Wednesday 10th January (11.00am - 11.05am)  First visit of 2018 on what can be described a terrible day for photography..  Gulfstream G650 EC-MHZ arrived lastnight as (GES151) from Madrid Barajas and was due back there later today.

Saturday 27th January (09.45am - 09.50am) Only the one of note today... Cello BAe RJ100 G-ILLR  brought in Brighton FC lastnight as (CLJ924) for their game against Middlesbrough FC today, it was due back to London Gatwick early evening as (CLJ925) after the game...

Sunday 28th January (09.25am - 9.55am) Gulfstream G280 M-ISTY arrived from Farnborough lastnight, departing back there mid morning, whilst routing from Oxford to Southampton was GlobeAir Ce510 Citation Mustang OE-FWF as (GAC485F/374G).

Thursday 1st February (13.40pm - 14.10pm)  EMB500 Phenom 100 CS-DVS as (VVV341) and Learjet 75 F-HINC both arrived last night from Geneva and Dinard and departed to Geneva (VVV351) and Le Bourget today respectively, whilst on the Loganair's (LOG642/3) Aberdeen service was odd ball coloured Saab SF340 G-LGNU.

Thursday 8th February (12.20pm - 14.20pm) A most unusual looking aircraft and first visit of type today at DTV, HA420 Hondajet D-ITIM routed from Biggin Hill to Dusseldorf as (PWY748R/397V), Cartier's Ce680 Citation Sovereign+ PH-CTR arrived lastnight from Geneva and was due out today to Le Bourget, while both operating the Aberdeen afternoon routes were, Saab 2000 G-CERZ as (EZE65L/66L) and Saab 340 G-LGNC as (LOG642/3).

Saturday 10th February (10.50am - 11.25am) Another grotty day for shots.....  Luxwing EMB500 Phenom 100 9H-FOM arrived last night from Caen as (LWG591) and departed this morning to Bordeaux (LWG501).

Sunday 11th February (10.25am- 11.10am)  Noteables this morning...  Air X Charter Boeing 737-500 9H-AHA routed from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Venice as (AXY1105/1103), while arriving from Antwerp as (AHO918B) and departing to Samedan was Air Hamburg's EMB505 Phenom 300 D-CHIC.

Saturday 17th February (18.30pm - 18.40pm)  Air X Charter Boeing 737-500 9H-AHA arrived back from Venice as (AXY1401) on Wednesday 14th and stopped until Sunday 18th when it departed to Birmingham as (AXY1822).

Tuesday 21st February (09.30am - 10.00am) Loganair basic scheme Saab 340 G-LGNZ was operating the (LOG642/3) Aberdeen service, while arriving from its bagby base on the 17th was PA32R Saratoga OO-RAG, 'unfortunately though under raps!'

Saturday March 3rd (09.50am - 10.00am) Braving the "Beast from the East".....Pilatus PC12 OO-PCJ arrived from Brussels Charleroi Friday 2nd, and after stopping the night departed back their this afternoon. Nothing else of interest other than a couple of regulars in the snow finished off a very breif visit!! G-NHAC AS365 Dauphin of the Great North Air Ambulance and Piper PA34 Seneca G-CLUE, which has laid dormant since its undercarriage collapse several years ago!  "Rite back home for a coffee"

Wednesday 7th March (09.45am - 11.00am)  Of interest this morning in the murk...  PH-EXI Embraer ERJ175 operated (KLM1533/66H) Amsterdam service, while Eastern Airways Saab 2000 G-CDEB and Loganairs Saab SF340 G-LGNK both operated their Aberdeen services as (EZE62L) and (LOG642/643) respectively, and lastly stopping the night routing from and to Biggin Hill, was Learjet 45 G-SOVB as (BZE02A).

Friday 9th March (12.00pm - 12.30pm) Air Hamburg's Embraer ERJ135 Legacy D-AZUR routed from Le Bourget to Tel Aviv as (AHO664S).

 

Wednesday 14th March (10.30am - 11.10am) Short visit today for the following.....  EMB500 Phenom 100 9H-FGV arrived from Bournemouth as (LWG701) on the 7th, and departed to Farnborough as (LWG791) mid day.  BD100 Challenger 300 OE-HII routed from and to Krakow as (LDX12C), while on the morning (KLM1533/66H) Amsterdam service was Embraer ERJ175 PH-EXS.

Thursday 15th March (14.10pm - 14.25pm) First visiting wide bodied aircraft of the year prize went to Royal Air Force Airbus A330-243 Voyager KC.3 ZZ334, which was on a Mod charter and routed from Paderborn to Brize Norton as (RRR2185), while operating the Eastern Airways/Flybe (EZE65L/66L) was Saab 2000 G-CFLU.

Friday 16th March (14.50pm - 16.30pm)  Noteables in horrendous weather conditions today....  Falcon 2000 EC-LGV arrived from Barcelona as (MND201), and was due back there Sunday 18th. Learjet 45 G-UJET arrived from Malaga as (EGL112), after stopping the night was due out to Las Palmas, and on the schedules, Embraer ERJ175 PH-EXH was on the (KLM1537/62G) Amsterdam service, while operating the penultimate Loganair (LOG644/5) Aberdeen service was Saab SF340 G-LGNG.

Monday 19th March (13.30pm - 13.45pm)  Enter Air Boeing 737-800 SP-ENP arrived as (ENT501P) from Bristol lastnight, and headed out to Seville this afternoon as (ENT501), while Eastern Airways/Flybe Saab 2000 G-CDKA positioned in from Isle of Man as (EZE311P), and was due out the next morning on (EZE62L) Aberdeen service.

Sunday 25th March (12.20pm - 12.30pm) Nice movement today....  Mission Aviation Fellowship Ce208 Caravan Floatplane N628JN arrived from Duxford and after landing went into Hangar 1.. (eventually departing 18th Dec 2019 to Teuge.)

Wednesday 4th April (18.30pm - 18.35pm) Be200 Super King Air EC-JGB arrived from Rotterdam and did a local flight for IAS Medical as (MDI01T), then after stopping the night headed back to its Dutch origin.

Monday 16th April (18.00pm - 18.10pm) Noteables tonight...  Falcon 7X D-ASSY arrived from Schwabisch Hall, and was due back there after a nightstop, while operating Eastern/flybe Aberdeen (EZE65L/66L) rotation was Jetstream 41 G-MAJK.

Saturday 12th May (10.30am - 11.10am) Two Biz-jets were noted this morning... North Flying's Ce650 Citation 3 OY-JPJ, which arrived from Bournemouth yesterday as (NFA015), while arriving from Salzburg was Ce525 Citationjet CJ2 OE-FSP as (MOZ151), both were due to leave back their origins as (NFA017) and (MOZ151) respectively the Sunday 13th late afternoon..

Monday 28th May (14.45pm - 15.30pm) Falcon 900 PH-STB arrived from Nice and departed to Amsterdam some 40 minutes later as (XRO004) and was the one notable visitor today...

Tuesday 29th May (17.30pm -17.40pm) A sole executive jet 'again' was the interest today, Huntsman's Gulf 4/SP N620JH arrived from Gibraltar, and after a nightstop departed to London Gatwick.

Saturday 2nd June (15.10pm - 15.35pm) Noteables on this quick visit in some dull conditions....BD100 Challenger 350 OE-HRS routed from Venice to Faro as (AOJ78R), while operating DTVs only summer I.T (a weekly flight to Jersey) was flybe DHC,8-400 G-ECOT as (BEE8MZ/8CL).

Monday 11th June (18.20 - 18.35pm) Of interest tonight direct from across the pond.......  N219QS Challenger 650 routed Farmingdale to Southampton.

Saturday 23rd June (17.30pm - 18.00pm) A trio of executive jets in this late afternoon, 'all night stopping'....  Ce525 Citationjet CJ3 CS-DGW arrived from Malaga as (VVV162) Friday 22nd and was due out back to its origin Sunday 24th as (VVV111). A couple of Gulfstream's, N620JH (Gulf 4/SP) and N808TC Gulf 550 arrived from Edinburgh and Oxford Waterbury respectively,  with N808TC due to depart back across the pond to Farmingdale late Sunday morning, and N620JH routing to Glasgow early Monday morning.

Sunday 24th June (09.25am -09-40am)  Noteables this morning on a breif visit.....  On (KLM1533/66H) Amsterdam service was Embraer ERJ190 PH-EZI, while routing from Friedrichshafen to Southampton was Canadair Regional Jet 200 D-AGRA as (PAV5046/4998).

Monday 25th June (18.50pm - 19.25pm) Saxon Air Ce510 Citation Mustang G-KLNW arrived from Norwich as (SXN51D), and after stopping the night, headed off to Bournemouth the next morning. Ducair Air Ambulance Learjet 45 LX-LAA also stopped the night after arriving from Kefalonia as (DUK7AMB), leaving the next morning under the same callsign to Lisbon, and lastly Naljets Be90 King Air G-ORTH arrived on the 19th June as (APX6G) from Leeds, eventually departing to Biggin Hill Tuesday 26th.

Friday 29th June (13.50pm - 14.10pm) Of Interest... Arriving to pick up a horse was West Atlantic Boeing 737-300F G-JMCL, and routed from and to Cambridge as (NPT260H/1H), while routing from Dubrovnik to Birmingham was D-CTWO Learjet 35 as (AYY108)..

Friday 6th July (16.45pm - 17.00pm) Smart coloured Ce560 Citation XLS OE-GWV was the only worthy visitor having arrived from Helsinki earlier, and left to Bristol after stopping two nights Sunday morning..

Sunday 8th July (08.50am -.09.00am) FAI Learjet 60 D-CFAF arrived from Faro lastnight as (IFA2464) and departed as (IFA2465) to Samsun (Carsamba) mid afternoon..

Tuesday 14th August (17.30pm - 17.40pm) A trio of Biz in this afternoon consisted off...  G-JSSE Falcon 900 as (XJC45E) routed from Bournemouth to Bangor, Ce510 Citation Mustang F-HIBF arrived from Blackbushe Sunday 12th as (ASJ421) and left back to its origin under the same callsign, while the regular Gulfstream G650 N288Z arrived from Luton on Wednesday 8th, eventually departing to North Eleuthera Sunday 26th.

Friday 17th August (14.45pm - 18.05pm) Noteables this afternoon.... Of the three Royal Air Force Tucano's, only two were shot which were ZF139 as (Vanquish 1) and ZF379 as (Vanquish 2), all operating from and to Linton on Ouse. Arriving from Aberdeen as (LOG840P) was Loganair Saab 2000 G-LGNS, which left an hour later with Middlesbrough FC onboard as (LOG841) to Bristol for there game with Bristol City FC tomorrow. Be90 King Air N121GT routed from Biggin Hill to Newquay, while in for some film work regarding Netflix advert, was Saxon Air Hawker 900XP G-SCJP which routed from and to Luton as (SXN80K). Eastern/flybe BAe Jetstream 41 G-MAJB was operating (EZE65L/66L) Aberdeen rotations....London Executive Ce560XL Citation Excel G-CIEL routed Birmingham to Luton as (LNX45CE), whilst bringing in Britney Spears support act "Pittbull" from Antwerp for her concert at Scarborough tonight was Gulf 4 N305PB, eventually departing on Monday 20th to Manchester. SE-RMR Ce560 Citation XLS arrived from Dusseldorf as (BLJ54S), and headed to Lydd the next morning as (BLJ54T), and lastly a couple of the inmates from Hanger 1, Thales DR42 Twin Star G-COBS and Be200 Super King Air G-FPLD, and Ce208 Grand Caravan Amphibian N208JN, which hasn't moved since arriving from Duxford 25th March.

Saturday 18th August (12.50pm - 13.40pm) Air Charter Scotland Embraer EMB550 Legacy 500 G-ESNA routed Ibiza to Luton as (EDC397).

Sunday 19th August (17.20pm - 17.40pm)  Two Royal Air Force Puma's ZJ955 as (SHF235) and ZA936 as (SHF302) passed though for fuel routing Benson to Catterick...

Wednesday 22nd August (18.20pm - 18.45pm) Of interest this early evening...  Air Jet Sul Ce650 Citation 7 CS-DGR arrived from Malaga as (AJU651) yesterday afternoon and was due out to Dundee the next day, while arriving also yesterday and stopping for a couple of days routing from and to Geneva was Ce525 Citationjet D-IMOI.  Bell 429 G-ODSA as (SSP33) also arrived yesterday, and was due out to Fairoaks Friday. Air X Charter Bombardier Challenger 850 D-AJOY arrived from Helsinki as (AXG11) and after a night stop headed back to its origin, and lastly Agusta A109 G-MCAN arrived as (Castle 07) and was due out the next day under the same callsign..

Friday 24th August (13.45pm - 13.50pm) Quick nip up for a classic Ce551 Citation II/SP D-IMME, which arrived from Basel Mulhouse yesterday morning, and left Sunday 26th back to its origin.

Wednesday 29th August (16.30pm - 17.00pm) Visitors in this afternoon....  Gestair Falcon 2000 EC-MRR routed Prestwick to Santander as (GES641R), stopping the night was Ce525 Citationjet CJ2+ OE-FXM which routed from and to Geneva as (SPW891), while both arriving Sunday 26th were Jetfly Pilatus PC12 LX-JFD, which routed from and to Denham as (JFA62U/63U) and stopped until Friday 31st, and Gulfstream G150 C-GZCZ which arrived from Iqualit as (CNK715), eventually departing back there on 2nd Sept, and lastly on the Eastern/Flybe (EZE65L/66L) Aberdeen rotation was ATR72 G-IACZ.

Thursday 30th August (16.45pm - 17.00pm) Another Gestair this afternoon in the shape of Ce560 Citation XLS+ EC-LYL, which arrived from Santander yesterday as (GES381L) and was due out to Cork Fri 31st, while Ce680 Citation Sovereign D-CAWS arrived for a nightstop routing from and to Biggin Hill.

Saturday 1st September (13.55pm - 14.30pm) A very rare and unusual visitor this morning while on a round the world tour was Pipistrel Sinus 912 VT-NBF, which arrived from Calais, and headed off to Wick the next morning but diverted back to Newcastle while just north of the border on route. Vistajet BD100 Challenger 350 9H-VCE arrived from Genoa as (VJT474) and left to Milan Linate after stopping the night, whilst on the (BEE8MZ/8CL) Jersey flight was G-ECOE DHC,8-400.

Sunday 2nd September (18.15pm - 18.40pm) Not the best light for photography tonight.... But Topjet Executive Hawker 850XPi I-TOPH arrived from Milan Linate, departing back there on Tuesday 4th, and Jetstream Air Ce650 Citation 7 HA-KAP arrived from Treviso as (JSH656), leaving mid day Monday as (JSH657) to Bergen, whilst operating (EZE7648) Humberside-Aberdeen service was Saab 2000 G-CIEC.

Tuesday 4th September (17.55pm - 18.20pm) Two colourful Executive jets tonight in nice light!!...  N711EG Gulf 4 arrived from Naples mid afternoon, and I-AVND Learjet 45 arrived from Milan Linate as (VND3339) early evening, both left Thursday 6th, with the Gulf to Cardiff and the Learjet 45 back to Milan Linate as (VND3340).

Friday 7th September (07.30am - 08.10am) Early morning arrivals... OH-RBX Ce560XL Citation Excel arrived from Berlin Schonefeld, and left the next day to Helsinki, and Gulf 4 N620JH arrived from Dusseldorf before heading off across the pond to Bangor Maine, whilst a trio of last night arrivals were.. OY-JJB Dornier 328-300Jet which arrived from Billund as (SUS861A) and departed back there on the 8th, Ce525 Citationjet CJ3+ LX-FPF arrived from Brussels as (FYL31F), departing to Oxford as (FYL71F) mid afternoon, and lastly OE-FUX Ce525 Citationjet CJ2 which arrived from Linz and left for the short hop to Leeds Bradford.

Saturday 8th September (16.45pm - 17.00pm) Noteables today....Tyrol Air Ambulance Astra SPX OE-GBE routed St Petersburg to Munich as (TYW315/6), while NetJets EMB505 Phenom 300 CS-PHE routed London Stansted to Paris Le Bourget as (NJE190C/4EB).

Sunday 9th September (15.20pm - 16.10pm) Gulfstream G450 N450EE arrived lastnight from Chicago Du Page, and departed to Birmingham on Wednesday 12th. while BD700 Global Express XRS N121RS routed from Farnborough to London Stansted.

Tuesday 11th September (17.30pm - 18.45pm) Operating KLM's (KLM15S/1536) Amsterdam service was Embraer ERJ175 PH-EXR. Be200 Super King Air G-WCCP routed from Doncaster to Isle of Man as (BRO081P/081), and Air X Charter Challenger 850 9H-BOO routed from London Luton to London Stansted as (AXY1110/1111).

Friday 14th September (14.05pm - 14.20pm) Noteables on this afternoons short visit....  Falcon 7X OH-WIX arrived from Helsinki as (JEF99), and was due out to Luxembourg after stopping the night. Ce560 Citation XLS+ G-SNJS arrived for a weekend stay routing from and to from Jersey as (GMA152), whilst operating a horse charter from East Midlands to Dublin was West Atlantic Boeing 737-300F G-JMCL as (NPT205H/206H).

Sunday 14th October (09.50am - 10.05am//14.45pm -18.00pm) Horrible conditions for photography this morning but brightening things up on this short visit were... SprintAir Saab SF340 SP-KPE which routed from Friedrichshafen to Leipzig as (SRN076/077), and Gama Ce560 Citation XLS+ G-OJER routing from and to Jersey as (GMA064). Onto the afternoon visit.. which seen Ce550 Citation Bravo G-XJCI as (XJC154/154P) route Jersey to Southampton, Piper PA32R Lance N101DW routed from and to Cambridge, and lastly just before dusk was another SprintAir Saab SF340F SP-KPV routing from  Friedrichshafen to Billund as (SRN086/087).

Wednesday 17th October (18.50pm - 19.05pm) Just the one tonight....  Falcon 7X N360PZ arrived from Birmingham on Tuesday 16th... and was due to depart back there Wednesday 18th.

Friday 26th October (14.00pm - 14.30pm) Two of interest this afternoon with car parts and both arriving from Friedrichshafen. RAF Avia ATR,72 YL-RAI arrived as (MTL440C), and departed to Timisoara as (MTL442P) on Tuesday 30th,  while Ce525 Citationjet CJ2+ D-IMHA arrived lastnight as (MHV52A), and was due out to Vienna Saturday 27th.

Wednesday 31st October (16.45pm - 17.00pm)  Just managed to catch these two before dark..... Ce560 Citation Encore LN-IDC arrived from Sandefjord Torp as (ETI430T) on Tuesday 30th, departing back there Thursday 1st November as (ETI401T), while bringing in Crystal Palace Football team for their game with Middlesbrough was Aero4M Embraer EMB145 S5-ACJ, which routed from and to London Gatwick as (AEH661/2).

Saturday 3rd November (09.50am - 10.10am) A trio of Cessna Citation jet's in this morning with two not being shot before...  Air Hamburg Ce525A CJ2 D-IBJJ arrived yesterday morning from Friedrichshafen as (AHO578R) on a car parts charter, eventually departing to Faro as (AHO159U) on Monday 5th, while Air Service Liege Ce525 OO-IBE arrived this morning from Norwich, routing back there later today, and lastly, and back on another car parts run from Friedrichshafen yesterday as (MHV52A) was CJ2+ D-IMHA, which was due out later today to Vienna.

Thursday 8th November (18.30pm - 18.45pm) A couple of early evening arrivals, which included two Pilatus PC12's, OO-PCK arrived alongside sister ship OO-PCM from Brussels Charleroi, with PCM departing back there after 60 minutes on the ramp, while OO-PCK stayed until Saturday 10th when it departed back to its origin. 9H-AOA Ce680 Citation Latitude arrived as (ULC21) from Grenchen and departed to Farnborough on Sunday 11th.

Sunday 11th November (15.45pm - 16.10pm) Noteables in just before dark....  Zorex Metro EC-JYC arrived from Stuttgart as (ORZ252) on Friday teatime,  departing eventually to Gerona as (ORZ221P) on  13th Tuesday morning, while Tyrol Air Ambulance Astra SPX OE-GBE arrived from Lanzarote as (TYW315).

Friday 23rd November (15.40pm - 16.45pm) Challenger 650 OE-IGA arrived from Moscow Vnukovo as (IJM607) yesterday, and was due back there Sunday 25th. Royal Air Force Airbus A330 Voyager ZZ334 routed from Oslo to Brize Norton as (RRR2173/4), while common Gulfstream G650 N288Z has sat idle since arriving from  Luton on the 17th, eventually departing to Venice on 26th.

 

Thursday 29th November (20.15pm - 20.30pm) A late night visit for newly registered Jota Aviation BAe 146-300 QT G-JOTF which arrived from Rzeszow as (ENZ232), after stopping the night it headed off to its base Southend as (ENZ234P) late 30th. Falcon 900 N978PW went in the box having arrived on the 26th from Morristown, eventually departing back there on the morning of the 2nd December.

Friday 30th November (14.00pm - 14.15pm) Not in the best light, but Time Air Be400 Beechjet OK-PPP arrived from Luton as (TIE907P), and after a night stop, departed to Innsbruck as (TIE629P).

Thursday 6th December (17.30pm - 17.40pm) Tea time visit for SprintAir Saab SF340 SP-KPC, which routed Rzeszow to Liege as (SRN031/032).

Friday 7th December (15.00pm - 15.05pm) Royal Air Force BAe 146-CC2 ZE700 routed from Belfast City to Northolt as (KRF01).

Saturday 8th December (11.30am - 12.00pm)  Noteables in this morning while on a short visit.  Enter Air Boeing 737-800 SP-ENG arrived lastnight from Enontekio as (ENT3208) to operate the Santa Special today but went tech after arrival then left to Doncaster as (ENT3210) late evening, so was replaced with sister ship SP-ENO early this morning, while Time Air Be400 Beechjet OK-EAS routed from Innsbruck to Faro as (TIE629Y).

Sunday 16th December (14.50pm - 15.05pm) Another Enter Air Boeing 737-800 on another Santa Charter, and parked in the same place as last week! SP-ESB arrived from Chambery as (ENT642) and was due out for a day trip to Pajala-Yllas the next morning. Ce560 Citation XLS OE-GWV arrived from on Rzeszow on the 14th, and left later this evening to Luton.

Wednesday 26th December (10.30am - 10.45am) Globe Air Ce510 Citation Mustang OE-FDT arrived yesterday as (GAC438U) from Bournemouth, and left to Southampton on 27th as (GAC153A), while arriving this morning as (CBM56), also from Bournemouth was G-SKBD Nextant 400XTi, which eventually departed back to its origin on the 30th.