Wednesday 17 February 2010

Bristol International Airport - Lulsgate 17.2.10

This afternoon I spent a couple of hours up at Bristol Lulsgate - the weather was cold and grey with mist and low cloud. This airport is the highest in England.

Despite the poor weather I enjoyed the photo opportunities.



Easyjet Airbus A319 G-EZIA c/n 2420 landing onto Runway 09 was delivered new in March 2005 - note the missing letters on the engine cowling.





Easyjet Airbus A319 G-EZBI c/n 3003 is one of the few Easyjet aircraft to carry a name "Madrid" touches down as "EASY 26X" at approx 15.44


Easyjet Airbus A319 G-EZBI c/n 3003 "Madrid" lines up to depart as EASY 8HZ at approx 16.21


Aer Arann ATR 72 EI-REM c/n 760 arriving from Cork, Eire as "Arran 31B" at approx 16.05 - this aircraft was delivered new in October 2007


Ryanair 737-800 EI-EKC c/n 38495 was delivered new in January 2010 part of the huge fleet of approx 200 similar aircraft Ryanair operate across Europe. Here EI-EKC is seen departing Runway 09 as RYANAIR 8FL to Bergamo, Italy.



Ryanair 737-800 EI-DWY c/n 33635 about to touchdown on 09 as RYANAIR 504 inbound from Dublin, Eire.


Air Southwest are based at Plymouth, Devon and destinations include Bristol, Manchester and Leeds - here DHC Dash 8 311 G-WOWB c/n 334 arrives as SWALLOW 306K. This aircraft was previously based at Bristol as G-BRYT when operating by Brymon Airways for British Airways.




Steve

Tuesday 9 February 2010



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I've had one of my own images of a Commando Sea King put onto a quality cotton T shirt.

You can choose from a variety of sizes and T shirt colours - my own one is a dark green material.

If you want to see more details then please click through on the link below.


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Steve

Saturday 6 February 2010

G-HKIT BAC 1-11

G-HKIT BAC 1-11 521FH c/n 196 at Hurn January 1999


I have many old photos of aircraft from the past 30 years. The image today was taken back in January 1999 at Bournemouth Hurn airport ( EGHH ).

The BAC 1-11 assembly plant was once located at Hurn so 1-11s were a familiar sight awaiting delivery or back in for servicing.

The photo above was taken on 16th January 1999 - the aircraft was still at Hurn on 29th December 1999 too.

This particular aircraft was built in 1969 and test flew as G-16-10 before delivery to Austral LĂ­neas Aereas of Argentina as LV-JNT in November 1969. The aircraft operated in South Amercia until 1994. In June 1996 it was registered as VR-BEC and ferried to Bournemouth Hurn airport in the UK - the Bermudan registration prefix changed to be VP ( ie VP-BEC ) in April 1997.

It was registered as G-HKIT in June 1997 and registered to European Aviation ( a major operator of 1-11s at the time ). "HKIT" probably refers to "Hushkit" - the aircraft was to be used by European to help the test development of a quieter engine for the notoriously noisy BAC 1-11.

In the photo you can see it has no engines and is still painted in the colours of Austral - I believe this aircraft was stripped for spare parts and not flown as G-HKIT. The aircraft was eventually broken up and scrapped at Hurn in early 2001. This aircraft was "born" at Bournemouth in 1969 and "died" at Bournemouth some 32 years later.

The aircraft was de-registered from the UK CAA register in July 2001.


With thanks to airlinerlist.com for some of the above data


http://www.airlinerlist.com/


Steve