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  • Phil J

Bristol Airport 23.09.06

Nice sun at BRS around midday today, once the clouds had moved on. 🙂
Runway 09 was in use, and the taxiway was closed for re-surfacing, so everything was backtracking and so long queues of departing airliners started to form at times.

Here is a selection of approach and line-up shots …

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67358084.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67358086.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67358089.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67358616.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67361764.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67366861.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67366864.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67366866.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67372133.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67372136.jpg

Crop of an iffy shot – but I didn’t want to use yet another “flaring “shot
http://www.pbase.com/philjones/image/67372138.jpg

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Phil.

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By: Deano - 30th September 2006 at 23:03

Phil, if you make it a Sunday give me a shout, would be good to meet up and get together with a few crew

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By: Phil J - 30th September 2006 at 18:30

Being a sucker for European charters, the Air Europa, does it for me, now when’s our next day out?

To BRS or to anywhere?
Planning a trip to FFD soon – but any resonably bright sunny weekend should do for BRS 😀

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By: tonyosborne - 30th September 2006 at 11:19

Being a sucker for European charters, the Air Europa, does it for me, now when’s our next day out?

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By: Airline owner - 30th September 2006 at 08:48

Love that shot with the backdrop of the Bristol Chennel (KLM F70). All shots are superb though :D:D

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By: caz66 - 30th September 2006 at 08:32

Great shots , I saw the Excel (in air malta livery) when iwas in jsi .

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By: Phil J - 24th September 2006 at 19:21

so where are the pics of the queues

Didn’t take any. :diablo:

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By: philgatwick05 - 24th September 2006 at 13:05

Great work 😀

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By: LBARULES - 24th September 2006 at 12:38

Your just never happy are you lba rlz?

Fantastic shots Phil. When I was down at BRS, they were on 27, and we sat with the aircraft literally coming over our head. A policeman came and had a word with us, and told us about a different spot when 09 is in use. I assume this is what he meant!

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By: lba rlz - 24th September 2006 at 11:48

Runway 09 was in use, and the taxiway was closed for re-surfacing, so everything was backtracking and so long queues of departing airliners started to form at times.

so where are the pics of the queues

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By: RingwaySam - 24th September 2006 at 11:09

Great shots, nothing wrong with the Ryanair crop!!!

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By: manchestersam - 24th September 2006 at 11:06

Superb shots there mate. Also love the KLM F70 and the FR touching down.:D

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By: Arabella-Cox - 24th September 2006 at 10:53

I really hope they sort Bristol Airport out. It needs a bigger runway and better transport links ASAP!

EDIT: Ooops, forgot to say nice pictures – thanks for sharing!

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By: G-CDFF - 24th September 2006 at 09:58

Fantastic work Phil! 😀

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By: Phil J - 24th September 2006 at 09:13

Thanks Phil. Do you need a stepladder and if there are a fair few spotters there, is there enough parking space?

If you want to take pics then I’d say steps are necessary – you’re severely limited if you can’t get up above the fence line.

Parking spaces can be hard to find at times – sunny weekends or if something special is expected. It was very busy around the time COA started flying in!

This shot should illustrate my description a little better – you can see the road that I referred to – and most of the parked cars are hidden by trees on the right of the frame.

http://www.pbase.com/widewanderer/image/57202116.jpg

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By: tomfellows - 24th September 2006 at 08:56

Excellent shots and great scenery as well:).

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By: Manston Airport - 23rd September 2006 at 23:36

Cool 😎 cheers Adrian

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By: ALBERT ROSS - 23rd September 2006 at 23:27

Nice shots there phil:cool: love the Fokker 70 KLC shot what is behind the F70?

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By: Manston Airport - 23rd September 2006 at 23:23

Nice shots there phil:cool: love the Fokker 70 KLC shot what is behind the F70?

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By: ALBERT ROSS - 23rd September 2006 at 22:57

Hi Albert – as you can see these are taken from the road that runs around the western end of the runway. On the southern side there is a stretch of the road that is very popular with spotters/enthusiasts and there’s usually a fair few people parked up watching.

You can get to it either via a steep “country lane” type road from the small village of Redhill or there’s a turning from the A38 down to a golf course on the left – that road runs up and around the western end of the runway.

The pics are taken over the fence, with the use of a step ladder.

HTH.
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Thanks Phil. Do you need a stepladder and if there are a fair few spotters there, is there enough parking space?

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By: Phil J - 23rd September 2006 at 22:52

Superb Phil. This is not the first time I have seen shots taken at this spot. Please can you explain how you get there? Also are these over the fence, through the fence, with or without a stepladder etc? Thanks.

Hi Albert – as you can see these are taken from the road that runs around the western end of the runway. On the southern side there is a stretch of the road that is very popular with spotters/enthusiasts and there’s usually a fair few people parked up watching.

You can get to it either via a steep “country lane” type road from the small village of Redhill or there’s a turning from the A38 down to a golf course on the left – that road runs up and around the western end of the runway.

The pics are taken over the fence, with the use of a step ladder.

HTH.
Phil.

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