steveworthy2062: G-VYGK roars down the runway, as it prepares to blast off for New York. Just check out that heat haze!
steveworthy2062: Thomas Cooks A330-200 G-MDBD is pushed into the 'thrash bay' so as its engines can be given a work out. Not long later it departed with MT244 to Holguin, Cuba, a mere four hours late.
steveworthy2062: Cathay Boeing 777-300ER B-KQC lifts off with a flight for Hong Kong.
steveworthy2062: Thomas Cooks A330-200, G-VYGK lifts off with TCX848 to New York, running a little over two hours late
steveworthy2062: Qatar Boeing 787-8 'Dreamliner' A7-BCW having arrived with QR45 from Doha
steveworthy2062: A7-BCW glides to a stop, the reversers hardly being audible.
steveworthy2062: Hi-Fly Airbus A340-500, CS-TFX arrives with a positioning flight from Paris. This aircraft was hired by Manchester City Footbal Club, to take the team to Turin the following day.
steveworthy2062: Now sadly gone. Monarch A300-600, G-OJMR in its final months of service.
steveworthy2062: "Look, there's one!" Me and my dog, plane spotting.
steveworthy2062: Terminal 2 line up
steveworthy2062: Unloading the AN-225
steveworthy2062: The worlds largest aircraft, the Antonov AN-225, UR-82060 arrives in Manchester, wowing the crowds that turned out to see it.
steveworthy2062: Thomsons 'Alfie' makes its way to the stand
steveworthy2062: Thomson Boeing 787-8 G-TUIB 'Alfie'
steveworthy2062: After blowing its right hand engine, Thomas Cooks A330-200, G-OMYT is escorted back to the stand by the airport fire brigade.
steveworthy2062: Lufthansa Cargo MD11 D-ALCB
steveworthy2062: Lufthansa Cargo MD11 D-ALCB taxis to its stand.
steveworthy2062: Virgin Atlantic 747-400 G-VROY 'Pretty Woman'
steveworthy2062: Qatar Airbus A330 A&-ACF with a flight for Doha
steveworthy2062: Pakistani International Boeing 777-200ER AP-BHV
steveworthy2062: McDonell Douglas MD11 D-ALCO of Lufthansa Cargo
steveworthy2062: Emirates Airbus A380 A6-EEE heads for Dubai
steveworthy2062: Qatar Airbus A330, A7-ACK
steveworthy2062: Emirates Airbus A380 A6-EDR
steveworthy2062: Emirates A380-800, A6-EEC kicks up the spray
steveworthy2062: CS-TTS with a flight in from Lisbon
steveworthy2062: Looking at the sky, Emirates A380-800 A6-EDW could've had a bumpy ride......
steveworthy2062: Unidentified United Airlines 757
steveworthy2062: F-HERE woz ere.....
steveworthy2062: LN-NOP in from Oslo