Don’t worry mate, I’m not critising what you’re saying or saying that it was a near collision. I’m just saying that by normal ATC rules there should be 2 minutes separation between the aircraft taking off. This obviously didn’t happen, must have been some excuse possibly becuase it was Police.

Seems very unusual, considering how they categorise planes in relation to their weight (small, medium and heavy). The 757 would most likely be medium, with the Islander being small. Separation between the same category should be 1 minute, but separation between 2 different categories like that should be 2 minutes, due to disturbance in the air the previous plane has caused.

Bigjet, where was that picture taking? Canaries?

Looks like Arrecife, Lanzarote.

Nice shots Britannia, but if you don’t mind me saying I actually prefer the second one 🙂

When you get up early on a Sunday morning to see the ELAL 747 land at STN for your first time. You arrive, sit in the approach field. No sight of the plane after being there for an hour. Finally hear it on the radio, woohoo it’s approaching. Hear ATC warn aircraft to prepare to change to other runway direction. Jump on bike, pedal-power to other end of the airport! Miss the plane…… 🙁

You have Changi as worst??

That’s what I was thinking! :confused:

Best: Changi (amazing airport, could do with a better vantage point perhaps) and Stansted (not being biased, it is has a very roomy feel, feels much bigger than it is)

Worst: Sharm El Sheikh (matches the description of Zakynthos) and Ibiza (small and highly boring, especially with a 6 hour delay in the early hours)

Ok, I’ll ask him later. Well he did used to work for Aviance, which was originally Reed Aviation. Most recently he worked for FLS in the ‘Diamond Hangar’ at Stansted, but was unfortunately made redundant about 2 months ago when they decided to move business to Dublin. You know much about STN then?

Nice models, what a coinceidence that both of those 757’s are the ones I flew to/from Arrecife on last year with Thomas Cook.