Well, it’s hot hot hot! up here at Edinburgh and clear blue skies.
Just been chillin’ in the garden and noticed a couple of things flying over. With the help of flight arrivals I’ve managed to work out that one, which I knew was on approach to EDI, a BA A32X(320 I think) was this flight:
16.15 BA1448 HEATHROW LANDED 1639
the other was trailing high-up, with the help of binoculars, it could tell it was a BA 752, heading south. I presumed it just had to be ABZ-LHR, there isn’t really any other feasible possiblities, looks like I was right after checking LHR arrivals:
17.45 BA1313 ABERDEEN EXPECTED 1738
What’s the weather like else where in the UK?
Anybody else just chillin’ watching the planes from the comfort of their own back garden? 🙂
By: Moondance - 13th June 2004 at 20:25
What airshow did you go to Moondance?
Rolls Royce Centenary thingy at Donnington Park, couldn’t be arsed to fight the crowds and pay the fee for what looked a pretty mediorce show – but sitting across the Trent seeing it for free was fine! (and quite interesting to be sitting INSIDE the Red Arrows display)
By: Pablo - 13th June 2004 at 19:50
Just called in at LCY to see a few – KLM Cityhopper F50, 2 x VLM F50, FlyBe Dash 8, Air France (FlyBe) 146, OLT Saab 2000, Luxair F50 amongst others.
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 13th June 2004 at 15:13
Today it is monarch day! Yesterday when I was at the airport it was excel day! Today so far I have seen a travel city direct departure and I’ve seen these land:
Air France A320
CSA czech airlines B737
My travel B757
KLM cityhopper F100
Britannia B757 in thomson.co.uk titles
Thomas cook A320
Monarch airlines A300
My travel A321
Monarch airlines A321
BA citi express Dash 8
Flyjet B757
Aer lingus B737
Monarch A320
First choice A320
British airways A320
Monarch B757
British airways RJ100
Monarch B757
Lufthansa cityline CRJ
SAS MD82
That’s an hour planespotting, abit quiet at times but good enough for me!!!
By: Mark L - 13th June 2004 at 13:43
Saw lots of trailing aircraft, including an LH A346 today, and a couple of Biz Jets up at Farnborough.
There was also an emergency, a Cherokee going to Bembridge had to land at Farnborough with a suspected fuel leak!! 2 minutes later another problem ocurred, a Jodel had high levels of Carbon Monoxide, but did not need to land in the end
By: wannabe pilot - 13th June 2004 at 13:09
Just seen the CY330 arrival, looks great! 😀 We now have TCX, BY, EXS and FJE arrivals to look forward to within the next hour.
By: RIPConcorde - 13th June 2004 at 13:07
RIPConcorde, there are about 3 or 4 Flyglobespan arrivals today. Looks like they’ve got a fairly solid charter timetable set up here now, with arrivals from Nice, Figari and Calvi.
And all EXS flight codes. They are utilising their 733s very highly just now then.
By: Ren Frew - 13th June 2004 at 12:12
That glider looks like a Vigilant of the ATC? Any ideas? I’m probably wrong, haven’t had chance to fly in one yet.
No ideas, other than it had military reg and was buzzing in and out of RAF Kinloss all afternoon, there was another one and a Cessna doing the same.
By: wannabe pilot - 13th June 2004 at 12:09
That glider looks like a Vigilant of the ATC? Any ideas? I’m probably wrong, haven’t had chance to fly in one yet.
By: Ren Frew - 13th June 2004 at 12:06
I was sitting in a rowing boat on the Moray Firth watching Nimrods come and go from RAF Kinloss, shame I didn’t have my stills camera with me. By the time I got ashore and got it, all there was to snap was a pair of powered gliders doing circuits around the base….
By: LBARULES - 13th June 2004 at 11:57
Nice skies here yesterday as well, all I saw was one lousy BMi Fokker 100 🙁 soon after take off.
Johnny – Nice picture, sounds busy as usual at MME!
By: wannabe pilot - 13th June 2004 at 11:43
Lovely skies here this morning, lots around! Saw the China Airlines Cargo 747-400 arrival into STN a short while ago. Not much else of interesting into STN at the moment, a string of Ryanair’s and Easyjet’s then a Euromanx. Lots of Lisbon departures though, might try and head down this evening to see if there’s much of interest. Had an Aeroflight earlier, shame was too early for me to go and catch it. I’m also getting ready looking out my window to see the scheduled Cyprus A330 from Larnaca and the Flyjet from Nice.
Flying overhead this morning I have seen a Monarch A321 new cs from LTN, a couple of BA 747’s from LHR and several SAS’s. In the stack for LHR a number of short haulers and North American arrivals, get more of the Long Haul stuff towards the afternoon/evening.
RIPConcorde, there are about 3 or 4 Flyglobespan arrivals today. Looks like they’ve got a fairly solid charter timetable set up here now, with arrivals from Nice, Figari and Calvi.
By: concordesst - 13th June 2004 at 09:58
Great weather in the north east again, but they must be coming in high, all ive seen is a BA737. Runway 25 in use.
By: bmi-star - 13th June 2004 at 08:42
All i saw last night was a decending flybe 146 going from DUB-BHX. This morning tho, the trans-atlantics have been out in force!
By: Johnny - 12th June 2004 at 22:56
A lovely day in the North East today, and I saw absolutely nowt flying overhead, except a police helicopter at around 1200.
I called in Teesside airport for around an hour and saw Spanair MD8* EC-GXU and Iberworld 320 EC-ICK. So a highly eventful afternoon for me then, unlike last Saturday when I was at MAN, a great day that.
I got a pic from Teesside of the Spanair, but due to the mesh fencing etc its not that good, but I’ll post it anyway, cos its a nice plane.
Again my apologies for the smallness of it. I’m not yet sure how to use the resizing/editing program properly.
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 12th June 2004 at 22:39
that was only in an hour and a half!
By: RIPConcorde - 12th June 2004 at 22:34
An excellent selection. 🙂
I wish I could see that in a day just from my back garden!
I’ve flown on Flyjet! 😉
By: MANAIRPORTMAD - 12th June 2004 at 22:29
Here are ALLLL the planes I saw just this evening!:
Flyjet B757-200
Astraeus B737-300
Air France A320
Emirates A330
bmi EM4 Star alliance colours
BA citi express EM4
First choice B757-200
BA citi express Dash 8
BA citi express EM4
Excel airways B737-800
British airways Avro RJ100
Britannia airways B767
BA citi express Dash 8
My travel DC10 Saw it depart earlier today at the airport!
My travel A321
British airways A319
Air malta B737-300
British airways Avro RJ100
BA citi express EM4
BA citi express Dash 8
European air charter-EAL B737-200
Spanair MD8?
Portugalia-PGA F100
British airways B737-500
Astraeus B737-300/700
KLM royal dutch airlines B737-800
Monarch A321
BA citi express EM4
Monarch A300 In old colours.
I guess this shows it can be busy at any time of the day!!!! :p
By: Arabella-Cox - 12th June 2004 at 22:15
Please do!!
By: RIPConcorde - 12th June 2004 at 22:15
Yep, was in my back garden before, it is a big list of what I saw, should I put it on here?
Sure, why not? 😉
By: Mark L - 12th June 2004 at 22:13
MANAIRPORTMAD, go for it 😉
I have been inside working too, but had the scanner on for whenever anything departed from Farnborough and saw one of the new G5s, simply a beautiful aircraft, I want one! 😀
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