2nd to the 3rd March 2023
Amsterdam & Billund
The 2nd March saw my Son and I fly out of MAN to Amsterdam for the day en-route to Billund, This trip was all about flying the British Airways / Sun Air Dornier 328-300 (Jet) and going via AMS allowed a day of spotting there which was a bonus.
We departed MAN around 30 minutes late on board KLM B737-800 PH-BXC arriving at Schipol at 08.20 local time. We spent the day airside where the following were photographed in sunny weather.
A great day with some decent movements caught by the camera along with 46 new numbers.
We had a bite to eat in the terminal and awaited our late evening KLM flight to Billund. We departed just before 22.00 on board B737-800PH-BXU arriving Billund at 22.35. We were staying at the Svanen which was a short taxi ride away.
The next morning we walked from the hotel to the fence line on the southside of the airport to view the stored aircraft, we then walked around the airport to the small viewing area near to the terminal, the following were seen during a very slow day (once the fog eventually cleared!!)
A great trip and so good to knock the Dornier off our flight list, not an easy type to catch.
5th & 6th May 2023
Stansted, Luton & Heathrow.
We then made a quick dash over to Luton to try and get there in time for the arrival of the Polish Government B737-800 0110 ...... and made it just in time!!
Following this short stop we continued on to Heathrow for the rest of the day where the following were caught before retiring for the night.
Nice to finally catch up with one of the fairly newly painted SAS Star Alliance A319s
A great day with plenty of new subjects caught by the camera and some very nice numbers too,
The next morning saw us up early to catch arrivals for a few hours, the weather was pretty awful and got worse as the day wore on. The following "specials" were nice to add to the collection despite the poor light and weather.
Finnair's "Moomins" A350-900 OH-LWP
We set off for home mid afternoon and made a short stop at Luton to see what was around,
My thanks to Gary, Fraser and Ashley once again for a great trip despite the hit and miss weather, plenty of new photos and another 79 Frames and 18 Scrapes in the log book.
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7th to the 9th May 2023
Frankfurt Weekend.
Having not visited Frankfurt since our day visit back in November 2018 a visit was long overdue, We flew out on the 06.00 Lufthansa departure from MAN on Friday 7th May (Lufthansa A321 D-AIRK) arriving FRA just before 09.00.
We quickly collected the hire car and rushed over to the Zeppelinheim viewing spot as Thursday's SF Cargo flight had been delayed to today and we were hoping to catch it depart.
Just a few minutes after arriving at the spot we were rewarded with B-2423 departing 07C, what a result!
Happy with a few departures we set off for the Runway 18 spot to catch 07 arrivals and 18 departures where the following were seen over the rest of the day.
Up early Saturday morning to catch a couple of early arrivals, the following were caught from the layby alongside runway 18.
We headed south and after just over an hour we arrived at Sinsheim. The museum here is superb and where else in the western world are you going to see (and look onboard) a Tupolev Tu144?
Certainly a day to remember in the end, not many times you get to log so many rare airframes nowadays!
Sunday was a our last day and was spent mostly at the Zeppelinheim platform where the following were caught,
A very enjoyable weekend with many new subjects caught by the camera and another 166 new numbers in the book. My thanks for Ashley and Fraser for a great time and lots of laughs!
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8th to the 11th September 2023
A great weekend in Rome.
A lovely long weekend visiting the sights in Rome with my wonderful Wife meant a couple of passes through Fiumicino Airport. Friday the 8th saw us flying MAN - FCO on Jet2 B757-200 G-LSAB arriving at 11.20 local overflying the main airport and the Military field of Mario De Bernardi on our way in.
After an amazing weekend in the city together, Monday the 11th saw us back at Fiumicino for our flight home, the following were taken from the gate area in Terminal 3 before departure.
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24th September 2023
A day trip to Copenhagen Airport.
Early Sunday morning saw three of us at Manchester to catch Easyjet A320 G-EZWU to Copenhagen for a day trip. Landing at 09.40 the following were caught taxiing in,
Early afternoon, as the sun moves around, we walked up the road towards the terminal to get on the other side, the following were taken until sunset shortly before 7pm.
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