Do’es anyone remember the Constellation at Biggin Hill, either in the late 70’s or early 80’s that blew an engine during it’s display, from memory it was flying from LGW & i think it was registered N7777G???????.
Propliner’s will alway’s be BEST.
But for mdern airliner’s at an airshow it has to be Airbus every time, the first time i saw the A300 FBW at Farnbourgh it amazed me with it’s high angle of attack and slow speed.

dc10fan,surely that’s not bad new’s at all to fly in a fine aircraft like the DC10( i have flown Laker, Canadian, Northwest) & i love them. I will be flying LGW-DTW-MIA, MIA-MSP-LGW in November, all Airbus aircraft except the last leg which is a DC10 which i am looking forward to as i did not anticipate crossing the Atlantic in a DC10 again!!!!!.

The Wideroe flight that was due at EDI was probably sat at BOH as it went tech with an oil leak. It was due to depart BOH at 11:40, but they sent in a substitute aircraft(another WIF DH8D), which finally left at 20:30. The sick aircraft night stopped and finally left at 08:45 this morning.

I have just spent 2 day’s in Frankfurt flying DLH A321(D-AIRL)from LHR.

30th June 04 (09:00-20:00)

RA-85829 Tu154 Enkor (all white)
D-AIKC A332 DLH
C-GSAT A313 TSC
OE-LSD CRJ2 STY
EI-DFH & I Emb170’s SMX
N8213G L100
UR-GAL B735 AUI
D-AIHE,K,L A346’s DLH
HA-LOG,J B736’s MAH
D-ACPQ CRJ7 CLH(Star Alliance cls)
A4O-LI A343 GFA
HL7400 B744F KAL
OY-MRI B737 DAN
EC-IYG A320 JKK
D-ALTG A320 LTU
D-ARFA,B A321 Aero Flight
D-ARFD A320 Aero Flight
N161AT L1011 AMT
N352WL Dc10 WOA
A6-ERT A343 UAE
YU-AOP Fk100 MGX
I-ADLV AT45 DLA
OE-LTO DH8C TYR
PP-VTI MD11 VRG
TF-ARL B742F MAS/ABD
TF-ARR B742F ABD
SX-BGV B734 AEE
VP-BWL A319 AFL
N713CK B742F CKS
D-AGPN Fk100 GMI
RA-85771 Tu154 PLK
EI-SLD AT42 ABR
SP-EDE AT45 ELO
OK-WDC Let410
A6-EAO A332 UAE
LZ-BON B733 LZB
TC-SUL B738 SXS
ZS-SNF A346 SAA
N453FE A312 FDX
N589FE MD11 FDX

01/07/04 (08:00-14:00)

D-AGPF Fk100 GMI
TC-OGD B752 OGE
TC-SKD B734 SHY
ST-AWR & ST-EWC IL76’s AXD
YL-RAB An26
VP-BUA B763 UZB
N408MC & N415MC B744F’s UAE
N162AT L1011 AMT
OO-DLT AB3F BCS
D-AHLQ B738 HLF
9M-MRO B772 MAS
D-AHIF B737 HHI
ES-ABI B735 ELL
UR-42449 YAK42 UDN
EI-DBU B763 TSO
A6-ERQ A343 UAE
ET-ALJ B763 ETH
ZS-SNE A346 SAA

Then flew back to LHR in A-300-605R D-AIAZ, all in all a good trip with the highlight being the 2 Sudenese IL76’s.

Having only experienced Easyjet & Ryanair, i can only comment on these 2.
I have only flown Ryanair the once & that was enough for me, very inexperienced cabin crew(who they work very hard on temporary contract’s). They seem to change schedule’s at a whim, which is not good if you have booked hotel’s,car’s, etc. I also think MOL is very arrogant.
I have flown Easyjet many time’s & every time it has been a pleasant experience, mostly on-time with very effecient crew’s.

Easyjet for me every time.
Ryanair, never again.

I visited Mohave last November & there were 7 SWR MD11’s stored(HB-IWG,H,P,R,S,U,& N15WF), i think some of them have moved on now not sure how many though. On the same trip i also visited Goodyear, stored here were N274UP & N276UP of UPS, PP-VPN,O,& P of Varig, also 6 DAL N805DE,808DE,809DE,812DE,813DE, & 815DE.
At the moment there are 3 ex Alitalia MD11’s stored at CGN awaiting convertion by Boeing to freighter’s for Lufthansa Cargo who will become an all MD11 operator in the future.
N.B. The AZA MD11’s at CGN cannot be seen from the terminal they can be seen on arrival if you fly in.

Aurigny operate G-BPFN (SH3747) at the moment as well as leasing 1 from BAC Express. I am due to fly BOH-JEY-BOH in late October, 1st time in a shed & i’m looking forward to it as long as it’s not to windy!!!!.