March 26, 2012 at 6:43 pm
We know how lovely the weather’s been today, me and Rob made the most of it and saw some special planes at Manchester. Here are the highlights:
SAS B737-800 in hybird scheme
CityJet F50
Atlantic Airlines B737-300F after a night stop
Brussels Airlines Q400 was a nice surprise 🙂
Etihad Airways A330 – 1st visit for this special scheme
Loganair / Flybe / Suckling Airways Do-328
Eastern Airways Saab 2000 in fading light
First thing this morning, this Cobham King Air did some crazy touch & go’s!
Thanks!
Matt.
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 27th March 2012 at 16:52
Cking, yep we knew about that but we had a nice Chinese takeaway to get home to 😉 Just glad we saw it 😎
Thanks for all the nice comments! A few more I’ve just edited:
SAS B737-600
SAS A319
2 KLM B737-700s

Finnair ERJ-190
Turkish B737-800
Ryanair B737-800
BMI EMB-145
To finish, an overview featuring the new tower, thanks all!
Matt.
By: cockerhoop - 27th March 2012 at 10:59
Done many flights in the BAE Kingairs from Barrow, most of them unexciting but had a few that were more fun
Landing at Filton in a crosswind and getting a good view down the runway as the plane slid in sideways was one of them
an engine refusing to start once and then when it did 2nd time the resulting flames from the exhausts of the unburnt fuel from the 1st attempt
just to name a couple
oh yes and one day during descent past Blackpool a Typhoon popped up along side us, and then dipped underneath to the port side before igniting his burners and shoot off towards the Ilse of Man
By: Cking - 27th March 2012 at 00:51
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but they towed the Etihad aircraft round to just in front of the viewing park so that everybody could get a good look at it later.
Rgds Cking
By: Deano - 26th March 2012 at 20:47
Nice pics Matt.
The Brussels Q400 is actually one of ours at Flybe. Two are off to Brussels literally I as type to operate a Wet Lease operation for them for two years. The two Q400s will be operated on the Flybe AOC and crewed by Flybe flight & cabin crew.
By: Arabella-Cox - 26th March 2012 at 20:12
Nice pictures Matt, thanks for posting. Looks like you have a jolly nice camera. 🙂