Bristol Airport 24/5/10

A fine hot sunny evening for a 10 minute stop at BRS, runway 27 in use.

Ryanair 737 EI-DHX on finals over the A38 with Costa Daurada logos

Followed closely by EI-DPA

And Air Southwest Dash 8-300 G-WOWC

And finally EasyJet A319 G-EZEO

Kemble 19/5/10

A quick stop to see whats in scrappers corner this week.

Air France A320 F-GFKT just arrived on it's last flight. Parked outside Iron Mountain

The gaggle of BAe 146's included

Scappers corner included Midwest Boeing 737 SU-MWC

And 2 KD Avia 737's minus engines

BAe 146 B-BZAU taxiing down runway 09 turning round and departing on runway 27
Also were all 3 KLM 737's, 2 MK Airlines 747's, another Air France A320 and DHL A300

Bristol Airport 13/5/10

A quick half hour to see the Koral Blue, runway 27 in use, weather good.

Koral Blue Airbus A319 SU-KBB arriving from SSH, Egypt

PH-KZH Fokker F70 of KLM Cityhopper exiting runway 27

Ryanair 737-800 EI-DLY slowing to the end of 27

Continental 757 N17128 with winglets lifting off back accross the pond

And finally Ryanair 737-800 EI-EKV with reverse flaps still open rolling to the end of runway

Bristol Airport 10/5/10

A glourious sunny morning at Bristol, runway 09 in use.

First arrival was TC-OAI Airbus A321 of Onur Air Turkey arriving from Bodrum (the main reason for this sptting visit)

Followed By G-WOWE Dash 8-300 of Air Southwest

EasyJet A319 G-EZDL landing
EasyJet A319 G-EZIV blasting down 09

KLM Cityhopper Fokker F-70 PH-KZH arriving from Amsterdam
Air Souwest Dash 8-300 G-WOWC touching down one wheel at a time

Followed by the Paris flight of Air France ATR-72, F-GPOC
Arriving 3 1/2 hours late due to the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland is Boeing 767 of First Choice Airways, G-DBLA, touching down very smoothly. Long overdue shot of this 767

Ryanair EI-EKV 737-800 coming in fast and hard as usual, burning rubber on touchdown.

Onur Air TC-OAI lining up from the return leg to Bodrum

Air Southwest using runway 27 instead of 09 to save time and cut delays

G-EZDL EasyJet A319 rolling for 09 takeoff

Thomson 757 G-OOBA arriving. Looks to have had a new nose cone, fitted with winglets.

KLM Cityhopper close up, as it powers down runway 09 returning to Amsterdam

Aurigny ATR-72 G-VZON nose diving to 09

Continental 757 N12116 touching down 3 hours late from New York
EasyJet A319 G-EZAI flaring over threshold
Planning to leave it there, I headed back round the runway.. but.. Ryanair EI-EKV taxiing for 09 departuture past the gate on Winters Lane

Followed by BMI Embraer E145 to Brussels And Air France ATR72 to Paris
And First Choice 767