Chocks Away Aviator cafe
Hangar:
G-GARE Cessna 560 C/n 560-6232 Corporate
On the ramp:
EI-WXP Hawker-Siddeley 125800XP C/n 258382 Westair Aviation
P4-JET Hawker-Siddeley 125800B C/n 258056 Corporate
D-COLD Hawker-Siddeley 125800XP C/n 258575 Corporate
5N-JMA Hawker-Siddeley 125850XP C/n 258658 Arik Air. Unmarked.
G-VMCG Piper PA-38112 C/n 38-79A0950 Private
G-BYMD Piper PA-38112 C/n 38-82A0009 Private
G-SUKI Piper PA-38112 C/n 38-79A0260 Private
G-BZLG Robin HR.200120B C/n 353 Private
M-JACK Beech B200GT C/n BY-94 Corporate
M-TSRI Beech C90GTx C/n LJ-2033 Corporate
ZZ418 Beech 350CER C/n FM-17 Royal Air Force
Civil Hangar:
G-OTAN Piper L-21B135 Super Cub C/n 18-3845 Private Marked 54-2445
G-PATN Socata TB-10 C/n 307 Private
Maintenance Hangar:
G-MXPH BAC Strikemaster Mk.84 C/n EEP/JP/1931 Private in Singapore Air Force colours.
G-BWOT BAC Jet Provost T.3A C/n PAC/W/10138 Private In red colours.
Outside the 2247 Sqn ATC
XE852 de Havilland DH-115 Vampire T.11 C/n 15592 Preserved
BGA1733 PZL-Bielsko SZD-30 C/n B-483 Preserved
Over Hawarden~Flintshire C/n
ZM527 Airbus Helicopters EC135 T3 C/n 2033 Royal Air Force
G-RVRN Piper PA-28161 C/n 28-7916325 Ravenair
Regards
John