Fishburn Airfield News 2019
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The Aircraft Restoration Group is led by Mike Eastman and they hope to establish the Fishburn Historic Aviation Centre and build three hangars to house their aircraft collection. All enquiries and offers of help or support in cash or kind to Mike at the link below.
Both the Dove and Venom arrived on the 2 February 2016 and are on loan from the De Havilland Aircraft Museum at London Colney with the Primary glider being acquired from the Norfolk and Suffolk Aviation Museum in 2015 and arriving at Fishburn in late February 2016. The ARG have several other aircraft which are currently in store elsewhere and will not be moved to Fishburn until the hangar(s) are erected to provide some protection from the weather. These include Flea G-ADRZ, the unique Thurston Tawney Owl G-APWU, Spitfire FSM BR954/JP-A and an as yet unidentified Oxford Mk1! The group website is currently under re-build but like most groups these days they also have a Facebook page at the link below.
Fishburn Reports 2019
Fishburn News 30th December - David Thompson
My last visit of the year and indeed
the decade and the strip itself continues to be damp with
landings at the pilots discretion and as they might say at
nearby Sedgefield Racecourse, heavy under foot! A welcome
return home today for resident Rans G-XALZ which arrived from
Fenland at 13:00 were it had been under rebuild following it’s
heavy landing accident here on the 25 June 2018. I was quite
surprised to see ‘LZ back at Fishburn as in the meantime it’s
owner had bought a Tecnam P92 Echo which
arrived from its former base at RAF Mona on the 29 August.
The 23rd saw the arrival
of both the Irish registered Cherokee from Weston and the
Cherokee Arrow as well as the departure of Aerobat G-PPFS, noted
on the 14th, to Gamston with C152 G-BHCP acting as
the ferrying aircraft.
Not seen by me but a nice way to end
the year was a first flight for resident RV-4 G-RATC in the
hands of its builder/owner Paul Johnson on the 31st December. His
3rd RV build!
A very happy New Year to one and all
and here’s to an active 2020 for Fishburn Airfield and all GA
airfields and strips throughout the UK. Hopefully?
| Museum | ||
| D-IFSB |
Dove Mk6 |
|
| J-1790 | Venom FB54 | |
| XG743/789/BY | Sea Vampire T22 | arrived
3-7-2018, ex-storage in N.Yorks |
| G-APWU | Thurston Tawney Owl | dismantled,
open store |
| G-BBLM | MS Rallye 100S Sport | restoration to static
display |
|
Hangered |
||
| G-BAPI | FRA150L Aerobat | minus wings, NFD
8-11-2019 |
| G-OALH |
Tecnam P92-EA |
|
| N75CE |
Christen Eagle II |
|
|
Parked Out |
||
| G-CKZL | PA-28RT Cherokee Arrow IV | |
| G-CLDC |
EV-97A Eurostar |
|
| EI-EDR | PA-28R Cherokee Arrow II | |
| Flying | ||
| G-XALZ | Rans S6S Super Six | from Fenland returning
home |
Fishburn News 14th December - David Thompson
The museum are also holding 4 open-cockpit days but no dates have been decided upon for those as yet.
Fishburn News 14th December - David Thompson
A last pre-Christmas visit found
little activity on either the ground or in the air with the
latter being restricted due to the state of the strip because of
the recent poor weather, it was so cold and bleak that even the
usually busy Aviator Café was near empty until mid-morning. Not
quite the night before Christmas, no mice either just a huddle
of GA pilots stirring their tea!
The Tawney Owl is a rare bird, pun
intended – oh no it wasn’t, oh yes it was, and arrived from the
Aircraft Restoration Group store near Masham on the 19 October
together with their Flying Flea G-ADRZ which resides in Hangar 1
but which I have yet to see. The ‘Owl is presently in open-store
but desperately needs to be under cover due to it’s mainly
wooden construction and work continues apace on the new ARG
workshop in the backfield at Fishburn. During these winter
months and weather permitting, an ARG working party meets every
Saturday to progress the workshop cum hangar and maintain their
aircraft, mostly ensuring that they remain weather proof.
The group are always looking for new
members as well as corporate help and sponsorship and if anyone
feels that they can help with either or would like to come along
and have a look at the collection, chairman Mike Eastman can be
contacted on; (M) 07803 809883 or email;
ARG@aircraftmail.com
Already planned for next year is a Wings & Wheels weekend on
the 1-2 August 2020 plus four open-cockpit days as well as a New
Year addition to the collection!
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| Museum | ||
| D-IFSB |
Dove Mk6 |
|
| J-1790 |
Venom FB54 |
|
| XG743/789/BY | Sea Vampire T22 | arrived
3-7-2018, ex-storage in N.Yorks |
| G-APWU | Thurston Tawney Owl | dismantled,
open store |
| G-BBLM | MS Rallye 100S Sport | restoration to static
display |
|
Hangered |
||
| G-CIPL |
Vans RV-9 |
|
| G-CLDC |
EV-97A Eurostar |
|
| G-CLDE | Jabiru UL-450 | build completed and
recently given PTF |
| G-CLFM | Glasair Sportsman | awaiting maiden flight |
|
Parked Out |
||
| G-BAPI | FRA150L Aerobat | minus wings, NFD
8-11-2019 |
| G-PPFS | FRA150L Aerobat | mtce, from Netherthorpe |
Fishburn News 10th August - David Thompson
G-BBLM arrived on the 10 August from the EMA Aeropark in exchange for EoN Primary ‘WP266’ BAPC 423.
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Fishburn News 6th August - David Thompson
G-HOLA noted on the 6th August, new resident - albeit probably temporary?
Fishburn Report 23rd June 2019 - FoDTVA / FoDSA
A rather later than planned trip to Fishburn with the Friends groups from both Teesside and Doncaster, where we had a look around a couple of preserved aircraft followed by a walk around the hangar areas. Only one hangar was open but you couldn’t pick a better one as it houses the resident Spitfire/P-2 Kraguj and other vintage types. Unforseen circumstances meant we arrived later than planned, so the arranged dinner visit to the Aviator Cafe was unfortunaly changed to a coffee stop. As always the staff were very acommadating - thank you.
| Hangered | ||
| 30140/140 | P-2 Kraguj | really
G-RADA, PTF exp 5-9-2005 |
|
30146/146 |
P-2 Kraguj | really
G-BSXD, PTF exp 19-7-2018 |
| K2048 | Isaacs Fury II | really
G-BZNW, PTF exp 29-8-2018 |
| X4683/EB-N | Jurca Spitfire |
Cherub,
really G-MUTS |
| Museum | ||
| D-IFSB |
Dove Mk6 |
|
| J-1790 |
Venom FB54 |
|
| XG743/789/BY | Sea Vampire T22 | arrived
3-7-2018, ex-storage in N.Yorks |
| Parked Outside | ||
|
G-BOSM |
DR253B Regent | ARC exp 11 |
| G-CCWM | Robin DR400 Regent | mtce, ARC
exp 22-4-2019 |
| G-CNCN | Rockwell Commander 112TCA | |
| G-EDYO |
PA-32 Cherokee Six |
|
| G-OKIS | Tri-R KIS Cruiser | NFD
15-3-2019 |
| G-WILI | PA-32 Saratoga SP | |
| N77072 | Cessna120 | ex-
Birchwood House, fuselage only |
| Flying/Visitor | ||
| G-CDEX | Europa |
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Fishburn Report 6th May 2019 - Chris Smith / David Thompson
Following the precedent
set for Bagby two days earlier this time it was Susan Powell one
of the other BBC weather presenters to tell us that this May
Bank Holiday had been the coldest on record since 1987 and just
what you want to hear ahead of a fly-in! The forecast had
obviously had an effect on visitors both by air and road
although The Aviator Bistro appeared to be the winner as inside
tables were hard to come by but those outside were treated to
close up views of both the Isaacs Fury and Jurca Spitfire as
John Rogerson brought both aircraft up to the fence for plenty
of selfie opportunities.
The Blue Yonder Airtours Cherokee Six made an early weather check flight and promptly cancelled all of its remaining bookings for the day although it did carry out a fast taxi run for one young visitors before putting the covers back on and calling it a day. The Rufforth based Pup was the first visitor and the night-stopping Cardinal was off and south back home to its strip near Stamford before the rest of the days visitors arrived as did the best of the weather in the early afternoon. Both of the rotary visitors were local as were the fixed wing ones except for the RV-4 G-RVER which came down from Prestwick and obviously likes to get out and about and was noted at Oban the following weekend.
The Aircraft Restoration
Group had their three aircraft cockpits open as well as a
marquee housing their large scale model Sopwith Camel and SE5a
and their two latest recruits, Fred and George, stand guard
inside The Aviator dressed in war-time and post-war period
flying clothing and help to both publicise the group and
hopefully attract funds via their collection tins? Hopefully!
The group have just acquired a Romney Hangar from NELSAM at
Usworth and hope to put it in the ‘back field’ and use it as a
workshop one day to be able to display the rest of their
collection which includes Flying Flea G-ADRZ, Tawney Owl G-APWU, EoN Primary
WP266/BAPC423 which was fully restored here in 2017 as well as
the mortal remains of two Airspeed Oxfords.
| Hangered | ||
| 30140/140 | P-2 Kraguj |
really G-RADA, PTF exp 5-9-2005 |
|
30146/146 |
P-2 Kraguj |
really G-BSXD, PTF exp 19-7-2018 |
| G-AYFF |
D62B Condor |
|
|
G-BOSM |
DR253B Regent |
ARC exp 11-9-2018,
mtce |
|
G-CBAR |
Glastar |
mtce, Annual inspection |
| G-CBJH | Aeroprakt A22 Foxbat | |
|
G-CCDY |
Skyranger 912 | new resident, ex-Baxby |
| G-CCVN | Jabiru SP | |
| G-CDLS |
Jabiru J400 |
|
| G-CLFM | Glasair Sportsman |
under construction |
| G-MMPZ | Teman Monofly | "Miss
Monofly |
| G-TSOL | Acrosport I Taylor Titch | unregistered construction |
|
Parked
Out |
||
| K2048 | Isaacs Fury II |
really G-BZNW, PTF exp 29-8-2018 |
| X4683/EB-N | Jurca Spitfire |
Cherub,
really G-MUTS |
| XG743/789/BY | Sea Vampire T22 |
arrived 3-7-2018, ex-storage in
N.Yorks |
| J-1790 |
Venom FB54 |
|
| G-ATIS | PA-28 Cherokee |
mtce, Rufforth East based |
| G-AYKW | PA-28 Cherokee | |
| G-BNKE | Cessna 172N Skyhawk |
ARC exp 27-4-2019, mtce |
| G-OKIS | Tri-R KIS Cruiser |
NFD 15-3-2019 |
| G-WILI | PA-32 Saratoga SP | |
| D-IFSB |
Dove Mk6 |
|
| N77072 | Cessna120 |
ex- Birchwood House, fuselage only |
|
Local
Flying |
||
| G-EDYO |
PA-32 Cherokee Six |
|
| N75CE |
Christen Eagle II |
|
|
Visitors |
||
| G-AZFA | B121 Pup |
f/t Rufforth East |
| G-BBNZ | Cessna172 Skyhawk |
f/t Newcastle and local circuits |
| G-CESW | Flight Design CTSW |
f/t Bagby |
| G-CHJG |
EV-97 TeamEurostar UK |
|
| G-JARM |
R44 Raven |
|
| G-RVER | Vans RV-4 |
f/t Prestwick |
| G-WLDN | R44 Raven |
f/t Eddsfield |
| N278SA | C177 Cardinal RG |
f/t Shacklewell Farm, arrived 5/5 |
| Fishburns own Skunk Works | ||
| G-BHZU | J3C-65 Cub |
ex-USAAF ‘43-914’, mtce |
| G-CLDC | Ev-97A Eurostar |
LAA315A-14907/Kit no 3201 and allocated 11-5-09 and
finally registered |
| G-CCWM | Robin DR400 Regent |
mtce, ARC exp 22-4-2019 |
| G-CLDE | Jabiru UL-450 |
NFD 15-2-2019, under construction |
| G-DAVE | Jodel D112 |
PTF exp 17-8-2017, mtce |
| G-DRIO | Jodel DR1050 |
PTF exp 22-6-2018, mtce |
| G-RATC | Vans RV-4 |
NFD 23-8-2018, under construction |
|
All of the above
except for the
Skunk Works were noted by David Thompson
between 10:00 and 16:00. |
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A new
professionally produced Fishburn Airfield website can be
found at;
http://www.fishburnairfield.co.uk/
. There is also a Facebook page, link here;
https://www.facebook.com/fishburnair/ and The
Aviator Bistro too which continues to offer meal deals
for visiting pilots;
https://www.facebook.com/theaviatorbistro/
. Thanks as ever to the Morgan family for the continued
access as well as the goodwill and co-operation of the
residents and aircraft owners. |
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A very rare Saturday off work led to me planning a visit to the Aviator Bistro at Fishburn Airfield as it has changed hands since I was last here and the reports coming out of the place are nothing short of excellent. When the day came, the weather was fairly awful, certainly not VFR and even IFR-qualified pilots would probably think twice, but with all the time in the world I figured I had nothing to lose by driving up anyway and if it was closed up and deserted then so be it. As it turned out, the place was busy and vibrant! The first big hangar was open and is presumably the engineering hangar and there were a handful parked out, with one departure noted and no arrivals, although the Vans looks to have quietly left during my visit also. Despite the good level of trade being experienced, the catering manager in me wondered how they could justify eight members of staff vs about 20 customers, that said at peak times the place must be far too small to cope with potential demand. Of the 20 customers mentioned, only two stood out as aviators which demonstrates the reputation that has been built up within the local community since the incumbent owners/operators took on the place, driven mostly by social media in a rare example of one of the good uses of Facebook and the likes. It is often said DTVAs equivalent café in the aero club building is too isolated to succeed but Fishburn is far more remote with less business surrounding it so there is no excuse, and I'm sure the current owners of the Goosepool House and Café will succeed, but I digress. Back to Fishburn and I had the Parmo listed on the specials board and it was faultless, even the chips were outstanding and chips are normally just chips no matter who's doing them! I have my birthday booked off work as I do every year and this year it just happens to coincide with the next Fishburn fly-in so I know where I'll be spending my day!!
All believed resident except G-ATIS, G-BNKE and G-RVDJ, the latter requiring confirmation. G-WILI was identified from its new colour scheme rather than the reg that wasn't visible and due to the afore mentioned weather I wasn't going for a walk-around to confirm it! G-CCDY, G-CDLS and XG743 all went in the book.
| Museum | ||
| D-IFSB | De Havilland DH104 Dove 6 | |
| G-BLKA | De Havilland DH112 Venom FB54 | |
| XG743/798 BY | De Havilland DH115 Sea Vampire T22 | |
| Parked Out | ||
| G-ATIS | Piper PA-28-160 Cherokee | |
| G-BNKE | Cessna 172N Skyhawk | |
| G-BPVZ | Luscombe 8E Silvaire Deluxe | |
| G-CCDY | Skyranger 912(2) | |
| G-CCVN | Jabiru SP | |
| G-CDLS | Jabiru J400 | |
| G-RVDJ | Vans RV-6 | |
| G-WILI | Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP |
Fishburn Airfield Fly-In , 6 May 2019 - May Day
All visiting
pilots welcome to Fishburn Airfields May Day Fly-In.
# No Landing Fees.
# PPR Not Required
# Aero Jumble
# Aviator Bistro open 9:00 - 19:00
# Licensed Bar
Free Bacon or Sausage Sandwich for
visiting aircraft pilots (collect voucher when signing in)
Last orders for hot food 18:00.
Radio: 118-280
Tel: 07877 118 280
Email:
info@fishburnairfield.co.uk
Web: www.fishburnairfield.co.uk
https://www.facebook.com/fishburnair/
A run up to the Aviator for Mothers Day lunch.
| Vistiors | ||
| G-BSPE | Reims Cessna F172P | |
| G-CIMM | Cessna T182 | |
| G-CHOE | Robin DR400/140B | |
| G-OCDW | Jabiru UL-450 | |
| Based | ||
| G-CCDY | Skyranger 912 |
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This aircraft went to a new owner at Croft after Don Harker passed away but has now returned to it’s spiritual home in the ownership of Joe Redfern who also has RV6 G-ODEE. For completeness the RV6 is currently based at Croft but will return to Fishy when the weather and the strip improves. As part of the deal to buy his hangar at Croft, Joe got the Sparrow for free. A sort of aeronautical BOGOF deal!
| Parked Midfield | ||
| G-BFSA | Cessna F182Q Skylane | |
| G-ZEZE | Cessna 182S | |
| Parked by Mtce Hangar | ||
| G-BNKE | Cessna 172N Skyhawk | |
| G-EDYO |
PA-32 Cherokee Six |
|
| Parked Behind Mtce Hangar | ||
| G-OKIS | Tri-R KIS Cruiser | |
| N77072 | Cessna120 | ex-
Birchwood House, fuselage only |
My
first visit of 2019 and what an impressive start in regards to
visitors, and I don’t mean aircraft ones either. An early
afternoon call on what was a bitterly cold day found a camera
crew setting up around the pilots office and two VIP minibuses
parked at the top of the access road – the cast of Geordie Shore
was in town. If you are over 25 years of age you may well have
to do an internet search to find out who they are and if you’d
been in earshot of the cast you would have to do likewise for
some of the language that they used! They were here for about
three hours to film some flying sequences using the Blue Yonder
Air Tours Cherokee Six which will probably result in 3 minutes
of airtime but hopefully some publicity for both the airfield
and Blue Yonder albeit on social media which seems to be their
main publicity outlet of choice.
The Fury II K2048 is
part of Simon Johnston’s Airfield Aviation fleet and like his
two Kraguj’s was previously based at RAF Linton On Ouse but flew
back to it’s spiritual home of Fishburn last autumn. I say
spiritual home as it was built at Fishburn by John Rogerson and
first flew from here in 2009 and in time will be joined by
Simon’s other Fury II, G-FURI which is presently off-site. The
Bellanca is another newish resident which I first noted here on
the 19 December 2017 after it had arrived from the Birchwood
House/North Duffield airstrip near Breighton and formerly owned
by Condor Aviation but having new local owners since June 2018.
The Dragon Chaser is another elusive resident and is now
fully-rigged so perhaps an indication of some flying in the near
future to add to it’s less than 50 hours to date. All of the
following are known to be residents except for
G-BHZU/BNKE/BOSM/DAVE and DRIO although the latter two have been
here for some time under extensive rebuilds.
Hangered
D276/A
Se5a
One
fifth scale model
K2048
Isaacs Fury II
really
G-BZNW, PTF exp 29-8-2018
X4683/EB-N
Jurca Spitfire
Cherub, really G-MUTS
30140/140
P-2 Kraguj
Really
G-RADA, NFD 15-11-2018
30146/146
P-2 Kraguj
Really
G-BSXD, PTF exp 19-7-2018
G-AYFF
D62B Condor
G-AYKW
PA-28 Cherokee
mtce
G-BHZU
J3C-65 Cub
ex-USAAF
43-914, mtce
G-BOSM
DR253B Regent
ARC exp
11-9-2018,mtce
G-BSLW
Bellanca 7ECA
NFD
21-6-2018, dismantled
G-BTOT
PA-15 Vagabond
G-CCDY
Skyranger 912
New resident, ex-Baxby
G-CCVN
Jabiru SP
PTF exp
17-7-2018, mtce
G-CDCO
Ikarus C42FB UK
mtce
G-CIEP
Dragon Chaser
G-DAVE
Jodel D112
PTF exp
17-8-2017, mtce
G-DRIO
Jodel DR1050
PTF exp
22-6-2018, mtce
G-TSOL
Acrosport I
LAA315A-14907
/ Kit no
3201(?)
EV-97A
Allocated
11-5-09, ex-Felixkirk and Bagby
-
Taylor Titch
Unregistered
construction
Local
Flying
G-CIIL
NG5 Speed Wing
G-EDYO
PA-32 Cherokee Six
G-LEGY
Flight Design CTLS
Parked
Out
XG743/789/BY
Sea Vampire T22
Arrived
3-7-2018, ex-storage in N.Yorks
J-1790
Venom FB54
G-BNKE
Cessna
172N Skyhawk
mtce
D-IFSB
Dove Mk6