I actually did an aviation trip (by road) to Belarus some years ago…….makes Cuba look modern and advanced!I’d be reluctant to travel on any Belarus registered a/c unless it was rare and I was desperate to add it to my “types flown” list.I hope you’ve got a good reason to go there as nobody would go there without one

Barry

Many thanks for response on lens,Paul.To be fair,3 years into digital from slides,I am only now getting used to the concept of post-editing and in recent weeks have found some old shots taken with 28-300 can be dramatically improved with a touch of sharpening (and other adjustments) but the results straight off EOS350D and 400D (set for sharp) were often terrible.However,it should be said that as a rather older contributor with perhaps more time and ability to travel,most of my trips are not “spur of the moment” to my local (BRS !!) but are pre-planned and often badly affected by weather so I’m probably persevering in worse conditions than many would.Being a real fan of Ryanair “cheapies” I also want to travel light so the 50-500 or Canon 100-400 don’t necessarily suit the purpose.

Barry

Beautiful shots,Paul.Is the Tamron 28-300 lens to which you refer the XR Di one?If it is,you’ve done better with it than I and a mate did……..both of us ebay-ed ours at a loss fairly quickly having been terribly disappointed with lack of sharpness.

Barry

“Coaches” usually means passengers are arriving at another UK airport and being transferred by road and I’d be certain that was the case here.As for reason…could be several e.g.too few passengers so flight combined with,say,MAN or BHX or same scenario due tech prob on aircraft,simple shortage of a/c (or crew like one I was on 2 weeks ago!!)…..the possibilities are numerous but I’d think not weather if LBA and AMS were operating for all other flights.Could be out of position aircraft after freak weather over a couple of days.

Barry