LBA shots 13th Jan

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her are a few shots i took at a very cold LBA this afternoon

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Nice shots there :), may I ask what is Jet 2's official tail design? is it the red one with 'Jet2.com' written on it?

I personally assume it is because they applied it to the 757s.

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yeah its the red one

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Hi

Nice Shots mate. I was going to go up but its way to cold today. Did you see the 4 hour delayed Thomsonfly B767-200 going to Bridgetown-Barbados??

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may I ask what is Jet 2's official tail design? is it the red one with 'Jet2.com' written on it?

The silver tail was the official tail design when the airline was launched back in 2003. But with the new Manchester base in 2004 came a new tail design. (The Red one that is) Also it's to advertise the website more as they sell most of there seats via the net nowa days. like most airlines do.

So the Red tail is the official design now. The remainder off the fleet which still have the silver tails will be repainted when the aircraft go in for there next D-Check all acounts.

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Nice shots, looks like you were in the same place as Paul and myself! Though I arrived just after the a/c you photographed were around, he'll be on in a bit posting his great efforts from his superb new toy :)

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just missed the brudgetowb 767 i saw it take off as i was driving up to the airport, do we no if it went direct today or did it make a stop for fuel

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LBA rules i seen a guy up there in the cemetry with a nice camara and laptop i did say hello to him and he seemed pleasent

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That was Paul!

Sound guy :), I was probably up about 5 minutes after you left.

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nice i will try to get up there next friday afternoon its the only real free time i get

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Nice shots Jonathan. Nice to meet you, albeit very briefly!

Paul

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cheers Paul had to go was 2 cold c u again soon

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We appreciate you both getting cold!! Excellent photos.
The 767 positioned in on time but was immediately posted as delayed departure as soon as it arrived. Was there a tech problem after landing or was there a problem at the other end - somebody lost the ship or something??

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no idea it departed about 1 15 i seen it as i was driving up to the airport

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The 767 positioned in on time but was immediately posted as delayed departure as soon as it arrived. Was there a tech problem after landing or was there a problem at the other end - somebody lost the ship or something??

The Thomsonfly Boeing 767-200 G-BYAB at LBA this morning Suffered a problem on short finals this morning in-bound from Manchester.

She encountered a flock of birds about 200ft from touchdown. She suffered a bird strike with 5, that right, 5 Black Headed Gulls. So an Engine repair took place on stand 8 at LBA this morning in which caused the delayed departure. Thomsonfly sent in its Mooney 201 (G-OBAL) with an engineer from Luton at around 11ish to fix the aircrafts engine. Then about 12ish they did an engine run on stand to test it. Once this was complete the aircraft was safe to get on its way to Bridgetown. Leavening LBA at 13:18. Just 4 hours late.

I wonder if they’ll hold the cruise ship for them??

Your aircraft is 4 hours late on arrival from LBA, Then seeing your ship has set sail and has already left the Harbour/Docks. Now that wouldn’t be nice.

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Nice shots there :), may I ask what is Jet 2's official tail design? is it the red one with 'Jet2.com' written on it?

I personally assume it is because they applied it to the 757s.

The boss man didn't like the gray tail and he decided the current design looked more prominent. Personally I agree.