This is the report of our flight home from holiday.
After catching the train from Brugge to Brussels Airport via Brussels Zuid, we checked in at desk 7. We were given seats 5E and 5F, in what we expected to be an A319. We had a fair bit of handluggage, including a bottle of champagne presented to us by the owners of the hotel in Brugge, so we had to take good care of that!
We had a snack in Brussels Cafe – my Mum had spaghetti bolognese and I had croque monsieur. Exactly the same things as we had eaten 10 days before on our arrival.
After passport control, we went to see the aircraft, and I managed to get some reasonable video and some photos. The weather, however, was a big let down – very overcast and eventually rainy.
DHL 757.
Gemini Air Cargo MD11.
Also seen was a 757 of Ethiopian cargo.
After passing through the security bag check, we went into the departure lounge and did some more spotting.
Royal Air Maroc.
Cyprus Airways arrives.
A nice international line up – Croatian, Moroccan, Cypriot and British aircraft.
Our flight was to depart from gate B17.
Flight SN2043 – scheduled departure time 15:35.
By: Comet - 13th October 2005 at 18:02
Thanks for the comments. Next time we fly from and to BHX I hope we get good weather, that is the only thing which spoilt the flight.
By: Future Pilot - 12th October 2005 at 18:31
Very enjoyable report as always and some great pics! 🙂
By: Comet - 11th October 2005 at 17:21
Thanks Matt 😀
By: BHXlocal - 11th October 2005 at 17:20
Fantastic report. Still have to disagree with you about the Alitalia 170 😀
By: G-CDFF - 11th October 2005 at 16:35
Another excellent trip report with pics Louise 🙂
By: Comet - 11th October 2005 at 16:17
Thanks Wozza. I’ve written other reports, but some are old and I need to search for them, but I’ll post the links if you want to read them.
LCY-ANR http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?threadid=15644
BHX-BRU in March 2004 http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?mode=hybrid&t=25207 (or for a better version http://www.luchtzak.be/postt4300.html)
BRU-MAN in March 2005 http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=40109
MAN-BRU in March 2005 http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=39894
BHX-BRU in November 2004 http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34391
BRU-BHX in November 2004 http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34476
MAN-BRU in September 2004 http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=31876
BRU-MAN in September 2004 http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=32064
And I have many others on www.luchtzak.be
By: wozza - 11th October 2005 at 15:26
Great Report
Great report 😉 , looking forward to your next, ive liked both your trip reports (ive only read 2 if you’ve written more)
By: Comet - 11th October 2005 at 14:43
We cruised at 24,000 feet, by which time the turbluence had cleared. By this time we were near the south east coast of England.
Land and cloud.
Land.
I noted the info from the Airshow display: at 24,000 feet the OAT was -25 degrees C, ground speed was 387 miles per hour.
When the chocolates were handed out, I noticed the wrappers were different, and I chose a pink wrapper.
We approached Birmingham directly over Luton.
A turbulent descent throught his hideous, thick cloud!
We approached BHX but had to wait to land because the airport was busy.
Hideous weather on approach, and a rainbow.
We landed at 15:44, a minute early, in BHX. Shortly after we saw a Eurowings CRJ take off. The hideous Alitalia Embraer 170 had also just arrived.
Touchdown in BHX.
The hideous Embraer 170. The tails on the left belong to a Jetstream of Eastern and a BAe 146 of British Airways.
Eastern and BA at Eurohub – our A319 was the largest aircraft in that section of the airport normally occupied by smaller aircraft. Note the hideous black clouds!
A good flight, bit turbulent, crew pleasant but could have been better regarding magazine had out.
And I have it all again in November!
By: Comet - 11th October 2005 at 14:37
Just after take off. The aircraft on the ground is a 747.
Climbing through the cloud.
As we climed through 14,100 feet, we hit the turbulence, and the seat belt signs came on again. We experienced more heavy turbluence at 20,000 feet.
Cloud along the way.
We left the Belgian coast at Oostende and flew over the Channel. The snack was handed out – cherry tart and water. I had orange juice to drink.
The snack.
By: Comet - 11th October 2005 at 14:34
As the weather worsened, we saw our aircraft approach. It was our old friend OO-SSK – the only SNBA A319 I have been on, we had two flights on this one last year as well.
OO-SSK approaches the gate.
OO-SSK.
At 15:09, the hated boarding call was made, and we were well back in the queue. As we boarded, we were greeted by two stewardesses, whilst one stood at the back of the aircraft.
Through the window, and the rain, I could see a new (for me) VLM aircraft – OO-VLZ.
View through the rain.
OO-VLZ – City of Rotterdam.
As we boarded, music was played, and the Airshow information screen was on. At that time, the outside air temperature was 18 degrees C, and the distance to Birmingham was 287 miles.
Once all the passengers had boarded, the youngest of the stewardesses raced along the cabin with the inflight magazine, Connect. At the speed she dashed past, which would rival Concorde, no one had a chance to actually get a magazine even though people wanted them! Not a very good first impression of this particular stewardess!
At 15:35 we were pushed back, and taxied to runway 25R. We had an excellent view of the impounded Antonov.
At 15:50, we finally took off after a CSA aircraft landed. We were told there would be turbulence, and looking at the state of the weather, we expected it anyway!
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