Nice one Stuart I have never heard of that Airline before, I see from Anet it has been on the go since February this year too and is based at Hahn.

In colour scheme it is not unlike the Belgian outfit Cargo B that went under recently.

Fred.

Hello Rab,
Your last one of the A380 over the Tower is defiantely the pick of the bunch for me, that one sums up it’s visit very nicely and a really good idea to get it at that angle.

It certainly put on a very good show with those tight turns in it’s 10 minutes at PIK and it came down lower for the go-arounds than many of us thought it would.

Fred.

Great clip Fred, nice image quality too.

Thanks Alan I’m using a Sony 1080P HD Camcorder now which has helped a lot in improving the quality of my WMV’s.

Here’s a link to a touch and go from the 747SP.
http://www.saap.co.uk/Movie60-747SP-Prestwick-10-12-08.html

And also one of the main feature of the day which was the AN22 arriving.
http://www.saap.co.uk/Movie59-ADBAN22-Prestwick-10-12-08.html

Fred.
P.S. The noise that is drowning out the AN22 was a Tucano which was taxiing by the Mound, for a little plane it makes an awful racket.

Ren,
The VS 747-400 flights should be returning with the Punters this Saturday and Sunday as far as I am aware and the same again the following weekend.

These are the flights to get as they should be arriving between 8am and 9am when the light is much better (I’m not 100% on those times that’;s what they were last year), the departures were all slightly late at various times between 2-30pm and 3-30pm when the sun was not great.

Fred.

Well done on the superb A340 shot Gary, Runway 10 and sunshine at the right time too.

Looks like a bit of a buildup in the background too with the snow/sleet showers that we have had in the past few days.

A run through Neat Image will sort your slight grain problem out with ease.

Fred.

Righto, and did they happen to mention that Manchester style, elevated viewing mound that was proposed a million years ago, last time I attended an enthusiasts meeting…?

The Viewing Mound idea in the Football Field was ruled out some time ago after Ferrovial took over and handed down the rules that a profit had to be made on expenditure, there was also a bit of an issue on proximity to it’s distance from “Area J” for when Royal flights come in.

Since then there have been enquiries about the possibility of Maintenance Hangers being built which was in the papers and so far have came to nothing, the places where they would have gone were near the Short Runway so apparently that came into it as well.

Various spots for a viewing facility have been looked at over the past year but nothing has come of any of them, it’s a long shot whether anything will be done but at least the BAA haven’t said no never.

We’ll see what happens during the next year on it but at least there has been a huge improvement around the perimiter for us thanks to be hedge going.

Fred