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 Latest shots/blog to be added....      Teesside International 2026

Teesside Tuesday 7th September (10.20am - 11.40am) A bit of a military theme this morning, with all in for overshoots.......  Two  Royal Air Force//Qatar Air Force BAe Hawks ZB132 and ZB131 as (Javelin 13 and Javelin 22) respectively were operating out of Leeming, Royal Air Force Embraer EMB500 Phenom T.1 ZM337 routing from Glasgow to Cranwell as (CWL52), and lastly Royal Air Force Lockheed F-35B Lightning 2 ZM158 as 'i think' (DOOM11) operating out of Marham. The rest from a pretty busy 90 minutes spent at the airport were...Aurigny ATR.72 G-ORAI operated the (AUR62NV/63JB) Jersey service, Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-EST was on the (RYR83AR/4UC) Alicante service, LuxAviation Embraer EMB505 Phenom 300 G-JAGA departed to Luton as (LNX23JG). VistaJet BD100 Challenger 350 9H-VCQ routed from Shannon and was due to leave to Torp Sandefjord as (VJT495/453), and lastly and taken from my house, TUi Boeing 737-8MAX G-TUPG was operating the (TOM74B/18M) Palma service.

Teesside Friday 11th September (08.55am - 12.44pm//15.45pm - 16.30pm) Two visits today, one long, followed by a short one...  Catreus Ce525 Citationjet CJ2+ G-ILBG routed East Midlands to Brussels as  (VCG1BG/2BG. New operator 4 Airways (part of the European Aviation Group) Boeing 737-400F 9H-1EAL routed from and too Bournemouth as (DAK9451/2). Starspeed Eurocopter EC155 G-LCPX (SSP22) departed to a private site near Gunnerside after arriving from a private site near Kingsford 9th September. NetJets UK Ce560 Citation XLS G-NJAC routed from Jersey to Farnborough as (NJU2VY/6UA), ex British Airways Airbus A319 G-EUOG was better for a shot today in nice light "so it was rude not to!" Airbus A320 OE-IAN (still warring its previous reg of LY-NVL) was towed back to Hanger 4 apron, while ex Air Serbia Airbus A319 has taken up its new reg of OE-IBE. On the later visit was for two VistaJet Embraer ERJ135 Legacy's, D-AJET routing from Stockholm Bromma to Naples as (VJH738) and  D-AIRZ routing from Paris Le Bourget to Milan Linate as (VJH721).

Teesside Tuesday 15th September (09.40am - 13.05pm)  OE-GBF Pilatus PC24 arrived from Aberdeen yesterday and was due out later to Dundee,  Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-GXG was operating the (RYR60AD/25CP) Faro service, while on the (RYR83AR/4UC) Alicante was Boeing 737-8200 MAX 9H-VUH. Netjets UK Falcon 2000 G-NJAE arrived from Northolt yesterday as (NJU250N) and left to Geneva as (NJU9XC). Aurigny ATR.72 G-PBOT operated the (AUR62NV/63JB) Jersey service, The Flying Bulls Ce560 Citation XLS+ OE-GFB routed from and to Salzburg. Two Royal Air Force Grob G120TP Prefects ZM312 as (PRF28) and ZM314 as (PRF43) routed from and to Barkston Heath. TUi Boeing 737-8MAX G-TUMF was operating the (TOM74B/18M) Palma service. G-HZRD Agusta A119 Koala routed from Leeds East and left to a private site near Eddsfield. Ex Air Serbia Airbus A319 has taken up its new reg of OE-IBE and was parked nice for a shot. Resident PA31 Navajo G-SYLL departed to Bristol. And lastly Draken had several of their fleet up this morning.. Aero L-159s G-DKNO (PIRATE 12) G-DKNE (PIRATE 11), G-DKNR (PIRATE 13|) and G-DKNT (PIRATE 14), Falcon 20s G-FRAW (ZODIAC 02), G-FFRA (ZODIAC 01), G-FRAL (ZODIAC 04) and G-FRAJ (ZODIAC 03) which is C/N 020 and one of the oldest Falcon 20s still operational being over 60 years old!! Diamond DA.42 Guardian G-FFMV departed heading to Spadeadam as (VANGUARD) while sister ship G-COBS waiting for its next task....

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