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AIRLINE NEWS
*Ajet A20N TC-LBJ (7871 ex VT-WGI, 2-TWGO) was registered at Istanbul/Ataturk on 26/3.
*Avion Express. Further to yesterday, A321 LY-NVH (2653) only flew the one service for Braathens International before returning to Stuttgart.
*Heston A/L A320 LY-JAM (5296) ferried from Rijeka to Baku today for lease to Azerbaijan A/L.
*National A/L A332 N898CA (1208 ex N974AV, PR-OBS, N974AV) flew a test flight from Orlando yesterday prior to service entry.
*Qatar A/W B38M A7-BSB (43317/8040) ferried from Doha to Delhi today for lease to IndiGo.
*SAS Connect A20N EI-SCF (12528) made its first flight today as F-WWTO.
*Titan A/W A21N G-OATW (10238) ferried from Stansted to Gatwick yesterday to operate for BA Euroflyer.
*Windrose A/L. Having been parked at Lasham since 23/10, B739 UR-PSI (41534/4524) has become 4L-GTL & was delivered to Tbilisi today for Georgian A/W.
MILITARY TRANSPORT NEWS
*Germany. P-8A 63+02 (67449/9616) made its first flight today as N879DS for the German Navy.
AND FINALLY
Nothing today
GATWICK NEWS
Nothing worth reporting on the visitor front today other than the departure of G600 N609GB to Munich this morning.
Correcting a senior moment yesterday, B789 A9C-FC visited from/to Bahrain & not Doha.
Don’t forget that the next GAS slide show (the last of the season) will be on Wednesday 9/4 in the conference room at K2 Crawley from 13.00 to 16.00. Admission is ?5 & all are welcome. Harry Hawkins will be showing a selection of shots from a trek around eastern Canada last year, while Paul Seymour will delight with a number of photos from the 1980s.
CREDITS
David Turner, Alan Hutch, Mr Anon, Skyliner, Jethro, ATDB, the Finkenwerder website, AIB Family Flights, Ch-aviation, Scramble, LAAS, Andrew Stewart, Lynda Gosling, Dave Richardson, Planespotters.net, SeanM1997, Janis Joplin, other contributors who wish to remain anonymous & anybody else that I have forgotten.
STAY SAFE!
John
