Spent a week at Dusseldorf and a bit of time at Cologne last week for my 32nd birthday, a couple of days at the airport and the rest doing 'other' things.
Flew to Cologne on the 3rd March on Ryanair from Bristol as the direct link to Dusseldorf was cut now FlyBMI had disappeared, then a couple trains/trams to the Wartburg Airport Hotel.
Next day took the bus to the airport (though you could walk it) and up to the viewing deck which was closed to to extreme weather, well it was rather windy outside. Plan B, looked at the Spotting Guide side and Spot 2 was on top of one of the multi-storey car parks.
Went up there and it was ABSOLUTELY windy as heck! It also hammered down a couple of times but not for long, it was just extremely blowy which made trying to hold the camera still impossible, so some shot's I've already thrown away, the ones below aren't going to be excellent but they are, I hope, passable!
This set was between getting there and then packing up for a bit and going inside for a hot drink!
LOT SP-LLG by tubemad, on Flickr
Eurowings D-AEWK by tubemad, on Flickr
Condor D-ABOE by tubemad, on Flickr
Flybe G-ECOI by tubemad, on Flickr
Turkish TC-JSA by tubemad, on Flickr
Eurowings OO-SFJ by tubemad, on Flickr
Eurowings OO-SFJ by tubemad, on Flickr
Delta N840MH by tubemad, on Flickr
Finnair OH-LZM by tubemad, on Flickr
Eurowings OO-SFJ by tubemad, on Flickr
Eurowings D-AEWR & OO-SFJ by tubemad, on Flickr
Lufthansa D-AINO by tubemad, on FlickrOne of a few I saw still in Germanwings livery
Eurowings D-AKNF by tubemad, on Flickr
Turkish TC-JPM by tubemad, on Flickr
Eurowings D-AIZR by tubemad, on Flickr
Tunisair TS-IOK by tubemad, on Flickr
Ryanair EI-EKB by tubemad, on FlickrRain was still bad and dark clouds appeared for this, but this was more of a record shot really!
Rossiya VQ-BAV by tubemad, on Flickr
SAS SE-ROB by tubemad, on Flickr
Ukraine International Airlines UR-PSG by tubemad, on Flickr
TUI Fly D-ATUG by tubemad, on FlickrEtihad Boeing B787 vice Airbus A330. The return leg was cancelled for some reason, not sure if it went tech but it went back the next day at 10pm
Eithad A6-BLQ by tubemad, on Flickr
Emirates A6-EOS by tubemad, on Flickr
Hop! F-HBXO by tubemad, on Flickr
CAT Aviation HB-IGU by tubemad, on Flickr
Airbus collection D-AKNV, TC-ODC, D-AIZS by tubemad, on Flickr
Onur Air TC-ODC by tubemad, on Flickr
Onur Air TC-ODC by tubemad, on FlickrJT Boeing 737-700 operating for SAS
Jet Time OY-JTS by tubemad, on Flickr
TUI Fly D-ATUI by tubemad, on Flickr
Eurowings OO-SCX by tubemad, on FlickrThen went in and didn't come out until the ANA 787 was nearby. When I get round to the next leg I'll post them up.
Haven't got round to the others in the week but did go back on Thursday and the viewing deck was open. Will post those in another thread when I get round to it.
C&C is most welcome, be as harsh as you like so I can try to improve!
James.
