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"Frankfurt & Dusseldorf weekend"  Dave Anderson, Dave Rose, Ian McMaster -  Fri 23rd - Sun 25th July 2010

During the depths of a very cold winter and no planes to see, a trip was planned for the summer to somewhere the three of us hadn't been for a number of years, Frankfurt. Viewing has changed there and with about 30 required for the Lufthansa fleet the trip was booked via Dusseldorf. Our first flight of the day was from Newcastle to Dusseldorf, Lufthansa regional sent Canadair CRJ2 D-ACRH for the short 1 hr 10 minute flight. Dusseldorf provides some excellent spotting / photographic facilities, there are two dedicated public viewing galleries, the main one on a pier above the terminal which  overlooks the main aprons, the main runways and has views of the corporate jet parking. Only the area where the CRJ's and maintenance is can't be seen, it costs 2.20 Euro and has toilets, limited shelter and limited eating/drinking facilities, but just back inside is a large bar/restaurant. The second facility is at the main railway station, again a purpose built aircraft viewing area, excellent landing and holding point shots can be taken of aircraft arriving and departing on the Easterly runway, views of the CRJ parking & maintenance area are had from here, but limited views of aircraft around the terminal and non of the corporate parking. You can use your 2.20 Euro ticket from the terminal at this location, and access to it is via a free shuttle train. We spent around 3 hours on the terminal viewing deck before catching our 30 minute flight to Frankfurt on board Canadair CRJ700 D-ACPT, is star alliance colours.

List of the aircraft does not include any Lufthansa (sorry one,the A380) or the same aircraft seen on different days

  Newcastle 23 July 2010    
       
EC-GPS Swearingen SA.227AC  Metro III AC-722 Manx2
EC-HDS Boeing  757  256 26252 Privilege Style  op for Thomas Cook
EC-KYZ Airbus A320  214 3758 Iberworld
G-NSJS Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign 680-0161 Corporate
       
       
  Dusseldorf  23 July 2010    
       
SX-DVV Airbus A320  232 3773 Aegean Airlines
VP-BWE Airbus A320  214 2133 Aeroflot Russian Airlines
D-ABGH Airbus A319  112 3245 Air Berlin
D-ABGJ Airbus A319  112 3415 Air Berlin
D-ABGL Airbus A319  112 3586 Air Berlin
D-ABGP Airbus A319  112 3728 Air Berlin
D-ABGS Airbus A319  112 3865 Air Berlin
D-ABGB Airbus A319  132 2467 Air Berlin
D-ABDA Airbus A320  214 2539 Air Berlin
D-ABFE Airbus A320  214 4269 Air Berlin
D-ALTE Airbus A320  214 1504 Air Berlin
HB-IOX Airbus A320  112 3604 Air Berlin  lsd from Belair
D-ABCF Airbus A321  211 1966 Air Berlin
D-ALSA Airbus A321  211 1629 Air Berlin
D-ALPJ Airbus A330  223 911 Air Berlin
D-AERQ Airbus A330  322 127 Air Berlin
D-AERS Airbus A330  322 171 Air Berlin
D-AGEN Boeing  737  75B 28100 Air Berlin
D-ABQD de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-402 4234 Air Berlin
D-ABQE de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-402 4239 Air Berlin
D-ABQF de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-402 4245 Air Berlin
F-GUGU Airbus A318  111 2951 Air France
F-GRJL Canadair Regional-Jet  100ER 7221 Air France
LZ-MDB Airbus A320  232 3125 Air VIA Bulgarian Airways
LZ-MDM Airbus A320  232 2804 Air VIA Bulgarian Airways
TC-SKU Boeing  737  883 30194 Anadolu Jet
D-ABRF Boeing  737  4Q8 26281 Bremenfly - (All white in Lufthansa Hangar)
YR-FKB Fokker F-100 11369 Carpatair
D-ABOA Boeing  757  330 29016 Condor
D-ABOI Boeing  757  330 29018 Condor
D-ABON Boeing  757  330 29023 Condor
D-ABUB Boeing  767  330ER 26987 Condor
D-IFHI Beech C90 King Air LJ-977 Corporate
D-IWWP Cessna 525A Citation Jet 2+ 525A-0444 Corporate
D-CREY Cessna 650 Citation III 650-0192 Corporate
M-AKAK Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy 600 BJ 14500970 Corporate
OE-IDH Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy 600 BJ 14501026 Corporate
D-IAGG Raytheon 390 Premier 1 RB-35 Corporate
D-IKOP Cessna 525 Citation Jet 525-0016 Corporate 
D-CIFM Cessna 560 Citation Encore+ 560-0814 Corporate 
CS-DMV Beech 400XP Beechjet RK-549 Corporate - NetJets Europe
CS-DFS Cessna 560 Citation Excel 560-5372 Corporate - NetJets Europe
CS-DNY Cessna 560 Citation Excel 560-5216 Corporate - NetJets Europe
CS-DXF Cessna 560 Citation Excel S 560-5586 Corporate - NetJets Europe
CS-DUD Hawker-Siddeley 125  750 HB-8 Corporate - NetJets Europe
CS-DNX Hawker-Siddeley 125  800XP 258511 Corporate - NetJets Europe
D-ACBG Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy 600 BJ 14501016 Corporate DC Aviation - stored
D-AONE Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy 600 BJ 14500988 Corporate DC Aviation - stored
D-ATWO Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy 600 BJ 14501010 Corporate DC Aviation - stored
A6-COM Boeing  747  433 25074 Dubai Government Air Wing
SU-GDB Boeing  737  866 35567 Egypt Air
A6-EBE Boeing  777  36NER 32788 Emirates Airlines
G-JECH de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-402 4103 Flybe
G-JECN de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-402 4120 Flybe
12+05 Bombardier 601 Challenger 3053 German Air Force
D-HNWK Bolkow BK-117 7200 German Police
D-AGEC Boeing  737  76J 36118 Germania
D-AHIH Airbus A319  111 3364 Hamburg International
D-HZSC Eurocopter EC135 T2+ 0549 Luftrenttung
TC-AAR Boeing  737  86N 28624 Pegasus Airlines
SP-AVD Cirrus Design SR-22 3365 Sky Share Club
D-ANJA Airbus A321  231 4044 Stored ex Blue Wings all white scheme
TC-SUH Boeing  737  8CX 32366 SunExpress
TC-SNE Boeing  737  8HX 29684 SunExpress
HB-IYZ British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3338 Swiss European Air Lines
TC-JRD Airbus A321  231 3015 THY Turkish Airlines
TC-JFM Boeing  737  8F2 29775 THY Turkish Airlines
D-AHFL Boeing  737  8K5 27985 TUIfly
D-AHFZ Boeing  737  8K5 30883 TUIfly
D-ATUC Boeing  737  8K5 34684 TUIfly
D-ATUG Boeing  737  8K5 34688 TUIfly
D-AWBA British Aerospace 146-300 E3134 WDL
D-AXLD Boeing  737  8FH 35093 XL Airways Germany
       
  Far Side of the airfield    
       
D-ABDH Airbus A320  214 2846 Stored full Azerbaijan a/w scheme to be 4K-AZ77
D-ABDI Airbus A320  214 2853 Stored full Azerbaijan a/w scheme to be 4K-AZ78
D-ABDJ Airbus A320  214 2865 Stored full Azerbaijan a/w scheme to be 4K-AZ79
D-ANNG Airbus A320  232 1464 Stored ex Blue Wings
HB-IOT Airbus A320  214 2991 Stored full Azerbaijan a/w scheme to be 4K-AZ80
OE-FRJ Raytheon 390 Premier 1 RB-12 Corporate -Stored
OE-FMC Raytheon 390 Premier 1 RB-41 Corporate -Stored

D-ABON Condor 757-300 landing from West, taken from terminal viewing area

D-AXLD XL Airways Germany taxting infront of the terminal viewing area

SU-GDB Egyptair landing with the stored Azerbaijan aircraft in the background

Beirut based Legacy back after a test flight?

D-AHFZ TUIfly one of a number of specialy painted aircraft seen

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On landing at Frankfurt, we were remotely parked and our bus kindly toured most of the ramp for us, we picked up the bags and headed straight off to the hotel which was located on the South side of the airport. We stayed at the Intercity hotel, it is clean, has a nice bar and food in the restaurant was either buffet style or al a carte, service from the staff was excellent and very "friendly". Next morning after breakfast we headed via foot to the new viewing facility, Frankfurt had similar viewing facilities to Dusseldorf above the terminal pier giving excellent viewing and photo opportunities, sadly it closed due to building work. A new viewing area is situated a 10 minute walk from the hotel and a couple of minutes from the memorial park (DC-3 & DC-4), there are no facilities at all and in wet weather no shelter, however the views of the Easterly runway and main terminal area are excellent. A 200mm lens for the main landing runway on the left is ample and the same lens will fit 777 and above aircraft landing on the right, but heat haze can be a problem for aircraft on that side. We stayed from 8am to 7pm and the log shows what a wide variety of airlines visit and some very nice freight traffic, there wasn't a slack period with something coming or going most of the time, and we managed to log almost everything. 

  Frankfurt  23 July 2010 (on arrival)    
       
B-2409 Boeing  747  412F 26560 Air China
B-2469 Boeing  747  4J6 28756 Air China
9H-AEP Airbus A320  214 3056 Air Malta
OE-LBC Airbus A321  111 581 Austrian Airlines
B-2072 Boeing  777  F1B 37310 China Southern Cargo
D-ABUE Boeing  767  330ER 26984 Condor
HZ-KSGA Gulfstream 450 4079 Corporate
ZS-XRS Bombardier Global Express  BD-700-1A10 9260 Corporate
9A-CTF Airbus A320  212 258 Croatia Airlines
EI-OZD Airbus A300  B4-203F 236 DHL Worldwide Courier Express
A6-EHJ Airbus A340  642 933 Etihad Airways
EP-ICF Airbus A300  B4-203F 173 Iran Air Cargo
CC-CQA Airbus A340 313X 359 LAN Airways
A4O-DE Airbus A330 343X 1093 Oman Air
LN-TUJ Boeing  737  705 29095 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RMT Douglas MD82 53001 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
ZS-SNH Airbus A340  642 626 South African Airways
N765SA Boeing  747  2F6BF 21833 Southern Air
PT-MUD Boeing  777  32WER 37667 TAM Brasil
N775SA Boeing  777  FZB 37987 Thai Airways
TC-JGH Boeing  737  8F2 34406 THY Turkish Airlines
TS-IOQ Boeing  737  6H3 29501 Tunisair
N653UA Boeing  767  322ER 25391 United Airlines
       
D-ANAF Vickers Viscount  814 447 Preserved
       
  Frankfurt 24 July 2010 8am - 7pm    
       
TC-ACD Airbus A300  B4-203F 75 ACT Airlines
S5-AAO Canadair Regional-Jet  900 15215 Adria Airways
SX-DVK Airbus A320  232 3392 Aegean Airlines
SX-DVS Airbus A320  232 3709 Aegean Airlines
EI-CVC Airbus A320  214 1443 Aer Lingus
VP-BUK Airbus A319  111 3281 Aeroflot Russian Airlines
VP-BWE Airbus A320  214 2133 Aeroflot Russian Airlines
D-AALB Boeing  777  FZN 36002 AeroLogic
P4-KCB Boeing  767  306ER 27614 Air Astana
D-ABGI Airbus A319  112 3346 Air Berlin
D-ABGK Airbus A319  112 3447 Air Berlin
D-ABGN Airbus A319  112 3661 Air Berlin
D-ABDE Airbus A320  214 2696 Air Berlin
D-ABFH Airbus A320  214 4294 Air Berlin
D-ALSC Airbus A321  211 2005 Air Berlin
D-ABLA Boeing  737  76J 36114 Air Berlin
D-ABLC Boeing  737  76J 36116 Air Berlin
D-AHXA Boeing  737  7K5 30714 Air Berlin
D-ABAF Boeing  737  86J 30878 Air Berlin
D-ABBE Boeing  737  86J 30881 Air Berlin
D-ABKG Boeing  737  86J 37746 Air Berlin
D-ABKL Boeing  737  86J 37754 Air Berlin
VQ-BFX Boeing  747  428ERF 33096 Air Bridge Cargo
VP-BIG Boeing  747  46NERF 35420 Air Bridge Cargo
C-GHKR Airbus A330  343X 400 Air Canada
C-GHKX Airbus A330  343X 412 Air Canada
C-FCAB Boeing  767  375ER 24082 Air Canada
C-FIUR Boeing  777  333ER 35242 Air Canada
C-FIUV Boeing  777  333ER 35248 Air Canada
C-FIVS Boeing  777  333ER 35784 Air Canada
B-6117 Airbus A330  243 903 Air China
B-2388 Airbus A340  313X 242 Air China
B-2456 Boeing  747  4J6BCF 24346 Air China
I-ADJL Embraer Emb-195  200LR 19000256 Air Dolomiti
I-ADJO Embraer Emb-195  200LR 19000280 Air Dolomiti
F-GUGA Airbus A318  111 2035 Air France
F-GUGJ Airbus A318  111 2582 Air France
F-GUGP Airbus A318  111 2967 Air France
F-GUGR Airbus A318  111 3009 Air France
VT-ALE Boeing  777  237LR 36304 Air India
VT-ALK Boeing  777  337ER 36309 Air India
VT-ALO Boeing  777  337ER 36313 Air India
VT-ALP Boeing  777  337ER 36314 Air India
VT-ALT Boeing  777  337ER 36318 Air India
9H-AEH Airbus A319  111 2122 Air Malta
9H-AEK Airbus A320  214 2291 Air Malta
ER-AXT Airbus A320  231 249 Air Moldova
V5-NME Airbus A340  311 51 Air Namibia
LZ-MDA Airbus A320  232 2732 Air VIA Bulgarian Airways
ZA-MEV British Aerospace 146-300 E3197 Albanian Airlines
EI-DSG Airbus A320  216 3115 Alitalia
EI-DSH Airbus A320  216 3178 Alitalia
EI-DFK Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000032 Alitalia Express
JA785A Boeing  777  381ER 37951 All Nippon Airways
N383AN Boeing  767  323ER 26995 American Airlines
N768AA Boeing  777  223ER 33540 American Airlines
TC-JHI Boeing  737  8FH 35092 Anadolu Jet
HL7775 Boeing  777  28EER 30862 Asiana Airlines
OE-LBT Airbus A320  214 1387 Austrian Airlines
OE-LBU Airbus A320  214 1478 Austrian Airlines
OE-LTG de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-314B 438 Austrian Arrows
OE-LGK de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-402 4280 Austrian Arrows
OE-LVB Fokker F-100 11502 Austrian Arrows
OE-LVC Fokker F-100 11446 Austrian Arrows
E7-AAE Aerospatiale ATR 72  212 465 B & H Airlines
G-LCYD Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000294 BA Cityflyer
B-HKH Boeing  747  412BCF 24227 Cathay Pacific Airways
B-HKX Boeing  747  412BCF 26557 Cathay Pacific Airways
B-HOX Boeing  747  467 24955 Cathay Pacific Airways
B-18802 Airbus A340  313X 406 China Airlines
B-6082 Airbus A330  243 821 China Eastern Airlines
B-2075 Boeing  777  F1B 37312 China Southern Airlines
D-CIRE Dornier Do.328  110 3058 Cirrus Air
D-ALIE Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000059 Cirrus Air
OO-VLM Fokker F-50 20135 Cityjet
D-ABOH Boeing  757  330 30030 Condor
D-ABOM Boeing  757  330 29022 Condor
D-ABUC Boeing  767  330ER 26992 Condor
D-ABUH Boeing  767  330ER 26986 Condor
D-ABUI Boeing  767  330ER 26988 Condor
N76010 Boeing  777  224ER 29480 Continental Airlines
N78001 Boeing  777  224ER 27577 Continental Airlines
F-GVLC Beech 1900  C-1 UC-168 Corporate
EC-IFS Bombardier BD 700 Global Express 9089 Corporate
OE-HPH Dassault Falcon  2000 209 Corporate
M-NICK Dassault Falcon  50EX 345 Corporate
9A-CTG Airbus A319  112 767 Croatia Airlines
9A-CTI Airbus A319  112 1029 Croatia Airlines
9A-CTL Airbus A319  112 1252 Croatia Airlines
OK-MEJ Airbus A320  214 3097 CSA Czech Airlines
OK-XGE Boeing  737  55S 26543 CSA Czech Airlines
N1609 Boeing  767  332ER 30574 Delta Air Lines
N1612T Boeing  767  332ER 30575 Delta Air Lines
N863DA Boeing  777  232ER 29735 Delta Air Lines
D-ALEC Boeing  757  236F 22175 DHL Worldwide Courier Express
VP-BLG Boeing  737  528 25233 Donavia
SU-GCS Boeing  737  866 35563 Egypt Air
A6-EBY Boeing  777  36NER 33864 Emirates Airlines
ET-ALC Boeing  767  33AER 28043 Ethiopian Airlines
A6-EYL Airbus A330  243 809 Etihad Airways
A6-EYO Airbus A330  243 852 Etihad Airways
SP-LFC Aerospatiale ATR 72  202 272 Eurolot
SP-LFD Aerospatiale ATR 72  202 279 Eurolot
SP-LFG Aerospatiale ATR 72  202 411 Eurolot
OH-LKI Embraer Emb-190  100IGW 19000117 Finnair
OH-LKK Embraer Emb-190  100IGW 19000127 Finnair
A9C-KA Airbus A330  243 276 Gulf Air
D-AHIN Airbus A319  111 3853 Hamburg International
LZ-HBC British Aerospace 146-200 E2093 Hemus Air
EC-HKO Airbus A319  111 1362 Iberia
EC-KBX Airbus A319  111 3078 Iberia
EC-KMD Airbus A319  111 3380 Iberia
TF-FIP Boeing  757  208 30423 Icelandair
EP-IBA Airbus A300  B4-605R 723 Iran Air
B-2423 Boeing  747  4EVERF 35174 Jade Cargo International
JA737J Boeing  777  346ER 36126 Japan Airlines
YU-ANJ Boeing  737  3H9 23714 JAT Airways
PH-EZA Embraer Emb-190  100LR 19000224 KLM cityhopper
PH-EZC Embraer Emb-190  100LR 19000250 KLM cityhopper
HL7448 Boeing  747  4B5F 26416 Korean Air
HL7782 Boeing  777  3B5ER 37643 Korean Air
9K-AMA Airbus A300  B4-605R 673 Kuwait Airways
CC-CQC Airbus A340  313X 363 LAN Airlines
SP-LDH Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000069 LOT Polish Airlines
SP-LDI Embraer Emb-170  100LR 17000073 LOT Polish Airlines
SP-LIB Embraer Emb-175  200LR 17000132 LOT Polish Airlines
SP-LIK Embraer Emb-175  200LR 17000303 LOT Polish Airlines
SP-LIM Embraer Emb-175  200LR 17000311 LOT Polish Airlines
D-AIMA Airbus A380-841 038 Lufthansa (1st one)
LX-LGX Embraer ERJ-145  LU 145147 Luxair
9M-MRP Boeing  777  2H6ER 28421 Malaysia Airlines
HA-LON Boeing  737  6Q8 29353 MALEV
OD-RMJ Airbus A321  231 2055 Middle East Airlines
4O-AOK Fokker F-100 11272 Montenegro Airlines
4O-AOM Fokker F-100 11321 Montenegro Airlines
D-AOLT SAAB 2000 37 OLT
TC-AAL Boeing  737  82R 35984 Pegasus Airlines
D-APBC Boeing  737  8BK 33016 Privatair
D-APBB Boeing  737  8Q8 35278 Privatair
VH-OJI Boeing  747  438 24887 Qantas
A7-ACB Airbus A330  202 489 Qatar Airways
VQ-BAR Airbus A319  111 1488 Rossiya Russian Airlines
D-HEFE Bell Helicopters 206 Jet Ranger III B-3 2631 Rotorflug (overflew)
CN-RNV Boeing  737  7B6 28988 Royal Air Maroc
JY-AYN Airbus A319  132 3803 Royal Jordanian Airlines
VP-BTV Airbus A319  114 1078 S7 Airlines
VP-BVH Boeing  767  33AER 28495 S7 Airlines
YA-TTB Airbus A340  311 15 Safi Airways
LN-BRJ Boeing  737  505 24273 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RRP Boeing  737  683 28311 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RRZ Boeing  737  683 28295 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RNO Boeing  737  783 28316 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
OY-KFD Canadair Regional-Jet  900 15221 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
SE-DIR Douglas MD82 53004 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
9V-SPJ Boeing  747  412 26556 Singapore Airlines
SE-LIR Fokker F-50 20151 Skyways Express
S5-ABS Airbus A300  B4-203F 126 Solinair
EY-777 Boeing  737  8GJ 34960 Somon Air
ZS-SNG Airbus A340  642 557 South African Airways
EC-IIZ Airbus A320  232 1862 Spanair
EC-JJD Airbus A320  232 2479 Spanair
4R-ADC Airbus A340  311 34 Srilankan
9A-BTE Fokker F-100 11416 Sun Adria
TC-SUL Boeing  737  85F 28822 SunExpress
TC-SNN Boeing  737  8HC 40775 SunExpress
TC-SUZ Boeing  737  8HX 29649 SunExpress
HB-IYV British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3377 Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IXR British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3281 Swiss European Airlines
HB-IJP Airbus A320  214 681 Swiss International Air Lines
HB-IYY British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3339 Swiss International Air lines
YK-AKC Airbus A320  232 1032 Syrianair
PT-MUB Boeing  777  32WER 37665 TAM Brasil
CS-TTB Airbus A319  111 755 TAP Air Portugal
CS-TNJ Airbus A320  214 1181 TAP Air Portugal
YR-ASB Airbus A318  111 2955 TAROM
YR-ASC Airbus A318  111 3220 TAROM
HS-TGM Boeing  747  4D7 27093 Thai Airways
HS-TGO Boeing  747  4D7 26609 Thai Airways
TC-JMC Airbus A321  231 806 THY Turkish Airlines
TC-JMD Airbus A321  231 810 THY Turkish Airlines
TC-JRI Airbus A321  231 3405 THY Turkish Airlines
VP-BPD Boeing  737  5K5 25062 Transaero
D-AHFM Boeing  737  8K5 27986 TUIfly
D-AHFO Boeing  737  8K5 27987 TUIfly
D-AHFY Boeing  737  8K5 30417 TUIfly
TS-IMQ Airbus A319  114 3096 Tunisair
EZ-A006 Boeing  737  7GL 37236 Turkmenistan Airlines
UR-GAS Boeing  737  528 25236 Ukraine International Airlines
N116UA Boeing  747  422 26908 United Air Lines
N180UA Boeing  747  422 25224 United Airlines
N773UA Boeing  777  222 26929 United Airlines
N774UA Boeing  777  222 26936 United Airlines
N777UA Boeing  777  222 26916 United Airlines
N206UA Boeing  777  222ER 30212 United Airlines
N274AY Airbus A330  323X 342 US Airways
N275AY Airbus A330  323X 370 US Airways
N278AY Airbus A330  323X 388 US Airways
VP-BUF Boeing  767  33PER 33078 Uzbekistan Airways
VN-A143 Boeing  777  26KER 33502 Vietnam Airlines
CS-TQK Airbus A320  232 2204 White Airlines
7O-ADP Airbus A330  243 625 Yemenia Airways

Another nice meal, a few drinks and a good nights sleep saw us back at the viewing area at 7am, we stayed until 10am, some of the nicer aircraft (YAK 42) came in early in the morning. After checking in for our flight back to Dusseldorf we spotted from the gate area, traffic was a lot slower on the Sunday and dominated by Lufthansa, never the less a few nice bits entered the logs. Our flight this time was on a Lufthansa Boeing 737-300 D-ABEA, again a short flight under 30 minutes, we had two hours on the the viewing area before our return to Newcastle onboard Canadair CRJ700 D-ACPE.

A selection of some of the many shots taken during the day.

A nice start with an Uzbekistan 767 - good old Stan

Aerologic 777F landing on the right runway (200mm lens)

TC-SUZ Sun Express in special markings

EZ-A006 Turkmenistan 737

Lufthansa's first 380 landing on the right runway

TAM 777 from Brasil

Trade Air F100 9A-BTE ops for Sunadria

ZA-MEV Albanian Airlines

B-2075 China Southern 777 freighter

VQ-BFX 747-400 freighter plain Air Bridge scheme

Still about the Lufthansa retro scheme 321 D-AIRX

E7-AAE ATR-72 taxying past the viewing area to the Southerly runway, the long way round!

4O-AOM Fokker 100 of Montenegro A/W used to be based at Newcastle with Gill Air

Nice scheme on a LAN Chile 340

S7 767 very "green"

Air China Cargo, one of many freight jumbo's

S5-ABS Solinair very nice, their only jet aircraft

Not a great shot but a rare airline from Afghanistan (the jet started life with Virgin)

A good helping of Chinese jets with this Air China 340

An Air Namibia being taken to stand after resting for the day on a remote stand

Double click on an image for a larger size.

  Frankfurt 25 July 2010    
       
S5-AAA Airbus A320  231 43 Adria Airways
EI-CVA Airbus A320  214 1242 Aer Lingus
D-ABFB Airbus A320  214 4128 Air Berlin
VP-BIJ Boeing  747  281F 25171 Air Bridge Cargo
VQ-BHE Boeing  747  4KZF 36784 Air Bridge Cargo
C-GHKW Airbus A330  343X 408 Air Canada
C-FITL Boeing  777  333ER 35256 Air Canada
B-6080 Airbus A330  243 815 Air China
F-GUGB Airbus A318  111 2059 Air France
VT-ALL Boeing  777  337ER 36310 Air India
VT-ALS Boeing  777  337ER 36317 Air India
ER-AXV Airbus A320  211 622 Air Moldova
V5-NMF Airbus A340  311 47 Air Namibia
C-GTSH Airbus A310  304 599 Air Transat
EI-DSB Airbus A320  216 2932 Alitalia
N750AN Boeing  777  223ER 30259 American Airlines
OE-LBS Airbus A320  214 1189 Austrian Airlines
OE-LGL de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-402NG 4310 Austrian Arrows
F-GMLK Douglas MD83 49672 Blue Line
LZ-LDP Douglas MD82 49973 Bulgarian Air Charter
B-HUR Boeing  747  444BCF 24976 Cathay Pacific Airways
B-18806 Airbus A340  313X 433 China Airlines
B-18723 Boeing  747  409F 34266 China Airlines
B-6121 Airbus A330  243 728 China Eastern Airlines
N78004 Boeing  777  224ER 27580 Continental Airlines
VP-CVI Gulfstream G550 5092 Corporate
9A-CTH Airbus A319  112 833 Croatia Airlines
N1610D Boeing  767  332ER 30594 Delta Air Lines
4X-EAK Boeing  767  3Q8ER 27600 El Al
A6-EMR Boeing  777  31H 29396 Emirates Airlines
A6-ECO Boeing  777  36NER 37706 Emirates Airlines
OO-THC Boeing  747  4HAERF 35235 Emirates Airlines/TNT
A6-EYM Airbus A330  243 824 Etihad Airways
B-16463 Boeing  747  45EF 27174 EVA Airways
OH-LVD Airbus A319  112 1352 Finnair
B-2427 Boeing  747  4B5F 26401 Grandstar Cargo
A9C-KC Airbus A330  243 286 Gulf Air
D-AHIJ Airbus A319  111 3533 Hamburg International
EC-JFN Airbus A320  214 2391 Iberia
EC-KOU Airbus A340  313 88 Iberia
TF-FIK Boeing  757  2Y0 26151 Icelandair
B-2440 Boeing  747  4EVERF 35171 Jade Cargo International
JA402J Boeing  747  446F 33749 Japan Airlines
PH-EZG Embraer Emb-190  100LR 19000315 KLM cityhopper
SU-KBB Airbus A319  112 3171 Koral Blue
HL7400 Boeing  747  4B5F 26414 Korean Air
HL7466 Boeing  747  4B5F 26413 Korean Air
SP-LKD Boeing  737  55D 27419 LOT Polish Airlines
D-EBEI Messerschmitt Bf.108 Taifun D-1 2246 Lufthansa Traditionsflug
LX-LGY Embraer ERJ-145  LU 145242 Luxair
9M-MRE Boeing  777  2H6ER 28412 Malaysia Airlines
HA-LOE Boeing  737  6Q8 28260 MALEV
F-ORMF Airbus A321  231 1953 Middle East Airlines
D-APBD Boeing  737  8BK 33021 Privatair
VH-OJD Boeing  747  438 24481 QANTAS
EI-DXY Airbus A320  211 525 Rossiya Russian Airlines
JY-AYK Airbus A321  231 3522 Royal Jordanian Airlines
VP-BTP Airbus A319  114 1131 S7 Airlines
RA-42316 Yakovlev Yak-42  D 4520422202030 Saravia
LN-BUC Boeing  737  505 26304 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
LN-RMM Douglas MD81 53005 SAS Scandinavian Airlines
9V-SMU Boeing  747  412 27068 Singapore Airlines
9V-SPA Boeing  747  412 26550 Singapore Airlines
ZS-SNI Airbus A340  642 630 South African Airways
4R-ADA Airbus A340  311 32 Srilankan
HB-IXN British Aerospace 146-RJ100 E3286 Swiss European Air Lines
HB-IJK Airbus A320  214 596 Swiss International Air Lines
HS-TGT Boeing  747  4D7 26616 Thai Airways
TC-JPH Airbus A320  232 3185 THY Turkish Airlines
OO-TNC Boeing  737  301F 23513 TNT Airways
D-AGEE Boeing  737  35B 24238 TUIfly
UR-GAO Boeing  737  4Z9 25147 Ukraine International Airlines
N118UA Boeing  747  422 28811 United Airlines
N657UA Boeing  767  322ER 27112 United Airlines
N775UA Boeing  777  222 26947 United Airlines
N780UA Boeing  777  222 26944 United Airlines
N270AY Airbus A330  323X 315 US Airways
N276AY Airbus A330  323X 375 US Airways
VN-A142 Boeing  777  2Q8ER 32701 Vietnam Airlines
       
       
  Dusseldorf 25 July 2010    
       
SX-DVH Airbus A320  232 3066 Aegean Airlines
VQ-BAX Airbus A320  214 3778 Aeroflot Russian Airlines
D-ABGA Airbus A319  132 2383 Air Berlin
D-ABDB Airbus A320  214 2619 Air Berlin
D-ABDD Airbus A320  214 2685 Air Berlin
D-ABFG Airbus A320  214 4291 Air Berlin
D-ALTJ Airbus A320  214 1838 Air Berlin
D-ALTK Airbus A320  214 1931 Air Berlin
D-ABLD Boeing  737  76J 36117 Air Berlin
D-ABBS Boeing  737  76N 28654 Air Berlin
D-ABBV Boeing  737  7Q8 30629 Air Berlin
D-ABQA de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-402 4223 Air Berlin
D-ABRE Boeing  737  46J 27826 Bremenfly
D-ITIP Cessna 525 Citation Jet 1 525-0494 Corporate
HB-IMJ Gulfstream G5 517 Corporate
D-CSUL Learjet 45 45-189 Corporate
D-IATT Raytheon 390 Premier 1 RB-48 Corporate
N525MW Cessna Citation 525 CJ1 525-0370 Corporate
D-ADCN Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy 600 BJ 14501055 Corporate DC Aviation
CS-DXB Cessna 560 Citation Excel S 560-5553 Corporate NetJets Europe
N135SG Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy 600 BJ 145706 Corporate United Aviation
UR-DNQ Embraer ERJ-145  EP 145315 Dniproavia
VP-BPE Boeing  737  5H6 26445 Orenair

Our flight to Newcastle was uneventful though the highlight was the B-52 61-0002 /LA that had been to the Sunderland airshow crossing 2000ft under us from left to right heading out into the wash to rendezvous with two KC135's to fuel him before it returned to Barksdale in the States. Not much at Newcastle, the airshow traffic was on the far side but nothing amongst it worth noting. Overall a very good trip, nice weather, good company and a few new airlines never seen before. Oh and the Lufthansa fleet is down to eight now being required, disappointing as Ian was telling me all weekend that we 'd see them all, well keeps the door open for another visit sometime.

  Newcastle 25 July 2010    
       
D-CMNX Dornier Do.228  202K 8065 Manx2
G-ECOE de Havilland Canada DHC-8  Q-402 4212 Flybe (just returned from Olympic Air)
G-STRN Boeing  737  7L9 28007 Iceland Express

More photos HERE

Dave A.

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