Tuesday 2nd January  (14.20pm - 15.05pm) First visit of the new year in awful weather for photography.  DAS Private Jets Bombardier Challenger 300 D-BEAM arrived from St Moritz/Engadin as (DWW662), while arriving from Brussels was the first of the TUI fly Belgium Boeing 737 fleet,  OO-JAL 'a 700 series' arrived as (JAF056F) and is first in for a weeks turn round in Maintenance.

Saturday 6th January (14.00pm -14.10pm) 2Excel Aviation Boeing 737-700 G-NEWG arrived lastnight from Birmingham as (BRO888A) with Aston Villa FC for their game with Middlesbrough today, and was due back to Birmingham later as (BRO888B).

Tuesday 9th January (17.10pm - 19.00pm) Smart Bombardier BD700 Global 7500 N121CL arrived from Farnborough and was due out later to Riyadh, Enter Air Boeing 737-800 SP-ENG arrived on the 7th from London Gatwick as (ENT3054) and is due out Thursday 11th as (ENT3055) to Enontekio on a Northern Lights charter.  On the late afternoon (KLM1537/62G) Amsterdam service was Embraer ERJ175 PH-EXN, and lastly stored ex ITA Airways Airbus A320-200 EI-IKB is now enginless.

Wednesday 21st February (13.30pm - 14.00pm) Horrible light for the departure of the Saudi Aero Medical Gulfstream G450 HZ-MS4A this afternoon. It left to Stuttgart in the drizzle as (MEDVC4A) after arriving from Riyadh yesterday.

Friday 23rd February (15.00pm - 15.30pm) Bio flight A/S Vulcanair P-68 OY-SYS arrived from Heide-Busum and did a couple of days survey work before heading back to the German airport on Sunday 24th, while bringing in Plymouth Argyle to play Middlesbrough FC tomorrow was Blue Islands ATR,72 G-ISLM routing from Exeter to Jersey as (BCI801/2), and lastly on the Aberdeen Loganair (LOG36MJ/567) service was ATR,72 G-LMTB.

Monday 13th May (08.10am - 08-30am) Just the one today. Gulfstream G550 N26RX dropped in for 30 minutes while routing from London Luton to Stockholm Bromma.

Wednesday 15th May (13.05pm - 13.45pm) Ce525 Citationjet G-POYA routed from and to Farnborough as (PYN02), while VistaJet Germany Falcon 7X D-ARIE arrived from Bordeaux, and headed off to Munich as (VJH983) some 2 hours later.

Thursday 16th May (15.00pm - 15.55pm) Czech Air Force Airbus A319 2801 routed from and to Prague/Kbely as (CEF521).

Friday 17th May(08.40am - 13.40pm//16.00pm - 18.20pm)  Two Visits today...  Smart Bombardier BD700 Global 7500 N121RS routed from London Luton to Palm Beach Florida as (TWY42). |Gulfstream G550 N26RX arrived from Milan Linate and headed out to London Luton a short while later, while Eastern Airways Embraer ERJ170 G-CMLI was operating the (KLM963/4) Amsterdam service.  Then back up later for the return Czech Air Force Airbus A319, which was the second aircraft of the fleet, 3085 routed from Bordeaux to Prague/Kbely as (CEF519) and lastly Eastern Airways Embraer ERJ190 G-CLSN was operating (KLM965/6) Amsterdam service.

Thursday 23rd May (18.45pm - 19.10pm)  Not the best for photography regarding the light and the heavy rain, never the less Lauda Europe Airbus A320- 9H-LMB operated the Ryanair (RYR9AE/8QW) Palma service. LuxAviation Ce525 Citationjet CJ4 OO-NSG routed from and to Brussels as (AAB61X), Jet Executive Learjet 35 D-CAPO arrived from Chania as (JEI444) and is due to depart to Faro in the morning as (JEI454), and lastly long term storage ex Easyjet Airbus A319 G-EZBC has been getting some attention of late so might be departing soon??  

Friday 24th May (14.45pm - 17.05pm) Prince Aviation Ce560 Citation XLS+ YU-SVJ arrived from Pisa and after a nightstop departed to Brindisi as (PNC7D) while routing from Santiago to Lelystad as  (SUZ4) was Zeusch Aviation Be200 Super King Air PH-ZDZ.

Monday 3rd June (20.55pm - 21.10pm) The first of a new daily mid week (Mon - Thur) cargo flight started tonight when ASL Belgium/Fed Ex Boeing 737-400F OE-IAE arrived from Edinburgh and left some 60 minutes later to Paris Charles de Gaulle as (TAY1DI).

Friday 7th June (14.50pm - 15.20pm) Gulfstream G450 G-TAYC was here for some crew training, routing from and to East Midlands. Jet Executive Learjet 55 D-CGBR arrived from Tarbes/Lourdes and left to Munich some 3 hours later as (JEI151). Now fly Be200 Super King Air G-WVIP arrived from Exeter, and lastly Qatar Air Force BAe Hawks are based due to Lemming's runway getting resurfaced with 2 of the 6 ZB136/ZB131 arriving after another sortie as (Sarab formation).

Saturday 15th June (09.15am - 10.50am)  Eastern Airways Embraer ERJ190 G-CLSN was operating (KLM963/20E) Amsterdam service. Vistajet Bombardier Challenger 350 9H-VCA routed from Farnborough to Faro as (VJT401). G-CJDB Ce525 Citationjet CJ1+ arrived from Jersey and was due out later to Jersey, while Ortac Air Falcon 2000 2-RBTS arrived from Farnbourgh and was due out later to East Midlands as (ORT01A/01B).

Tuesday 18th June 20th June (20.45pm - 20.50pm)  Tonights ASL Belgium/Fed Ex Boeing 737-400F was OE-IAZ routing from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle as (TAY1DI).

Wednesday 19th June (20.35pm - 20.55pm)  A different ASL Belgium/Fed Ex Boeing 737-400F tonight in better light, anyway OE-IAJ did the usual routing of Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle as (TAY1DI).

Thursday 4th July (20.00pm - 21.00pm)  Lauda Europe Airbus A320 9H-LOP operated the Ryanair (RYR9AE/8QW) Palma service. Tonights ASL Belgium/Fed Ex Boeing 737-400F was OE-IBL routing from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle as (TAY1DI), while positioning in from Northolt to take the PM out after a night stop back to Northolt was Royal Air Force Falcon 900 Envoy G-ZAHS as (KRF64), and lastly a couple of the ex Easyjet A319s, G-EZBB and G-EZBC which has just taken up 2-EZBC registration, so maybe onto pastures new??

Saturday 6th July (11.15pm - 13.40pm) Valljet Hawker 900XP F-HPHX routed from Barcelona to Malaga as (VLJ127V/085G), Ce750 Citation 10 M-SEAO routed from Milan Linate to Oxford, while TUi Airways Boeing 737-800 G-TAWS and Eastern Airways ATR,72 G-CMFI were operating the Palma and Jersey summer charters as (TOM89M/26M) and (EZE71J/72J) respectively.

Saturday 20th July (09.30am - 09.50am)  A short visit for the two Bizz arrivals... Gama Aviation CL604 Challenger G-DAYA routed from Farnborough to Leeds Bradford as (GMA890) while Excellent Air Ce525 Citationjet CJ3 D-CENT routed from Biggin Hill to Faro as (ECA3NT).

Tuesday 23rd July (20.30pm - 21.00pm) Tonights ASL Belgium/Fed Ex Boeing 737-400F was OE-IBO routing from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle as (TAY1DI).

Saturday 3rd August (12.15pm - 13.20pm)  TUi Airways Boeing 737-800 G-TAWM and Eastern Airways ATR,72 G-CMEI were operating the Palma and Jersey summer charters as (TOM89M/26M) and (EZE71J/72J) respectively, while routing from Palma to Paris Le Bourget as (SVW50MC) was Falcon 2000 LX-MIC.

Friday 09th August (14.50pm - 16.05pm) GainJet Ireland Hawker 800XP EJ-REVA routed from Bergen to Palma as (GJI85U), while Ortac Air Embraer EMB505 Phenom 300 2-ZENP arrived from Palma as (ORT06A) and is due out tomorrow afternoon to Ibiza, and lastly routing from and to Belfast International was G-ISJE Pilatus PC12 as (EMC3).

Sunday 11th August (08.00am)  Taken from my house.....European Air Charter Airbus A320-200 LZ-LAG was on the Balkan Holidays (BGH5523/4) Burgas weekly summer charter flights.

Friday 16th August (11.45am - 15.10pm) Jetstream Charter Ce650 Citation 3 HA-JEV arrived from Faro and after a night stop departed to Le Bourget as (VTB537, Flying Group Pilatus PC24 LX-FCB arrived from Antwerp for the weekend as (FYG32CB), departing back to the Belgium city on Sunday evening. Air Charters Europe Embraer ERJ135 PH-DWC arrived from Malta as (AGR1651) and left for the short trip up to Glasgow on Sunday midday as (AGR988), and lastly Zenith Aviation Learjet 45 G-SOVB arrived from Farnborough as (BZE02B) and headed north to Inverness the next morning as (BZE02A).

Sunday 18th August (17.30pm - 17.40pm) Bombardier Challenger 350 C-CLMM arrived from Montreal Metropolitan and was due out to the next day to Rotterdam.

Tuesday 20th August (10.00am - 10.30am//18.00pm - 18.20pm) Freebird Airlines Airbus A320 TC-FBO was operating the weekly summer (FHY643/4) Dalaman service, while a later visit in nice light for the McCain Foods Falcon 2000 C-FMFL, which arrived from Toronto early this morning for a 4 day stay, eventually departing to Biarritz on Friday 23rd.

Wednesday 21st August (08.00am) Taken from my house....  ASL Belgium/Fed Ex Boeing 737-400F OE-IBL arrived from Shannon as (TAY1476) and brought in some race horses for the Ebor Festival at York and was due back to Shannon as (TAY1477) mid evening.

Thursday 22nd August (13.10pm - 13.40pm//17.40pm - 18.00pm) Two visits today due to things being spread out, anyway 2Excel PA31 Navajo G-OUCP was operating out of Humberside and in for some training as (BRO06T), Smart Jet Ce560 Citation XLS SP-UMA arrived from Manchester and is due out tomorrow to Ibiza (SJI1).. and the later visit seen Lauda Europe Airbus A320 9H-IHL operating the weekly Ryanair Palma (RYR5987/8) service, while Empire Aviation Embraer ERJ135 Legacy 600 A6-CPC routed from and to Farnborough as (EMJ11).

Saturday 24th August (08.30am - 08.40am)  Vistajet (USA) Bombardier Challenger 300 N539XJ arrived yesterday from Faro and departed to Oxford this morning as (VJA539).  Embraer Phenom 300 OK-PHE routed from Vilnius and departed to Faro an hour later.

Sunday 25th August (09.00am - 09.40am) An early morning visit this morning... European Air Charter Airbus A320-200 LZ-LAG was on the Balkan Holidays (BGH5523/4) Burgas weekly summer charter flights, while dropping in for fuel was German Navy Dornier 228 57+-05 routing from Nordholz to Aberdeen as (GNY4791).

Tuesday 27th August (08.10am) Taken from my house Freebird Airlines Airbus A320 TC-FHL was operating the weekly summer (FHY643/4) Dalaman service.

Wednesday 28th August (11.25am) Taken from my house 2Excel Boeing 727-200 arrived from London Southend and departed to Cardiff  some 90 Minutes later as (BRO27).

Thursday 29th August (19.20pm - 21.05pm)  Vistajet CL605 Challenger 9H-VFJ arrived from Malaga as (VJT516),  Lauda Europe Airbus A320 9H-LOM operated the weekly Ryanair Palma (RYR5987/8) service, FAI Aviations smart Learjet 60 D-CITI arrived from Alicante, while Tonights ASL Belgium/Fed Ex Boeing 737-400F was OE-IAK routing from Edinburgh to Paris Charles de Gaulle as (TAY1DI).

Friday 30th August (15.00pm - 15.30pm)  OO-ESA Cessna 404 Titan was in from Antwerp yesterday late evening, and did some survey work south of Teesside Airport on Friday and Saturday before heading back to Antwerp late Saturday afternoon.

Saturday 31st August (09.00am - 09.25am)  Eastern Airways Embraer ERJ190 G-CLYU was on the KLM Cityhopper (KLM963/4) service this morning.

Monday 2nd September (09.00am - 12.05pm)  Terrible light today for shots, never the less some nice stuff.....  NetJets Ce680 Citation Latitude CS-LTI routed from Farnborough to Oberpaffenhofen as (NJE500E/281L). Get1jet Pilatus PC12 F-HPIL arrived from Marseille and is due out to Ibiza the next morning. Ineos Gulfstream G280 M-ICKY routed from Farnbourgh to Santander, Gulfstream G500 N537GS arrived Sat 31st August from Greenville Spartanburg and is due to depart back there on Thur 5th September, and lastly Zenith Air British Aerospace 125-800 ZS-ZEN arrived from Johannesburg via Luanda/Kano and Algiers as (GRA88) late evening Sunday 1st September, and was due for the long flight back to South Africa Tuesday afternoon routing Isle of Man, Algiers, Durban, eventually arriving at Johannesburg Thursday 5th September.

Tuesday 3rd September (08.30am - 09.15am)  Freebird Airlines Airbus A320 TC-FHL was operating the weekly summer (FHY643/4) Dalaman service, while departing to Ibiza as (SAH51P) after arriving from Isle of Man lastnight was Smart Jet Hawker 400 SP-OOK.

Tuesday 10th September (08.10am - 08.30am)  Freebird Airlines Airbus A320 TC-FBV was operating the weekly summer (FHY643/4) Dalaman service.

Wednesday 11th September (12.30pm - 13.45pm) NetJets Bombardier Challenger 650 N245QS arrived from Pittsburgh, and after a nightstop was due out to Bangor the next morning, Three classic Draken Falcon 20s arrived back from a morning sortie, G-FRAP,G-FRAF and G-FRAH as (Monica 21,Monica 23 and Monica 24 respectively, while another Netjets Ce680 Citation Latitude CS-LTP routed from Waterford to Oxford as (NJE638B).

Thursday 12th September (14.15pm -17.00pm) A busy afternoon.......  Ce525 Citationjet CJ3 OE-GSF routed from Cascais to Amsterdam as (JVW224), Royal Air Force Airbus A400 Atlas ZM415 arrived from Brize Norton as (RRR4320), after stopping the night it did a return trip to Oslo and then departed back to Brize Norton as (RRR4321). Ce525 Citationjet CJ3 D-COVA arrived from Madrid Barajas on the 10th and was due out back to the Spanish city this afternoon,  Falcon 2000 I-MIRL arrived from Farnborough on the 10th and is departed to Milan Linate later today. Pilatus PC12 M-SURF arrived from Exeter yesterday and headed out to Paris Le Bourget this afternoon. Gestair Ce560 Citation XLS EC-LYL arrived the 10th and left back to Madrid Barajas as (GES381L) today, Sirio Bombardier Challenger 350 I-FORZ arrived the 10th and left this afternoon back to Milan Linate as (SIO401). Eastern Airways BAe Jetstream 41 G-MAJD was on the Aberdeen service as (EZE65L/64L). Lastly Draken's residents were busy also today... Falcon 20s were out and about on sorties ..  G-FRAR as (Mothball 91) G-FRAK as (Mothball 91) G-FRAH as (Zodiac 52) G-FRAP as (Zodiac 51) and the Aero L-159s G-DKNG as (Savage 81) G-DKNF as (Savage 82) and G-DKNA as (Savage 83).

Thursday 19th September 10.45am - 12.00pm) Atlantic Airways Airbus A320 OY-RCJ was on a Mod charter routing from and too Olso as (FLI7870/1), G-GAAL Ce560 Citation XLS+ routed from Newcastle to Farnborough as (KRH30), while basking in the sun after arriving from Rome Ciampino on Monday 16th as (LSA901) was I-SNLI Falcon 900, and is due back to the Italian city later this afternoon.

Tuesday 24th September (16.30pm - 17.00pm) Two nice Bombardier executives jets late this afternoon. N121RS Global 7500 arrived from Farnborough as (TWY42), and left some 24 hours later to Barcelona, while Willis Leasing Global Express N65WL arrived from London Stansted and is due out to Cardiff in the morning.

Saturday 28th September Taken from my house Brand new Bombardier Global 6500 G-LMHA routed from and to London Luton for some crew training.

Friday 4th October (16.40pm - 16.55pm) Draken's next trio of Aero L-159s N275EM,N274EM and N270EM arrived from Keflavik as (Artic 01/02/and 03) respectively in not the best of lighting conditions....

Monday 7th October (08.40am - 10.30am) Pilatus PC12 D-FEBJ routed from and to Munster Osnabruck, KLM's (KLM963/20E) Amsterdam service was operated by Eastern Airways ERJ190 G-CLYU, (now with KLM Titles), Gulfstream G550 N17RX routed from London Luton to Prague, while hanging on is the once G-EZBE ex Easyjet Airbus A319s now registered LY-CYM.

Monday 14th October (13.00pm - 13.35pm) Vistajet Bombardier Challenger 850 9H-ILV routed from Munich to Amsterdam as (VJT634).

Thursday 17th October (12.10pm - 17.50pm)  "A very long day at my local!"  Royal Air Force C-17 Globemaster ZZ178 arrived from Brize Norton as (JDW816) for several touch and goes before heading back home to Brize via Newcastle. Canadian Air Force CC-130J Super Hercules 130608 arrived from Gander early on the Wednesday 16th as (CFC2526), and left on a training flight mid day 'which seen it head to the Mach loop and the Lakes for some low level flying' arriving back later in the afternoon as (CAN2526). Having canx the next day training due to low mist and fog, it departed back to Canada via Gander on Sat 19th October.  Ineos Gulfstream G600 M-ANTA arrived from Farnborough, heading back there after a night stop. Cessna 404 Titan OO-ESA which arrived from Antwerp on Tuesday 15th October, was up for several hours surveying over Whitby and later North of Teesside before arriving back late afternoon, eventually leaving back to Antwerp on Wednesday 23rd October,  and lastly departing back to Farnbrough having arrived from there on Tuesday 15th October was G-LAMO Bombardier Global 5000 in the last rays of light....

Friday 18th October (13.15pm - 14.30pm) LuxAviation Falcon 7X OO-AIE arrived from Brussels yesterday evening as (AAB71A), and was due out this afternoon to Farnbourgh, New Daher TBM960 N265KC arrived from Guernsey and left some 90 minutes later to Leeds East. Royal Air Force EMB505 Phenom 300 ZM335 did a overshoot as (CWL35), while smart resident Piper PA31 Navajo G-SYLL was sat waiting for its next charter.

Saturday 19th October (08.30am - 08.45am)//(12.45pm - 13.00pm) Jetstream Aviation Ce650 Citation VI HA-JEX routed from Budapest to Faro as (VTB768). Eastern Airways ATR,72 G-CMFI arrived yesterday from Bristol with Bristol City FC as (EZE9803/4 and was due back to Bristol after there game with Middlesbrough FC today. Ryanair's (RYR5575/6) Corfu service was operated by Boeing 737-800 EI-ENH. While of interest on the later visit, Centreline Falcon 8X G-KOLO routed from and to Guernsey as (CLF24P), while operating the TUi (TOM5675/4)  Palma service was Boeing 737-800 G-FDZD.

Wednesday 30th October (18.15pm - 18.30pm) TUS Air Airbus A320- 5B-DDK arrived from Corfu as (CYF111P) on Monday 28th October for maintenance with Willis Leasing.

Saturday 2nd November (10.10am - 10.30am) French Air Force KC-130J Super Hercules 5874/61-PQ routed from and to Eindhoven as (CTM2087), in not the best light...

Sunday 3rd November (14.00pm - 14.10pm) 'Another grey aircraft in dull light' never the less, Royal Air Force Airbus A330 Voyager KC.3 ZZ338 routed from Billund to Brize Norton as (RRR2113).