4th January 2026
Heathrow & Luton Day Trip
With a forecast of full sun and a couple of subjects on the photo hit-list we decided on a quick run down to Heathrow arriving just after sun up at 8am. First main target was the departure of the Riyadh Air Dreamliner which was sadly delayed an hour meaning we missed out on a couple of arrivals. A few pics of 27 Left departures were taken in the meantime.
Riyadh Air B787-9 HZ-RXX eventually departed shortly before 11am, a very pleasing catch in this great winter light.
With nothing much of interest due at Heathrow after this we had noticed that there was a very nice movement due in to Luton so decided to route home that way.
After a quick run around LTN's perimeter to log the Exec Jets we headed to the multi-storey car park where the following were taken.
The one that tempted us this way ..... Wizz Air's new "250th" special A321 Neo 9H-WMR arriving just after 2pm from Warsaw. So nice to catch this so quickly considering that the airline now have such a large fleet!
We departed for home just after that, a very early finish for us but very happy with what we'd caught.
A very good day out in the end with a few decent subjects caught by the camera and a total of 35 new numbers in the log book between the two places.
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1st March 2026
Madrid Day Trip
A long day trip over to Madrid saw us depart Manchester onboard Ryanair B737-MAX8200 EI-IJK just after 6am arriving in the Spanish capital just after 9am, over thirty minutes early which was a great start.
Due to the changeable wind forecast on the day we decided to stay airside and view from the departure lounge windows with the following seen throughout our time there.
Lufthansa A320N D-AIND wears their 100 Years anniversary scheme.
Very nice to catch Aeromexico B787-9 N815AM wearing their new scheme.
A very successful day with some great subjects caught by the camera and ninety new numbers added to the log book.
We departed back at Manchester just after 10pm local on Easyjet A320 G-EZTX arriving Manchester at 23.20. Thanks to Ashley, Gary and Fraser for another excellent and laugh filled day!
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31st May to the 1st June 2026
Two Day Vienna & Copenhagen Trip
Following the painting of SAS's A330-300 LN-RKR in their great looking 80th Anniversary scheme a trip was needed to go and photograph it in Copenhagen, this left us wondering how best to make it in to more than just a one day trip without spending it all in the Danish capital! After looking at reasonably priced flights around Europe Ashley found a routing incorporating a day in Vienna (another new airport for us all) and on to Copenhagen for a night and day there.
Sunday the 31st May saw us departing Manchester early morning on board Ryanair B737-MAX8200 EI-IKK arriving in Vienna just before 10am local following a flyby of the airport on our downwind leg,
We made our way landside and up to the top of Car Park 3 which has a view of some of the ramp and runway 29 which was in use for departures, the following were taken from this vantage point over the next couple of hours.
As there wasn't too much moving for a little while we decided to relocate airside to see what views were to be had there ....... sadly it wasn't great!
We eventually settled by the windows in Terminal 2 between the two piers which seemed like the best option, the following were seen over a very slow few hours.
We then took a long walk from this spot all the way around to the famous "Flyvergrillen", well timed to arrive just at their opening time of 10.30. We spent the next five hours here watching the arrivals on 22L and departures on 22R with the following being of most interest.
The star movement of the day for us, even managing to catch a little sun on its departure roll ....
Happy catching this, anything more would be a bonus .....
As we wanted to catch a few inbounds on 22L we caught another Uber around the perimeter to one of the long stay car parks where the following were taken,
A decent trip overall despite a couple of setbacks, seventy three new numbers and a handful of new photos including the prime target, my thanks as always to Ash, Fraser and Gary for their company and keeping the mood positive when it mattered!
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10th to the 12th July 2026
Three Days in Frankfurt
Having been three years since our last visit to Frankfurt and a couple of new "special colours" Lufthansa aircraft to chase we decided on another long weekend trip. We departed Manchester early Friday morning on Lufthansa City A320N D-AIJJ arriving slightly late at just after 9am.
After sorting out the hire car we made our way straight to the runway 18 viewing area where the following were taken over the next six hours.
A very successful first day, we made our way to our hotel for the night.
Day two, Saturday 11th July saw us up early and back at the 18 spot where the following were caught first thing.
We then headed over to the Zeppelinheim spot to catch the departure of the Lufthansa "!00 Years" B747-800 which was due out mid-morning.
D-ABYN successfully caught for now, we made our way back to Runway 18 for the remainder of the day.
Final day, Sunday 12th July saw us up very early to try and catch the arrival of Lufthansa's "100 Years" B787-9 D-ABPU very early morning .... sadly it was a failure but ChatGPT managed to adjust the image! 🤣
Back to the 7L / 25R spot saw the following, nothing very inspiring so it was just a short stay.
And back to the 18 spot in time for a few more required shots ......
Next target was to try and catch the departure of the "100 Years" Dreamliner, scheduled off early afternoon to the USA so back to Zeppelinheim for the following ......
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Next Trip Coming Soon ......
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