Civilian Aviation

This month's subject is any airliner registered in Ireland (i.e. EI-***) lots of leasing companies use EI- prefixes so there should be plenty of choice for this one.

Please note that all entries must be civil registered at the time of the photo but may be preserved, inactive or withdrawn from use.

This is a link to the full competition rules :- viewtopic.php?f=237&t=51350

Entries will close at 23.59 on 7th March 2025

If you have a question please PM me.

Andy

Poste Air Cargo 737-400SF EI-GHC arriving into Cambridge in November 2024...
Poste Air Cargo 737-400SF | EI-GHC by Professor M, on Flickr

EI-CDJ, Garuda MD-11 at Gatwick on 12 April 1993.

EI-CDJ MD-11 Garuda by wokinghampaul, on Flickr

Aer Lingus One-Eleven 208AL at Birmingham back in August 1988:


Aer Lingus One-Eleven 208AL by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

EI-RJY British Aerospace AVRO 146-RJ85 CityJet London City 23 May 2014

EI-RJY London City 23 May 2014 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

EI-BED Aer Lingus 747 23/7/1994 by Paul Harvey, on Flickr

Taken July 1994

EI-DCL
Ryanair Boeing 737 -8AS arrives as "Ryanair 5HL" from ALC
EI-DCL EDI 6.3.20 by Mike stanners, on Flickr

Aer Turas Canadair CL-44 at Luton, early eighties.
Pete.


CL-44 Aer Turas EI-BGO 1 Luton

Airbus A300F of Air Hongkong on finals into Penang International Airport, 12 March 2013.

A300F, EI-OZJ, Air Hongkong. by Laurence Bean, on Flickr

Volotea Boeing 717 EI-EXI at Newcastle on 17th January 2019.

EI-EXI 717-2BL by Ian Tate, on Flickr

an old one from me!
Tristar EI-COL of Aer Turas at Southend in late August 1998. It arrived for post lease storage on 21st August and still holds the record for being the largest aircraft to land at Southend. Sadly it never took off again and was scrapped at the airport in March 1999.

EI-COL L.1011 Aer Turas, Southend 08-1998 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

good luck everybody, lots of entries please
Andy

A nostalgic step back in time with this one. EI-ASA 'St Jarlath'- Aer Lingus Boeing 737 at Manchester summer 1972.
EI-ASA by Peter Rowe, on Flickr
Best Wishes.
Pete.

Plenty EI registered helicopters, but extremely few airliners, so here is the best I can do, scanned from my 6" x 4" wet film print.

Gulfstream G-V, EI-WGV 'Born Free', Westair Aviation @ RAF Leuchars, 21 July 2000 by Phillip Hapka, on Flickr

EI-LAX by Niall Moran, on Flickr

EI-LAX seen in storage at Shannon before a ferry flight to Knock where it was scrapped

My entry was taken at Manchester Airport in April 2023.

_ZR74014 Aer Lingus A321 Neo EI LRC by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

Loads to choose from but I'll go with this beauty taxiing past the Link in Dublin airport in 1986.

Aer Turas Canadair CL-44J by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Denis.

Just in time - A.320 EI-DVM in retro Aer Lingus scheme seen at Gatwick in June 2012.

EI-DVM_3 on Flickr

entries are now closed and voting poll is now open here: viewtopic.php?f=110&t=52176
thanks to everybody who entered
Andy