Brussels 06/05/11

[copperbob]

up at 7am for the 8am shuttle from the hotel to the airport (and it was free) and on top of the car park overlooking the end of the terminal and the runway/cargo by 8-15am

spent all day on baking sun, and hardly any wind (and yes, I forgot my floppy hat) so we took an hour a piece with Steve's baseball cap and it helped, slightly!

Not bothered all day by anyone and great views were had till we left at 5.15pm for the terminal and views from the end of the terminal till boarding EJJB again for the 1 hour flight back to JLA, pushing back on time at 6.50

Anyway, of note in a good day, albeit with small gaps as is Brussels were!

Brussels Airlines

New A319's OO-SSQ/SSR
New A320 OO-SNA
All the 5 3330's and all bar one of the 737's and I think all bar one of the 146's
across from the car park near Lufthansa Technic hangars are the remains of one 146, and OO-DJJ with a new livery of white with a black/orange tail like a tiger.
Also parked there was A310 OE-LMP (Mapjet)

Thomas Cook A320's OO-TCH/CI/CJ/CN/CO/CP/CR
Jet Air Fly B737's OO-JAA/AD/AO/AQ/AT
Belguim Air Force A310's CA01 and 02 (Looking forlorn and for possible sale) no marking visible! not even roundals
A330 CS-TMT and C130's CH01/03/11/12/13
none of the legacys or falcons where present, although I have seen them all before

the en mass exodus of Jet Airways produced
VT-JWD/WE/WF/WN/WP/WQ within 10 mins

CN-ROX B737 RAM Cargo
CN-ROH B737 RAM
D-ALED B757 DHL
PH-AAY A320 Amsterdam Airlines
OY-KFF CRJ9 SAS
F-ORAG A319 Bellair
F-OMRO A320 MEA
OH-BLN B717 Blue 1
N76062 B767 Continental
MM62209 A319 Italian AF
TC-TLD B737 Tailwind
TC-AAH/AAR/AAT B737's Pegasus
TC-FBG A321 Freebird
TC-JMK A321 Turkish
TC-JPM A320
TC-JNA A330
B6089 A330 Hainan
TF-AAB B747 Air Atlanta
HL7600 B747 Korean Cargo
A7-ACF A330 Qatar
A6-EYN A330 Etihad
YL-BBN/BBY B737's Baltic
ES-ACB CRJ Estonian
YR-BAK B737 Blue Air
SP-LNA E190 LOT
SP-LIA E170 LOT
HZ-AND MD-11 Saudia
9A-CQC DHC-8 Croatia


biz of note were

OK-JNT, OK-SLN Legacys
OKVSZ C560
LX-LAB PC-12
HA-YFJ Premier 1
OO-MCV EMB-500
HB-JGJ G450
N125TM CL300
D-CFGG LJ36
10076 G4/5? USAF? no markings, plain white
N404QS G4
F-GNVK F900
N315MK G4
CS-DRJ 125


Great 2 days and over a 90 in the book, again, completed my last Brussels and Thomas Cook Belgium.

I hope this of note to some. and if anyone needs any info re cheap hotel, train journey etc, just mail me


Bob

[Deleted]

Great reports Bob, thanks for sharing.

01-0076 C-37A/G5 (c/n 645) USAF based at Chievres, Belgium

GC

[copperbob]

Silverback, thanks for the reply, that confirmed my suspicions!

Bob

[Beemer]

Thanks for the spotting info for Brussels, Bob. We will be there later in the year and as it is a first for me all info is appreciated. Regards Beemer.

[copperbob]

Beemer, thanks for the comments, i'd recommend it, can be quiet, but a nice airport, good viewing and some rarer visitors. We could have made more if we walked down the biz parking area as I could see tails of 6-7 more that didn't move during the day, but it was too hot and we were comfy!
My 4th visit, albeit the others have been whilst driving past, but always worth a look

Bob

[ian531]

Hi Bob, great reports, again

What's the reason of the Jet Airways?

Ian

[copperbob]

Ian, Brussels is Jet Airways European hub and they have a mass exodus at 10am ish with 3 going South towards India, and 3 North to the US, they have 6 flights every morning and its quite a sight watching them go one after the other left/right/left etc on take off. When we were there yesterday 5 went at once, with the 6th following some 15 mins later. You can see nearly half there 330's in 10 mins!

Hope this explains

Bob

[ian531]

Thanks Bob, didn't realise they were using Brussels as a hub.

I bet it's quiet a sight

Thanks

Ian

[Deleted]

The Jet 737s that used to be delivered through Birmingham now stage through Brussels.

GC