Manchester (MAN/EGCC) 20-12-2010

[757Flyer]

Hello All!

On Monday December 20th, 2010 I made a spotting trip to Manchester together with fellow scramble members David van Woerkom (bendavid2) and Jeffrey Schäfer (jeffreyklm).
This was the plan:
- In the morning we would fly to Manchester with flight EZY1832 at 10.10am,
- and in the evening we would fly back to Amsterdam with flight EZY1835 departing at 5.50pm
The beginning of our trip was not quite 'peacefull' as I can say; I woke up at about 5.30am and then saw that our flight (EZY1832) was cancelled !
We decided to go to Schiphol anyway, to see if we could get a refund or another flight at the EasyJet desk. Then I waited for the train to take me to the Rotterdam Central Station, but it had a delay of 45 minutes, so I arrived late for the Fyra to Schiphol. But fortunately the connecting train also had a significant delay. While we were in the Fyra, we discovered that they suddenly removed the word 'cancelled' from the schiphol website. So we arrived at Schiphol and yes, the flight wasn't cancelled!

So with a very good mood after all we started our trip, in Manchester it was sunny but veeery cold!
Here are the results:

#1. The famous lineup spot!


#2.


#3. Nice bird from Pakistan!


#4. Holding short


#5.


#6. Nice colors!


#7. Kicking up some snow! Ooh how I love to see Virgin Atlantic birds... they're so nice!


#8. Lovely Qatar touching down.


#9.


#10. Lovely USairways A330!


#11. Flaring over runway 23R.


#12.


#13.


#14.Skyteam !


#15. Rotating with nice condensation over her wings.


#16. Mini Dubai in the UK... (sorry for the Quality).


That was it! I hope you've enjoyed the shots . Comments/Suggestions are welcome!
Kind Regards,
Olmo Müller

[phkza]

Very nice shots! Have been looking to go to MAN some time as well, but I'll wait for spring 2011

Looks like MAN is very spotterfriendly as well, nice variety!

[Atlantic 61+20]

Nice set.
My favourites #7 and 8

Regards

Atlantic 61+20

www.etmn-planespotting.blogspot.com

[rutger330]

WOW

Very nice Olmo lovely sunny pictures and great quality and
my favorite is the Qatar A330

Grt Rutger

[Stratofreighter]

#16. Mini Dubai in the UK... (sorry for the Quality).

This one is good for comparing sizes between the two behemoths...

[Boudewijn van Oirschot]

Nice report! Snow, nice liveries and even more important some sun.. the best combination for a good trip!

Thanks for sharing!

@phkza: Manchester is indeed great for planespotting. There is a large parking lot with some platforms which give a nice overview of the taxiway and both runways. However, you have to pay a small entrance fee.. Until noon you'd better go to the other side of the airport due to sun.. although it isn't often sunny there I recommend that spot. I am not sure if there is public transport to get you there but the best you can do is hire a car and drive to the other side, park your car at the parking lot in front of a nice small hotel (not sure about the name with with some help from google maps you can find that out easily) and then walk in direction of the engines sound (there is not really a straight way to there thus you have to find your own way through the forest.) At the end you'll find a hill which gives a magnificent view of the first runway, the second runway and a large part of the apron!

[wild weasel]

Nice report Olmo,

And i agree, the virgin atlantic is my favourite!

snowy greetings

[USAIR]

Awesome shots . love the scenery. Very nice indeed

[shepherd]

Great set Olmo! Love the Qatari ofcourse!

Just like Olmo mentioned.. Lot's of stress in the early morning, but lots of satisfaction during daytime! We had a great day, and Manchester is for sure high on my priority list to visit again sometime!
I'm not going to post Equals of Olmo's shots, I try to get tomething different!
1. I'd like to start of with my favourite airline in England! Virgin Atlantic! 1600 pixels wide!


2. The Jet2 Yorkshire logojet!


3. Small bus from Pakistan with a beautiful lit belly!


4. The Skyteam Delta departing Runway 23R, with on the right the regular A380 service and on the left the diverted A380. (From London)


5. First time for Emirates SkyCargo to visit Manchester!


6. HUGE winglets on this baby!


7.



8. The mighty Whale bound for Dubai!

I hope you like them! Comments are welcome.

We had a great, great day!

Kind regards, Jeffrey.

[Mick Janssens]

Great shots guys!
Olmo, your Qatar shot is really amazing!
Kind regards, Mick

[757Flyer]

Thanks for the comments, Gentlemen!
And also very nice shots, Jeffrey! The first one is great

[Bendavid2]

Everything is already told. I am planning a visit to BCN on the 23rd of februari. If there are some nice people who want to join me.

1.

Pretty woman by davidvanwoerkom, on Flickr

2.

A7-AEM by davidvanwoerkom, on Flickr

3.

EK A380 by davidvanwoerkom, on Flickr

4. I made the white of easyjet on the winglet `white.

Window view MAN by davidvanwoerkom, on Flickr

I made a few other pictures oin or on approach of AMS and you can find those here.

@Jeffrey where are you SPL ground and in flight pictures.

[nustyR]

Wooot Nice pictures.

[shepherd]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

@Jeffrey where are you SPL ground and in flight pictures.

I did not feel like editing them yet! Think I'll do those today!
LOVE your wingview btw!

Jeffrey.

Merry Christmas in advance!!

[Boudewijn van Oirschot]

Nice additions Jeffrey and David

love the stunning light, if I may decide.. I would ask for snow all year long