UL9 10/4/11

Heading west and trailing at 30,000 feet was Martinair MD-11F

UL9 8/4/11

Heading back from the US was Lufthansa A380 D-????

MAM-DIKAS 6/4/11

Overhead with intermitant trail was USAF C-5A Galaxy

Bristol Airport 17/3/11

With a hint of spring in the air, an hour on Winters Lane with runway 27 in use produced -

EasyJet A319 G-EZBZ departing

Air Southwest Dash8-300 G-WOWE departing

KLM Cityhopper Fokker 100 PH-OFO arriving from Amsterdam as KLM1049 (nice to see a F100 for a change from the usual F70)

Followed by Flybe G-ECOJ Dash8-400 from Belfast as BEE923

And Air France ATR-72 F-GVZM from Paris as AFR2172EasyJet A319 G-EZAD Departs 20 minutes late

And the final movement was TOM694 Thomson 757 G-OOBI to SSH Sharm El Sheik

On the western apron were BMI E145 G-RJXI in Star Alliance colours, 2 Ryanair 737's and an EasyJet A319.

UL9 14/3/11

UL9 Airway over Badminton, another clear day, highlights were -

Virgin 747-41R G-VAST heading westbound @ 32,000 feet

Atlas Air 747-200 N523MC heading westbound @ 34,100 feet
Singapore 747 heading eastbound

UL9 13/3/11

UL9 Airway over Badminton on a fine clear day, highlights were -

USAF C-17 Globemaster 06-6167 heading southwest @ 32,000 feet

USAF C-17 Globemaster 06-6164 heading southwest @ 34,000 feet
Martinair MD11F PH-MCS heading westbound @ 30,000 feet

Bristol Airport 10/2/11

A terrible day to spend lunch time up the airport, but never mind. A wet runway 27 in use.

BMi Regional Embraer E145 G-RJXD off to Brussels

Followed by Air France by Airliner ATR-72 F-GVZL to Paris

The only arrival - EasyJet A319 G-EZAW from Nice

Parked on the Western apron were Ryanair 737-800's EI-ENN, EI-DAC, EI-ENG & EI-EMN and EasyJet A320 G-EZTM

And finally a little surprise - Gulfstream G-IV N129NS

UL9 8/1/11

A couple of breif snippits of blue sky produced

Southern Air Cargo 747 heading east

And Air France A380 F-HPJC heading west to the states

A bit lower was glider G-DDGY

Kemble 5/1/11

Long time with no Kemble visit, loads of new stuff to photograph.

In via the A433 gate, Scrappers corner had F-GITA -nosecone, tail and engines and a 737 fuselage (Ryanair i think). The Belfast apron had A300 DHL EI-OZA - now missing front of the engines

and JAT Airways Boeing 737-400 YU-AOS

D-Site apron had Air France sister ships A320 F- GHQI and 747 F-GITC

From the AV8 Cafe, veiw accross to the newly arrived Royal Jordanian A310 JY-AGP

Also Air France 747 F-GITB minus engines

and the triplets! Fokker F-27's of Farnair Europe, from left to right HA-FAH

In the middle, HA-FAD

and HA-FAF

Round to the new Lufthansa Training Facility to see if there is anything - only the 2 resident MK Ailrines 747's and the gaggle of Bae146's

And finally on the way out noticed C-47 Skytrain doing engine tests on the grass - a great sight, with clouds of smoke pouring out on start-up.

Bristol Airport 9/12/10

A Cold sunny December lunch time, runway 27 in use

Air France ATR-72 F-GVZL arriving from Paris

BRS's Fire Trucks in procession crossing runway 27

KLM CityHopper Fokker F-70 PH-KZV arriving from Amsterdam

Aer Lingus Regional ATR-72 EI-REL rolling to the end of 27

BMi Regional Embraer E-145 G-RJXC heading off to Brussels EasyJet Pilot of India Victor - the best seat in the house
EasyJet Airbus A319 G-EZIV just landed, reverse flaps still open
Aurigny ATR-72 G-VZON overhead
Air France ATR-72 heading back to Paris

UL9 Airway 6/12/10

A stroll on a sunny sunday watching the skies, noted

BA 747 west, Lufthansa 747 west, American Airlines 757 west, ?? 747 east, Martinair MD11 west, BA 747 west, KLM 777 west, KLM 747 west.

Nice to see a Tri-bird - Martinair MD11F

Poor quality image but could ID all but one 747, an upgrade to a telescope needed perhaps!

Bristol Airport 25.11.10

A wander over Felton Common on a lunch time to get some approach shots to runway 27

First off is Aurigny ATR-72 G-COBO

Aer Lingus Regional ATR-72 EI-REP

EasyJet A319 G-EZIV

BMi Regional Embraer E145 G-RJXC taxiing to runway 27 for departure

and EasyJet A319 G-EZDM

A drive over to the Bristol Flying Club to check out the new temp hangar for the First Choice 767. I love the winglets sticking out the side.