Thomson flight #BY147 from Orlando declared an emergency few minutes before arriving at Manchester. Dreamliner (reg. G-TUIA) landed at 06:12 at Manchester Airport and was met by emergency services. Watch Manchester approach live on cam.airlive.net
Aurigny retired the last of its Trislanders this week after 46 years of service. JustPlanes was lucky enough to film some flights on the aircraft that is going into the history books and museum! For the full video http://www.worldairroutes.com/Aurigny.html
The long trails behind the wings of landing planes may be the best known but are not the only signs of spinning air coming off aircraft. Jet engines produce a number of such vortices – which only become obvious when water vapor in the air condenses around the vortex into visible droplets, as in this…
JustPlanes filmed the TUI Airlines Boeing 787 from Amsterdam to Curaçao with a stopover at St Maarten as well as the return to Amsterdam. For the full video http://www.worldairroutes.com/TUI787.html
This is the second in a set of videos I’m doing on Storm Doris, which hit the UK on 23 February 2017. With winds eventually gusting to 54 knots/62 mph there was an awful lot of general garbage blowing around at all sorts of altitudes here at BHX. Some of it may have come from…
On this program JustPlanes flies in the cockpit of the EuroAtlantic Boeing 767-300ER for a roundtrip from Lisbon to Sao Tome, an African Island close to the equator. For the full 4 and a half hour film visit http://www.worldairroutes.com/euroatlantic767.html
Just what exactly happened here? Gulfstream IV N842PA on 23 May 2017, BHX to Wilmington. Found out afterwards this is reputedly the flight taking Ariana Grande home early from her ill-fated tour of the UK. Update – confirmation of the reason for the flight is at http://www.wwaytv3.com/2017/05/24/ariana-grande-makes-brief-stop-at-wilmington-international-airport/
In 1997 JustPlanes filmed 4 Cockpit programs with Royal Airlines of Canada. This program features a roundtrip on the L-1011 from Toronto to Las Vegas. Full details at http://www.worldairroutes.com/Royal.html
Glorious final approach through low cloud and rain by the huge Emirates freighter on its first visit to BHX. The air was so thick with water even the tailplane and nosewheel doors were generating their own vortex condensation! source
A small sport-aircraft have entered the Hungarian airspace near Szombathely, Hungary today without permission. NATO Integrated Air Defense System has alerted Hungarian Air Force. Two Gripens took off from Kecskemét Airbase and identified the aircraft which has left Hungarian airspace around 1435 local time (1235 UTC). The aircraft took off from took from Graz, Austria. Hungarian authorities have…
At the Paris Air Show, which runs from 19th to 25th June 2017, Airbus will showcase its wide range of innovative technologies, products and services, from market-leading commercial and military aircraft to helicopters and space systems. In addition, there will be a new Digital Exhibition zone at the Airbus pavilion (located at the end of…
SpaceX has secured a contract to launch the uncrewed X-37B spaceplane, a secret military spacecraft created by the U.S. Air Force that’s kind of like a compact space shuttle, but whose functional purpose is ultimately kept under wraps. The Verge reports that SpaceX’s launch services for a launch of the X-37B in August atop a…
