East Midlands Airport Today

[Piltdownpaul]

Look at this beauty that came in to East Midlands Airport today. We dont get many of these in. Another is expected about 6ish tonight....

 

[shelaghfishface]

beauty?? what am i looking at ??

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Beats me how these jets float as they land-awesome sight.

 

[england]

beauty?? what am i looking at ??

cant you see the grasshopper under the cargo plane, its on crutches

Beats me how these jets float as they land-awesome sight.

they dont float mate, that my friend is 400-500 peoples will power willing it to stay in the air
great photo mate, the vulcan bomber will be coming to bournemouth on saturday,,,,i love the bomber

 

[Piltdownpaul]

I love the vulcan-it lands over my village just before it touches down at Bruntingthorpe. Awesome aircraft. Hope you enjoy it. This is the jumbo just landing (on full zoom on my camera)......

 

[Mr._Fishy]

Wow. You're lucky living right next to an airport! I used to live close to one, but not that close.

 

[rossitt]

not as bad as train spotting but still lmao

 

[raptorrex]

nice shot piltdownpaul.

personally I can't understand the fuss about the Vulcan. it was a filthy inefficient, and in military terms, useless plane. called into action, in anger, only once. even then it flopped. (Port Stanley Airport). now we spend millions, at a time when emissions are right at the top of our agenda, to get one flying again. it beats me! i lived in Cumbria in the 70's. these things use to practice low level runs through the hills and valleys. so i have seen them, whilst flying, from the top bottom and side. even if you didn't see it you could follow it trail of filthy exhaust, for some time after it passed by.

nice shot piltdownpaul.

personally I can't understand the fuss about the Vulcan. it was a filthy inefficient, and in military terms, useless plane. called into action, in anger, only once. even then it flopped. (Port Stanley Airport). now we spend millions, at a time when emissions are right at the top of our agenda, to get one flying again. it beats me! i lived in Cumbria in the 70's. these things use to practice low level runs through the hills and valleys. so i have seen them, whilst flying, from the top bottom and side. even if you didn't see it you could follow it trail of filthy exhaust, for some time after it passed by.

Now if you give me a Spitfire, Hurricane of Lancaster, well that, imo, is a different matter.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

Wow. You're lucky living right next to an airport! I used to live close to one, but not that close.

wow, that's like exactly the polar opposite of how i feel!!!

I'd hate to have planes going by all the time. noisy and i just don't get the appeal! sorry

 

[england]

the vulcan bomber for me looks great and the sounds amazing

 

[raptorrex]

indeed so, a good looking plane.

 

[Mikaila31]

That is a BIG plane!

I love airports and airplanes! I was going through the o' hare airport with some school group. It was like 1pm and I was running down the moving sidewalks as fast as I could. It was my first time playing on them....... When I hit the end going full speed..... I crashed .

It was still fun though .

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Just to clear something up though, i travelled to east mids on tuesday. I live close to Bruntingthorpe aerodrome. This is not an active airfield as such, there is a museum with aircraft that do taxi runs but we dont get aircraft coming in regular. The vulcan only comes back rarely. The last major aircraft to do exercises from there were American B47's (a seriously poor jet-landing wise) when the base was took over by the americans in the 50's.

Get what you say about it being an inefficient aircraft but some of the russion cargo planes that leave ema are on a par with that!

 

[fergalthefish]

Look at this beauty that came in to East Midlands Airport today. We dont get many of these in. Another is expected about 6ish tonight....

wow....so impressive....an aeroplane at an airport!!!!!!!!!!! not something you see that often, is it??

 

[Piltdownpaul]

Well-not in coventry!!!