Saturday 31 December 2011

Air Algerie @ Manchester, x2 !

On the 29th of December, the first Air Algerie B763 to have been painted at Manchester was rolled out of the hangar, and the 2nd B763 arrived for paint at the same time ! Although the weather was horrbile, with heavy rain and harsh winds I managed these...


Tuesday 27 December 2011

A nice B757-200 @ MAN !!

Today we had overcast skies all day (nearly always the case when there are decent movements due !), with the morning Brussels being operated by OE-LGC (Austrain Arrows Dash 8 - 400), Starquest B757 caught and the great looking Privatair B752 !

Heres a couple from the day...






Friday 23 December 2011

TMA Cargo Visit Manchester !

This morning (in  typical Manchester Weather) OD-TMA visited Manchester, operating a charter from Amsterdam. Also caught was the Kingdom Holdings H125 departing not long after...





Sunday 18 December 2011

Air Algerie B763 @ MAN

This morning an Air Algerie B763 arrived at Manchester for painting with Air Livery...
Typically the weather was grim, but managed to get it just after touchdown...

Saturday 17 December 2011

The New Turkish B737-900ER makes it to MAN !

This morning's Turkish was operated by their newest aircraft type, the B739. The aircraft was on approach when a dog loose on the airfield which closed the airport for almost an hour ! Of course the only aircraft to divert away from MAN was the TK... But it arrived around 3 hours later, and I managed an alright shot considering the conditions...

Wednesday 14 December 2011

Star Alliance B773 - 9V-SWI @ MAN

This morning saw the first visit of the new Star Alliance schemed Singapore B773 into MAN.... Seen here departing to Munich at around 9 am....

Saturday 10 December 2011

Last few weeks @ MAN

A few from the last couple of weeks at a grim Manchester...


This Kalita B742F operated a charter from the Middle East, always nice to catch a classic !


The first visit of the special Norweigan B738, promoting wireless onboard the aircraft.


This Turkish Gvt Gulfstream stopped for fuel enroute to Canada.


Finally this A319CJ was parked up near T3 after painting by Air Livery..