On Friday i took a trip to London Gatwick with Flybe for the weekend. The aim of this was to go to Zurich for the WEF, will explain what went wrong there in a minute. First of all me and my dad parked up at sentinel, jumped into the minivan and they took us to the entrance of LBA. Me being on crutch’s and not being able to walk far we walked into the terminal and got stopped by the special assistance. Asked if we were flying to Gatwick without us saying a word, how about that for service! They told us to go through to departures as normal and they would find us. I hopped through security, letting me use the fast track to jump the que’s and make the walking distance smaller for me. Me and my dad then sat down and he had a couple of pints (lucky thing). Mr Tom Morley then made a appearance, turns out he was dispatching my flight, i was down for a wheelchair, i don’t think so haha! The guy then found me from special assistance and took me to the gate where we waiting for everyone else to board then made our way through via the lift down to the aircraft. G-ECOZ was the frame down to LGW. Tom then gave his last figures to the pilots and i gave him a cheeky wave hehe. We took off on Runway 32 and headed south. While in flight we got talking to one of the airhostess’s, turns out it was being operated by a ex BA Connect crew who are based in Manchester, she called the Embraer 145 a Barbie jet, a new one for me! She then asked me if i would like to go into cockpit after landing and have a look, of course i snapped up the chance. Was a beautiful flight down to LGW, we flew over LHR and LGW before landing on 26L. The first aircraft to be seen was G-CELS on the ground, talk about getting away from LBA!! We parked up on stand 5 at LGW and then got told you can look in the cockpit. Me being excited and all i rushed down the alley on 1 leg. I met both the pilots , shuck their hands and they gave me a little tour of what i could see, they then asked for questions. My dad asked the lease with Olympic, was it voluntary? The co-pilot told us it was and he plans to go there next year hopefully to get a tan, the girls and oh yer, the flying! After that they was a mini bus waiting for me to take me to the terminal, i jumped on and had a little tour around LGW before reaching south terminal entrance airside. I crutched into the building and they was a little buggy waiting for me. I hopped on and it took me all the way through baggage and passports and dropped me off at Marks and Spencer’s for some tea! Me and my dad was very very impressed with the service flybe had given me, specially looking in the cockpit because many times i have been refused this! We then got the bus to the Travelodge for the night.
Saturday started with my alarm clock going off, waking my dad up at 4am for his flight to Zurich. We got in touch with Easyjet and they couldn’t give us a definite answer about me flying there with a broken foot, so i decided to stop and meet my friends for some photography at LGW instead. First is the photo log from Saturday at LGW and then my dads little photo log from his ramp tour at Zurich, jelous!
London Gatwick/ Saturday 30th January
EI-DAK Boeing B737-800 Ryanair
EI-DEN Airbus A320 Aer Lingus
EI-DVF Airbus A320 Aer Lingus
EI-EBW Boeing B737-800 Ryanair http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2862228
G-BYAT Boeing B757-200 Thomson
G-CDZI Boeing B737-800 Thomson
G-DOCF Boeing B737-400 British Airways
G-DOCG Boeing B737-400 British Airways
G-DOCZ Boeing B737-400 British Airways
G-EUOE Airbus A319 British Airways
G-EZBB Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZBM Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZBT Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZDF Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZDP Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZFO Airbus A319 Easyjet http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2862192
G-EZIO Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZIT Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZTM Airbus A320 Easyjet http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2862319
G-FLBC Dash 8-400 Flybe
G-OOPH Airbus A321 Thomson
G-OBZE Airbus A321 Monarch
G-OBZG Airbus A321 Monarch
PH-XRB Boeing B737-800 Transavia http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2862212
I missed all the juicy stuff because of not being able to make my to the airport on my own, Thanks to Ben Rowley and Tom Neilson for the help! After shooting these we made are way to different places, one being tesco’s next to the airport. Was fun being pushed around there in a wheel chair but wont get into detail about that.
My Dads log followed with some pretty sweet traffic for the WEF ...the .... **** lol
HS-TNC A340-600 Thai
N560PL G5
CS-DUH 125 Netjet
N1KE G5
HB-IAX F2000W
HZ-MF3 G4
N253CM G5
P4-VVF BD700
VT-VJM Airbus A319 Kingfisher
C-FBDR BD700
N120AK BD700
VN-A142 Boeing B777-200 Vietnam Airlines
2582 Embraer 135 Brazilian airforce
HB-IIR Boeing B737-800 Privatair
N127QS Boeing B737-700 Netjet
A7-AAM BD700 Qatar
N343FX CL600
OH-MOL CL600
VP-CLR Boeing B737-700
20-1101 Boeing B747-400 Japanese airforce
VQ-BSC BD700
024 G4 Sweedish AF
HL8200 G5
M-NIKO 125
OY-WIN BD700
Dad then flew back and landed around 10 where we picked him up and he decided to rub it in, ****!!! Lol
Sunday, we made are way around to the LGW spot just under the approach, this time hopefully not missing the gold that comes in the morning. Straight away as we passed under the approach on the bus a Air Europa wombel landed, dam! We got there around 9 to be met by a Virgin B747-400 G-VTOP diverting in due to snow at Manchester. Here’s another photo log of what we sore ...
5A-ONH Airbus A330-200 Afriqiyah Airlines http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2862811
40-AOP Fokker 100 Montenegro Airlines http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2862408
CS-TMW Airbus A320 TAP
EI-EKA Boeing B737-800 Ryanair http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2863628
G-CELS Boeing B737-300 Jet2
G-EJJB Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZAA Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZAL Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZAX Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZBB Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZDC Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZDY Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZEF Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZIE Airbus A319 Easyjet
G-EZTF Airbus A320 Easyjet
G-JECY Dash 8-400 Flybe
G-JMAB Boeing B757-300 Thomas Cook
G-MONX Airbus A320 Monarch
G-OZBF Airbus A321 Monarch
G-OZBP Airbus A321 Monarch
G-TCXA Airbus A330-200 Thomas Cook
LN-DYA Boeing B737-800 Norwegian Air Shuttle
LN-KKS Boeing B737-300 Norwegian Air Shuttle http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2862361
UR-GAK Boeing B737-500W Ukraine Airlines
YL-BBJ Boeing B737-300W Air Batlic http://www.jetphotos.net/viewqueued_b.php?id=2863612
We then went into the terminal and sat in franky’s and benny’s airside, if your a reg collecter this is perfect as you get a view of the whole ramp and stuff landing. I was chatting to Ben and Nick here and they gave me heads up of a DC-8 going OTT, niiceeee!!!! Flight back was on G-JECJ and departed on time, after someone wheel chaired me too the aircraft. From the air could be seen LGW/LHR/LTN (that looked busy!) and EMA. A brilliant weekend for both me and my dad, flybe where spot on with there service and i do recommend you to fly down to LGW with them, well worth the £50 return!
Hope you enjoyed this read
Regards
Danny
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