This weekends jollies (part 1)

Great stuff TP, you remind me of that Beach Boys record…. “Round, round, get around, I get around!” 😀

Cheers…….but, i’m way too young to remember that!!! 😉 😉 😉
Can’t recommend it high enough Tom, just great to go to an airport, where spotters/photographers are actually welcomed 😮 ,never mind,catered for in so many ways.

Brilliant selection of shots, ZRH really does look like a must visit!

Great stuff TP, you remind me of that Beach Boys record…. “Round, round, get around, I get around!” 😀

Defintiely going to try & go there,a very unique place by the sounds of it!

Gary: i believe there are pre-arranged tours, but, anyone can go on the one we did, tickets from a kiosk on the terrace, where you also get your ticket for the shuttle bus to Dock E. The tour covers just about every bit of ground, passes every stand, the GAT, the biz hangars, Swiss maintenance, all 3 runway threshholds, the intersection of 34 and 10 where you can get out for 10-15 mins (insanely close!!), even covering the “Unique 1” area, where the fire, snow clearing, ops, ambulance, police,etc…. are.
Tour lasts 90 minutes and costs 16 SFR. Highly recommended for anyone, especially number crunchers(the driver even slowed down,on request, in the biz hangar area, so my mate could read off stuff in the hangar). There is live commentary in German, but, we could ask him things in English. About the only places it never went to were, r/w16 threshold, where there is a wrecked Air Afrique DC8 and some other wrecked bits,and a biz parking area just beyond Unique 1,which is also where the heliport is.

Is the ramp tour open to the general public or does it have to be pre-arranged,looks like great fun!

Greekdude: Jury is out for me on the Transavia new c/s too, although very refreshing from the old…. Very happy to get both UA 767’s in new c/s (even if one had an “old” nosecone!!)
Kevin: the facilities are unfortunately non-existant…err, benches and a toilet!!(also a vending machine), the bus from terminal B is every 1/2 hour cost 4SFR return, but, the views are fantastic, every runway easily viewable,but in the afternoon when the sun is out,shooting 28/10 or 34 is hard

After the first 2 or 3 installments of ZRH, I was wondering if UA was going to make an appearance, and it finally did with the 763 in the new colours, nice! ZRH has a decent variety it seems, and I like that SA A340 with the mountain backdrop. Finally, interesting c/s on the Transavia 737. If they made those 4 colours into a cheatline instead of just a band around the fuselage, then we’d be talkin’.

Hi Tartan,
Whats the facilities at the New Terminal like , IE for Spotters and Graphers, When i was there it was still under construction and we spent most of the time at the Old viewing deck which had grate facilities

All very nice

Thanks for the kind comments guys, No probs Kevin….was way too manky to be up the mound anyways 😮 😮 Agree fully Iain, about the Thai, looked awesome when the sun hit the tail..shot about 750 in total including 76 of the 2 Thai!!! Very lucky with the Kingfisher, however had to shoot from behind glass of the departure lounge in fading light.
RIP Concorde, well worth the visit, just for the ramp tour alone…about 60 feet from the runway at rotation point 😮 This shot of the Thai going up while a tour was at the stop point gives you an idea of how close you are:

lucky beggars 😎 😎

Hi Tartan

How lucky are you eh Thai A340-600 very nice

and the Kingfisher ah well ill just go down the

cury house and get 1 there LOL

E-GPK

Quite an amazing selection :D.

You lucky lucky lucky ****** Scottie! The Thai 340-600 must be the best looking A/C in the world!

Excellent shots there! 😀

Hi tartan, Grate Pictures there
Sorry i didn’t manage down for you’re departure That’s down to Mr Bud the night before
Zurich what can I say, I’m still recovering from nearly being run down By TAI 747,(2003)
My mate and I managed to sneak on a Ramp tour,on the Friday ( Thanks Erik you know who you are) a group of School children were being taken around and after speaking to Erik we managed to secure the end car to our self What a tour the Finally was being taken on to the ramp after the tour and getting our pictures taken alongside the Edelweiss 330, Erik did try and get us on board ,but they had just started Boarding passengers
Sweet Dreams AAAAAAAAAAAAA
Kevin

Those are top-notch!

Fantastic shots – looks like the weather was kind to you!

great shots there tartan pics see youve been busy

keep up the good work like the swiss a340 and the tap

peter

Final set. Hope i havent bored you all.
Cheers