Interesting German visitor to Weston today

Su Campu

Three German planes have just landed at Weston, carrying several passengers and luggage. One of them, G-EGWZ Gyroflug SC-01B-160, did a few noisy circuits before landing.

The other two were [URL="http://www.airliners.net/photo/Untitled/Mooney-M-20J-201/0866941/L/&tbl=&photo_nr=20&sok=&sort=&prev_id=0866942&next_id=0866940]Mooney M20J D-EKGL[/URL] and D-EVAD (unknown).

They are parked on the east grass parking area so are easily visible from the road if you want to pop up to have a look.

Davidth88

thanks Ill drive home that way

Andrew33

Su Campu wrote: »

Three German planes have just landed at Weston, carrying several passengers and luggage. One of them, G-EGWZ Gyroflug SC-01B-160, did a few noisy circuits before landing.

The other two were Mooney M20J D-EKGL and D-EVAD (unknown).

They are parked on the east grass parking area so are easily visible from the road if you want to pop up to have a look.

Thanks Su, think I'll head over that way this evening.

Oscar Bravo

Nice! Always loved the Mooney since we had one based down west years ago(EI-CIK),based at Galway first and later Knock.

Su Campu

Oh, I should have also said that three very cute women stepped out of the Mooney!

Andrew33

Thank Su for the heads up!

Su Campu

Andrew33 wrote: »

Thank Su for the heads up!

No bother, thanks for the photos. You didn't happen to get the three passengers by any chance did you?!

By the way, the second plane's a weird one, that's actually the back of it that's pointing towards you! It has its elevator on the nose.

Andrew33

Su Campu wrote: »

No bother, thanks for the photos. You didn't happen to get the three passengers by any chance did you?!

By the way, the second plane's a weird one, that's actually the back of it that's pointing towards you! It has its elevator on the nose.

Yeah, I thought it was a Rutan Vari-Eze which is a similar design with the canard wing. I've only ever seen one once over in Portimao (LPPM) Portugal.

Steyr

Had a look for D-EVAD on German Civil register so must be so so new as she didnt appear on any Registers i found.

Andrew33

Steyr wrote: »

Had a look for D-EVAD on German Civil register so must be so so new as she didnt appear on any Registers i found.

She's a Piper PA-28R-210T Cherokee Turbo Arrow III, I don't have a C/N for her yet though so if you come across her details anywhere gimme a shout:)

Steyr

Andrew33 wrote: »

She's a Piper PA-28R-210T Cherokee Turbo Arrow III, I don't have a C/N for her yet though so if you come across her details anywhere gimme a shout:)

Will do.:)

Tabnabs

Andrew33 wrote: »

These two have just flown over the southern coast of Dublin Bay headed ESE in single file/line astern formation.

Su Campu

Tschüß!

Su Campu

The Mooney belongs to Fliegergruppe Leutkirch, near Friedrichshafen, Germany. All three planes were recently photographed in Jersey, on May 23rd, so obviously doing a nice trip of northwestern Europe, lucky buggers.

N7777G

Another interesting item at Weston yesterday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/4660669391/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/4661290286/

Slick50

I think the Rutan was the long ez, basically a larger version of the vari ez. Very nice looking aircraft.

Davidth88

Hi,

The canard D-EGWZ was a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyroflug_Speed_Canard


Very similar to the Long Eze , but not actually one.

I have ALWAYS loved Rutan's aircraft , indeed one of the high points I have is seeing Voyager in the Smithsonion http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_Voyager

I always fancied building a Vari EZE or Long EZE , you can get kits.


The float Cessna is quite a regular visitor I think , I have seen it there a few times , always interesting to see !

cyrusdvirus

N7777G wrote: »

Another interesting item at Weston yesterday.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/4660669391/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/4661290286/

Surprised he didn't land on the reservoir!!

the_syco

gatecrash wrote: »

Surprised he didn't land on the reservoir!!

As the height of the water can rise or fall by a couple of feet, doing so may be pretty dangerous?

cyrusdvirus

the_syco wrote: »

As the height of the water can rise or fall by a couple of feet, doing so may be pretty dangerous?

Mean ol' syco....ruining my little Dambusters moment i had going on there!!:D

Su Campu

I sent off an email to the Leutkirch Fliegergruppe and got a response from one of the pilots that visited. He said they flew Leutkirch-Jersey-Kerry-Weston-Reims-Leutkirch. 12 hours total flying.

They had a brake problem with the Gyroflug when they landed in Weston, but managed to fix it. He also said there was "an enthusiastic photographer behind the fence pointing his lense at us".....that must have been you Andrew, take a bow!

Andrew33

Su Campu wrote: »

I sent off an email to the Leutkirch Fliegergruppe and got a response from one of the pilots that visited. He said they flew Leutkirch-Jersey-Kerry-Weston-Reims-Leutkirch. 12 hours total flying.

They had a brake problem with the Gyroflug when they landed in Weston, but managed to fix it. He also said there was "an enthusiastic photographer behind the fence pointing his lense at us".....that must have been you Andrew, take a bow!

Ta Su, if said photographer was standing on the bonnet of his car to shoot over the fence, then it was me:D
On the Weston thing, I see they (who? who?) have blocked off access along the fence to the hill behind the apron, how bloody small minded and petty are they? We hardly pose a security risk by climbing the hill to photo aircraft? :mad::mad::mad:

Su Campu

Andrew33 wrote: »

Ta Su, if said photographer was standing on the bonnet of his car to shoot over the fence, then it was me:D
On the Weston thing, I see they (who? who?) have blocked off access along the fence to the hill behind the apron, how bloody small minded and petty are they? We hardly pose a security risk by climbing the hill to photo aircraft? :mad::mad::mad:

Yeah I noticed that yesterday, it's a pity alright, it was a nice little area. Maybe they had complaints from the steel yard behind? Not sure why, but you know what some people are like, maybe their privacy was being invaded...

Andrew33

Su Campu wrote: »

Yeah I noticed that yesterday, it's a pity alright, it was a nice little area. Maybe they had complaints from the steel yard behind? Not sure why, but you know what some people are like, maybe their privacy was being invaded...

And the funny thing is, you can still scramble up the hill behind the little sub station thing but it is steep!

Su Campu

Has anybody any info on that accident in Kerry last Thursday in which a German plane landed wheels up? They say it was belonging to an aero club from the Munich area, and had arrived from Guernsey. This would be a similar route to that taken by the Leutkirch Group above?

I wonder is there any connection.

Davidth88

I saw that , I must admit I was wondering the same thing


everyone was ok I think....

N7777G

Another interesting German visitor at Weston today .....

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/4901529159/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/eigjb/4902114632/