Edinburgh 747 3 Sept

[pampar]

I work under the flight path of Edinburgh - it's great doing a bit of amature spotting sat at my desk.

Did anyone see the 747 arrivie at Edinburgh this morning? Can't recall seeing many 747's come into Edinburgh.

Any info?

Looking forward to seeing the A380 tomorrow.

[NorthSouth]

Dunno about the 747 but the A380's on Saturday at 1340, not tomorrow

[pampar]

Thanks for that. Some overtime required for me on Saturday then!!!

[Capt.Doughnut]

The 747 was a 747SP N747A.

Not sure why its there tho.

Capt.D

[22 Degree Halo]

I have no idea why it's there either, but guessing it could be the Macedonian football team who have arrived in Scotland for their fixture tomorrow

[AircraftOperations]

The aircraft has been photographed in the past promoting a Ballet, so maybe there is a tour going on in Edinburgh?

I suspect a football team from Macedonia would use the smallest possible aircraft they could find for a charter to EDI - or indeed travel scheduled.

Unless they get mate's rates on the 747.

[scotsunflyer]

Still there tonight at the end of runway 12/30

[pampar]

Very many thanks for all the updates.

So glad I saw this one come in.

[Scott Diamond]

Still there today... I think it belongs to a Mexican business man?

[Matty J]

Whats with the DL 757 Paked next to it?

Waiting for its trip home or does it have a tech issue?

[Donkey497]

Tech - cancelled from this morning, no info on cause as yet.

[wub]

747 SP just left EDI, heading North (really noisy too)

[ZOOKER]

Scott,
Nice shot of Corstorphine Hill and Arthur's Seat. Is that the Scott Monument just left of the 747's fin?

[ZOOKER]

O.K...,
forget the 747SP, The Scott monument, Arthur's Seat and Corstorphine Hill:-
What the hell is that pink thing at the extreme lower right of the photograph?

[dubster]

747sp.

Guys the 747 belongs to Fry's Electricals USA, only seats 100 as its a vip fit including state-room upfront (double bed/shower etc). It flew in from dallas and returned there today.Wasnt the ballet on board just aload of corporate types plus a couple of film stars on a 4 day visit.nice.

[Union Jack]

What the hell is that pink thing at the extreme lower right of the photograph?

Arthur's Seat of course!

Jack

[Manual Braking]

Was taxying in as it was taxying out a few days ago - was using an 'Ascot' callsign and was given TLA 6C dept, then SAB VOR.

Forgot to ask - does anyone know why a Virgin Atlantic A340-300 was parked up briefly on Block 33 a couple of weeks ago?

MB

[dubster]

747SP

Think you might find that the two VC-10's that were parked next to the 747 before departure were using the Ascot call sign. He was just N747.

[Manual Braking]

Ah, i remember the VC10's now,

Stand corrected.

MB