Venice Break 25 July 2010 - 29 July 2010 Rob Smith
| The stage was set for a first week of the summer holidays break to Venice, and what a fantastic city! My flights were booked with jet2 just a few weeks before however I still thoroughly enjoyed them. Takeoff was perfect from Leeds with my aircraft coming straight out of the Hangar! | |||
| Leeds-Bradford Airport EGNM/LBA 25/7/2010 | |||
| bmi regional | G-RJXJ | Embraer RJ135LR | |
| FlyBe | G-ECOA | Dash 8-Q400 | |
| Jet2 | G-CELD | Boeing 737-300 | |
| Jet2 | G-CELC | Boeing 737-300 | |
| Jet2 | G-CELW | Boeing 737-300F | |
| Jet2 | G-CGET | Boeing 737-300 | |
| KLM Cityhopper | PH-KZV | Fokker 70 | |
| Multiflight | SX-MTF | Boeing 737-300 | |
| Ryanair | EI-EKO | Boeing 737-800W | |
| Thomas Cook | G-SUEW | Airbus A320-200 | |
| My first flight into Italy had a bit of a bumpy landing however provided great entertainment whilst we waited for a Baltic 737 to taxi, the approach was fairly simple down and past the airport and up the lagoon passing venice on the right hand side (very scenic landing) | |||
| Venice Marco Polo Airport LIPZ/VCE 25/7/2010 | |||
| Air France | F-GKXJ | Airbus A320-200 | |
| Alitalia | I-DATE | McD Douglas MD-82 | |
| Alitalia | I-DACR | McD Douglas MD-82 | |
| Baboo | HB-JQB | Dash 8-Q400 | |
| Baltic | YL-BBN | Boeing 737-500 | |
| Brussels Airlines | OO-DWE | Avro RJ-85 | |
| Eagles Airlines | F-GNLI | Fokker 100 | New Startup |
| Emirates | A6-EKR | Airbus A330-200 | |
| Fedex | EC-KAI | ATR 42-300 | |
| Iberia | EC-JZM | Airbus A321-200 | |
| Nato | LN-X90448 | Boeing E3CF-Sentry | |
| Scandanavian | SE-DIP | McD Douglas MD-87 | |
| Swiss | HB-IYU | Avro RJ100 | |
| Vueling | EC-HQL | Airbus A320-200 | |
| Eurojet Italia | I-ERJJ | Learjet 40 | |
| The time had come for me to return home and with that the chance to have a good look at Venice Marco Polo, torrential rain and thunderstorms restricted me to the terminal though (I was NOT getting wet under any circumstances!!) however it was well worth a look and the return flight gave me a great opportunity to experience turbulence, a whole 10 minutes from takeoff! | |||
| Venice Marco Polo LIPZ/VCE 29/7/2010 | |||
| Aeroflot | VP-BQT | Airbus A321-200 | |
| Air Berlin | D-ABGA | Airbus A319-100 | |
| Air France | F-GTAR | Airbus A321-200 | |
| Alitalia | I-DACT | McD Douglas MD82 | |
| Alpi Eagles | I-ALPL | Fokker 100 | In Storage |
| British Airways | G-EUPL | Airbus A319-100 | |
| British Airways | G-DOCL | Boeing 737-400 | |
| Brussels Airlines | OO-DJY | Avro RJ85 | |
| Eagles Airlines | F-GNLI | Fokker 100 | |
| Easyjet | G-EZBY | Airbus A319-100 | |
| Emirates | A6-EKQ | Airbus A330-200 | |
| Hangar 8 | G-CHAI | Bombardier CL601 | |
| Jet2 | G-CELF | Boeing 737-300 | My Flight |
| KLM | PH-BXG | Boeing 737-8K2 | |
| Lufthansa | D-AECF | Embraer E190AR | |
| Private | VP-BSF | Learjet 45 | |
| Saudi Private Aviation | HZ-SPAG | Falcon 7X | |
| Scandanavian | SE-DIP | McD Douglas MD87 | |
| Slam Lavori Aerei | I-AVSS | Beechcraft 400A | |
| Swiftair | EC-KAI | ATR42-300 | Fedex Livery |
| TAP Portugal | CS-TTA | Airbus A319-100 | |
| Turkish Airlines | TC-JGD | Boeing 737-8F2 | |
| Vigili Del Fuoco | I-DVFA | A-109E Power | In Hangar |
| Vigili Del Fuoco | I-???? | Bell 412 | Under cover outside |
| XL France | F-GKHK | Airbus A320-200 | |
| It was now time for the return back to the UK, and with thunderstorms all around Venice it was slightly exciting for somewhat a thrillseeker! Heavy Turbulence for 10 minutes solid, and with people scared of flying sat near me well what can I say? Once back at Leeds just a few things were noted. | |||
| Leeds Bradford Airport EGNM/LBA 29/72010 | |||
| Eastern Airways | G-MAJF | Bae Jetstream 41 | |
| FLM Aviation (Manx2) | D-IFLM | Dornier 228-100 | |
| Flybe | G-JEDL | Dash 8-Q400 | |
| Jet2 | G-CELS | Boeing 737-300 | |
| Jet2 | G-CGET | Boeing 737-300 | |
| Jet2 | G-CELF | Boeing 737-300 | |
| Multiflight | SX-MTF | Boeing 737-300 | |
| Netjets | CS-DXG | Cessna 560XL | |
| All in all a successful trip 57 aircraft seen, not too bad for a family holiday to a very nice city, well worth a visit maybe not too much for spotting. | |||
| Rob Smith | |||