Manchester (11 July 2004)

I have actually been on TF-ARD, very nice plane too!!

I’m not sure what it was doing at T1, but it was TF-ARE. TF-ARD was also present.

Isn’t that the one leased from AV8?? G-OAVB i believe??

OAVB is flying for Astraeus at the mo.

I think it may of been subbing for SCY, i’m sure I read something about it somewhere? Rather strangely though, XLA had an Air Finland 757 subbing for them on Monday, a bit weird if because two 757s are subbing for another airline, they have to fidn a substitute themselves!

No – that’s certainly one of the Excel/Air Atlanta machines. I can only presume that it was subbing for another airline.

Isn’t that the one leased from AV8?? G-OAVB i believe??

Why can I see an Excel 757 at Terminal 1 on the picture of the Dragonair Cargo??

Thanks for the comments. By the way, did anyone manage to get the reg of the BGH Tu-154 which landed at approx 15:20 or know where I could get it from? I was in the enthusiast shop at the time and completely managed to miss it 🙁

‘BD has been back in service since December last year if i remember correctly

It was B747-409F B-18701. (The 400F has a “short” hump like the “Classic.)

Cheers, assumed it was a 200, not seeing the winglets in shot. I think the 200F conversion’s still have a full complement of upper deck windows now that I think about it ? :confused:

What was the reg on The China cargo 742 ?

It was B747-409F B-18701. (The 400F has a “short” hump like the “Classic.)

Hmmm… ‘BD in service… Need another ride on BMI then.

Fascinating pics by the way – most jeallous of the SyrianAir as I’ve never caught one of their SPs. Seems like a trip to MAN is in order!

Andy

PS: EAL flying several 737s at the moment, as there were three in PMI last weekend and non of those were the Palmair machine

excellent pics

Oh yeah, forgot they had a 732 on lease!

Great shots Pablo, like the Palmair especially, that doesen’t visit MAN very often does it? Was it doing an EAL flight? (I know they are part of EAL BTW!)

It was subbing for bmibaby, on account of their lack of equipment!!

Yep, BD is in regular service, they need all the A330s they can get with Washington, Chicago and Toronto and more Carribean routes coming up!

Great shots Pablo, like the Palmair especially, that doesen’t visit MAN very often does it? Was it doing an EAL flight? (I know they are part of EAL BTW!)

Is BMI A330 ‘BD (Star Alliance) in regular service now then??? Flown in ‘BB and ‘BM but need a ride on BD, but it was with South African last time I flew with BMI!

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Thanks. It’s OH-LBR.

Same as my newly received Gemini jets model, minus the Santa livery though. 🙁

What was the reg on The China cargo 742 ?

Nice shots Pablo, good to see the Syrian SP. Also like the AirPlus Comet 🙂

At MAN in 2 days!! Flying BD597 to LHR A321! , then GCI and CGN!!:D