A "DAY OUT" in Dublin  Saturday 26th April  Dave Rose, Ian McMaster and Aidan Williamson

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Similar to a few others this year, we took advantage of Ryanairs cheap fares ( 1p plus tax!!) and the ability to have a full day at Dublin by using the two flights from Newcastle. We  arrived at Newcastle with time to spare which allowed us to have some breakfast and log the night stoppers prior to boarding EI-DPE for the short flight to Dublin.
 
NEWCASTLE 26 APRIL 2008            
Air France CRJ700 F-GRZM
British Airways A321 G-EUXE
Eastern Airways JS41 G-MAJM G-MAJX
  S2000 G-CDEB
Easyjet B737 G-EZJJ G-EZJK G-EZJT G-EZKE
FlyBe DHC8 G-JECJ G-JEDT
Jet 2 B737 G-CELA G-CELK
  B757 G-LSAD
MNG Cargo FK27 TC-MBH
Ryanair B737 EI-DPE
Thomas Cook Airlines B757 G-FCLA G-JMCE
Thomson Fly B757 G-BYAL
 
Others F2TH M-CHEM
 
We hired a car and toured the Airport perimeter to the north of the runway to check out the Biz and SR Technics maintenance visitors which proved very worthwile as a "BIZ" A340-600 VP-CCC was parked along with Gulf Air 767 A9C-GZ. We continued to the southern "Spotting points" and chose the area next to the unused long stay car park, this has "mounds" for shots over the fence on roll out and rotation. An excellent spot. Another spot is located near the threshold of runway 28 but the perimeter fence is high and can get in the way of your shots. 
 
DUBLIN 26 APRIL 2008            
Aer Arran ATR42 EI-BYO EI-CBK EI-CPT
  ATR72 EI-REA EI-RED EI-REG EI-REI EI-REL
Aer Lingus A320 EI-CVA EI-CVB EI-CVC EI-CVD EI-DEA EI-DEB EI-DEC EI-DEE
  EI-DEH EI-DEJ EI-DEK EI-DEL EI-DEM EI-DEN EI-DEO EI-DEP
  EI-DER EI-DES EI-DVH
  A321 EI-CPC EI-CPD EI-CPE EI-CPH
  A330 EI-DAA EI-DUB EI-DUO EI-EWR EI-JFK EI-LAX EI-ORD
Air Baltic B735 YL-BBP
Air Contractors C130 EI-JIV
Air France B747 F-GISB
American Airlines B767 N366AA
Atlas Blue B737 CN-RNA
Binter Canarias B737 EC-INQ
BMI A319 G-DBCC
  A321 G-MIDC
British Airways B737 G-DOCH G-GFFJ
Cityjet 146 EI-CMS EI-DEX
  RJ85 EI-RJB EI-RJE EI-RJF EI-RJG EI-RJI EI-RJN EI-RJW EI-RJX
Continental Airlines B757 N33103
CSA B737 OK-CGJ OK-DGN
Delta Airlines B767 N189DN N835MH
DHL B757 G-BIKK
Dubrovnik Airlines MD82 9A-CDD
Etihad Airways A330 A6-EYH
Federal Express A300 N723FD
First Choice Airlines A320 G-OOAR
Flightline MD83 G-FLTK
FlyBe DHC8 G-JECH G-JEDW
Futura Int. Airways B737 EC-KKU EC-KOC
Futura Gael B737 EI-DJU EI-DOR
Germanwings A319 D-AKNF
Gulf Air B767 A9C-GZ
Iberia A319 EC-HGS
Iberworld A320 EC-IMU
Karthago Airlines B737 TS-IEG
Loganair S340 G-LGNB
LTE A320 EC-JRC
Lufthansa A319 D-AILL
  A320 D-AIQW
Lufthansa Cityline CRJ700 D-ACPD D-ACPQ
Luxair E145 LX-LGY
Monarch Airlines B757 G-MONK
Ryanair B737 EI-CSN EI-CSO EI-CSP EI-CSQ EI-CTB EI-DAI EI-DAO EI-DAX
  EI-DCE EI-DCH EI-DCZ EI-DHB EI-DHN EI-DHS EI-DHV EI-DLE
  EI-DLI EI-DLM EI-DLN EI-DPJ EI-DPP EI-DWA EI-DWC EI-DWJ
  EI-DWL EI-DYE EI-DYI EI-DYJ EI-DYK
SAS A319 OY-KBO
  MD82 LN-RMO
SkyEurope B737 OM-NGN
Swiss Int. Airlines A320 HB-IJW
Thomson Fly B767 G-BYAA
US Airways B757 N205UW
 
Others A109 G-IMAR (Overfly only)
  A340 VP-CCC
  B200 G-CLOW
  B350 G-BZNE
  C525 G-SEAJ
  C550 CS-DHB
  C560 CS-DXO G-RSXL N188WS
  C750 G-CDCX P4-LJG
  CL60 EI-IRE
  F900 G-LCYA
  F2TH CS-DFC CS-DLC
  LJ45 D-CSUL OY-OCV
  LJ60 EI-REX
  G550 VP-BLR
  P31 G-VIPP
Irish Coast Guard S61 EI-MES
  S76 G-LJRM (Overfly only)
 
During the early afternoon we decided to visit Dublins GA airfield at Weston, which is about 20 minutes drive to the southwest of the International airport. Weston is a fairly quiet but friendly field, which affords good photographs of he residents, a few biz jets are also based here The day of our visit coincided with a local horse race meeting which no doubt had served to attract a few extra visitors. The Helicopters had race numbers for their shuttle operation.

 

Weston 26 APRIL 2008            
  A109 EI-DJO EI-MSG G-IMAR
  B18 G-BSZC
  B55 EI-DUV N65MJ
  B90 N554CF
  B200 N27HK
  B206 EI-DUT EI-ODD EI-PKS
  B407 N407AG N407CL N30562
  Bucc XV863
  C150 EI-BAT
  C152 EI-BJM EI-BMN
  C172 EI-BCK EI-BSC EI-BUA EI-CFP EI-GSE EI-OFM PH-BIT
  C177 EI-BHC
  C182 D-EJLY EI-FBG EI-GSM
  C310 G-BTFF
  C401 N9146N
  C500 G-DJAE
  C550 N365WA N7070A
  EC120 EI-DDB
  G115A EI-CAD EI-CCD
  Goose N4575C
  MS880 G-BKJF EI-BMB
  PA28 EI-SKU EI-SKW G-AYEE G-FWPW
  PA32 G-KFRA
  PA44 EI-SKT
  PA46 N45PJ
  PBY5A VP-BPS
  Robin EI-SKE EI-SKV PH-HLR
  R22 EI-CPO EI-DZK
  R44 EI-DZJ EI-EGG G-GHDC G-KELI G-NYLE
  S269 EI-DMC
  SR20 N840CD
  Stear G-THEA
  TB9 EI-BYG EI-CRX
  TB10 EI-BOE
  TBM7 N850JS
  YAK52 G-MCCY
 
The day was concluded with a nice pint in the bar in Ryanairs new terminal which gives good views of the parking ramps, runway and maintenance areas of SR Technics. Back to Newcastle on EI-DPJ
 

 

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