*WARNING* large post!!! The lengths one goes to to find some sun!!

Hmmm PH-BOG the KL 777 certainly does look somewhat of a bog!

Thanks for the comments:
The Jetstream was operated by BASE Regional which was a Dutch BA Franchise. They operated JS31’s and Brasilia’s too.
Welcome to the forums UAV 689;):D

great pics

i have flown that exact grob in the photos, but it used to be at cambridge, the UAS must have re-located it.

anyone know why the sad looking jetstream in BA colours has a PH-Reg on it??

Thanks for the comments lads, just back in the door from London.. managed a few shots in great sunlight at Luton (to be posted later)
Woody, it was indeed r/w 06 which i believe is the prominent runway at AMS(?) these were taken rom the 06 end of the Kaagbaan just adjacent the piano keys.
Pieter: no worries, My company seem to possibly be getting a bit of a regular Telford-Schiphol run,so, hopefully next time i will get there… i checked out your post on the place… very interesting indeed… definitely worth a half hour jaunt.
Thanks again all.

Finally a HUGE thanks to Pieter (Tenthije) whom i PM’d en-route for some info on AMS,and got some great invaluable info back… CHEERS PIETER!!

No problem at all! I see you got some very nice picutes too! My apologies for bringing up the Woensdrecht suggestion too late.

A top thread there , mate.

Amazing set of shots and locations there

Nice one!

Rob
🙂

A good wee selection there. You wouldnae think it was France at the start with all that American tin. Are the landing shots at AMS on runway 06 ?

On the way back to Calais dropped in to Le Touquet Cote D’Opal International Airport! (The International bit is it’s daily flights to Lydd (Lydd Air Trislander) and SkySouth (Navajo Chieftain) to Shoreham, and is jumping with G- spam!!:

Well, have flown international from Lydd and into Le Touquet. Both different types and neither of them a Trislander.

nice selection there Scotty. Good to see you’re back in action. Love the easyjet ones

Ha ha, loving the Easyjet stunt landing ! 😀

Thats some set of shots and you certainly done your best 🙂

Dull grey Glasgow today……….






A couple of the Omni DC10 doing Monarch flights repatriating XL passengers home.

Finally…. just a bit of fun:
Easyjet captain practising his precise landing manouevres……..

Nearly there……

Nearly………..

TOUCHDOWN!!!!

Now… aim for the big hole!!!

Thats the lot folks, a busy busy few days, going for some well earned sleep.
Finally a HUGE thanks to Pieter (Tenthije) whom i PM’d en-route for some info on AMS,and got some great invaluable info back… CHEERS PIETER!!

Final part of the sun rustling trip…..
A drop into exciting Ostend….. everything in the same place as my last visit 2 years ago!!!


A real shame.. this former LX- DC3 rotting away……….

Having safely grabbed the sun and stowed it in the van to smuggle it back into Britain, it was off to Calais and a quick drop into MAN in the middle of the night (why oh why oh why!!!)

So, emptied the smuggled sun out of the van at Prestwick…………..


Unfortunately, Prestwick was up to it’s usual “busy” standard….. The freed sun disappearing as quickly as it was freed….
Following next………. normal weather resumes today at Glasgow……….

McDonalds safely devoured….. time to hit the motorway homeward…. Via Rotterdam, Antwerp and Ostend………..
Rotterdam first.






A Jetstream just a wee bit under the weather???




What is it with these Dutch pilots trying to catch birds????

And onward to Antwerp, a really old fashioned retro style place (I won’t be slagging off Prestwick’s 50’s style terminal after visiting here!!)



VLM Logo Prop!!!

Final part to follow……………..

Some more from AMS on Monday:







A 737 spitting out some birds………

For an MD11 to eat up!!!!!

Then McDonalds SpottersPlats was calling!!!
Next up Rotterdam……………….

Part 2: Schiphol on monday morning for a few hours in sun!!!
Went to The Kaagbaan where i believe a lot has changed,but, plenty of parking spots and good shooting available here.
In no particular order:

More to follow from Monday morning……….