FCA552F shown as arriving from Luton Monday am. What’s the F suffix stand for. Is it a Freight Flight – FCA dont operate from LBA on a Monday.

Hi the First Choice Airways Aircraft positioning flight FCA552F operating inbound to Leeds/Bradford from London Luton was a night stopping aircraft. She is due to operate a Iceland day trip tomorrow for Transun Holidays.

Went up today for the Thomsonfly 757, never saw it move, when I came home both that and a Jet2 757 came over my house within minutes of each other

The Thomsonfly B757-200 on yesterday afternoon was running late due to missing slot on inbound Leg from AGP. It was then worked out that if the same crew had operated the Outbound and Return to its UK base the crew would have been out off hours. So it was decided by Thomson’s to bring in a new flights crew from its DSA base to operate the next sector.

So the aircraft couldn’t go anywhere until the crew had arrived from DSA hence the 4-hour delayed departure from LBA. Note This wouldn’t Happen in the summer season. From next Monday Thomson will have based flight crew at LBA again.

Hi all

Well I had nothing better to do this afternoon so I decided that i would fly my PDMG B737-600 in bmi baby Colours from Teeside (Durham Tees Valley) to Cork in Ireland.

Heres the pic’s

On stand 3 at MME.

Lined up and ready to go off MME’s Runway 05.

We have lift off. Seem to take a hell of alot of runway up on departure.

In the cruise at 30,000ft over the Irish Sea.

Making a left hand turn towards South Ireland over the top of Dublin Bay.

On finals on my ILS approach to Corks Runway 17. Under Carrage locked.

Touch down on Corks Runway 17 after another good ILS approach

Making my way to Stand. With an Easyjet B737 already on the deck.

Not sure where you’ve heard about LGW getting dropped down to two flights a day either. All three services to/from LGW will be operating this summer, apart from at the weekends and the on the odd Monday or two.

Hi HON 1R

I just went and looked in the Jet2.com booking system and it was only showing 2 flights daily for this week and Next.

I,m guessing it might be something to do with the quite Easter period on domestic flights and with it been in between to Bank holidays. Your right in saying it dose in fact go back up to 3 daily from May 2nd 2006.

Also not forgetting Jet2 new routes and changes for summer 2006 at MAN.

Ibiza = 5 times weekly
Rome = 5 times weekly
London Gatwick = Now operated by BAe 146 of Flightline.

Also New 1 X B757-200 Based Aircraft.

But the Manchester – Venice Marco Polo service has been dropped altogether along with 1 of the 3 times daily flights to Amsterdam, Gatwick and Edinburgh.

Don’t you also lose the Malaysian service at the end of this month too??

By the way Guys i’m not having a dig at you MAN Lot, ok??

WOW someone actually flew my XL.Com repaint! Thanks!

and fantastic shots people!

Jon

And she’s a nice plane to fly Jon on the posky model. Thanks for the repaint.

Nice – Have to say I prefer the new XL Livery. Are the steps part of the scenery (Where’s the scenery from?)

Hi philgatwick05

The Humberside Airport Scenery is part of the http://www.uk2000scenery.com package by Gary Summons . And Yes the Steps and Cargo Van come along with this package.

Hi

I,ve just flown an Excel Airways, Boeing 757-200 to Humberside Airport from Alicante. Heres the pic’s………

Lined up for Departure on Alicante’s Runway 10.

On the normal Left hand turn out towards Valencia (VOR)

Still in the climb out with the Med to the right-Hand side.

In the cruise at 30,000ft over the French mainland.

Getting ready to commence the decend into Humberside.

The final moments of an ILS approach to Humberside runway 21.

Parked on stand on the main apron at Humberside Airport.

Hi

Its Not that bad of an idea I don’t think. It all depends on if you like that kind a thing really. Anyway heres some more info and pic’s regarding this Wing House been built in the remote hills of Malibu.

http://www.syndesisinc.com/arch/rehwald.html

By the looks of things she’s set to be using an Ex, Tower Air Boeing 747-100 or 200 Aircraft for the project.