Merry Christmas !

Merry Christmas all,

I haven't posted in a while, having been working and recently on a trip that took me to Munich, Istanbul, Cologne (long story) and finally Frankfurt !

Here are a couple pics... More to follow eventually !

New Thomson and Volga @ MAN !

Today was a unusually clear but very cold day at Manchester, and with an An-124 departure, I decided to make a morning of a trip down... A nice unexpected bonus was the new scheme Thomson B737-800 that arrvied.. Here are a couple;

Catching up again..

Due to work, and being busy I haven't updated the blog properly for a while now ! Here are some of the recent pics from Manchester.

Russian Aircraft !

This week we have been very lucky, with two Russain aircraft in the space of three days ! One at Liverpool, the TU-154 of UT Air operating a football charter, and the IL-76 at Manchester, coming in to pick up an engine ! Enjoy !

A very nice visitor in Manchester !

A long time since my last post due to being so busy recently !
I will update at some point with the last month's worth of photos and finish the 'Trips' page with Milan, LHR, RIAT etc and Florida...

Today we had a very unusual visitor taking Manchester City to play Madrid in the Champions League in the form of a Hong Kong A330 !

Here are shots from this afternoon...

This week @ MAN !

Here are a few from this week at Manchester, with still more to be added that I have not had time to edit..

Brand New Condor 'Retro Jet'

Today the new Condor 'Retro' did an air test and engine runs after painting... And for once it was actually in good weather ! Here are the results...

A few visitors in MAN..

Today we had a few unusual visitors in Manchester, and with the forecast being for full sun all day I decided to go down... Sadly the forecast (as usual) was wrong and it clouded over completely for the 'Dreamliner' Ryanair, Etihad A345 and TCX Special A321... Here is a selection anyway..

QANTAS and Nouvelair Hybrid @ MAN !

Today we had very mixed weather, and although the forecast was for full sun, we seemed to be overcast for most of the day ! The QANTAS departed to Cardiff, and the Nouvelair operated the weekly charter in basic Eritrean hybrid scheme. Here are the shots...

Weekend down South !

Last week I had a three days down South for the RIAT Airshow, Farnborough Airshow and Heathrow ! More photos with mixed weather, which will go to the back of the ever growing pile to edit ! Here are a couple from the weekend I edited, with the IL-62 being the highlight !