Stansted 30/08/2020

[PorkScratching]

As Andy mentioned in this thread, he and I responded to a request to photograph the last flight of an easyJet captain before being made redundant. As usual, I am lot slower than Andy in preparing my images, so some of these may seem familiar from Andy's post. I hope you enjoy them anyway.

Rarest visitor was a Kenyan Citation Bravo, operated by AMREF. One of the founders of AMREF was Archibald McIndoe, who did so much for severely burned aircrew in WWII. It arrived as darkness descended, delayed somewhat by the Lauda A320 operating a Ryanair flight with a security alert that closed the airfield for 30 minutes or so, and saw two RAF Typhoons orbiting in the overhead at 11,000ft.
AMREF Citation Bravo by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

AMREF Citation Bravo by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

Embraer Legacy 500 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

Airbus A319-115CJ by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

Dassault Falcon 900 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

Dassault Falcon 900 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

AirX Charter 737-505 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

Learjet 75 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

Bombardier Challenger 850 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

Cessna 525B CitationJet CJ3 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

China Southern 777-F1B by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

[andygolfer]

very nice Nick, I should have stayed on another hour - I missed the typhoon activity as well!
that's a great spot too for 04 operations

Andy