13 March 2010

UL9 over Badminton 14/3/10

A chance sighting on a glourious spring morning- A Polet Airlines Antonov AN-124 RA-82075 decending west bound on UL9 towards South Wales, destination unknown.

Not a great photo, but only had a few seconds to grab a camera.

2 March 2010

Bristol Airport 1/3/10

A beautiful sunny spring day (at last). Runway 27 in use.

10:20 - EasyJet G-EZIZ A319 Slowing on 27, reverse engine flaps still open.

10:24 - Air Southwest G-WOWD Dash8-300 Departing10:26 - Followed by Airsouthwest G-WOWA

10:42 - KLM Fokker F70 arriving from Amsterdam 10:44 - Easyjet A319 G-EZAZ Departing as KLM vacates 27

10:44 - Ryanair 737-800 EI-EFY touches down literally 10 seconds after the EZY A319 lifted off the other end of the runway!!

10:46 - Continental 757 N18112 blasting off to Newark USA These Continental pilots really know how to use all of the tarmac, lifting off just meters from the end of runway 27.
10:47 - Bmi Embraer E145 G-RJXA from Brussels nearing the end of 27.

An amazing flurry of movements - 5 in 5 minutes, what an end to an hours spotting.