Hi all
I was down at the Kibworth shooting ground on Thursday morning when something very large and low came overhead, it seemed to be turning towards Bruntingthorpe. I only got a very brief glimps through low cloud but I think it was 4 engined, possibly a 747?
Can anyone enlighten me as to what it was please?
By: SimonR - 20th November 2016 at 19:50
I had a quick Google and it turns out that that particular airframe is fairly historic:
Cathay Pacific | Boeing 747-400 | B-HUJ | Hong Kong Kai Tak by Dennis Lau, on Flickr
“July 4th 1998… approx. 14:00 local time
B-HUJ departs Kai Tak for the final time, operating CATHAY 888 to Vancouver and New York. The return flight to HK was the first commercial flight to land at Chek Lap Kok on opening day, just after 06:30 on July 6th.
The return flight made history by becoming the first ever non-stop flight between New York and Hong Kong, flying over the North Pole with an appropriate callsign of CATHAY POLAR 1.”
Here’s the same aircraft on its farewell flyby at Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong.
By: RitchandMax - 19th November 2016 at 09:37
Hi guys
She must have been turning onto final aproach right over the A6 at Kibworth, quite a sight.
By: Moggy C - 18th November 2016 at 22:52
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Moggy
By: Archer - 18th November 2016 at 20:29
Photos and video are on GJD Services’ Facebook page (sorry, I cannot seem to copy a working link to the page).
By: FLY.BUY - 18th November 2016 at 18:36
Cathy Pacific Boeing 747-400, Manchester to Bruntingthorpe for the impending axe
By: jack windsor - 18th November 2016 at 18:02
hi,
not sure about where she was due to end up Brunty or Kemble, but B-HUJ arrived in Manchester on Wed. and was due to dep. Thursday…
regards,
jack…
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November 18, 2016 at 4:51 pm