Blackpool Airport, Sunday 14th August 2022

[Airbus A346]

I decided to take a punt on Blackpool for the Airshow participants - not one of my better ideas in a heatwave, two hours to get there and a baking (unbearable) 40c at the back of Morrisons.
I did however catch up with the L-39A Albatross and got some reasonable photos from various locations and cul de sacs.

XX242 by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

XX2#2 by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

BM597 'JH-C' (G-MKVB) by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

SX336 / 105 "VL" by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

PA474 'VN-T' by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

ZJ914 by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

ZJ914 by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

G-SHMB by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

G-SHMB by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

ZA720 by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

G-IIIY by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

G-IIYI by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

G-ROVA by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

G-AZOA by MARTIN CHELL, on Flickr

[ian531]

I was thinking of going, but I knew the traffic would be bad and the heat was just too much

Good shots Martin

Ian

[stemai]

Good pictures as always     I went on Saturday to the airshow there were no ques to get into town it was straight through from Runcorn, but it took nearly 4 hours to get home after the show as it was backed up for miles. The airshow wasn't as good as other shows as the aircraft seemed to be at a bigger distance away from the crowd. 

[Airbus A346]

Thanks guys, the main hold ups were from the M65 / M6 merge up to the M55. Google maps helped me to bypass the gridlock at the end of the M55.
Feeling a bit worse for the heat I left before the Red Arrows and had no holdups.

The Chinook had no visible serial on it - the rear end was a different shade of green and it looked like it has had major repairs at some point.
Identified from FR24 assuming it was fitted with the correct box.

[stemai]

Martin the chinook is ZA720 as I can make it out on one of my photos and I've seen it on another photo from a blackpool spotters group. So it's been fitted with the right box