Mega MAN Meet 09: The Beginning...

TupolevTu154 · Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:30 pm

In the not too distant future, the grim wastelands of Lancashire shall be graced by dozens of a.nutters, enticed by promises of copious amounts of lager and all too common charter airlines. Not to forget the pub dwelling, mentally questionable alpha-drunkard scot, GKirk. This annual event is known as...

The airliners.net mega MAN meet

As usual it shall be held on the first weekend of July. In this case, the 4th and 5th. No doubt the venues will include The Airport Pub, The Romper and Bewleys.

Who's up for it?

Attendees
TupolevTu154

Let the planning begin!

[Edited 2009-04-18 14:32:26]

DunaA320 · Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:31 pm

Attendees
TupolevTu154
DunaA320

MattRB · Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:38 pm

Attendees
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB (Arr BA1388 Jul04 @ 1155)

[Edited 2009-04-18 14:51:58]

pawsleykat · Sat Apr 18, 2009 9:39 pm

Fo' sure I'll be there

Oh god, that was so gangsta I nearly made myself boke

ClassicLover will be joining me too

Attendees

TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover

JG

[Edited 2009-04-18 14:41:14]

EZYAirbus · Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:14 pm

Will try make this meet!

Will prob drive up, anyone from the south need a lift let me know!

IH8BY · Sat Apr 18, 2009 10:39 pm

Wasn't this the beginning?

https://www.airliners.net/aviation-fo...ms/non_aviation/read.main/2040249/

For what it's worth, put me on the maybe list. I probably can't stay the night, but hey...

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY

wilco737 · Sun Apr 19, 2009 5:48 am

Quoting TupolevTu154 (Thread starter):

I will have to work on these dates for sure as I have before that and after that date vacation Big grin

Have fun guys.

wilco737

gkirk · Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:10 am

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY

Not sure whether it will just be the saturday though. probably both days though. Hopefully the trains shall be running, can't be arsed with busses all the way to MAN Wow!

ammunition · Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:21 am

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY

swiftski · Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:00 pm

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY

ClassicLover · Sun Apr 19, 2009 1:18 pm

I do enjoy the MAN meet - can't wait to see you all there Smile

It's gonna be well fun!

swiftski · Sun Apr 19, 2009 2:24 pm

For those interested, BA is currently £72 return flying LON-MAN on 4th am and MAN-LON on 5th.

Virgin trains are approx the same.

Speedbirdie · Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:07 pm

Ah, apologies. I will not be making this meet this year Sad

I hope you all have fun and take lots of pictures!

PlymSpotter · Sun Apr 19, 2009 3:25 pm

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY

I'll be arriving on WOW2320 from PLH/BRS at 09:30 on the Saturday, so long as it's not gone up by tomorrow which is when my student loan arrives so I can book it bigthumbsup

. There's only one seat left before the fare jumps up to £70, so fingers crossed! No idea how I'll be getting back or when, but I'm sure I'll think up something interesting - I've got a friend up in MAN who I've wanted to visit for a while now, so it'll kill two birds with one stone.

Dan Smile

Boeing74741R · Sun Apr 19, 2009 4:57 pm

My plans for July are up in the air at the minute, so will place my name (for yet another year running) on the 'Maybe' list.

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY
Boeing74741R

Quoting TupolevTu154 (Thread starter):
In the not too distant future, the grim wastelands of Lancashire

MAN is located on the Greater Manchester/Cheshire border

Wink

ClassicLover · Sun Apr 19, 2009 7:40 pm

Haven't thought about flights for this one yet...

I'm definitely going via LHR though, cause I want to spend a couple of hours getting my moneys worth in the Galleries lounge.

Jordan and I are arriving on the Friday and leaving Sunday afternoon btw.

HT · Sun Apr 19, 2009 8:41 pm

I will put my name on the Maybe-list for the moment.
Still depends on
a) if I head for the airshow "AirPower09" at Zeltweg, Austria being held the weekend before and
b) some development at my job.
On the positive side I still have a flight on BE in May which I either need to rebook or lsay farewell to completely, so ...

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY
Boeing74741R
HT

Daleaholic · Sun Apr 19, 2009 9:14 pm

At the moment, I'm unsure of my plans for the summer so I'm unsure whether I will be able to make the meet. I'll put myself down as a maybe for now though...

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY
Boeing74741R
HT
Daleaholic

sunshine79 · Sun Apr 19, 2009 10:32 pm

I'll add myself to the new thread:

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter
sunshine79

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY
Boeing74741R
HT
Daleaholic

ndebelebev · Mon Apr 20, 2009 5:02 pm

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter
sunshine79
Ndebelebev

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY
Boeing74741R
HT
Daleaholic

I shall definately be there on the sunday.. Will put in a holiday request for the saturday at work on my next day in.. Should be good.. Looking forward to seeing everyone again after the success of the LHR Meet...

Sharron.... We staying at Bewleys?

LHRjc · Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:02 pm

Quoting Speedbirdie (Reply 12):

Ah, apologies. I will not be making this meet this year

As per the last thread nor will I... Given I grow old on the 5th and we plan to be somewhere exotic to celebrate Smile

sunshine79 · Mon Apr 20, 2009 6:39 pm

Quoting Ndebelebev (Reply 19):
Sharron.... We staying at Bewleys?

We sure are. Will only be going for one night though.

chris78cpr · Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:45 pm

Attending:
TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter
sunshine79
Ndebelebev
Chris78cpr

Maybe attending:
EZYAirbus
IH8BY
Boeing74741R
HT
Daleaholic

Arriving:

Chris78cpr: BA1394 LHR-MAN Dep:1:30pm Arr:2:40pm

Departing:

Chris78cpr: BA1399 MAN-LHR Dep:3:30pm Arr:4:30pm.

There we go, seeing as i had such a good laugh this past weekend I've gone ahead and booked my flights already! Got a bargain at £76 rtn! So i'm happy.

I'll make the offer now if anyone is travelling from LHR at the same time i can take one person and one person only into the BA F lounge with me pre flight to kick the weekend off with some Champagne and a fry up! All sensible offers of bribes will be considered! Wink

hahaha

ClassicLover · Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:04 pm

Quoting Chris78cpr (Reply 22):
I'll make the offer now if anyone is travelling from LHR at the same time i can take one person and one person only into the BA F lounge with me pre flight to kick the weekend off with some Champagne and a fry up! All sensible offers of bribes will be considered!

Wow, if I was travelling on the Friday I'd take you up on that Smile

However, I'll have to live with my lowly oneworld Sapphire and live with the bog standard Galleries lounge Big grin

chris78cpr · Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:40 pm

Quoting ClassicLover (Reply 23):
Wow, if I was travelling on the Friday I'd take you up on that Smile

However, I'll have to live with my lowly oneworld Sapphire and live with the bog standard Galleries lounge

I am travelling on the Saturday!

gkirk · Tue Apr 21, 2009 7:58 am

Looks like the trains are running, so I'll be there for sure. Probably stop over at Bewleys like last year.

swiftski · Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:35 am

Quoting Chris78cpr (Reply 22):
There we go, seeing as i had such a good laugh this past weekend I've gone ahead and booked my flights already! Got a bargain at £76 rtn! So i'm happy.

I may be cheeky and book on at least one of the same ones, as those are the times I was considering anyway

IH8BY · Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:58 am

I'll probably just come over for the Saturday.

A quick question to those who know the North West better than I do: it is significantly cheaper to get a train to Manchester Piccadilly than Manchester Airport (First don't do student discounted advance fares to the airport). Is it worth just going to Piccadilly and then getting a train to the airport from there?

LHRjc · Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:21 am

Quoting IH8BY (Reply 27):
A quick question to those who know the North West better than I do: it is significantly cheaper to get a train to Manchester Piccadilly than Manchester Airport (First don't do student discounted advance fares to the airport). Is it worth just going to Piccadilly and then getting a train to the airport from there?

Sounds like a question for a commuter in the know Smile

MYT332 · Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:43 am

Quoting Chris78cpr (Reply 22):
Arriving:

Chris78cpr: BA1394 LHR-MAN Dep:1:30pm Arr:2:40pm

Departing:

Chris78cpr: BA1399 MAN-LHR Dep:3:30pm Arr:4:30pm

Jesus, you're there for just 50 minutes?! Wink

Quoting IH8BY (Reply 27):
A quick question to those who know the North West better than I do: it is significantly cheaper to get a train to Manchester Piccadilly than Manchester Airport (First don't do student discounted advance fares to the airport). Is it worth just going to Piccadilly and then getting a train to the airport from there?

Quoting LHRjc (Reply 28):
Sounds like a question for a commuter in the know

That it does. I shall say then that it's easy and cheap to just get a train from Piccadilly if you can get a cheap fare there. It'll be £3 or something to the airport and take just over 15 minutes. 185's run throughout the day! Wink

Oh and I don't think I'll be there this year which will be the first 'MAN Meet' I've ever missed. I'll be with Hannah and James celebrating his 30th Birthday in destination unknown....

PlymSpotter · Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:11 am

Quoting IH8BY (Reply 27):
A quick question to those who know the North West better than I do: it is significantly cheaper to get a train to Manchester Piccadilly than Manchester Airport (First don't do student discounted advance fares to the airport). Is it worth just going to Piccadilly and then getting a train to the airport from there?

I've found it normally is, that or book a train to Stafford as it's sometimes cheaper still than Manchester as it's slightly less distance.

I've booked my inbound flight now, I'm probably leaving on the Monday or Tuesday with BE to BHD, I quite like the idea of an EMB195 for £23.

Dan Smile

Updated List:

Attending:

TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter
sunshine79
Ndebelebev
Chris78cpr

Maybe attending:

EZYAirbus
IH8BY
Boeing74741R
HT
Daleaholic

Arriving:

Chris78cpr: BA1394 LHR-MAN Dep:1:30pm Arr:2:40pm
PlymSpotter: WOW2320 PLH-BRS-MAN Dep: 07:30 Arr 09:30

Departing:

Chris78cpr: BA1399 MAN-LHR Dep:3:30pm Arr:4:30pm.

MYT332 · Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:33 am

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 30):
that or book a train to Stafford as it's sometimes cheaper still than Manchester as it's slightly less distance.

Well yes that is correct however then you are in Stafford and this ain't the Stafford meet! Big grin

IH8BY · Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:37 am

Quoting Myt332 (Reply 31):
Well yes that is correct however then you are in Stafford and this ain't the Stafford meet! Big grin

With the added complication that - as far as I know - there aren't any direct trains from the North East to Stafford, whereas the Train Operating Company That Must Not Be Named operates its Class You-Know-Whats direct from Newcastle to Manchester...

MYT332 · Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:49 am

Quoting IH8BY (Reply 32):
whereas the Train Operating Company That Must Not Be Named operates its Class You-Know-Whats direct from Newcastle to Manchester...

And at weekends they do a nice First Class upgrade for just £6 for the entire route. Come on!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJMFsf7aRDM

How can you say no? Wink

PlymSpotter · Tue Apr 21, 2009 11:52 am

Quoting Myt332 (Reply 31):
Well yes that is correct however then you are in Stafford and this ain't the Stafford meet!

What? You mean I'm coming all this way for nothing then! grumpy

LHRjc · Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:55 pm

Quoting Myt332 (Reply 29):

Oh and I don't think I'll be there this year which will be the first 'MAN Meet' I've ever missed. I'll be with Hannah and James celebrating his 30th Birthday in destination unknown....

Did you want to rub it in a little more?? I mean I'm not sure that the 30 there was big enough! biggrin

I'll have to start using Skidmarks' copyrighted old git emoticon before long Sad

PlymSpotter · Tue Apr 21, 2009 1:01 pm

Quoting LHRjc (Reply 35):
I'll have to start using Skidmarks' copyrighted old git emoticon before long

Nobody will ever be as old as Andy Wink

chris78cpr · Tue Apr 21, 2009 4:20 pm

Quoting Myt332 (Reply 29):
Jesus, you're there for just 50 minutes?! Wink

Yeah if i stay any longer i might catch something from one of those northern types! Wink

lol

jrowson · Tue Apr 21, 2009 9:53 pm

I shall put myself on the mebe list for now. Sunday shouldn't be a problem but i'd want to be there on saturday too but that will require a little more planning:

Attending:

TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter
sunshine79
Ndebelebev
Chris78cpr

Maybe attending:

EZYAirbus
IH8BY
Boeing74741R
HT
Daleaholic
JRowson

Arriving:

Chris78cpr: BA1394 LHR-MAN Dep:1:30pm Arr:2:40pm
PlymSpotter: WOW2320 PLH-BRS-MAN Dep: 07:30 Arr 09:30

Departing:

Chris78cpr: BA1399 MAN-LHR Dep:3:30pm Arr:4:30pm.

chris78cpr · Wed Apr 22, 2009 12:25 am

Quoting JRowson (Reply 38):
I shall put myself on the mebe list for now. Sunday shouldn't be a problem but i'd want to be there on saturday too but that will require a little more planning:

everything you do requires "a little more planning" lol.

Be simpler!

PlymSpotter · Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:00 am

Just sorted out my travel back home as well, I was going to wait, but it was such a good deal I just had to grab it! I'll be leaving on the Monday, routing; BLK-IOM-LCY-PLH on LoganAir, VLM and WOW - got the lot for £82.40, including all the booking charges etc...

MAN-LCY flights aren't too expensive either, could be an interesting option for some people.

Dan Smile

LHRjc · Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:41 am

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 40):
Just sorted out my travel back home as well, I was going to wait, but it was such a good deal I just had to grab it! I'll be leaving on the Monday, routing; BLK-IOM-LCY-PLH on LoganAir, VLM and WOW - got the lot for £82.40, including all the booking charges etc...

I've never known anyone to fly such complicated routings! Nice work though!

swiftski · Wed Apr 22, 2009 9:53 am

I want to get my travel booked today - anyone coming up from London that wants to travel with, let me know.

lhr380 · Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:01 am

I might come up, not 100% sure at the moment.

Been a while since I was last at a Man Meet.

IH8BY · Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:44 am

Quoting LHR380 (Reply 43):
I might come up, not 100% sure at the moment.

Been a while since I was last at a Man Meet.

Put yourself on the maybe list then! duck

lhr380 · Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:48 am

Sir Yes Sir lol

Attending:

TupolevTu154
DunaA320
MattRB
Pawsleykat
ClassicLover
GKirk
Ammunition
Swiftski
PlymSpotter
sunshine79
Ndebelebev
Chris78cpr

Maybe attending:

EZYAirbus
IH8BY
Boeing74741R
HT
Daleaholic
JRowson
LHR380

Arriving:

Chris78cpr: BA1394 LHR-MAN Dep:1:30pm Arr:2:40pm
PlymSpotter: WOW2320 PLH-BRS-MAN Dep: 07:30 Arr 09:30

Departing:

Chris78cpr: BA1399 MAN-LHR Dep:3:30pm Arr:4:30pm.

swiftski · Wed Apr 22, 2009 11:33 am

Quoting LHR380 (Reply 43):
Been a while since I was last at a Man Meet.

have to write MAN... else it's not true Smile

TupolevTu154 · Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:36 pm

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 40):
BLK-IOM-LCY-PLH on LoganAir, VLM and WOW - got the lot for £82.40, including all the booking charges etc...

MAN-LCY flights aren't too expensive either, could be an interesting option for some people.

I see you took my recommendation! VLM is a must for anybody flying LON-MAN-LON, I love them after last year's MAN-LCY and plan on doing it again!

What aircraft do Loganair use on that route?

PlymSpotter · Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:22 pm

Quoting LHRjc (Reply 41):
I've never known anyone to fly such complicated routings! Nice work though!

You know, going direct is so, well... final! I mean you land and you're there - you've reached the destination and the journey is over - boooooring!

Quoting TupolevTu154 (Reply 47):
I see you took my recommendation! VLM is a must for anybody flying LON-MAN-LON, I love them after last year's MAN-LCY and plan on doing it again!

What aircraft do Loganair use on that route?

I was hoping to work an EMB 195 in there as well, but I'll not be getting that on this occasion. The LoganAir flight is operated by SAAB 340Bs, not bad for £20 - although I do have to add in the rip off BLK departure tax of £10!!! VLM was only £32, I'd rather have flown off again in a Manx2 Let, but VLM + WOW was the only way I could get back to PLH that night, I really don't want to have more overnight stays than I need to.

Dan Smile

TupolevTu154 · Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:36 pm

Quoting PlymSpotter (Reply 48):
The LoganAir flight is operated by SAAB 340Bs, not bad for £20 - although I do have to add in the rip off BLK departure tax of £10!!! VLM was only £32,

So BLK-IOM-LCY altogether was £62? This is something I may consider (if you don't mind me tagging along), it's only a fiver more than MAN-LCY!

Providing flight prices don't rise within the next three weeks, I'll be flying LHR-ARN-MAN with BA and SK on Friday the 3rd.

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