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10,000 plane-spotters expected at Manchester airport to welcome 787 Dreamliner

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Old 23rd Apr 2012, 21:47
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Ah, rwy change to 05
Sorry - MAN has been on 05 all day......
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Old 23rd Apr 2012, 21:51
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Better than nowt

From the TAF looks like tomorrow could be Easterlies.
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Old 24th Apr 2012, 05:44
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The lights are distinctive aren't they?
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Old 24th Apr 2012, 10:32
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well....have the 10,000 turned up yet ?
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Old 24th Apr 2012, 11:27
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Just watched it do the flypast at LTN, nice wing waggle but was very quite indeed

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Old 24th Apr 2012, 12:16
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It was quite quiet as it overflew Mt Belzoni.
Both times.
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Old 24th Apr 2012, 15:14
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Thumbs up
It did the same at MAN just before it landed after its flight, a low fiypast along 05L with a wing wobble & the gear lowered, the tower had it stopped infront of the viewing park before take-off & after landing so photos could be taken, made for a great day
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Old 24th Apr 2012, 16:53
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Were there 10,000 spotters there ?

Just curious
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Old 24th Apr 2012, 16:56
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Boeing 787 Dreamliner @ Manchester Airport UK | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

about 10 of them here!
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Old 24th Apr 2012, 17:36
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That Picture is from the Airport pub (The end that was'nt expected to see much action)
The Aviation viewing park at the other end of the runway was substantially busier!
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Old 24th Apr 2012, 18:09
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By no means 10,000 but certainly a couple of hundred turned up at the AVP to see it perform
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Any idea where this is or if it's departed from Manchester yet? It's due into Gatwick at 1050 apparently (not sure if that's UTC or BST) but can't find it on FR24.
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Old 25th Apr 2012, 09:08
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Over Birmingham now
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Old 25th Apr 2012, 09:18
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Got it now, thanks.
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Old 26th Apr 2012, 19:02
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That fly-by at LTN must have felt like the end of Bullseye to the Monarch staff there "look at what you could have won" they all said to themselves, then shuffled back inside to ponder another tech A300
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So, I gather it's due to fly from Gatwick to Heathrow today - any ideas on times please?

If the weather plays ball I should get a view from the office...

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It left LGW about 30 mins ago-I managed to get a glimpse of it as it went behind the house-if you put its BOE787 in radar24 it has gone out on a jolly and didnt go direct to LHR-it has gone along south coast and now heading north of London!
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Looks like she is airborne out of LGW on a tour of SE England - track on FR24 shows her routing out to Dover area, then SW along Kent/Sussex coast, then N back over LGW at FL170, and currently (0910 local) heading W over Berkshire, still at FL170.....so who knows when she'll land at Heathrow!

Edit: Beat me to to it Charley, now 0911 over Oxford area.

Edit 2!: 0934 local - just shot the ILS at East Mids by the looks and now overflying RR Derby at 2800ft.
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Old 27th Apr 2012, 08:28
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Thanks guys - down to 4000 north of Brum right now, will keep an eye on him - about 7.8 oktas of lowish showery cloud in Croydon, so spotting him when he eventually joins the approach may be a problem!
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Just overflown EMA he'll poss go back in over BOV or LAM into LHR-I am working (and watching as well) and drinking coffee!
Wycombe-you beat me to it this time!I was making some toast-the joys of working from homeNo one can tell me off for plane watching!
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