<table border="0" align="CENTER" width="95%" class="quote"><tr><td><font size="2" face="ARIAL, Helvetica, Geneva" color="#9A9DA0">Quoting <a href="/profile/rutankrd" class="quote" target="_blank">rutankrd</a> (<a href="#8" class="quote">Reply 8</a>):<br/><i>The aircraft was inspected and flew to Bar...
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Jump to postAny <acronym title="Los Angeles - International (LAX / KLAX), USA - California">LAX</acronym> boys and girls out there- <acronym title="SAT Sakhalin Airlines (Russian Federation)">HZ</acronym>-AIF B747SP SV7337- just going over <acronym title="Northwest Airlines (USA)">NW</acronym> England heading f...
Jump to postPIA B777-200LR <acronym title="Air One (Italy)">AP</acronym>-<acronym title="Bergamo (Milan) - Orio al Serio (Antonio Locatelli) (BGY / LIME), Italy">BGY</acronym> taxiing for a 24R departure clipped the top of the rudder of a FLYBe Dash 8-400 with the starboard wingtip. The Dash 8 was at a runway i...
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Jump to postIt has just landed at MAN and, with a stroke of luck, the sun appeared briefly as it taxiied in. The tail needs something to finish the scheme off.
Lee
PIA B773 will de delivered via <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> on December 21st, arr 0930 from <acronym title="New York - John F. Kennedy International (Idlewild) (JFK / KJFK), USA - New York">JFK</acronym> departing 1130 to Pakistan a...
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Jump to postThe return flight is currently showing as October 11th at 2030. But please don't make any plans around this!!! We all know the fun and games that took place over the last few days with ETDs for this flight so lets wait until early next week and see what happens. I'm 99% sure Airfield Ops will not wa...
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Jump to postThe AN225 is scheduled to depart at 1200 from Runway 24L, effectively the last departure on the runway so that it can sit and run its engines without causing delays to subsequent departures as 24R will then be in use.
Lee
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Jump to postA date to put into your diaries for an interesting visitor-
October 28th a0900-d1200 Air Tahiti NUI A340 from Paris to JFK
Regards
Lee
28/06 ADB133F sta 1430 std 2015 UR82027 although the Handling Agent had said yesterday he wasn't expecting it in until 1630!
Lee
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Jump to postRunways to be redesignated mid 2007 to 23/05
RAF L1011 is long gone!
Next AN124 movement due June 30th ( I don't know times or even airline yet!)
Libyan starting June 18th 2 x week Sun and Thurs A320 1310-1415
Lee
Airport Planning
Manchester Airport
I'm 99.99% sure it will NOT be coming to <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym>. Here's why- Airfield Ops at <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> have not been informed about it and ...
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Jump to postMore details:
AK001 arrs 0955 on Friday May 5th from Kuala Lumpur via Karachi and Larnaca. It departs at 1200 on Tuesday May 9th routing the same way. It will do a local promotional flight on Monday 8th May dep 1630 returning at 1800.
Lee
For info Distributed to all in BAA To all colleagues, Airbus have confirmed the arrival of the new A380 into Heathrow on 18 May 2006 at 12 midday. This first flight will be used to ensure Heathrow's readiness for when the aircraft comes into full service. Further details about this important aviatio...
Jump to postJohn
Thanks for taking the time to post this- some useful information in there.
Regards
Lee
A heads up for us <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> photographers: Air Asia "Red Devil" A320 9M-AFC is due into <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> for <acronym title="Philippi...
Jump to postMy Travel has a weekly B767 summer departure to HER from MAN at 0900 on Tuesdays, MYT285
Lee
Depends when you are going-
I looked at June and August, one of the flights in June is a B767 but by August they are both B757s
Lee
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Jump to postVisig are to base B737-300 at Manchester for Summer 2006. Does anybody know where the aircraft is coming from?
Regards
Lee
There are no plans to bring the A380 into <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> for tests. This has come directly from the A380 team to the head of Airfield Ops at <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kin...
Jump to postGo To <a href="http://www.airasia.com" target=_blank>www.airasia.com</a> On the right of the main page is a rolling announcements board. On there is a link to a Manchester United competition. Click on it a go to the top of the next pop up box to see an artisit impression of the aircraft. ( The compe...
Jump to postNoel
Thanks for the photos-were they taken from Diseworth Lane?
Cheers
Lee
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Jump to postFrom about mid June onwards the <acronym title="Continental Airlines (USA)">CO</acronym> programme will be 2 x B757s ,with winglets when they start to retro fit them, both to Newark. I can't remember the times but I think the first flight will be on the existing slots and the second flight lands jus...
Jump to postSchooner- The staff car park places are to be replaced like for like adjacent to existing spaces, ie on the left and right on approach road to the roundabout where the bus waits. Jamman- Design work on next phases to <acronym title="Lotus Air (Egypt) and Thai Air Cargo">T2</acronym> are about to get...
Jump to postLet me clarify something for you all The new stands under construction at the Western End of the airfield are NOT for the A380. They are 5 widebodied ( Code E ) stands all capable of B747-400 size aircraft and 3 of them are deep enough for A340-600s. Areas are under review for parking the A380 ( Cod...
Jump to postJohan
I have just uploaded 3 pictures via the new link with no problems at all.
Lee
It will be a B777, the one programmed to fly the <acronym title="Newark - Liberty International (EWR / KEWR), USA - New Jersey">EWR</acronym>-<acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> route. <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (...
Jump to postLATEST NEWS An announcement from Jet2.com today (29th September) is fantastic news for Manchester Airport. The no-frills airline, already established at Leeds Bradford and Belfast airports, is basing six dedicated Boeing 737s here that will initially serve nine European destinations at fares startin...
Jump to postHi I'm going to <acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym> next week and would appreciate a <acronym title="Frankfurt - Main (Rhein-Main AB) (FRA / FRF / EDDF), Germany">FRA</acronym> regular letting me know which runway the <acronym title="Vietnam Ai...
Jump to postSleekjet
If you search on my name, Lee Collins, 99% of the shots that have "Canon 300D" in remarks are taken with a 70-200F4L, and a few of them had a Kenko 1.4x convertor as well.
It's a great lens/combination.
Lee
TYPO!! Sorry fellas, Danny is right I put <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> instead of <acronym title="London - Heathrow (LHR / EGLL), United Kingdom">LHR</acronym> ( departing <acronym title="Rwanda Airlines">9R</acronym> ) when I uploa...
Jump to postThe <acronym title="American Airlines (USA)">AA</acronym> <acronym title="Boston - General Edward Lawrence Logan International (BOS / KBOS), USA - Massachusetts">BOS</acronym> B757 is planned to park on stand 53, 3 stands in from the end of <acronym title="Eastern Airways (United Kingdom)">T3</acron...
Jump to postYes I have used a sick bag in anger. It was on a trip from Dubai to Manchester, via Zurich, when I was part of a 20+ group of Manchester TAS spotter/enthusiasts returning from a far east trip. A huge gang of us were stood up by the rear galleys drinking <acronym title="Emirates (United Arab Emirates...
Jump to postG-BYDA has not been scrapped, it is a DC10-30 and it is only the -10s that have gone to Exeter. The 10s may return next year in Air Scandic colours! They have placed some adverts recently in Flight International for DC10 cockpit and engineering crew and I'm assuming it's the My Travel ones at Exeter...
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Not sure how to do that. If you have broadband e-mail me and I'll send one through.
Lee
Colin
I paid £460 second hand from ebay- excellent condition. The cheapest new I could find was £600.
Some more shots in the queue from a morning at MAN today.
Lee
I bought the 300d over the weekend and had a few hours by the rotation point on Runway 24L at <acronym title="Manchester - International (Ringway) (MAN / EGCC), United Kingdom">MAN</acronym> on Sunday and a few shots are in the upload queue. ( or see www.planepictures.net )Most shots were taken in P...
Jump to postLooking to operate 2 x week to Cape Town with a B767 from Winter and to numerous MED type destinations with a B757 from August 1st.
Lee