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A stop en-route to the Farnborough Airshow and then a few hours after spotting from the Renaissance hotel car park produced the following: 3B-NBJ Airbus A340 313E 800 Air Mauritius 4R-ALO Airbus A330 343E 1650 SriLankan Airlines 4X-ECA Boeing 777 258ER 30831 EL AL 5B-DDC Airbus A320 232 3259 Cobalt Air 5Y-KZE Boeing 787 8 … Continue reading London Heathrow 18-7-18

Unless you are needing to dent the Ryanair fleet, Stansted doesn't always spring to mind as a place to spend a day plane spotting. However whilst it is true that Ryanair dominate the traffic at Stansted, over recent years there has been a growing number of other operators now using the airport, which make it … Continue reading London Stansted (STN/EGSS) 21st June 2018 (12:00 – 20:15)

This was our second trip to TLS this year (The previous was 31-1-18). Plenty of new frames about, and as before we didn't bother with any of the tours as we had found the Panaroma Tour a bit disappointing on previous trips, and there wasn't enough in the A380 assembly halls to warrant the A380 … Continue reading Toulouse Blagnac & Francazal 3rd May 2018

The following is a report from a trip to the wonderful Aero event held in beautiful Friedrichshafen in south western Germany. I had booked a room at the Ibis Hotel at the airport months in advance and didn't get much change from 200 euros per night excluding breakfast, however the location is very convenient being … Continue reading Aero 2018 Friedrichshafen 18th April to 20th April

The following is a report from a trip to Nice on the Cote D'Azur that was supposed to be mainly non-spotting, however given the proximity of the airport to the town, its very difficult to not see the aircraft. The hotel of choice for this trip was the Raddison Blu which is located on the … Continue reading Nice Cote D’Azur & Monaco 6-4-18 to 9-4-18

The following is a log from Heathrow excluding BAW. 05 Apr 2018 London Heathrow ----------------------------------- 9M-MAB Airbus A350 941 159 Malaysia Airlines 9V-SKV Airbus A380 841 247 Singapore Airlines 9V-SNA Boeing 777 312ER 42240 Singapore Airlines A4O-DD Airbus A330 343E 1063 Oman Air A6-AIN Boeing 737NG 7Z5 BBJ 29268 Royal Jet A6-APA Airbus A380 861 … Continue reading London Heathrow 5th April 2018

23 Mar 2018 Luton 9H-VCK Bombardier Challenger 350 20592 Vista Jet Malta CS-CHE Bombardier Challenger 350 20623 NetJets Europe D-CDAS Embraer Phenom 300 50500317 DAS Private Jets GmbH G-NPTY Boeing 737 436SF 25267 West Atlantic Cargo Airlines G-UZHB Airbus A320 251NSL 7705 easyJet Airline G-UZHE Airbus A320 251NSL 8110 easyJet Airline LY-LTA Raytheon Aircraft Company … Continue reading London Luton 23rd March 2018

A stop en-route to and from meetings allowed a spell early in the morning from the Renaissance Hotel car park, and then later in the day over by the Esso Garage on the south western corner of the airport. This spot is good for getting shots of departures from runway 27L. I parked the car … Continue reading London Heathrow 22nd March 2018 (11:30-14:45)

London Luton 22-3-18 4270 Gulfstream Aerospace G450 4270 Pakistan Army (Hanger 125) 9H-ALL Cessna Citation CJ2 525A0005 Luxwing Ltd 9H-VFI Bombardier Challenger 605 5984 Vista Jet Malta CN-TRS Gulfstream Aerospace G280 2062 Windsjet CS-DLC Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy 098 NetJets Europe CS-DTC Embraer Phenom 100 50000115 Valair Private Jets CS-DXR Cessna Citation XLS 560-5748 NetJets … Continue reading London Luton 22nd March 2018

19 Mar 2018 Luton 4X-EKB Boeing 737 858(W) 29958 ElAl 9A-JSC Cessna Citation CJ2 525A0049 Jung Sky 9H-VCL Bombardier Challenger 350 20606 Vista Jet Malta D-IGWT Cessna Citation CJ2+ 525A0403 Sylt Air EC-LLJ Airbus A320 214 4661 Vueling Airlines EI-GDH Boeing 737NG 800/W 44805 Ryanair G-ESNA Embraer Legacy 500 55000069 Air Charter Scotland G-EZGA Airbus … Continue reading London Luton 19 March 2018 (Brief visit am, and then again pm)