Civilian Aviation

Another sunny day was forecast, so went southside of 23L to capture some early departures.

G-VYGL A330 Air Tanker/Jet 2 departing just before 7am-still a bit of early mist and damp air about.
003 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

EI-DEI A320 Aer Lingus
013 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

9H-AGU A330 HiFly Malta on a Thomas Cook flight (minimal spend on logo rebranding- on one side of winglets only!)
023 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

OY-NCN Dornier 328 British Airways/Sun Air
030 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

HB-JBE Bombardier CS100 Swiss Airlines
033 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

EC-MLC Bombardier CRJ1000 SAS (leased from Air Nostrum)
047 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

G-SVRN Embraer Phenom
051 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

TC-JSP A321 Turkish Airlines (bird control vehicles were up and down the taxiways during the morning-this is why).
057 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

G-OBYF Boeing 767 TUI
073 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

G-ECOH Bombardier Dash 8 Flybe
081 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

2nd Air Tanker A330 of the morning-G-VYGK A330 Air Tanker/Thomas Cook
087 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

B-LRQ A350 Cathay Pacific
093 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

G-VGEM A330 Virgin Atlantic following the Cathay A350
098 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

B-5971 A330 Hainan Airlines
102 by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Best Wishes
Pete

Great shots, I do like the pic of the departing Cathay A350.

Martin

Great action shots

some great shots from the south side, I have not really done any civilian photography for ages and it is probably two years since i have been to Manchester, but your post inspired me to get up there again so a 4.30 am start last Friday and i was on the south side at 6.30am it was a bit overcast but it was still a pleasant morning out with the camera

Martin wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:51 pm

Great shots, I do like the pic of the departing Cathay A350.

Martin

Thanks Martin.

Euan Buchan wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 06, 2018 9:33 pm

Great action shots

Thanks Euan -Welcome to the forum.

mach one wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 08, 2018 9:01 pm

some great shots from the south side, I have not really done any civilian photography for ages and it is probably two years since i have been to Manchester, but your post inspired me to get up there again so a 4.30 am start last Friday and i was on the south side at 6.30am it was a bit overcast but it was still a pleasant morning out with the camera

Thanks "Mach One"-Yes , its not a bad spot photography wise - especially at 6am! (I've been away from any photography for years but got my first DSLR 18 months ago and the aviation bug bit me again!)

Best Wishes all
Pete

Cracking photos!

Still not been there, will get round to it, never seen a Sun Air Dornier yet! Love the Thomas Cook 330, looks better than the Hi-Fly one

james143611 wrote: ↑

Mon Aug 13, 2018 7:44 pm

Cracking photos!

Still not been there, will get round to it, never seen a Sun Air Dornier yet! Love the Thomas Cook 330, looks better than the Hi-Fly one

Thanks James- Yes the south side of runway 2 is probably best spot early morning- the path being above the fence line is a bonus-uninterrupted view for most of the runway.

Cheers
Pete