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    Welcome to our Trip Report Blog.
    Here we will post logs and pictures taken on aircraft spotting trips.
    Any info can be used for personal use, if passing on or publishing please credit SWAG.
    If you can correct or add any information please contact me here.

    To visit our Flickr photo pages click StuC, RichT, IanG, MatthewB

    Header Picture: UP-MI602 Mil Mi-26T (34001212133) Kazakhstan Emercom at Boraldai, Kazakhstan on 08/07/19 (credit StuC)

    Updates 2022:
    26th May - Log and pics added for Private Flyer Show 14/05/22
    24th December - BAPC Register updated and 56 pictures added

    Sunday, 23 August 2009

    22/08/09 - Manchester Airport

    AndyD had a day out to Manchester.
    "The journey to/from the Aviation Viewing Park at Manchester was by preserved ex Bristol Omnibus Co/Badgerline coach 2098/PWS492S. Many thanks to Kelvin Amos and his team of drivers for an enjoyable day out"


    5B-DBC Airbus A320-231 (295) Cyprus Airways
    5B-DBU Boeing 737-8Q8 (32796) Eurocypria
    5B-DBX Boeing 737-8Q8 (33699) Eurocypria
    A6-EBS Boeing 777-31HER (32715) Emirates Airlines
    A6-EYS Airbus A330-243 (991) Etihad Airways
    A7-AEE Airbus A330-302 (711) Qatar Airways
    AP-BGY Boeing 777-240LR (33781) Pakistan International Airlines
    C-FEAK Boeing 737-86Q (30292) Viking Airlines
    D-AILS Airbus A319-114 (729) Lufthansa
    D-AVRI British Aerospace 146-RJ85 (E2270) Lufthansa Regional
    D-AVRP British Aerospace 146-RJ85 (E2303) Lufthansa Regional
    D-CPAO Cessna 525B (525B-0232) Jetline Aero

    EC-KJV Cessna 525 (525-0143) Wondair on Demand Aviation
    EI-CPF Airbus A321-211 (991) Aer Lingus
    EI-DEL Airbus A320-214 (2409) Aer Lingus
    EI-DLF Boeing 737-8AS (33588) Ryanair
    EI-DLY Boeing 737-8AS (33601) Ryanair
    EI-REH Aerospatiale ATR-72-201 (260) Aer Arann
    F-GRHS Airbus A319-111 (1444) Air France
    F-GUGB Airbus A318-111 (2059) Air France
    G-AWZK Hawker-Siddeley Trident 3B (2312) Preserved
    G-BOAC BAC/SUD Concorde 102 (204) Preserved
    G-BYAP Boeing 757-204 (27236) Thomson Airways
    G-CDLT Hawker-Siddeley 125-800XP (258710) Corporate
    G-CDPT Boeing 767-319ER (29388) Flyglobespan

    G-CELD Boeing 737-33A (23832) Jet 2
    G-CELI Boeing 737-330 (23526) Jet 2
    G-CELS Boeing 737-377 (23660) Jet 2
    G-CPEU Boeing 757-236 (29941) Thomson Airways
    G-DAJC Boeing 767-31KER (27206) Thomas Cook Airlines
    G-DBCJ Airbus A319-131 (2981) bmi British Midland
    G-DIMB Boeing 767-31KER (28865) Monarch Airlines
    G-DMCA Douglas DC-10-30 (48266) Preserved, Cockpit only
    G-DOCS Boeing 737-436 (25852) British Airways
    G-DOCX Boeing 737-436 (25857) British Airways
    G-ECOW de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4021) Flybe
    G-EUUH Airbus A320-232 (1665) British Airways
    G-EUXC Airbus A321-231 (2305) British Airways
    G-EUXF Airbus A321-231 (2324) British Airways
    G-EZTG Airbus A320-214 (3946) EasyJet
    G-EZTI Airbus A320-214 (3975) EasyJet
    G-EZTJ Airbus A320-214 (3979) EasyJet
    G-FBEB Embraer Emb-195-200LR (19000057) Flybe
    G-FBEH Embraer Emb-195-200LR (19000128) Flybe
    G-FCLC Boeing 757-2Q8 (28166) Thomas Cook Airlines
    G-FCLD Boeing 757-25F (28718) Thomas Cook Airlines
    G-FCLH Boeing 757-28A (26274) Thomas Cook Airlines
    G-FCLJ Boeing 757-2Y0 (26160) Thomas Cook Airlines
    G-FDZD Boeing 737-8K5 (35132) Thomson Airways
    G-FDZG Boeing 737-8K5 (35139) Thomson Airways
    G-FTDF Airbus A320-231 (437) Thomas Cook Airlines
    G-GMPB Britten-Norman BN-2T-4S Islander (4011) Greater Manchester Police

    G-IGWT Canadair Regional-Jet 850 (8078) Ocean Sky Aviation
    G-IRJX British Aerospace 146-RJX100 (E3378) Preserved
    G-JBIZ Cessna 550 (550-0073) 247 Jet
    G-JECF de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4095) Flybe
    G-JECG de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4098) Flybe
    G-JECK de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4113) Flybe
    G-JECM de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4118) Flybe
    G-JECV de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4148) Flybe
    G-JEDI de Havilland Canada DHC-8Q-402 (4052) Flybe
    G-LSAB Boeing 757-27B (24136) Jet 2
    G-LSAE Boeing 757-27B (24135) Jet 2
    G-LSAJ Boeing 757-236 (24793) Jet 2
    G-MIDS Airbus A320-232 (1424) bmi British Midland
    G-MOOO Learjet 40 (45-2007) Northern Executive Aviation
    G-MPCD Airbus A320-212 (379) Monarch Airlines
    G-NGEL Cessna 510 (510-0076) London Executive Aviation
    G-OBYE Boeing 767-304ER (28979) Thomson Airways
    G-OBYF Boeing 767-304ER (28208) Thomson Airways
    G-OBYH Boeing 767-304ER (28883) Thomson Airways
    G-OGBD Boeing 737-3L9 (27833) bmi Baby, returned with AFS in attendance
    G-OOOZ Boeing 757-236 (25593) Thomson Airways
    G-OOPE Airbus A321-211 (852) Thomson Airways
    G-OOPP Airbus A320-214 (1571) Thomson Airways
    G-OZBB Airbus A320-212 (389) Monarch Airlines
    G-OZBH Airbus A321-231 (2105) Monarch Airlines
    G-OZBN Airbus A321-231 (1153) Monarch Airlines
    G-OZBT Airbus A321-231 (3546) Monarch Airlines
    G-OZBU Airbus A321-231 (3575) Monarch Airlines
    G-RJXB Embraer ERJ-145EP (145142) bmi Regional
    G-RJXI Embraer ERJ-145EP (145454) bmi Regional
    G-RJXL Embraer ERJ-135ER (145376) bmi Regional
    G-RJXM Embraer ERJ-145MP (145216) bmi Regional
    G-STRW Boeing 757-28A (24543) Astraeus
    G-TCCA Boeing 767-31KER (27205) Thomas Cook Airlines
    G-THOP Boeing 737-3U3 (28740) Thomson Airways
    G-TOYC Boeing 737-3Q8 (26312) bmi Baby
    G-TOYH Boeing 737-36N (28570) bmi Baby
    G-TOYK Boeing 737-33R (28870) bmi Baby
    G-VCED Airbus A320-231 (193) Thomas Cook Airlines
    G-VROS Boeing 747-443 (30885) Virgin Atlantic
    G-VSUN Airbus A340-313 (114) Virgin Atlantic
    G-VTOP Boeing 747-4Q8 (28194) Virgin Atlantic
    HB-JVG Fokker F-100 (11478) Helvetic Airways

    LY-AWG Boeing 737-522 (26700) SkyEurope Airlines
    N12109 Boeing 757-224 (27299) Continental Airlines
    N278AY Airbus A330-323X (388) US Airways
    N709TW Boeing 757-2Q8 (28168) Delta Air Lines
    N840MH Boeing 767-432ER (29718) Delta Air Lines
    OO-DJN British Aerospace 146-RJ85 (E2275) Brussels Airlines
    OY-VKF Airbus A330-243 (309) Thomas Cook Scandinavia
    OY-VKI Airbus A330-343X (357) Thomas Cook Scandinavia
    PH-BDC Boeing 737-306 (23539) KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
    PH-KZM Fokker F-70 (11561) KLM cityhopper
    PH-KZP Fokker F-70 (11539) KLM cityhopper
    S5-AAK Canadair Regional-Jet 900 (15128) Adria Airways

    SE-DIP Douglas MD87 (53010) SAS Scandinavian Airlines
    SE-RHV Boeing 737-36N (28567) Viking Airlines
    TC-JGI Boeing 737-8F2 (34407) THY Turkish Airlines
    TC-JGV Boeing 737-8F2 (34419) THY Turkish Airlines
    TS-IEC Boeing 737-33A (25010) Karthago AL
    VP-CED Cessna 550 (550-0870) Iceland Frozen Foods Plc