Evening all,
A beautiful warm clear day meant for some fantastic scenery today and some fantastic aircraft! It was an early start from the Hotel as I had an appointment at Pilatus at Stans at 0930.
Zurich 0600 – 0645
CS-DXM C560XL NJE
M-ODKZ Da900EX
T7-GLF G550
HB-ZJG R44*
OTT
OH-LZR A321 FIN*
I then headed to Stans/Bouchs arriving just before 8am. I took a ride around the airport before my appointment with Pilatus for my tour. I need to sort out my log with tie ups before I post it so will do that in a few days.
I left here around 1145 and within an hour I had climbed over the hills to Mollis. Noted on a short stop 1250 – 1305
HB-XZN R22*
HB-ZHA AS350*
HB-ZNC AS350*
HB-ZNW B407
HB-ZOC R44*
HB-ZRS A109*
HB-ZRY A109*
HB-ZSC R44*
HB-ZUR R66*
OE-XJO B412*
Besides those above there were about half a dozen light aircraft and about 50 gliders present. The airfield is in a stunning location at the top of a valley almost at the snowline today!
From here a further hour through the mountains and Lichtenstein bought me to Hohenems in Austria. A busy arifrield with around 50 or so present, Sadly the Parachute School which has a Caravan was all locked up. So only these of interest to me logged:
3E-KS Sa318 Austrian Air Force*
I-OEME AS350*
OE-BXM AS350 Austrian Police*
From here it was a short 20 minute drive avoiding the Motorways to Altenrhein. A lot of building is going on here with some new hangers going up. The road around the back of the airfield was closed. So these noted from the airport and from the Layby on the main road opposite. Besides those below about 10 light aircraft were on the field.
HB-FWI PC12*
HB-VPC C525A*
N101FU C510
N259FG G280*
OE-GDP EMB505
OE-HGS IAI1126
D-HAKL R44*
HB-XLA B206
HB-ZAT R44*
N456TG R44*
Then it was back on the Motorway for about an hour to Dubendorf. Noted around 1600 were the following:
LN-BSD Be200GT*
LN-BSH Be200GT* (arrived and parked outside the hanger where the other two were in)
LN-BSJ Be200GT*
HB-ZQL EC145*
From here it was the short drive back to Zurich. Noted this evening between 1700 and 2030 have been the following:
A7-AMJ A359 QTR*
EC-LIN EMB190 AEA* (finally!!!!)
EC-NCT A320N VLG*
TC-SOB B738 SXS*
9H-EAA C560XL*
CN-RBS Bae125
CN-TJS Bae125
CS-LTD C680A NJE
CS-LTG C680A NJE
D-AZUR EMB135BJ AHO
D-CARO C680
D-CDAS EMB505
D-CEER Be200GT*
D-COLO C525C
D-IAAS EMB500*
D-IKBO C525A
D-IMCJ C525
HB-JSS Da7X
HB-JWA CL650
HB-VPE C525B
HB-VPO EMB505
I-CABD C525
LX-JFY PC12 JFA
M-FALZ Da7X
N651CH G650
OE-FAF C525A
OE-FKW EA500*
OE-FNP C510
OE-GLS C670
S5-BDM C560XL
T-751 CL604 SUI
HB-ZQK AW139*
OTT
D-ABHF A320 EWG (Last one)*
F-HBUZ A321N DJT*
D-ATOP EMB135BJ AHO*
More wanderings from Switzerland tomorrow.
Mark Paulin
Photo credit: Martin Chell