January 2021 £4.50 First visit of an Airbus A330Neo to Scotland saw Airbus A330-941 CS-TUM c/n 1918 bringing Benfica FC to Glasgow for a match with Celtic. Seen departing on 27 November 2020. Peter McCann www.scottishairnews.com JA2 Scottish Air News 18-1942 Gulfstream C-37B (Gulf V) c/n 5586 of USAF 89thAW,99thAS based at Andrews AFB seen at Edinburgh on 25 October 2020. Dane Murdoch Cessna 680A Citation Latitude CS-LTK c/n 680A-0183 of Netjets Europe in the sunshine at Aberdeen on 03 August 2020. Eric Melrose Execujet Scandinavia Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 605 OY-VAY c/n 5889 is seen departing Prestwick on 08 November 2020. Dane Murdoch Scottish Air News JA3 scottish air news January2021 Volume 56 Managing Editor Scott Jamieson E-Mail: [email protected] Editorial Address: 21 Martin Square, Saltcoats. 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Any items reproduced or offered for reproduction elsewhere should be duly credited. ©2021 Scottish Air News www.scottishairnews.com JA4 Scottish Air News aviation central Scott Jamieson 2021. With 2020 now behind us, we look forward positively to 2021 and a few more aircraft, hopefully, along with the opportunity at some point to be able to visit some foreign shores and hopefully resume our hobby amongst what is left of the aviation industry. Ironically as I type this the Supreme Court has ruled that Heathrow’s third runway is legal and can go ahead, but with the major retraction of passengers flying and the Government’s stance on the requirement to isolate when entering the country from abroad, it has to be seen whether the investment cost will outweigh the long-term benefit. This will be our first copy to be printed and mailed by Blueprint Printing Services, so please be patient should there be a few teething problems (we trust there are none) as we ensure we get what they need, and they establish exactly what we require. We look forward to a long and successful association with them and this is the starting point. Here’s to a healthy and prosperous 2021. Archive Section The archive section/nostalgia spot has gone down well with the majority of readers; however, I need some more contributions to keep it going. There are only a handful of photographers that have submitted items thus far, and I am sure there are loads more photographs from 1960 through to 2005 out there, so go on have a delve, see what you have and send them in for publication, let’s air those items that haven’t been seen yet. Photographs We are suffering from our usual dearth of photographs at this time of the year. I can publish more Ar- chive shots (if I get them) but want to balance the magazine between these and current items. So, if you have some shots, however mundane, please get them off to Jim (details on JA3) and stop the magazine being primarily text. AGM We sincerely hope we are in a position (vaccine roll out allowing) to hold a face to face AGM in 2021, however it may be likely that this will be in the latter part of the year, so The Committee must exercise the “extraordinary circumstances” provision to push this back from our required April/May target date. We did run an AGM on Zoom during 2020, however only 2 members outside of the Committee felt it was time well spent. If you feel that an AGM meeting via Zoom held around April/May would be something you would like to see, please come back to the Editor (details on JA3) and let me know. The Committee can then decide, based on the number of respondents, whether this would be a worthwhile exercise. Review I didn’t do a review of 2020 in December’s issue because it seemed there was little to highlight, however although there was much less to write about over the year, the quality was very much in evidence, so here goes; Loganair introduced their fine-looking ATRs to regular service, primarily out of Inverness, Aberdeen & Dundee in the early part of the year, then…JAN - 4 x USAF KC135s & 6 C-17s and 5N-FGT Nigerian Govt B737 at Prestwick. FEB - D-CPDA PZL M-28 & D-AVWA A319neo prototype at Edinburgh; C-GUDH B787 at Glasgow; 1st RAF P-8A Poseidon arrived at Kinloss; no less than 32 USAF C-17s at Prestwick. MAR - B-3869 Da-7X at Edinburgh with B-7699 BD700 at Glasgow; LOT repatriation flights at Edinburgh; TF-AMU Astral B747F & G-HLYF new Jet2 A321 at Prestwick; 13 x BA Airbuses parked up along with 3 x Virgin aircraft & 3 Flybe DHC-8’s after their collapse on the 5th. Add the Loganair aircraft parked up and there were almost 40 aircraft idle on the ground at Glasgow at month end. APR - 1962 C27 Spartan & 2 x Tecnam P2012s on delivery at Aberdeen; 9K-AOD carried out repatriation flights at Glasgow; VP-BIN & VP-BBL B747Fs carried out PPE charters into Prestwick. MAY - P4-PKZ CL604 at Aberdeen; EZ-A007 B737 at Glasgow; B-2445 Air China B747 at Edinburgh; Prestwick had the lion’s share with A7-MAN C-17, RA-76503 Il-76, C-FNCU DHC-8, G-CLAA B747F & N704GT B777F through the month. There was also copious A400 Atlas overshoots at most of the main fields through the month. JUN - D-ACLW & D-ACLO B737Fs, 86001 Sabreliner 40, 258 LJ45, UR-PSM & PSQ B737s all at Edinburgh; N77VA HondaJet at Glasgow with German AF A340 16+01 doing an o/s; RA-82046 An-124 & 6 x USAF C-130s on 25th at Prestwick. JUL - 09-0042 CV-22 Osprey; B-2037& B2039 Air China B777s at Edinburgh; Another 3 x Tecnam P2012s at Ab- erdeen; A7-MAA & 1228 Qatari & UAE AF C-17s and Airbus KC-30M T-055 at Prestwick. The A400M overshoots at various fields were complemented regularly by RAF C-17s. AUG - biggest movement of the year UR-82060 An-225, 4 A-29 Texans for the Afghan AF A7-MAP & MAM Qatari AF C-17s, N409LC L-100 RA-82077 & 82073 An-124s, 02 Hungarian/NATO C-17, N782SP Samaritans Purse DC-8 and finally 1224 & 1228 UAE AF C-17s all at Prestwick; UP-C8505 Challenger 850 and Red Arrows at Edinburgh; VT-ALH Air India B777 & 4X-ABG Israir A320 at Glasgow; yet another Tecnam P2012 on delivery via Aberdeen; G-IRTY & G-ILDA Supermarine Spitfires at Dundee to round the month off. SEP - 2 more Tecnam P2012s through Aberdeen; G-PBYA PBY Catalina at Inverness (went tech on Loch Ness); 165315 USMC KC130 at Edinburgh; 15+02 German AF A319 at Glasgow; G-POWU A321 painted as VT-EAL, 2 USAF KC-46s at Prestwick. Scottish Air News JA5 Night time study of SOCATA TB9 Tampico G-BKUE c/n 369 at Perth on 26 November 2020. Wallace Shackleton OCT - 4 x T-6 Texans to RAF via Glasgow; 99-0003 Boeing C-32, 6 RN Hawks and a further Tecnam P2012 at Aberdeen; 3 x USAF Gulfstream C-37s,10+25 German AF Airbus A310 at Edinburgh; F-RARF French AF A330, N45SK Beech C-45, N8200H & 8200J DHC-8s and Joint Warrior 002 participants all at Prestwick. NOV - by Nov the RAF had 4 x P-8 Poseidons on strength; Yet another 2 Tecnam P2012s at Aberdeen; 2 x RAF C-17s, A7-AAH A340 & A7-HJJ A330 at Edinburgh.