Birmingham: Airport - Picture Thread

[Ray Finkle]

Thanks to Hassaan for some nice pictures :hatsoff:

On board a Turkish 737-900

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Monarch Airlines A321

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Through the fence from long stay 1 looking at Ryanair 738's parked at T2.

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More Ryanair 738's with what looks like the start of a nice sunset.

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[Hassaan]

Thanks for bringing those over, Ray. Your descriptions are better than anything I could have come up with!

They were taken on my phone so obviously couldn't make JetPhotos/Airliners.net in a million years no matter the amount of editing. :blush:

Personally I like the latter two best (showing T2 & the sunset). :smile:

 

[Aviador]

Thanks for sharing them with us Hassaan !

 

[Hassaan]

On board a Turkish 73?

Correct - a 739 to be exact.:smile:

 

[Aviador]

Didn't you fly on that quite some time ago Hassaan?

 

[Hassaan]

Didn't you fly on that quite some time ago Hassaan?

Yes, last May. I also posted some videos of the flights to/from BHX in the video thread.

 

[kebabselector]

A few images from today....

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[Aviador]

Smashing pictures kebabselectors!

 

[Ray Finkle]

Fantastic pictures as usual, I love the reflections on the underside of that A340 :hatsoff:

 

[kebabselector]

Thanks for the comments, I was a bit disappointed with the A340 shot as it was using my 300mm and there was a fair amount of heat haze that effected the image. Still nice to see one of these strange things at BHX

 

[Hassaan]

Great pictures. Love the A340. In fact it looks better from that view (because it's plain white otherwise).

 

[TheLocalYokel]

What a super collection of tails.

 

[Brum X]

Its great to see our Main airlines bringing bigger aircraft to BHX, just a few years ago it would of been very rare to see Lufty or SAS A321s at BHX, it was all 737s.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Those are some great pictures. I'd say BHX is just in a league above Bristol as far as aircraft movements are concerned... however this runway extension should open the airport up to more frequent movements, hopefully.

I agree there, Hassaaan.

To use a football analogy if it's accepted that LHR, LGW, MAN and STN are Premier League, then BHX is Championship along with EDI, LTN and GLA.

BRS is League One with the likes of NCL, LPL, EMA, BFS, ABZ, LBA and LCY.

If you're not into football then this may not mean much to you.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I'd agree with that but I'd probably put LHR in the Champions League

The question for the coming years is, can BHX achieve promotion?

 

[Hassaan]

Those are some great pictures. I'd say BHX is just in a league above Bristol as far as aircraft movements are concerned... however this runway extension should open the airport up to more frequent movements, hopefully.

I agree there, Hassaaan.

To use a football analogy if it's accepted that LHR, LGW, MAN and STN are Premier League, then BHX is Championship along with EDI, LTN and GLA.

BRS is League One with the likes of NCL, LPL, EMA, BFS, ABZ, LBA and LCY.

If you're not into football then this may not mean much to you.

I'm not a massive football fan but I think that's pretty much accurate.

Can BHX achieve promotion? Only if the 'club' work at it to strengthen itself.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I'd agree with that but I'd probably put LHR in the Champions League

The question for the coming years is, can BHX achieve promotion?

The 'manager' of BHX FC talks a good game so he possesses that attribute of a football manager. Just needs to be 'over the moon' when a new important service starts or 'sick as a parrot' if an airline pulls out.

Last year he was talking about 18 mppa which would certainly put BHX into the Prem. For this he will need the lads (airlines) to be more assertive and take the game by the scruff of the neck by turning up in greater numbers. I suspect he's quietly confident.

 

[Ray Finkle]

Well at the end of the day the route development team have just got to go out there and do it for the gaffa, he's shown faith in them and now they have to repay him on the pitch (in the office), after all, at the end of the day, once they cross the line it's their responsibility and they have to perform. I think they've done a smashing job so far but at the end of the day it aint over yet, and, at the end of the day, it's going to take one last push to get over the line. At the end of the day it's a game of two 'alves, and at the end of the day nothing is won on paper.

 

[Brum X]

Well at the end of the day the route development team have just got to go out there and do it for the gaffa, he's shown faith in them and now they have to repay him on the pitch (in the office), after all, at the end of the day, once they cross the line it's their responsibility and they have to perform. I think they've done a smashing job so far but at the end of the day it aint over yet, and, at the end of the day, it's going to take one last push to get over the line. At the end of the day it's a game of two 'alves, and at the end of the day nothing is won on paper.

Hi Ray, will it be ok for me to share a couple of those brilliant pics you took last weekend on another webpage that i go on ????

 

[Ray Finkle]

Of course, no problem. If you don't mind adding a link to this forum at the bottom then maybe it'll send a visitor or two over

Out of interest would it be Skyscraper City?