Hi guys,
This afternoon at about 13.45 a large twin engined airliner flew over the park where I was taking my dog for a walk. This is about twelve miles north west of BHX. It came up from the south and turned to make an approach on runway 15. The fuselage and tail were either a blue or green colour but I couldn’t make out any other markings. Aircraft fly over my town like this a lot, but this one was making repeated changes of the throttle settings, at least five or six times while I could see him. This only usually happens once or twice.
So, anybody out there got any idea what I saw?
Regards,
kev35
By: EGNM - 19th July 2002 at 13:22
RE: Visitor to BHX 18/7/02
blue/green – the Usbeki 763! – we’ve had a divert from u with them so maybee!!
By: Benair316P - 18th July 2002 at 22:04
RE: Visitor to BHX 18/7/02
or an emergency diversion……….. you never know…..
By: Benair316P - 18th July 2002 at 22:02
RE: Visitor to BHX 18/7/02
Check BBC ceefax (or BHX web site-if they have one) at the same time next thursday and see if there is an MYT long haul flight…or whatever due in. It may have just been a one-off.
Regards
Ben
By: kev35 - 18th July 2002 at 21:45
RE: Visitor to BHX 18/7/02
You’re certainly quick off the mark!
I think you’re right MYT A330. Never seen one before so it seems to fit the bill.
Thanks again
kev35
By: Benair316P - 18th July 2002 at 21:33
RE: Visitor to BHX 18/7/02
I may have said an MYT A330 then…the blue though, stretches the full length of the fueselage (they’re not in full MYT c/s’s yet).
Other than that maybe a Prima A300…but they’re currently all white I believe.
No Problem
Regards
Ben
P.s I’ll have a think about this one
By: kev35 - 18th July 2002 at 21:20
RE: Visitor to BHX 18/7/02
Hi Benair,
No, definitely not JMC as I am used to seeing them. I would suggest this was no higher than 2500 – 3000 feet, that’s why it originally caught my attention and it was definitely a wide body. It was a bit murky at the time and my eyes aren’t what they were and the fuselage colour appeared solid and extended well down the fuselage, probably to the level of the wings.
Thanks for the quick response though.
Regards,
kev35
By: Benair316P - 18th July 2002 at 20:53
RE: Visitor to BHX 18/7/02
The blue or GREEN tail area could suggest a JMC A330? Did it have winglets? I spose it may have been difficult, at 15 miles out it would probably have been at about 3500-4000ft or more.
Regards
Ben
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