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146 at gatwick

Old 26th Feb 2017, 10:38
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146 at gatwick

I arrived last night 25th saw a 146 in the executive area last night rumours going about Brighton using this to fly up to Newcastle are these true?
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Old 26th Feb 2017, 10:51
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Why would that be surprising? It isn't unusual for football clubs to charter aeroplanes for internal flights that would take too long by other means of travel.
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What a bizarre concept! Where would they put the pier?
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Old 26th Feb 2017, 11:55
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Could be a charter to carry all their fans.
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Actually I believe that Newcastle are visiting Brighton on Tuesday!
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Old 27th Feb 2017, 12:16
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Originally Posted by lotus1
I arrived last night 25th saw a 146 in the executive area last night rumours going about Brighton using this to fly up to Newcastle are these true?
Premier League teams often go by air. Chelsea use Farnborough quite often (Fulham and Reading too when they were Premier League) and away teams often fly into Farnborough when playing Chelsea.
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Old 27th Feb 2017, 15:33
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Football teams use charter aircraft all the time, especially if you look at some of the distances bewteen the two cities.

This is NOT unusual.
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The new Eastern ERJ-170 is currently (01:20) on its way from Gatwick to Newcastle , so I am assuming that's NUFC returning (victorious ) from Brighton.
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Leeds United used to use Emerald Airways ... But that's another story

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I once flew the Tottenham Hotspur team Stansted-Newcastle in an F27 in cr@p weather and then had to go around to make way for an ambulance flight!
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Could be a charter to carry all their fans.
A taxi would be far cheaper...
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Originally Posted by olympus
I once flew the Tottenham Hotspur team Stansted-Newcastle in an F27 in cr@p weather and then had to go around to make way for an ambulance flight!
Hopefully you returned to Stansted so they forfeited the game. (I'm an Arsenal supporter)
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(I'm an Arsenal supporter)
So am I but no, we got in on the second attempt. (Wasn't interested enough to remember the result of the game).
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Could be a charter to carry all their fans.


Come on, a bus would be better
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Originally Posted by dc9-32
Could be a charter to carry all their fans.


Come on, a bus would be better
Fulham once used a 747 to transport supporters to Middlesborough.
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