😮 Ahh.. misinformation on my part! lol.. i was told this was the first EK A340 sched to UK..where else gets them??
They are getting such a bad name….since they started blatantly ripping spotters off with the pricing i have refused to darken its doors again…i have had run ins with these muppets in the past also….as i drive a large van, one time..after about 100 visits this idiot decided my van (which i always parked at the furthest back parking row near the trident) was a “viewing obstruction for others” and wanted me to park where the coaches go and pay the coach tariff! He got to experience a tirade of Glaswegian disgust :diablo: to be fair his mate who appeared during rant told him i was fine to use car park… Go elsewhere, the AVP seems to be Anti-spotter more and more only interested in the family visitors.
That is nice!!..much better than the other one…. i saw the other one at LHR before i knew about it and just after was painted…from a bit of a distance..thought it had polythene over most of the paint!!:eek:
LOL..Hazy better than lumps of metal all thru it hehe… Hey Hugh..good to see you man…long time….
Ahh…its all down to time..just usually find where i can make most of what little time i have
Excellent Robert… i drove right past FRA on saturday around 4pm!!
Love that Korean A380..never knew they had them yet?
Achhhh.. hate when that happens…a similar one i had was the TAAG 777 at Lisbon that had gone tech and was right in front of me, but thru 2 seperate fences..totally unshootable..and sat there for the entire 9 hours i was there!! Grrr
First time i had ever been actually, but yes would have been much nicer to see Malev’s…even better if it was the old smokeys from back in the day.. I know there is a few preserved outdoors at the airport, but ,never had time to go wanderings unfortunately… another time hopefully
Fantastic shots!! ugliest bird in the sky without doubt..IMO..of course, but fantastic to be able to such close shots of it… Was wondering WHY it went to heathrow since Thomson is the launch customer?? are BA thinking of buying them??
Caught a very fleeting glimpse of it landing at MAN the other day…was expecting it to be much larger..i thought at first glimpse it was a B762:eek:
Is Thomson the worldwide launch customer for it?
Seen this as i was passing ringway this afternoon coming in to land….first time i have seen one, much smaller than i thought it would be.. pretty unremarkable looking aircraft imo…thought it was a 767 at first sight
Great pic tho
Definitely a brilliant idea… Have you spoke to the airport authority,airport cops, airport security about it??
Too often than not they throw ideas of spotters facilities out using the tired “security” reason…but are more than happy to have local spotters do their work for them around perimeters when seeing someone out of place… they need to realise that having a central facility for spotters should eliminate MOST need for folk lurking around perimeters (Photographers looking for a good shot excepted) and make their job easier.
Really wish you great luck on getting this going…i would DEFFO pay a visit with my van if passing (Pls keep prices fair…the MAN AVP take the p**s with their greedy parking charges and TRY to make me pay tariff for a coach because it’s a van!!….i no longer frequent this money hole)
Best of luck
On way back home dropped into a couple of GA fields around Paris
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Thats all folks!
Just to update it is an A330..not an A340..good that everyone appears to be safe.
Welcome to the forum:)
Cracking first contribution there…keep ’em coming if they are to this standard.
One small point…since we are a nosy bunch..can you include where your shots are from??
Cheers…great pic! 😀
Nice shots Robert 😀
I was over yesterday too at the railway bridge…only time sun came out was for the Darwin and the Fokker.. still happy tho.