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Taking advantage of a Jet2 offer from Leeds, I booked for 24 hours in
Dusseldorf, for the princely sum of £50.00. The flight arrives in and
leaves Dusseldorf in the evening so an overnight hotel is needed, and I
managed to get a room at the Mercure in Ratingen for £30.00. The hotel is
about 10 minutes by shuttle from the airport but there are a couple of
alternatives adjacent to the terminal (Sheraton and Maritim), but these
would be much more expensive. |
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On the way to Leeds I stopped in at Teesside for Lear Jet 60 HB-VOR and
Citation 560 G-OSVM. |
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Only the usual suspects at Leeds: |
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LEEDS Wed 8th April 1500-1810 |
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Jet2 |
737-300 |
G-CELF CELG CELS CELV |
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757-200 |
G-LSAB LSAH |
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FlyBe |
Dash8-Q400 |
G-JECO JEDV |
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ERJ-145 |
G-ERJH |
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BMI |
A319 |
G-DBCE |
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ERJ-135 |
G-RJXJ |
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KLM |
Fokker 70 |
PH-WXA |
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My flight LS347 (G-CELG) left Leeds at 1810 and exactly one hour later
touched down on runway 23R at Dusseldorf. A smooth flight, which took us
right over Schiphol as we began our descent. The observation deck on top of
Pier B is open until 9pm so I made a dash up there for the last few minutes
of light to get what was in before leaving for the hotel. To get to the
observation deck follow signs for Besucherterasse in the B section,
departures level. There are two escalators before passing through a long
line of travel agencies. The cash desk for the deck is just beyond this
area – pay your EUR2.20 and your ticket is valid for both decks. |
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Logs for Dusseldorf don’t include the Lufthansa mainline fleet as I only
need a few widebodies, which don’t use DUS. Also, I didn’t log every German
aircraft but you will see many Eurowings / Lufthansa Regional CRJs and 146s. |
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DUS Tue 8th April 2010-2050 |
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Air Berlin/LTU |
A319 |
D-ABGJ ABGK |
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A320 |
D-ABDP |
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A330 |
D-ALPB ALPJ |
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737-700 |
D-AGES |
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737-800 |
D-ABAQ, ABBU |
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Fokker 100 |
Fokker 100 |
D-AGPD |
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FlyBe |
ERJ-145 |
G-EMBV ERJD |
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Norwegian |
737-300 |
LN-KKL |
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Emirates |
A330-200 |
A6-EAM |
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LGW |
Do228 |
D-ILWS |
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Air France |
A318 |
F-GUGL |
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Pegasus |
737-800 |
TC-AAE |
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D-IEGO |
Citation Mustang |
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D-IKOP |
Citation 525 |
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D-IWBL |
Citation 525-2 |
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Wednesday morning I was back at the airport for 6.30am (observation deck on
pier B opens at 6am). After a quick breakfast under the golden arches I
went up to the observation deck and waited for blue skies and sunshine. It
was a long wait! Runways 05L/R were in use till mid morning, at which time
I took the Sky Train to the airport railway station where there is another
super observation deck overlooking the taxiway and the 23L/R thresholds.
This deck also looks across the LTU apron. |
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Operations changed back to 05L/R mid-afternoon so it was back to the pier B
deck for the remainder of my stay. The rain came just as I left the deck to
check-in for my flight back to Leeds. |
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DUS Wed 9th April 0630-2100 |
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Air Berlin/LTU |
A319 |
D-ABGC ABGD ABGJ ABGK |
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A320 |
D-ABDA ABDB ABDI ABDP |
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D-ALTB ALTF ALTG ALTH ALTJ ALTL |
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OE-LTU |
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A321 |
D-ALSA ALSB ALSD |
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A330 |
D-AERQ AERS |
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D-ALPB ALPG ALPI ALPJ |
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737-300 |
D-ADIF, ADII, ADIJ |
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737-700 |
D-ABBV, AGEN, AGEP, AGES, AGEU |
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737-800 |
D-ABAT |
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D-ABBO ABBT ABBU |
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Fokker 100 |
D-AGPD AGPE AGPL |
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LH Regional |
CRJ700 |
D-ACSB ACSD (Op by Eurowings) |
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ATR-42 |
D-BMMM BPPP (Op by Contactair) |
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TUIFly |
737-800 |
D-AHFQ AHFS AHFW |
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D-ATUD |
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Privatair |
A319LR |
D-APAC APAD |
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Blue Wings |
A320 |
D-ANNA ANND ANNI |
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LGW |
Do228 |
D-IKBA ILKR ILWS IMIK |
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Condor |
A320 |
D-AICJ |
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737-300 |
D-ABOI, ABOJ |
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Emirates |
A330-200 |
A6-EAE EKX |
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Iberia |
A319 |
EC-JVE |
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A320 |
EC-FQY HQK |
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Aer Lingus |
A320 |
EI-DEA DVH |
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Pulkovo |
737-500 |
EI-CDF |
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KD Avia |
737-500 |
EI-DOM |
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Air France |
A319 |
F-GKXA GKXL |
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A320 |
F-GFKR |
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AF/Brit Air |
CRJ |
F-GRJH GRJP |
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AF/Regional |
ERJ-190 |
F-HBLF* |
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FlyBe |
Dash-8-Q400 |
G-JEDJ |
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ERJ-145 |
G-EMBH EMBI EMBN EMBX |
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G-ERJA |
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British Airways |
A319 |
G-EUOA |
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A320 |
G-EUUA EUUC |
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767-300 |
G-BZHA |
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Jet2 |
737-300 |
G-CELB |
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Swiss |
RJ100 |
HB-IXR IYT |
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A320 |
HB-IJF |
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Alitalia |
ERJ-145 |
I-EXML EXMN |
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Norwegian |
737-300 |
LN-KKN |
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Northwest |
757-200(W) |
N545US |
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Delta |
767-300 |
N174DN |
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CSA |
A319 |
OK-MEL |
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737-400 |
OK-CGI |
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Austrian Arrows |
CRJ |
OE-LCM LCO |
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Fokker 100 |
OE-LVL |
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Sun Air/BA |
Jetstream 31 |
OY-SVB |
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Cimber Air |
CRJ |
OY-RJD |
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SAS |
A319 |
OY-KBR |
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737-700 |
LN-RPJ |
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MD-87 |
SE-DIP |
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SAS/Transwede |
RJ85 |
SE-DJO |
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Finnair |
A319 |
OH-LVF |
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ERJ-170 |
OH-LEK |
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ERJ-190 |
OH-LKE |
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KLM Cityhopper |
Fokker 50 |
PH-KVE KVG KVH |
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PH-LXP LXT |
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LOT |
ERJ-145 |
SP-LGO |
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ERJ-170 |
SP-LDH |
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Aegean |
A320 |
SX-DVK |
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Olympic |
737-400 |
SX-BKD |
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Turkish Airlines |
737-800 |
TC-JFT JFY |
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TC-JGL |
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Pegasus |
737-400 |
TC-APR |
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Tunisair |
737-600 |
TS-IOR |
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Aeroflot |
A319 |
VP-BUO BWK |
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Air Baltic |
737-500 |
YL-BBA |
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Carpatair |
SAAB 2000 |
YR-SBH |
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JAT Airways |
737-300 |
YU-ANJ |
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Air Malta |
A320 |
9H-AEK |
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D-AHEI CL604 |
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D-BUBI CHALLENGER 300 |
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D-CABB ASTRA SP |
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D-CAMS CITATION 560 |
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D-CCEU CITATION 650 |
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D-CHDE CITATION 560 |
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D-CLBA BEECHJET 400A |
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D-CLBD 125-800XP |
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D-CURT LEAR 31A |
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D-ISRM CITATION MUSTANG |
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D-IZZY AVANTI |
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CS-DHD CITATION 550 |
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CS-DNJ 125-800XP |
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CS-DOC BEECH 1900D |
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F-GIJB KING AIR 200 |
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G-FECR LEGACY 600 |
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N18HJ CITATION 550 |
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N761JP CITATION MUSTANG |
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N1129E CITATION 560XL |
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OO-SDU KING AIR 350 |
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PH-CHT FALCON 2000EX |
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VP-CAB FALCON 900 |
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VP-CAM FALCON 2000EX |
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YL-MAR 125-800XP |
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On arrival back at Leeds, it was dark and there were no airliners of
interest on the ramp, although there was an unidentifiable Gulf 5 outside
the Multiflight hangar. |
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All in all, a great day trip with superb photography opportunities.
Dusseldorf comes highly recommended. |