Tuesday, 30 June 2009

In with the new, out with the old

Welcome BMI nice to see something different
ERJ 145 positioning in for the shuttle flights.
ERJ 145 G-RJXH
On its last flight and on the Beluga pan is
Eastern Airlines J-41
G-MAJY
Bye Bye Eastern

Arriving from Toulouse on its last service
WDL BAe 146 D-AWUE.
Ta Ta WDL.
GAMA 598 was this
Challenger 600
G-OXNE.





Filton 29-06-09

Be 200 G-FSEU training as
Clifton 9
Global 5000 PR-XDN
arriving for a couple of days.
CEGA Be 200 G-OCEG
on a Medivac flight.




Saturday, 27 June 2009

Kernow Growler 27-06-09

All the way to Cornall,
Two thirty plus year old Class 37s
Passing Filton Abbey Wood






Kemble 27-06-09 4 for the chop

Not more for the chop?
M.K. Airlines B-747 G-MKGA. Ta Ta.
Ex Sri Lankan A-320 4R-ABD
Click Air A-320
EC-GRF. Soon to be no more.
Click Air A-320
EC-GRF. Bye Bye.





Friday, 26 June 2009

Bristol Airport 25-06-09 Pt 2

My son was on this Thomson B-757
G-OOBE.

Squeezey Jet A-319
G-EZDY

Ryan Air B-737 EI-DAV

Citation XL G-CBRG






Bristol Airport 25-06-09

Citation 525 G-SEAJ
Citation 52 CJ2 D-IAKN. Nice.

Aer Arann ATR 72 EI-REH
arriving on an Air Southwest flight.


All the way from the Isles of Scilly
DHC-6 G-CEWM





Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Green 767 and nearly gone

Air Livery are still bringing aircraft in but are due to close next month.
VC-10 XV108 had arrived earlier
and S7 B-767 HA-LHC arrived at 17.46
Also leaving at the end of there contract this week,
is WDL of Germany.
Here stalwart BAe 146 D-AWUE
is arriving from Toulouse at 16.41.
It is reported that bmi British Midland Airways ERJ-145s.
More to chase.

Sunday, 21 June 2009

LHR 21-06-09

Virgin Atlantic B-747 G-VHOT
Before its paint job.


Arriving at Heathrow Airport in a slightly
changed colour scheme the same
aircraft.
Virgin Airbus 340-311 G-VSEA arriving.
Not a good spot for photo's?!!



Monday, 15 June 2009

Who needs rain?

I don't know what pushed me to pop down to Filton
but I'm glad I did.
While waiting for an M.K. Cargo B-747 to depart
This Vickers Vimy Replica, NX71MY, carried out a fly past.
wow!
What a site and sound!


Oh yes! here is the B-747 departing in a cloud of dust.
Rain arrival last week dust this week! Hmm!
Here is the B-747 G-MKBA starting its engines
ready to depart to Luxemburg.
It depart at 14.19 as BGB123.





Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Sunday 07-06-09

Virgin Atlantic B-747 G-VHOT
arriving between two thunder storms.

It had to fly round the storm clouds, in so doing
It lost about 5 minutes.

Magic the rain and hail had stopped.
Yippee the sun sun just pocked its head out
and the a photo was had.
This 747 should have arrived on friday 05-06-09.
As Air Livery is closing its Filton site???!!!!
What do I do for my heavy metal photos now?







Friday 05-06-09

DA-40 N215DS
TB-10 G-SAPM
PA-23 G-AYMO
Cut the grass please?!!!

Cit 56XL CS-DFQ on finals.
Cor its dark 16.59.





Monday 01-06-09

PA 28 G-AXCA on apron 1