Post by copperbob on Apr 18, 2011 16:45:45 GMT 1
On the return (Frankfurt posts to follow) we had a day on the Rhine and the weather didn't dissapoint, beautiful scenery and a lovely drive along the banks of the river (even better watching the constant stream of freights on both sides of the river (I am a railfan too)
We had booked a hotel near the airport for the last night, So, popped into Cologne, another fave of mine and always something of note there.
Seen in a hazy and bright hour on the Saturday early afternoon were
Cargo
N252UP MD-11 UPS (Departing as we arrived)
N583FE, 586FE, 591FE MD-11's Fed Ex
OY-SRF, SRK, SRM, SRN, SRP Plus 3 others B767's Star Air
N308UP, 319UP, 330UP, 341UP Plus 2 more B767's UPS
S5-ABS A300 Solinair
TF-BBD, BBI B737's Bluebird Cargo
HB-AFH, AFJ, AFK, AFL Plus 2 more ATR-72's Farnair Europe
D-CBIN, D-CNAF plus 2 more SA-227 Bin Air. plus outside WDL hangars were 4 of there 146's, all plain white, 2 F27's and with a further 5-6 on the storage side of the airfield, plus an unidentified A320 parked near the Luftwaffe Hangars
Outside the Luftwaffe hangars were the following
10+21
10+24
10+25
10+26 all A310's Luftwaffe. 21 in white, rest in Grey/Green
On the terminal were
Air Berlin 737's ABBC, ABXF, ABXG, ABKD
Lufthansa 737's ABEH, ABJH
Condor 757 ABOM
German Wings A319's AGWD, AGWF
Turkish A330 TC-JNK
A good haul in a quick 45 minute visit, and well worth it, lots unread as the haze was quite bad, but we were more than happy with that lot!
Bob
We had booked a hotel near the airport for the last night, So, popped into Cologne, another fave of mine and always something of note there.
Seen in a hazy and bright hour on the Saturday early afternoon were
Cargo
N252UP MD-11 UPS (Departing as we arrived)
N583FE, 586FE, 591FE MD-11's Fed Ex
OY-SRF, SRK, SRM, SRN, SRP Plus 3 others B767's Star Air
N308UP, 319UP, 330UP, 341UP Plus 2 more B767's UPS
S5-ABS A300 Solinair
TF-BBD, BBI B737's Bluebird Cargo
HB-AFH, AFJ, AFK, AFL Plus 2 more ATR-72's Farnair Europe
D-CBIN, D-CNAF plus 2 more SA-227 Bin Air. plus outside WDL hangars were 4 of there 146's, all plain white, 2 F27's and with a further 5-6 on the storage side of the airfield, plus an unidentified A320 parked near the Luftwaffe Hangars
Outside the Luftwaffe hangars were the following
10+21
10+24
10+25
10+26 all A310's Luftwaffe. 21 in white, rest in Grey/Green
On the terminal were
Air Berlin 737's ABBC, ABXF, ABXG, ABKD
Lufthansa 737's ABEH, ABJH
Condor 757 ABOM
German Wings A319's AGWD, AGWF
Turkish A330 TC-JNK
A good haul in a quick 45 minute visit, and well worth it, lots unread as the haze was quite bad, but we were more than happy with that lot!
Bob