Friday at the local… (Large Thread!!)

Wilag: The TOM aircraft was indeed G-OBYB 🙂

Peter: Didn’t catch the water salute, couldn’t see it from the AVP

Thanks very much for all your kind comments!

Not bad at all, Matt. 😀

Great stuff Matt, luvin the first Saudi T7.

Raymy

Great shots Matt =]

Nice shots there Matt and nice capture on that T7s first visit to MAN

Well done

Regards

Peter

Ps You dident get the water salute on a photo as well did you

Does Saudi operate into Manchester or was the aircraft leased??

With 2 777s arriving one wonder if that meant two lots of water cannon salutes!?!) as the “proper” scheduled service was running late – SV112 operated into MAN from LHR in mid-afternoon with SV121/2 operating early evening. Suffice to say that I saw neither aircraft.

It’s not the 1st time SV have had a 777 in MAN – one came in about 2 years ago, and rumours of a thrice weekly service using L1011s was mentioned way back in 1987, though we had periodic SV 747F freighter flights (including one by Korean Airlines which I missed!)

Great shots Matt.

Does Saudi operate into Manchester or was the aircraft leased??

It was a new service that started today.
Infact we had 2 Saudia 777’s in our first service was deleyed and arrived from Geneva and they sent one up from Heathrow to pick up passengers

Paul

Nice pics Sir Matt, was that Tomsonfly 76 g-obyb?, I came back on that heap two weeks ago today, guess it’s still on the Man-Palma-Man route.

Great shots Matt.

Does Saudi operate into Manchester or was the aircraft leased??

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Thanks!

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My first pic of an Astraeus with winglets

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