Jim Great trip report,nice to see a wide variety at CDG these days,not a bad trip for £100 heh? Pete. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Fulton" <jim.fulton@talk21.com> To: <AIRLINE@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU> Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 12:23 AM Subject: TRIP REPORT: EDI-LTN-CDG > Last weekend, myself and a fellow photographer took advantage of JetOrange > Europe's flights to Paris CDG via London Luton for a spotting and > photography weekend. > > JETORANGE EUROPE = EASYJET > > Friday 16 August > EZY012 EDI-LTN, G-EZYT 737-300, 0620-0740 > Flight time - 52mins > > Flight was uneventful, departed within 5 mins of scheduled and arrived at > gate about ten mins early, was maybe 70% full. > > According to locals at LTN, you aren't currently hassled if near the taxiway > bridge as long as you don't do anything stupid. Not much to see, though, > other than a new colours Monarch 757 and some bizjets. Euroceltic were using > Fokker 50s for their Waterford, Ireland service, leased from New Air of > Denmark, and in the hangars were a Continental 757 and an ex-El Al 757, on > maintenance. > > EZY287 LTN-CDG, G-EZYJ 737-300, 1100-1320 > Flight time - 50mins > Flight was remote parked on the 'new' apron, and departure was about 15 mins > late due to late arriving crew. > > Over the past few years there have been some horror stories from CDG of > Gendarmes ejecting spotters from the field, but we'd heard that things were > a lot better recently. Only at the fire station area do the Police take any > interest in you, otherwise there are maybe 15-30 photographers at the > eastern taxiway end in particular. > > Afternoons were spent near the fire station, which looks north towards the > northern runway, and bagged a few shots of aircraft taxiing for take off in > an easterly direction. > > Mornings were spent on the eastern side of the taxiway near the Ibis Hotel, > and evenings were spent on the western side near the Sofitel. This is the > twin taxiway that links Terminals One and Two, and also runs near to the > charter terminal Nine (what happened to 3 to 8??). > > From these points, a 737 on the nearer taxiway is about 50mm lens shooting > distance, and the further taxiway about 130mm. In August, you can shoot from > about 7am until 9pm covering both sides. > > > The big advantage of Paris is that many African carriers in particular are > scarce elsewhere in Europe. The variety of aircraft to see is better than > most other places in Europe, perhaps other than LHR, but the photo > opportunities are infinitely better. Amongst the rarities we saw (for the UK > anyway!) were : > > About nine Tunis Air 737s and A319s over the weekend; > Cimber Air CRJ in Team Lufthansa colours; > An Aerolineas Argentinas MD88 doing feeder flights to Madrid; > Varig 767s and MD11s; > An All Nippon 744 in Pokemon colours; > A Korean 744 in World Cup colours; > All six of Air France's newest A330-200s; > A Saudi Government MD11 in Saudi Arabian colours; > An Arkia 757-300; > China Eastern and Air China A340s; > An Air Moldova Yak 42; > Most of the Onur Air A300s and MD80s; > Both Aeris 767s; > The Air Gabon 747 Combi; > AMC Egypt's A300 and MD90; > Flash Airlines Egypt 737-300; > Air Dolomiti ATR42s, ATR72s and CRJ; > Both special scheme Delta and Continental 777s on the ground at the same > time; > Pulkovo AL TU154s and IL86s; > Air Algerie 767-300s; > Much of the Air Transat long haul fleet; > Air Canada A330-300s; > French Govt / Air Force DC8-72 and A310; > Crossair / Swiss RJ100s, 320s and 321s; > Aeroflot A310s and 767s; > Cameroon AL 767s; > Loads of Fedex widebodies; > An Air Cairo TU204; > MNG Cargo Turkey A300; > Air Luxor (Portugal) A319s and A320s; > Aeromexico 767-200s; > The eponymous photographer's dream, Air Tahiti Nui A340, which, again, > eluded us for photos; > Vietnam AL 767; > Ukraine and Georgian AL 737-500s; > A JAT (I think) 737-300 in full Aero Continente scheme; > A LAN Chile Cargo 767-300; > Air Azores 737-300; > Air Lanka A340; > Cyprus AW A310s and A320; > Meridiana (Italy) MD80s; > Another elusive night time one - LAM Mozambique 767-200; > Karthago AL (Tunisia) 737-300s; > China Eastern Cargo MD11F; > Air Europa 767-300 with Aeropostal titles (joint operation); > Yemenia A310-300; > Bulgarian Air Charter TU154; > Belavia (Belarus) TU154. > > > Return : > EZY292 CDG-LTN, G-EZJE, 737-700, 1740-1755 > Flight time - 46mins > This flight also departed and arrived within 10mins of schedule, and we had > four hours or so of a stopover in Luton. > > EZY025 LTN-EDI, G-EZYK, 737-300, 2210-2320 > Flight time - 45mins > Delays through the day caused severe problems for this aircraft resulting in > my worst ever EZY delay, departing the gate at 0040, and arriving at 0149. > Made worse by remote stand, no rear stairs for boarding, and no APU for a > quick start. > > Total price paid for 4 flights was about 100 pounds, or $150 US. > > Jim >