Monday 31st December 2007

Edinburgh Air Charter Citationjet 525 G-EDCK arrived from Newcastle late morning as EDC550, and is likely to stay at the exec jet centre until next year!

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Sunday 30th December 2007

Brightening up a grey day, Libyan Airlines this time sent CRJ-900 5A-LAC from Tripoli on their early afternoon LAA106/107 schedule.

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Saturday 29th December 2007

Air VIA Airbus 320 LZ-MDB visited during the morning from Sofia, operating a one-off charter as VIM5810.

ADAC Air Ambulance livery Dornier 328JET D-BADC headed off to Cork mid morning after nightstop, as ADN2911.

Premier M-YSKY diverted in for a stay on the Ocean Sky ramp either side of midday, diverting in from its Blackpool base from Derry due to high crosswinds.

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Friday 28th December 2007

Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 N512MC diverted whilst inbound to Glasgow Prestwick from Atlanta early morning as GTI5432.

New FlyBe. DHC-8 400 G-ECOA visited again from Belfast during the afternoon operating BEE7017/7018 (717N/718B).

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Thursday 27th December 2007

As movement traffic started to get back to some form of normality after the Christmas break, notables amongst the schedules were Turkish Airlines Airbus 330 TC-JNB from Istanbul operating THY1993, and another appearance from Libyan CRJ-900 5A-LAA from Tripoli (LAA106).

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Monday 24th - Wednesday 26th December 2007

A quiet festive period, with only the first visits of FlyBe. DHC-8 400 G-ECOA (BEE7015 - Belfast) during the morning on the 26th, and TUIfly Boeing 737-700 D-AHXF during the evening from Hannover (HLX996) of note.

Fokker 100 EC-JOM remained parked throughout since arriving on a Brussels Airlines flight on the 11th, finally departing the scene to Norwich as SXA728 on the 27th

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Sunday 23rd December 2007

Libyan Airlines sprang a surprise with CRJ-900 5A-LAA used to cover their LAA106/107 schedule from Tripoli at midday.

Just for a change, fog again affected the UK. Notables amongst the aircraft that couldn't make it to their intended destinations but did make it into Ringway were Polet Antonov 124 RA-82080 (Brize Norton) inbound from Ashgabat, Turkmenistan as POT460...

... and Biman Airbus 310 S2-ADF operating BBC005 Dubai to London Heathrow mid afternoon.

Aside from the weather diversions, Privatair Boeing 757-200 HB-IEE called in during the afternoon from Luton, and over at Ocean Sky Gulfstream 550 VP-BLR operated from and to Dublin.

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Saturday 22nd December 2007

NetJets Gulfstream 4 N436QS and Gulf 5 N531QS diverted in whilst inbound Luton Friday night, and the pair headed off into the clag early afternoon.

At the Ocean Sky Jet Centre, Challenger 601 VP-CFT remained in and around the ramp during the day, whilst Learjet 60 OY-MIR left mid afternoon as VMP647.

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Friday 21st December 2007

Amongst a million Air Europa flights to Spain, Onur Air MD-88 TC-ONO visited from the other direction on a charter from Antalya during the morning as OHY5601/2.

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Thursday 20th December 2007

FedEx MD-11 N624FE operated a delayed Wednesday Paris CDG > MAN > Memphis flight during the afternoon, touching down in sunlight for a change as FDX33A.

Libyan Airlines seem to have reverted to Nouvelair Airbus 320 aircraft to cover their twice weekly Tripoli flight, with TS-INE operating LAA106, wearing appropriate fuselage titles.

Air Ambulance Learjet 55 D-CONU headed the cast of GA movements, visiting during the afternoon as IFA7652. Citation Mustang D-ISRM touched down at nightfall.

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Wednesday 19th December 2007

Another busy day for GA traffic, with Learjet 60 D-CPMU ("Premium892") amongst the latest array of expensive equipment at the Ocean Sky Jet Centre.

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... but I'm sure I saw an Antonov?..

You did! Antonov Design Bureau AN124 UR-82007 touched down at nearby Woodford Aerodrome at 11:10 as ADB1396 delivering Nimrod XV246 from RAF Waddington to BAE Systems.

Tuesday 18th December 2007

Citationjet3 S5-BAW spent most of the day of the day on the Ocean Sky ramp, with Hawker 800XP TC-STB also visiting before nightfall.

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Monday 17th December 2007

Brussels Airlines Boeing 737-300 OO-VEX made an appearance on the afternoon DAT2177/2178 schedule from the Belgian capital.

Sky Europe's latest Boeing 737-700 OM-NGP made a 'rare' visit from Bratislava on their "Relax5KT/6KT" (ESK190/191) flight.

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Sunday 16th December 2007

Air France Regional Embraer 190 F-HBLE appeared at Manchester for the first time operating AFR2568/2569 from Paris CDG early evening.

Zoom Airlines UK commenced a once-weekly Boeing 767-300 flight to Calgary over the weekend, with G-CZNA (the former C-GZNA before it lost at scrabble) passing through on the return leg mid morning.

Learjet 60 OY-MIR arrived from Luton at nightfall calling itself "Vampire647", to park in the engine test bay adjacent the Ocean Sky exec ramp initially. London Executive Citation 560XL G-CIEL made a quick visit again as LNX82CE.

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Saturday 15th December 2007

As way of a change from the normal narrow body aircraft on the route, Turkish Airlines sent Airbus 330 TC-JNC from Istanbul during a sunny and cold winter morning operating THY1993/1994.

The latest array of exec traffic included a 2nd visit in 24 hours from Blackpool based Falcon 900 G-JMMX ("JMAX3"), another appearance by Citationjet G-CJDB and Citation 550 SE-RBY (NTJ615A) mid morning.

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Friday 14th December 2007

Omni Air DC-10 N603AX diverted in during the morning as "Ascot8807" inbound to Brize Norton from Kuwait City.

Budapest Aviation Service AN-26 HA-TCX arrived shortly before midday as BPS400F. Earlier in the day Farnair Saab 340 HA-TAD passed through from Newcastle to Paris CDG as FAH2CL.

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Thursday 13th December 2007

Exec visitors included Citation 560XL G-XBEL twice (AVB831 + 833) either side of midday, and after dark a visit from Falcon 2000 M-CHEM.

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Wednesday 12th December 2007

Visitors to the Ocean Sky ramp during the day included Citationjet2 pair D-ITOR and OE-FLA.

Air Transat got into the spirit of things early with Airbus 310 C-GVAT wearing a Santa hat operating TSC220 from Toronto.  

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Tuesday 11th December 2007

French Air Force C-160 Transall R158/61-ZX visited either side of midday, operating as CTM1200.  

Gulfstream 2 N865AA made a visit to the OSJC ramp, which was also the place where Challenger N623HA reappeared with new UK marks G-STCC.

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Monday 10th December 2007

Braathens colours Boeing 737-500 LN-BUG operate the mid morning SAS Norge CNO609/608 flight from Oslo against an extremely unusual backdrop of blue skies and sunshine.

Scot Airways livery Dornier 328s seem commonplace at Manchester during the football season, with G-CCGS the latest to operate to and from Heathrow to drop one team off and pick another up for a midweek fixture in the region.

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Sunday 9th December 2007

Nouvelair Airbus 320 TS-IND the LAA106/107 Tripoli flight at midday. The aircraft now wears additional Libyan Airlines fuselage titles.

At Ocean Sky, Learjet 45 CS-TFI (RTE28) visited at either end of the day, whilst Citation 560XLS M-BWFC spent the afternoon on the ramp whilst Bolton played Wigan at football.

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Saturday 8th December 2007

Amongst the puddles, Gulfstream 5 N23M arrived from Minneapolis early morning to night stop off the Ocean Sky ramp, where it was later joined by Citation XLS CS-DXG (NJE315R) from Palma. Falcon 2000 F-GVNG called in for an hour mid morning.

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Friday 7th December 2007

Not to be completely outdone by Ryanair, Aer Lingus are taking new deliveries, with recent A320 fleet addition EI-DVG making a first visit from Dublin on an afternoon flight.

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Thursday 6th December 2007

A grey morning was brightened up with the first visits of Cathay Cargo 747-400 B-HKH (CPA037), Turkish A321 TC-JRG (THY1993) and Finnair Embraer 190 OH-LKK (FIN933).

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Wednesday 5th December 2007

Latest Ryanair Boeing 737-800 EI-DWR debuted on the early afternoon RYR554/555 Dublin rotation.

Falcon 900 N19VF was left over from Tuesday's bizjet influx, and remained parked off the Ocean Sky ramp throughout the day.

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Tuesday 4th December 2007

As way of a change, Boeing 737-800 LN-RRW operated the morning CNO609/608 SAS Norge flight from Oslo.

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Monday 3rd December 2007

Volareweb Airbus 320 I-WEBA was seen for the first time at Manchester in daylight -after a parking incident on Sunday evening left the aircraft stranded at Ringway.

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Sunday 2nd December 2007

New FlyBe. DHC-8 400 G-JECZ was employed on based operations to Rennes and Southampton as BEE1081/2 + BEE555/6 during a very wet afternoon and evening.

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Saturday 1st December 2007

Premier D-IFMC departed after night stop, replaced on the OSJC ramp for a time by BAE125 G-VIPI.

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