24th April 2018 - Toulouse visit photos added to the 2018 Trips page.

A three day visit to Toulouse,

Francazal and Perpignan,

February 2018.

A selection of photos taken on our trip to the Toulouse area in February have been added to the 2018 Trips page,

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2018 Trips

MAN 13th April 2018 - North Cariboo Air RJ100 C-FSUA

Taxiing for departure mid afternoon (and delayed by over two and half hours!), North Cariboo Air RJ100 C-FSUA was leaving for Cranfield having diverted in to MAN a couple of days earlier.

MAN 11th April 2018 - Condor A321 OE-IGE

Condor A321 OE-IGE (to be D-ATCD) departed after maintenance by Thomas Cook and painting by Air Livery - it wears "I ♥ Sentido" titles in place of the usual Condor.

MAN 31st March 2018 - Ukraine International B777-200 EC-MIA departs after paint

Having arrived in Privilege colours a couple of weeks earlier, B777-200 EC-MIA departed to Zurich today in Ukraine International colours after painting by Air Livery, the a/c will become UR-GOD on entering service from Kiev.

Liverpool - 2nd February 2018 - Blue Air "Liverpool" special 737-800 YR-BMH

A nice sunny day finally coincided with the "Liverpool" special Blue Air B737-800 arriving at its namesake city on an afternoon I could get up there!

Seen here on short final for runway 27 and then taxiing for departure less than an hour later, each side of this aircraft wears different titles.

20th January 2018 - Florida Trip photos added to the 2017 Trips page.

Florida Holiday

21st to the 31st December 2017

A few photos taken at Orlando and Tampa whilst on a holiday in Florida, added to the 2017 Trips page.

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2017 Trips

December 2017 - Merry Christmas!

MAN 7th December 2017 - Antonov An22 UR-09307 departs

Having arrived back from Cuba with its cargo of an A330 engine the night before, Antonov Airlines An22 UR-09307 departed to Leipzig this morning, great timing by the sun too .... coming out just a minute before it rolled on take off!

MAN 1st December 2017 - Antonov Airlines An22 UR-09307

The awesome Antonov An22 UR-09307 made its third visit to Manchester today arriving from Helsinki to collect an A330 engine for a Thomas Cook A330 out in Holguin (Cuba), this is its first visit since 2004 and its first since being painted in the new scheme. Sadly the sunny morning had given way to cloudy skies by the time it landed and the departure a couple of hours later was no better!!

MAN 1st December 2017 - Lufthansa B747-400 D-ABVO

Making its first visit to Manchester thanks to an unruly passenger, Lufthansa B747-400 D-ABVO was a diversion whilst en-route from Frankfurt to Vancouver, the aircraft continued its journey a couple of hours later after offloading the person concerned!