OK,so what happens if you do not own a car,access denied,even if you have purchased a ticket on line,social discrimination? Sadly during these extraordinary times being discriminated against for not being able to attend an airshow is the least of our worries. Without going in to too much detail I s...

Apparently each A380 will be passing through Heathrow on routine maintenance over the coming weeks and all returning to storage immediately.

Neil

British Midland Airways Boeing 737-4YO G-OBMG arriving on gate at Glasgow-Abbotsinch in Sept '91. 'MG' was my ride back to London (BD011) having visited for the Leuchars BoB Airshow on the Saturday - flight time 58 minutes. I flew in the same aircraft on the same route (BD015) exactly 2 years later ...

Like Andy, I attended the first Shuttleworth and UK Airshow of 2020 and also the world's first drive-in socially distanced airshow. Let's hope the need for them is short-lived! The event went far beyond expectations on organisation by the Shuttleworth team and to my delight the behaviour and respect...

For now a relatively recent picture, G-CIVS from February 2019

British Airways Boeing 747-436 G-CIVS by Neil Brant, on Flickr

....also the neighbours weren't too happy.....never again!!

I'm sure it would make a great 'man cave'. I have to admit that it's crossed my mind on occasion and whilst I may be able to afford the 737 nose I certainly couldn't afford the divorce!

Neil

i visted yestreday and the 2 red tails in that area i can confirm were B737 EI-FFM and B757 G-LSAH Many thanks, that helps put a location to all residents at the time of my visit except for 4L-TGN, which is assumed to currently be in a hangar. LY-NVY and VT-INV have subsequently arrived and are par...

That's rather smart looking with a nice photo of it.

Neil

My father-in-law worked for BAC on the Concorde project back in the early '70s. A couple of years back I took him and one of my sons to the amazing Bristol Aerospace museum at what's left of the Filton airfield, Pausing at one large photograph of the Concorde assembly hangar, he commented, "see that...

My trip up to Gloucester included dropping in to Staverton for a look around. The airport has seen massive investment over the years and is a major aviation manufacturing and maintenance hub (Dowty, SAFRAN, RGV Cirrus Centre, Babcock & Specialist Aviation Services to mention a few) both within the c...

For the record a picture of the remaining storage area over by the Chevron hangars. There are two red tails which I believe to be Jet2 B757s in addition to the Corsair and BA 747s. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50071067106_e87f484a0d_o.jpg Kemble Cotswolds Airport EGBP - Storage by Neil Brant ...

it's looking pretty packed at present

- I'm sure they can squeeze a few dozen more in

I must get down to St Athan to take a look at what has arrived there. Is Wales open to foreigners crossing the bridge yet?

Neil

do you happen to know if LY-NVY (A320) was there

There's no sign of it in any of my pictures and I did wonder if it had been wheeled straight in to an ASI hangar. However, when I checked on the radar App on my phone it still says it hasn't flown since 13th November!!

Neil

My first trip out since March with a work related trip up to Gloucester. On the way home I pulled over at Kemble to have a look at the varied aircraft in storage pending the scrap man's axe. A sorry sight to be sure with 11 B747s, three A340s plus an assortment of B737, B757 and A320 types amongst o...

I've taken a chance and booked a ticket. If the weather behaves it should be a thoroughly pleasant afternoon and evening.

I'll need to give the camera a good dust off and clean beforehand!!

Neil

Last Tuesday evening, in the barmy summer heat, we were treated to an hour-long practise session from the aeroSPARX team. They are based close to Longleat estate at Wing Farm, so a relative common site in the area. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50037992623_f5c2dc8882_o.jpg Grob G.109Bs G-CINO ...

This is the closest I've got to any aeroplane since 7th March - aeroSPARX Grob 109s G-OFIX & G-CINO practising just outside Frome on Tuesday 23rd and photographed from our garden. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50038538606_689f84bb9f_o.jpg Grob G.109Bs G-CINO & G-OFIX by Neil Brant , on Fli...

No recent update. Pixsy had contacted the company responsible back in January and had set out their case to them and are waiting for a response. I'm guessing that they are hoping by not responding it will go away. As a free service added to Flickr I'm not sure what priority Pixsy place on cases comp...

Those two B777's are certainly quality catches, well done.

Those Police P-68s seem to be getting out and about across the UK now. We had one venture down this way one evening, seems to have been just a familiarisation flight.

Neil

This Beechcraft 2000 Starship was based at Oxford-Kidlington but I believe the pilot was local to the Maidenhead area. It was very energetically displayed at the White Waltham Airshow in 1993 including landing on the grass strip, quite a unique display item for any airshow. All Starships were withdr...