What about ‘The Dambuster’s – very good film and based on reality unlike some previously mentioned or 633 squadron
Apollo 13 is another good one and the fact that, like the dambusters, it is based on reality gives it an edge. You know that they all make it back safely yet it still has the ‘edge of seat’ tension that makes it a great film.
Here is my list of airports / airfieds visited – not including GA only fields like Popham/Goodwood etc
UK
LHR/LGW/SOU/BHX/MAN/GLA/NOR/LTN/STN/BOU/Manston/Southend/Cardiff/Lulsgate/Filton/Exeter
Europe/Mid East
Paris CDG/ORL/LBG/ /Bordeaux/Tours/Dinard/Dijon/Lyon/Strasborg
Tolouse
Brussels / Antwerp / Amsterdam / Rotterdam / Groningen/Hamburg & Finkenwerder/Hannover/Berlin Schoenefeld/Frankfurt/Munich (old & new) Nuremburg/Dusseldorf/Bonn/Cologne/Billund/Copenhagen/Aalborg(Kastrup & Roskilde) Stockholm (Arlanda & Bromma) Olso (Fornebu & Gardemoen) Gothenburg (Save & Landvetter) Linkjopping / Norkjopping/Venice/Zurich/Vienna/Madrid/Malaga/Barcelona/Palma/Athens (old) Heraklion/Samos/Istanbul/Dubai/Sharjah/Fujaira/Ras-al-Khamer/Budapest/Prague/Bratislava/Bruno/Dresden/Krackow
Moscow SVO/DME/VNK, Ekaterinburg, Yktus
Asia
Hong Kong (old & new) Taipai CKS & Sung Shan BKK, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur (old) Jakata, Bali, Sydney , Melbourne, Auckland
Tokyo (Haneda & Narita) Osaka (Itami & Kansai)
South America
Buenos Aries (Ezeize & Aeroparke) Cordoba, Brasilia, Rio (Santos Dumont) & Galeao, Sao Paulo (Congonhas & Garulhos) Montivideo, Asunscion, Porte Alegre
North America
Anchorage, Fairbanks, Seattle, San Jose, SFO, LAX, Burbank, Orange County, Onterio, Phoenix, Tucson, DFW , Dallas Love, Meecham Field, Houston Hobby, Houston Intercontinental (as was), Chicago ORD & Midway, Cleveland, Detroit (Metro & city)
Minn/St Paul, Denver (old) Wichita, Pittsburg (old & new) Cincinnatti, Indianapolis, Philidelphia, New York JFK/EWR/LGA Tetoborough, White Planes, Boston, Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami, Ft Lauderdale,
Canada
Vancouver, Abbotsford, Calgary, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montreal (Dorval & Mirabel) Ottawa, Halifax, Plymouth.
have probably forgotten a few as well
Southampton has had an Il76 bringing in equipment for the pollution control centre and an AN12 – possibly a charter from Ford as there is a factory closeby.
so no ‘wafer thin after dinner mints’ for you then Steve 😀
so no ‘wafer thin after dinner mints’ for you then Steve 😀
Have met Roland Beaumont, Eric Brown, Neville Duke.
other (in)famous pep’s include Nigel Price, Duncan Cubbit (who managed to get my piccy with others in a Flypast article) Steve Bridgewater
Have met Roland Beaumont, Eric Brown, Neville Duke.
other (in)famous pep’s include Nigel Price, Duncan Cubbit (who managed to get my piccy with others in a Flypast article) Steve Bridgewater
As it is my local airport and I fly from there sometimes it is not bad.
It had good road / rail access and inexpensive car parking compared to LHR/LGW.
The terminal is only a few years old and is still in good condition although the departure area can be crowded at peak times (Saturday PM with 2 x 737 on charter is probably the worse at the moment) Getting into departures can also take a while as they normally only use one of the 2 x-ray machines.
If it is raining you will get wet when departing / arriving as there are no jetways and luggage can take a while to be unloaded when busy.
I think the Prague departure time is late afternoon – 5pm ish with a return at 8-9pm.
hoep this helps.
Friday 22nd – MAKS 2003 airshow at Zhukovsky
Saturday 23rd – Visited Domodedevo & Vnukovo airports in Moscow – also visited Tupolev Rework Facility at Vnukovo (as seen in Airliner World recently)
Sunday 24th – Flew on a Tu134 from Moscow to Ekaterinburg for a day visit
Monday 25th – visited Chackalovsky & Chernoye airfields for organised tours. Final stop was Monino – the Russian Af museum –
very interesting aircraft there but it was very wet.
Friday 22nd – MAKS 2003 airshow at Zhukovsky
Saturday 23rd – Visited Domodedevo & Vnukovo airports in Moscow – also visited Tupolev Rework Facility at Vnukovo (as seen in Airliner World recently)
Sunday 24th – Flew on a Tu134 from Moscow to Ekaterinburg for a day visit
Monday 25th – visited Chackalovsky & Chernoye airfields for organised tours. Final stop was Monino – the Russian Af museum –
very interesting aircraft there but it was very wet.
La Chakra, in Buenos Airies – best steak I have ever had.
The same or very similar restaurant as Steve said in Rio – did it have a set of ‘traffic light’s per table – green for keep the food coming , red for hang on until we have fininshed the last course.
La Chakra, in Buenos Airies – best steak I have ever had.
The same or very similar restaurant as Steve said in Rio – did it have a set of ‘traffic light’s per table – green for keep the food coming , red for hang on until we have fininshed the last course.
Bac 1-11 was known as the Pocket Rocket
Trident – ground gripper
737 – pig
747 – lump
A320 – bus
A319 – minibus (will that make the A318 a miniminibus?)
757 – pencil
HS146 – 4 oil leaks or hairdryers connected to a tin can
Jetstream 31/41 – jetscream 31/41
CRJ – chugger
Emb135/145 – barbie doll jet
Il62 – VC10ski
Tu154 – 727ski
dc8 – greasy 8
MD11 – scud (you knew take off point but were never 100% where it would actually land)
I saw it in Moscow on 22nd August – as it was preparing to go (to Tokyo I guess) – I did not see it again until I was in the departure lounge at SVO on 27th and I could not get a piccy of it although I did get a ‘through the window’ picture of it on pushback.
Batbay,
ta for linking to my pic on Airliners.net – there have been a couple of larger movements in the past.
Heavylift Il76 bringing in equipment for the pollution control centre in Southampton – that was impressive and I have also seen an AN12 !! there bringing in parts for the Ford factory.
The BBMF Lancaster is an ocasional visitor during the airshow season.