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Last Call (by Chris Smith)
After what has been an amazing spotting season for me,
with several excellent trips, I wanted to finish the Summer off with one last
one. After visiting Manchester with the majority of the DTV Movements
team/contributors last Summer, I wanted to go again. I had planned on visiting
Manchester, BAe Woodford, BAe Chester Hawarden, Liverpool & City Airport
Manchester (Barton) all in one day, but the night before I dropped Chester &
Liverpool thinking it might be a little too ambitious, turns out I would have been
right!
Manchester International Airport
22-10-2010 0900 - 1400
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5A-LAH |
Airbus A320-214 |
Libyan Airlines |
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5B-DCJ |
Airbus A320-232 |
Cyprus Airways |
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9V-SWM |
Boeing 777-312ER |
Singapore Airlines |
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A6-EDF |
Airbus A380-861 |
Emirates |
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A6-EYR |
Airbus A330-243 |
Etihad Airways |
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A7-AEF |
Airbus A330-302 |
Qatar Airways |
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B-HUK |
Boeing 747-467F(SCD) |
Cathay Pacific Cargo |
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C-GWWW |
Bombardier Challenger 850 |
Chartright Air |
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D-ABEP |
Boeing 737-330 |
Lufthansa |
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D-ACHE |
Bombardier CRJ-200LR |
Lufthansa CityLine |
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D-AEMB |
Embraer 195LR |
Lufthansa Regional (Augsburg Airways) |
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D-AIZG |
Airbus A320-214 |
Lufthansa |
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EI-BYO |
ATR 42-300 |
Aer Arann |
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EI-CVB |
Airbus A320-214 |
Aer Lingus |
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EI-FXI |
ATR 72-202F |
Air Contractors |
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EI-REH |
ATR 72-201 |
Aer Arann |
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F-GKXT |
Airbus A320-214 |
Air France |
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F-GRHR |
Airbus A319-111 |
Air France |
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G-BYAT |
Boeing 757-204 |
Thomson Airways |
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G-CELG |
Boeing 737-377 |
Jet2.com |
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G-CELH |
Boeing 737-330 |
Jet2.com |
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G-CELU |
Boeing 737-377 |
Jet2.com |
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G-CERZ |
Saab 2000 |
Eastern Airways |
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G-DAJC |
Boeing 767-31KER(W) |
Thomas Cook Airlines |
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G-DHRG |
Airbus A320-214 |
Thomas Cook Airlines |
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G-DOCX |
Boeing 737-436 |
British Airways |
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G-ECOF |
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 |
Flybe |
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G-ECOM |
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 |
Flybe |
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G-ECOV |
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 |
Flybe |
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G-EOMA |
Airbus A330-243 |
Monarch Airlines |
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G-EUUC |
Airbus A320-232 |
British Airways |
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G-EUUJ |
Airbus A320-232 |
British Airways |
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G-EUXE |
Airbus A321-231 |
British Airways |
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G-EZDZ |
Airbus A319-111 |
easyJet |
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G-EZTD |
Airbus A320-214 |
easyJet |
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G-EZTF |
Airbus A320-214 |
easyJet |
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G-FBEE |
Embraer 195LR |
Flybe |
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G-FBEL |
Embraer 195LR |
Flybe |
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G-FCLK |
Boeing 757-2Y0 |
Thomas Cook Airlines |
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G-FDZG |
Boeing 737-8K5(W) |
Thomson Airways |
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G-GMPB |
Britten-Norman BN-2T-4S Islander |
Greater Manchester Police Authority |
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G-JECE |
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 |
Flybe |
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G-JECH |
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 |
Flybe |
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G-JECR |
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 |
Flybe |
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G-JECX |
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 |
Flybe |
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G-JECZ |
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 |
Flybe |
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G-JEDM |
Bombardier Dash 8-Q402 |
Flybe |
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G-LSAG |
Boeing 757-21B |
Jet2.com |
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G-LSAK |
Boeing 757-23N(W) |
Jet2.com |
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G-LSAI |
Boeing 757-21B |
Jet2.com |
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G-MAJS |
Airbus A300-605R |
Monarch Airlines |
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G-MIDT |
Airbus A320-232 |
bmi |
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G-MLJL |
Airbus A332-243 |
Thomas Cook Airlines |
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G-MONJ |
Boeing 757-2T7 |
Monarch Airlines |
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G-MPCD |
Airbus A320-212 |
Monarch Airlines |
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G-NWEM |
Eurocopter EC135 T2 |
Bond Air Services Ltd |
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G-OBYD |
Boeing 767-304ER(W) |
Thomson Airways |
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G-OBYJ |
Boeing 767-304ER(W) |
Thomson Airways |
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G-OGBD |
Boeing 737-3L9 |
bmibaby |
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G-OMYT |
Airbus A330-243 |
Thomas Cook Airways |
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G-OOBE |
Boeing 757-28A(W) |
Thomson Airways |
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G-OOBG |
Boeing 757-236(W) |
Thomson Airways |
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G-OOBN |
Boeing 757-2G5 |
Thomson Airways |
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G-OOPE |
Airbus A321-211 |
Thomson Airways |
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G-OZBF |
Airbus A321-231 |
Monarch Airlines |
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G-OZBM |
Airbus A321-231 |
Monarch Airlines |
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G-OZBU |
Airbus A321-231 |
Monarch Airlines |
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G-PJLO |
Boeing 767-35EER |
Thomson Airways |
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G-RJXA |
Embraer ERJ-145EP |
bmi regional |
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G-RJXG |
Embraer ERJ-145EP |
bmi regional |
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G-RWGW |
Bombardier Learjet 45 |
Woodlands Air LLP |
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G-TCCA |
Boeing 767-31KER(W) |
Thomas Cook Airlines |
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G-THOP |
Boeing 737-3U3 |
Thomson Airways |
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G-TOYM |
Boeing 737-36Q |
bmibaby |
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G-VLIP |
Boeing 747-443 |
Virgin Atlantic Airways |
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G-VXLG |
Boeing 747-41R |
Virgin Atlantic Airways |
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HB-IPV |
Airbus A319-112 |
Swiss International Airlines |
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LN-RPA |
Boeing 737-683 |
SAS Scandinavian Airlines |
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LN-RRG |
Boeing 737-85P(W) |
SAS Norge |
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M-ISKY |
Cessna 550 Citation Bravo |
Mysky LLP |
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M-ISLE |
Cessna 680 Citation Sovereign |
Bakewell Industries |
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N14120 |
Boeing 757-224(W) |
Continental Airlines (Star Alliance c/s) |
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N174AA |
Boeing 757-223(W) |
American Airlines (Oneworld c/s) |
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N190DN |
Boeing 767-332ER(W) |
Delta Airlines |
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N272AY |
Airbus A330-323X |
US Airways |
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N560TH |
Cessna 560XL Citation Excel |
TJH Air Inc |
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N58101 |
Boeing 757-224(W) |
Continental Airlines |
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N727TW |
Boeing 757-231(W) |
Delta Airways |
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OH-LKF |
Embraer 190LR |
Finnair |
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OM-VRB |
ATR 72-202 |
Danube Wings |
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OO-DJX |
Avro RJ85 |
Brussels Airlines |
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OY-VKF |
Airbus A330-243 |
Thomas Cook Scandinavia |
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PH-BGA |
Boeing 737-8K2(W) |
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
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PH-BGH |
Boeing 737-7K2(W) |
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines |
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PH-EZL |
Embraer 190STD |
KLM Cityhopper |
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SE-RAA |
Embraer ERJ-135ER |
City Airline |
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SE-DMB |
McDonnell Douglas MD81 |
SAS Scandinavian Airlines |
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SX-SMS |
McDonnell Douglas MD83 |
Viking Hellas Aviation |
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TC-OAK |
Airbus A321-231 |
Onur Air |
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TF-FIZ |
Boeing 757-256(W) |
Icelandair |
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VQ-BAM |
Bombardier Global Express |
Aero Toy Store |
Manchester photos
Aviation Viewing Park
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G-AWZK |
Hawker Siddeley HS-121 Trident 3B |
British European Airways |
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G-BOAC |
Aerospatiale/BAC Concorde |
British Airways (hangared) |
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G-DMCA |
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 |
Monarch Airlines (forward fuselage only) |
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G-IRJX |
Avro RJX100 |
BAe Systems |
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XV231/13 |
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR2 |
Royal Air Force (new resident 2010) |
For a short while the cloud above cleared so I put the
SBS-1 on, meaning at one point I was trying to juggle the scanner, binocs,
camera, logbook & laptop & SBS which was tricky to say the least!
Seen OTT
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A6-EYF |
Airbus A330-243 |
Etihad Airways |
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A7-BAC |
Boeing 777-3DZER |
Qatar Airways |
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C-GHLM |
Airbus A330-343X |
Air Canada |
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EI-CPD |
Airbus A321-211 |
Aer Lingus |
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EI-DAM |
Boeing 737-8AS(W) |
Ryanair |
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EI-DCN |
Boeing 737-8AS(W) |
Ryanair |
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EI-DEI |
Airbus A320-214 |
Aer Lingus |
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EI-DES |
Airbus A320-214 |
Aer Lingus |
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EI-DVE |
Airbus A320-214 |
Aer Lingus |
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EI-DYL |
Boeing 737-8AS(W) |
Ryanair |
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EI-EMB |
Boeing 737-8AS(W) |
Ryanair |
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EI-RJC |
Avro RJ85 |
Cityjet |
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EI-RJH |
Avro RJ85 |
Cityjet |
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EI-RJY |
Avro RJ85 |
Cityjet |
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F-GSTD/4 |
Airbus A300F4-608ST Beluga |
Airbus Transport International |
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G-CIVO |
Boeing 747-436 |
British Airways |
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G-DBCG |
Airbus A319-131 |
bmi |
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G-EUXK |
Airbus A321-231 |
British Airways |
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G-EZAF |
Airbus A319-111 |
easyJet |
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G-EZET |
Airbus A319-111 |
easyJet |
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G-EZKB |
Boeing 737-73V |
easyJet |
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G-GMPX |
MD900 Explorer |
Greater Manchester Police Authority |
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G-MEDF |
Airbus A321-231 |
bmi |
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JY-AID |
Airbus A340-211 |
Royal Jordanian Airlines |
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N69059 |
Boeing 767-424ER |
Continental Airlines |
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N76156 |
Boeing 767-224ER |
Continental Airlines |
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N815NW |
Airbus A330-323X |
Delta Airlines |
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SP-LPF |
Boeing 767-319ER |
LOT Polish Airlines |
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ZD948 |
Lockheed L-1011-500 TriStar K1 |
Royal Air Force |
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ZJ |
Westland WAH-64D Apache AH1 |
Army Air Corps "Army Air 201" ID req'd |
With the government cancelling the Nimrod MRA4, Woodford
was a must. I'll have to try & pay Cottesmore & Wittering visits at some point
because of the same cuts which will see the Harriers retired too.
BAe Woodford
22-10-2010 1420 - 1430
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G-ORJX |
Avro RJX85 |
BAe Systems |
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XM603 |
Avro Vulcan B2 |
Royal Air Force (poor state) |
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ZJ516/16 |
BAe Nimrod MRA4 |
Royal Air Force |
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ZJ518/18 |
BAe Nimrod MRA4 |
Royal Air Force |
Woodford photos
Time was getting on so I decided to give Barton Airfield a
miss & head home after what had been an enjoyable trip, although by the end of
it all I was left nursing a headache.
I realise now that you can't factor Manchester Airport
into a trip without staying there longer than you intend, so next year at some
point I'll be making up for it by doing a Barton - Chester - Liverpool, with
perhaps a Warton & Blackpool thrown in time permitting. Hopefully, there will
still be some MRA4s at Warton when the time comes!
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