An hour at Manchester - January 27th 2013

[Culpano]

Sun in Manchester - unheard of ! Spent an hour at the Tatton Arms getting some practice in again. Nothing spectacular I'm afraid...















Shock, horror - a slightly different angle than my usual shots - I need a lie down I think !














That's the lot - cheers for looking !

[keithnewsome]

Good light, nice set mate, like the Libyan ! never caught one .... missed it every day at SSH ????

Keith

[MSR777]

As usual, some nice pics there. Like Keith, I really like the Libyan

[Bristol_Rob]

Nice shots Culpano, love the MON A321 new Livery shot!

Rob

[Doors4]

Great photo but I really dislike Monarch's current scheme.

[Matt-100]

Great set of shots culpano
It's a shame we don't get any turbo-props at LHR any more

[cloud_9]

Nothing spectacular...other than a spectacular collection of photos Culpano, thanks for sharing!

Matt-100, Brussels Airlines have operated the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 into LHR on a number of occasions, but its very much "once in a blue moon"; usually an A319 or an Avro RJ. I totally agree with you though about not seeing any turboprops at LHR...the company I work for handles AF/KL, and they both use to operate turboprop aircraft (ATR's & Fokker 50's respectively), but they've been replaced with bigger, more modern aircraft. I guess that the airlines will always use bigger aircraft because they are simply feeding customers into their European hubs?

I have to say that I actually quite like the new Monarch livery...its bolder, brighter and better than their previous ones that's for sure!

[Doors4]

its bolder, brighter and better than their previous ones that's for sure!

Ah, now you see I like that one, simple and effective. Or maybe it's because that's from the era I became interested in commercial aviation.

[Culpano]

Cheers for the comments folks. Oh dear I've missed a real gem today at Manchester. Yakutia B737-700 with winglets came in 00:15 from Shannon and departed at 9:25 this morning (in glorious sunshine). Wondering whether anyone caught that one and we see a pic on here.