Friday 31st August 2007

Exec and GA aplenty with visits from King Air 90 OO-IAL early morning followed by the departure of Citation XLS CS-DXM (NJE979N) and another NetJets, Gulf 550 CS-DKG from Luton and out to Inverness as NJE461R/323Q.

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Thursday 30th August 2007

Notables amongst the morning schedules were SAS Scandinavian Airbus 319 OY-KBR arriving from Copenhagen (SAS539) and Eurowings BAE146 D-AEWD replacing the usual CRJ-200 on the DLH4882/3 ("DLH4YX/8KV") Dusseldorf route.

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Wednesday 29th August 2007

Wednesday's evening "FedEx33" arrival came in the form of MD-11F N522FE (formerly N805DE with Delta Air Lines), arriving from Paris in the evening sunlight.

Other movements of note during the day included a visit from PC-12 G-TRAT, Learjet 35 D-CFAI (IFA7472) and the evening arrival of Gulfstream 5 N410M.

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Tuesday 28th August 2007

FedEx commenced a four times weekly MD-11 freight flight between Paris CDG, Manchester and Memphis with N523FE touching down as FDX033 mid evening.

Kellogg's Falcon 900 N900WK arrived late afternoon to park on the Northern Executive apron overnight. 

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Monday 27th August 2007

Alenia C-27J Spartan I-EASA diverted in unexpectedly shortly after midday. After an hour on the ground the aircraft continued on north bound.

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Sunday 26th August 2007

Lufthansa Regional CRJ-900 D-ACKK first-visited mid morning operating DLH8EH/4PH (4860/4861) from Munich.

Executive visitors of note during the day included Astra D-CABB (VIB830) and London Executive Embraer Legacy G-RUBN (LNX818B).

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Saturday 25th August 2007

Adria CRJ-900 S5-AAK paid another visit, operating their ADR462/463 scheduled flight from Ljubljana during a dull afternoon.

Learjet 31 D-CURT also touched down during the afternoon, calling "Snoopy251", and will nightstop. The aircraft wears a small Erick Morillo sticker.

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Friday 24th August 2007

Transavia Boeing 737-800 PH-HZA positioned in from Amsterdam to fly for Thomsonfly during the day to Palma (TOM2107) and Malaga (TOM4763).

Citationjet 525A D-IHRA visited from Biggin Hill and out to Dusseldorf late afternoon, calling up as "Carolus1561/156F".

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Thursday 23rd August 2007

Another day, another new Air Berlin fleet member dangling its dunlops over the Ringway threshold. This time hybrid livery A319 D-ABGG arriving from Hamburg mid morning.

Interflight BAE125 G-RCEJ made up part of the day's GA traffic, arriving in the sunshine mid morning as IFT122A to join NetJets Falcon 2000 CS-DLD (NJE317W) on the exec ramp.

Embraer 145's begin to leave the FlyBe. fleet, with G-EMBF and G-EMBG positioning out to Warsaw during the day, presume for onward sale. 

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Wednesday 22nd August 2007

Spanair MD-83 EC-HOV visited from Madrid on a charter during the evening, operating as JKK2101/2102.

Air Berlin sent Boeing 737-800 D-ABKA for the first time on a schedule from Paderborn (BER8112).

Citation 550 D-CCAB departed the cargo ramp after a near two day stay mid evening, later to return in the early hours of Thursday.

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Tuesday 21st August 2007

Euro Atlantic Airways Boeing 757-200 CS-TLX visited Manchester again, this time positioning in to fly for Thomas Cook to Dalaman as TCX996K.

PC-12 N660WB was amongst the exec and GA traffic, arriving from its Waterford, Ireland base mid morning.

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Monday 20th August 2007

Gulfstream 5 N707GW touched down mid morning to park remote off the executive aviation ramp.

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Saturday 18th August 2007

Air Bravo Boeing 767-200 EC-JOZ positioned in from Madrid early morning for a day operating for Monarch Airlines, first to Faro (MON7368) and later to Palma (MON638).

Friday 17th August 2007

Amongst the latest array of execs, Latvian Challenger 604 YL-SKY visited mid afternoon as PRX604, followed by NetJets Hawker 800XP CS-DRX (NJE433U/200F).

Is it a twig, is it a plane...

... well its a bit of both really! For reasons that have passed us by up to now but will surely become known to the rest of the world in due course, an impressive whicker replica of Concorde appeared inside the Aviation Viewing Park on Friday!

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Thursday 16th August 2007

Amongst the visitors to the NEA ramp during the day was Citation 501 G-VUEM (the former G-FLVU) making a now rare appearance at Ringway.

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Wednesday 15th August 2007

Falcon 900 N402FG touched down early morning and will nightstop at the executive ramp alongside Challenger N25GG, a late evening arrival.

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Tuesday 14th August 2007

Global Express N1990C touched down mid afternoon to park on the executive ramp.

Earlier in the day French Air Force C160 Transall R218 passed through mid morning, calling COTAM1257.

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Monday 13th August 2007

Imaginatively painted Airbus 320 YL-LCC of Lat Charter arrived mid afternoon as LTC103, making the short hop over from East Midlands where it has been operating charters for Air Malta.

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Sunday 12th August 2007

Amongst the almost non-existent 'football traffic' for Manchester United's first home league of the season, Farnborough based CRJ-200 VP-BCC touched down early afternoon to park off the exec ramp until mid evening.

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Saturday 11th August 2007

Aer Arann ATR-72 EI-REL made a rare appearance operating their morning REA517/518 service from Galway.

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Friday 10th August 2007

Metroliner G-CEGE (the former OY-NPA) passed through from Aberdeen and on to Coventry during the afternoon, calling as NFA155/155E.

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Thursday 9th August 2007

Europe Airport operated another Boeing 737-300 charter from Lahr, with F-GIXD visiting this time mid morning as FPO1895/1896.

GA and exec traffic included the departure of Gulfstream 4 N102BG after a three-day stay either side of visits from PC-XII PH-DIX and Learjet 55 D-CWAY, amongst others.

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Wednesday 8th August 2007

Turkish Airlines sent new Airbus 321 TC-JRF from Istanbul for a first visit mid morning, operating the THY1993/1994 schedule.
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Tuesday 7th August 2007

Europe Airpost Boeing 737-300 F-GIXB flew a charter from Lahr in Germany mid afternoon as FPO1895/1896.

Citationjet 525 S5-BAJ visited NEA touching down shortly before midday for a near four hour stay on the exec ramp.
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Monday 6th August 2007

Tupolev 154 EW-85703 made an appearance from Minsk operating the weekly Belavia BRU853/854 summer schedule mid morning.

Exec traffic during the day included the arrival of Gulfstream 4 N102BG early doors, followed by the brief visit of Gulf 550 VP-BLR.
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Sunday 5th August 2007

Travel Service Boeing 737-800 OK-TVD arrived after dark from Lourdes as TVS125. The aircraft wears a special Prague Airport livery, as seen during a previous visit on Monday 14th May 2007.
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Saturday 4th August 2007

NetJets Hawker 400XP CS-DMQ touched down late evening from Palma as NJE992Y for only its second visit, and nightstopped on the exec ramp.
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Friday 3rd August 2007

Danu Oro Transportas ATR-42 LY-OOV visited on an ad-hoc freight charter, arriving from Copenhagen late morning for a two hour stay.

Air Mediterannee Airbus 321 F-GYAN assisted in the influx from Lourdes, operating two charters as BIE2878 + 2989 at both ends of the PM.

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Thursday 2nd August 2007

Europe Airpost continued their August appearances at Manchester, with Boeing 737-300 F-GIXF operating to Lahr in Germany as FPO1896.

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Wednesday 1st August 2007

Eastern Skyjets DC-9 TG-JII continued its journey eastbound early morning, heading off into the gloom after a three day stay.

Clipper National Air Citation 551 EC-JTH was amongst the bizjets at the 'Ocean Sky Jet Centre', arriving as ORO803 mid morning to nightstop.

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July 2007