2012
Added:
Bideford-Lake Heliport, Devon
Bovington Tank Museum, Dorset
Greenford-Vanguard Storage Stored, Gt London
Handcross-Wings World War Two Remembrance Museum, Sussex
Hixon Stored, Staffs
Langwathby Helipad, Cumbria
Llanfyrnach-Classic Ultralight Heritage, Wales
Lossiemouth, Moray
Lowestoft Helipad, Suffolk
Marksbury-Hamburger Hill Paintball Stored
Over Dinsdale Preserved
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Aberdeenshire (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Berkshire (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Cambs (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Gt London (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Hants (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Kent (2)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Moray (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Oxfords (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Shetland Islands (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Sussex (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Wales (1)
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Yorks (2)
Scatsta, Shetlands
Topcliffe, Yorks
Treswell-Forwood Farm, Notts
Updated:
Barton, Gt Manch
Beccles, Suffolk
Belfast City, N.Ireland
RAF Benson, Oxfords
Birmingham, Warwicks
Blackpool, Lancs
Bournemouth, Dorset
RAF Brize Norton, Oxfords
Coventry, Warwicks
Cumbernauld, N.Lanarks
Denham, Bucks
Dundee-Riverside Park, Dundee City
Dunsfold, Surrey
Duxford, Cambs
East Winch, Norfolk
Fairoaks, Surrey
Farnborough, Hants
Gamston, Notts
Glasgow, Renfrewshire
Headcorn, Kent
Heathrow, Gt London
Hibaldstow, Lincs
Humberside, Lincs
Insch, Aberds
Kemble, Gloucs
Kidlington, Oxon
Kinloss, Moray
Lee-on-the-Solent, Hants
Linton-on-Ouse, Yorks
London City, Gt London
Luton, Beds
Lydd, Kent
Manchester, Gt Manch
Manston, Kent
Mildenhall, Suffolk
Netherthorpe, Yorks
North Denes, Norfolk
Northrepps, Norfolk
Norwich, Norfolk
Prestwick, S.Ayrshire
Redhill, Surrey
Rochester, Kent
Sellindge-Harringe Court, Kent
Southend, Essex
Staverton/Gloucester, Gloucs
Woodford, Gt Manch
Yeovil, Somerset
Yeovilton-Fleet Air Arm Museum, Somerset
Removed:
G-MJUH Tiger Cub, Flix Bar, Girvan - following the Flix Bar's closure, G-MJUH was removed, its location remains unknown - can anyone provide details please?
XT914 Phantom has left RAF Brampton's gate and is to be restored at RAF Wattisham
Kirknewton-Latch Farm, Edinburgh City - following a hangar collapse in Dec '10, airfield closed and most residents were damaged and removed for rebuild. Strip operational again but just one resident now
December 2011
An exciting first for the site, Spotting in Europe is now available for those intrepid explorers out there. Featuring the 23 European countries that have already received the new updated look, this Spotting in Europe download has over 1100 locations within these 23 European countries, including over 600 in the UK. Click these links for further details.
Belgium has now been updated. The existing Brussels airport has been updated and is now very comprehensive, 25 airports and museums have been added and there's some preserved aircraft too. As always with these new updates, the Belgium page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Belgium page and in the Spotting in Belgium Download Release Notes. These two new updates, Belgium and Italy, contain a small new feature regarding the preserved aircraft located towards the top of the page. This section will grow as more aircraft retired and put on display and/or more locations are found. For the time being, they are now hidden, but a left mouse click on the "+" button will reveal them instantly.
Added:
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Belgium
Avernas
Baisy-Thy
Preserved in Bessemer
Borlo-Winter 1944 Museum
Brussels-Royal Museum of the Army and Military History
Cerfontaine
Charleroi
Chievres Air Base
Geraardsbergen-Overboelare
Grimbergen
Hoevenen
Houthalen
Kiewit-Hasselt
Koksijde Air Base
Kortrijk-Wevelgem
Liege
Matagne-la-Petite
Preserved in Milmort
Ostend
Saffraanberg Air Base
Saint Hubert
Schaffen-Diest
Sint-Truiden
Spa
Zwartberg
Updated:
Brussels
Italy has now been updated. The existing 9 airports including Bergamo, Linate, Malpensa, Ciampino, Fiumicino have been updated and are now very comprehensive, 30 airports and museums have been added and there's some preserved aircraft too. As always with these new updates, the Italy page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Italy page and in the Spotting in Italy Download Release Notes.
Added:
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Italy
Alghero
Alzate Brianza
Biella Cerrione
Boscomantico
Bresso
Cagliari
Cascino Costa-Agusta Museum
Castelletto Ticino-Museo Gottard Park
Como
Frascati-Vermicino Preserved
Lucca
Montichiari
Olbia
Palermo
Pisa
Pisa-Iti da Vinci Technical Institute Preserved
Ponte Galeria-Capitalia Helipad
Rieti
Rimini
Rome-Urbe
Sabaudia
Thiene
Treviso-San Angelo
Trieste-Friuli Venezia Giulia
Turin
Udine
Valbrembo
Venegono
Verona
Vigna de Valle-Italian Air Force Museum
Updated:
Bergamo-Orio al Serio
Bologna
Milan-Linate
Milan-Malpensa
Milan-Via San Vittore Leonardo da Vinci National Museum of Science and Technology
Naples
Rome-Ciampino
Rome-Fiumicino
Venice-Marco Polo
November 2011 Netherlands has now been updated. The existing Amsterdam-Schiphol airport and Baarlo Museum have been updated and are now very comprehensive and 14 airports and museums have been added. As always with these new updates, the Netherlands page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Netherlands page and in the Spotting in Netherlands Download Release Notes.
Added:
Budel
Eindhoven
Groningen
Hilversum
Hoogeveen
Kessel-PS Aero Storage Yard
Lelystad Airfield & Aviodrome Museum
Midden-Zeeland
National War and Resistance Museum, Overloon
Rotterdam
Seppe Airfield & Museum
Soesterberg Military Aviation Museum
Teuge
Texel Airfield & Museum
Updated:
Amsterdam-Schiphol
Baarlo-PS Aero Museum
November 2011 Ireland has now been updated. The existing 28 airports and airfields have been fully updated, including a comprehensive Dublin airport guide, and 4 have been added. As always with these new updates, the Ireland page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Ireland page and in the Spotting in Ireland Download Release Notes.
October 2011 Czech Republic has now been updated. The existing Prague-Ruzyne airport and Kbely Aviation Museum have been updated and are now very comprehensive, 55 airports and museums have been added and a preserved aircraft is in there now too, with more to follow hopefully. As always with these new updates, the Czech Republic page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Czech Republic page and in the Spotting in Czech Republic Download Release Notes.
October 2011 Turkey has now been updated. The existing Istanbul-Ataturk airport has been updated and is very comprehensive, 9 airports and museums have been added and a couple of preserved aircraft are in there now too, with more to follow hopefully. As always with these new updates, the Turkey page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Turkey page and in the Spotting in Turkey Download Release Notes.
Added:
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Turkey
Antalya
Dalaman
Etimesgut Air Base & Museum
Istanbul-Harbiye Askeri Muzesi
Istanbul-Haskoy Rahmi M Koc Muzesi
Istanbul-Sabiha Gokcen
Samandira
Selcuk-Efes
October 2011 Greece has now been updated. The existing 4 airports, Athens, Corfu, Heraklion and Rhodes-Diagoras, have been updated, 4 airports have been added and a preserved aircraft is in there now too, with more to follow hopefully. As always with these new updates, the Greece page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Greece page and in the Spotting in Greece Download Release Notes.
June 2011 Russia has now been updated. The existing 2 airports, Moscow-Domodedovo and St. Petersburg-Pulkovo, have been updated, 8 airports and museums have been added and a preserved aircraft is in there now too, with more to follow hopefully. As always with these new updates, the Russia page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Russia page and in the Spotting in Russia Download Release Notes.
Added:
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Russia
Monino-Russian Federation Air Force Museum
Moscow-Bykovo
Moscow-Khodinka Stored
Moscow-Park Pobedy (Victory Park) War Weaponry Fortification Exposition
Moscow-Sheremetyevo
Moscow-Vnukovo
Torzhok Helicopter Base
Tver-Migalovo Air Base
Updated:
Moscow-Domodedovo
St. Petersburg-Pulkovo
Poland has now been updated. The existing 2 airports, Warsaw-Frederic Chopin (Okecie) and Warsaw-Babice, and the existing 2 museums, Warsaw-Fort Sadyba Katynskie Museum and Warsaw-Rakowice Muzeum Wojska Polskiego, have been updated, 19 airfields and museums have been added and 14 preserved aircraft are in there now too, with more to follow hopefully. As always with these new updates, the Poland page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Poland page and in the Spotting in Poland Download Release Notes.
May 2011 The UK has now been updated, with many locations added, and many locations fully updated, including major and regional airports. Full details are listed below, and as you'll see, many more counties now have preserved and stored aircraft locations. Below the 'Added' and 'Updated' sections, you'll find a small 'Removed' section, as sadly some airfields have closed, and some wrecks and relics have moved on. If you know the locations of these W&Rs, please let me know and I can add them back to the site. As always with these new updates, the UK section comes with a Download for Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found in the Spotting in the UK Download Release Notes.
Added:
Aboyne-Deeside Activity Park, Aberdeenshire
Alcester-King Stoughton, Warwicks
Ashcroft, Cheshire
Balado Bridge, Perth & Kinross
Bentwaters Airfield & Cold War Museum, Suffolk
Binbrook Stored, Lincs
Birlingham Collection, Worcs
Blair Atholl, Perth & Kinross
Boston-Wyberton, Lincs
Brentor, Devon
Brenzett Aeronautical Museum, Kent
Bridport-Middle Pymore Farm, Dorset
Camphill, Derbs
Capernwray Diving Centre Stored, Lancs
Challock, Kent
Chipping, Lancs
Cholmondeley-Pageant of Power Helipad, Cheshire
Coningsby, Lincs
Conington-Main Hall Farm, Cambs
Corsham-Wadswick Manor Farm, Wilts
Croft-Oven Bank Farm, Lancs
Currock Hill, Northumberland
Dirleton-Archerfield Estate, East Lothian
Elkington-Woodside Farm Helipad, Northants
Exeter-Middlemoor Helipad, Devon
Fairford, Gloucs
Felixkirk, Yorks
Hadleigh-Benton End Farm Gunsmoke Paintball, Suffolk
Hawkinge-Kent Battle of Britain Museum, Kent
Hooton Park-The Aeroplane Collection, Cheshire
Hulcote-Brook Farm Helipad, Beds
Hullavington, Wilts
Ilmer-Shrove Furlong Farm, Bucks
Kemeys Commander-Little Trostrey Farm, Monmouthshire
Kenley, Gt London
Lakenheath Air Base, Suffolk
London Battersea Heliport
Long Mynd, Shrops
Lyveden, Northants
Margam-Old Park Farm, Glamorgan
Mona, Anglesey
North Luffenham Stored, Rutland
Northrepps, Norfolk
Norton Juxta Twycross-Cottage Farm, Leics
Odiham, Hants
Old Malton-Eden Camp Museum, Yorks
Predannack Air Base, Cornwall
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Bucks
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Cambs
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Cheshire
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Cornwall
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Derbs
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Dorset
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Essex
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Fife
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Gloucs
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Gt London
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Hants
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Herts
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Leics
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Lincs
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, North Lanarkshire
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Notts
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Renfrewshire
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Shrops
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Somerset
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Staffs
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Sussex
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Wales
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Warwicks
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Yorks
Rhos Hill-Rhos y Gilwen Farm, Pembroke
Rivar Hill, Wilts
Shrivenham-Sandhill Farm, Oxfords
South Lambeth-Imperial War Museum, Gtr London
Southampton-Solent Sky Museum, Hants
Sparkford-Cadbury Business Park Helipad, Somerset
Stored & Preserved Aircraft, Oxfords
Talgarth, Powys
RAF Ternhill, Shrops
Ripe-Kittyhawk Farm, Sussex
Tangmere Military Aviation Museum, Sussex
Ulster Aviation Society Museum, N. Ireland
Warfield-Ashley Farm, Berks
Wattisham Air Base, Suffolk
West Walton Highway-Fenland & West Norfolk Aviation Museum, Norfolk
Weybourne-Muckleburgh Collection, Norfolk
Updated:
Belfast City, N. Ireland
Belfast International, N. Ireland
Bembridge, Isle of Wight
Benson, Oxfords
Biggin Hill, Kent
Birmingham, Warwicks
Blackpool, Lancs
Boscombe Down, Wilts
Bournemouth, Dorset
Cambridge, Cambs
Carlisle, Cumbria
Charlwood Scrapyard, Surrey
Coventry, Warwicks
Cranfield, Beds
Cranwell, Lincs
Davidstow Moor, Cornwall
Defford-Croft Farm, Worcs
Dunstable, Beds
Eggesford-Trenchard Farm, Devon
Errol, Perth & Kinross
Glasgow, Renfrewshire
Gatwick, Sussex
Guist-Holly Hill Farm, Norfolk
Halton, Bucks
Halfpenny Green/Wolverhampton, Staffs
Heathrow, Gt London
Henstridge, Somerset
Hucknall, Notts
Humberside, Lincs
Hurstbourne Tarrant-Bourne Park, Hants
Keevil, Wilts
Langport-High Ham, Somerset
Lasham, Hants
Leeds-Bradford, Yorks
Leeming, Yorks
Leuchars, Fife
Linton-on-Ouse, Yorks
Liskeard Heliport, Cornwall
Little Staughton, Cambs
London City, Gt. London
Longbridge Deverill-Wing Farm & Galaxy Microlights Workshops, Wilts
Lower Upham-Phoenix Farm, Hants
Luton, Beds
Membury, Berks
Middle Wallop Air Base & Museum of Army Flying, Hants
Mildenhall, Suffolk
Mintlaw-Easter Nether Cabra Farm, Aberdeenshire
Moreton-in-Marsh Training Establishment, Gloucs
Netherthorpe, Yorks
Newcastle, Tyne & Wear
Newquay, Cornwall
North Denes Heliport, Norfolk
North Weald, Essex
Norwich, Norfolk
Nottingham East Midlands, Leics
Oaksey-Park Farm, Wilts
Oban-North Connel, Argyll & Bute
Pocklington, Yorks
Postling-Pent Farm, Kent
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Cornwall
Preserved & Stored Aircraft, Lancs
Prestwick, South Ayrshire
Rochester, Kent
St. Albans-Plaistows Farm, Herts
St. Athan, Glamorgan
Sandown, Isle of Wight
Sandtoft, Yorks
South Scarle-Beeches Farm, Notts
Southampton, Hants
Southend, Essex
Stansted, Essex
Staverton, Gloucs
Sturminster Marshall-Newton Peverill Farm, Dorset
Syerston, Notts
Tattershall Thorpe-Lodge Road, Lincs
Thurrock-Kings Farm, Essex
Upavon, Wilts
Welshpool-Trehelig, Powys
Weston-on-the-Green, Oxfords
Whiterashes-Pittrichie Farm, Aberdeenshire
Winsford-Ashcroft Farm, Cheshire
Removed:
G-ATKG Hillier stored in Northumberland. Reports from 2009 say this has now gone
G-MANT C210 has gone from Great Yarmouth sea front. Present location unknown
N5834N RC114 wreck gone from the field in Wentloog
Daresbury-Newton Bank Farm, Cheshire. Airfield closed
Kington-Upper Yeld Cottage, Herefords. Microlight collection moved to a location in Wales. Confirmation and directions are requested please
Jurby, Isle of Man
Swinford, Leics. Airfield closed, site now a wind farm development
May 2011 Austria has now been updated. The existing 3 airports, Graz, Salzburg-W.A. Mozart and Vienna, have been updated, including the airport tours and car parks for spotting at Vienna, 15 airfields have been added and a couple of preserved aircraft are in there now too, with more to follow hopefully. As always with these new updates, the Austria page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Austria page and in the Spotting in Austria Download Release Notes.
Added:
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Austria
Ferlach
Furstenfeld
Gmunden
Klagenfurt
Linz
Ried-Kirchheim
Sankt Georgen am Ybbsfeld
Sankt Johann-im-Tirol
Scharding-Suben
Unterfladnitz
Voltendorf
Wels
Wiener Neustadt Ost
Wolfsberg
Zell am See
16 February 2011 Hungary has now been given the new look treatment. Budapest-Ferihegy airport has been completely updated and I have added a further 12 locations to Hungary plus some preserved & stored aircraft I have managed to locate, with more to follow hopefully. As always with these new updates, the Hungary page comes with a Download for Google Maps, Google Earth and your SatNav, full details can be found on the Hungary page and in the Spotting in Hungary Download Release Notes.
Added:
Preserved & Stored Aircraft in Hungary
Budapest-Csepel Technical School
Budapest-Kozlekedesi Museum
Dunakeszi
Dunaujvaros
Kaposvar
Mezofalva
Nyiregyhaza
Ocseny
Papa Air Base
Szeged
Szolnok Airfield & Museum