Thanks for the comments guys. I think that was the worst airline sandwich I’ve had. Sabena used to have some pleasant ones, and occasionally SNBA and certainly VLM, but that took the biscuit for being foul! My Mum had egg mayonnaise and she said that was OK.

Must be absolute LUXURY when compared to the rolls they gave us on Tarom in 1989. These were like cricket balls!! You don’t have to risk bringing a weapon on board when they happily give you a roll that you could bludgeon someone with.

Nothing really to write home about for the flight… landing was as you would expect with Ryanscare, slammed down hard onto the runway, (it was my first time flying through heavy snow while landing)
RickT

Lucky they don’t operate Dash 8 400s eh ?

Ver nice shots of the 96 !

I haven’t been to LGW for ages. Always thought there was too much in the way to get any ground shots at the 26 end. Is this just from the normal road ? What size of lens did you need ?

Great selection there !!

Good selection of shots there. Did you see it happening or did you get there after the event ?

I see you have found fame! Photo #2: When did BA start putting
“Andrew Simpson 2008” titles on their planes ?

Nice one Barry, I keep hearing and seeing the Salzburg is aviation phot heaven, some great Russian types flying in and out. I see from one of your shots there are a lot of photographers (Photo 9). Is that on the airport or just outside the fence? I guess you would need to be there very early to get a good spot.

Si

The people in that photo are outside the fence at a spot on the corner where things leave the apron to taxi up to 34. All along the fence there are plenty of places so no need to be there at sparrow’s to get a place. The terrace is a different story … very busy from early on with lots of tripods set up for night shots.

Here’s a part of the perimeter. See, not to crammed. The bunch of folk in the photo #9 are on another small mound behind the mound you see in my pic here. Only busier there because it clears the fence … a million places available to those with steps.

And to show how persevering folk were …. here’s a shot of the terrace, taken from the GAT at 16:20 when the rain was coming down. Excuse the pic quality but it was a long range one with the light giving f/3.2 at a fortnight (well…. 25th of a second).