Rare visits

Libyan SF-260 in German hands

21st November 2012, 06:55 CET, Germany, 2656 views

A former Libyan Air Force Siai SF-260 has appeared on the German register. A small portfolio of images taken at Donauwörth - Genderkingen airport )by Full...

747 Invasion of Norway's - Trondheim - Vaernes Airport

21st May 2012, 12:03 CET, Norway, 2401 views

Boeing 747s are very unusual at this airport but recently 3 of them arrived on the one day. Thousands of people were gathered along the airport border to watch...

A380 Visit to Rio de Janeiro

24th March 2012, 22:47 CET, Brazil, 2536 views

The A380 landed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at 10:30h local time after a 40 minutes flight coming from Sao Paulo, as part of its Latin American tour.

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Special visitors for Youth Olympic Games 2012 in Innsbruck

12th January 2012, 22:28 CET, Austria, 2107 views

The 1st Winter Youth Olympic Games are taking place from the 13 -22 January in Innsbruck. Innsbruck is the first city worldwide to host Olympic Games for a...

Last Farewell to Vaclav Havel

23rd December 2011, 12:29 CET, Czech Republic, 2744 views

Delegations of 42 states, also of NATO and EU arrived today to Prague to give last farewell and pay respects to Vaclav Havel, former Czech president, admirable...

Lufthansa A380 Prague and Budapest tour

2nd October 2011, 11:41 CET, Czech Republic, 7859 views

Lufthansa A380 visited Prague Airport as a part of promotion tour. A380 is planned to visit Budapest later today.

The Lufthansa A380,...

Rare pilgrimage charters in Scotland

24th April 2011, 23:17 CET, UK - Scotland, 3121 views

Special charters operated mostly to Lourdes from several UK airports have provided a good spotting oportunities. As we have seen in past they are usually...

U2 - on the road

27th November 2010, 10:55 CET, New Zealand, 3387 views

The band U2 have been using Airbus A319 as a tour bus during their U2 360° Tour of New Zealand and Australia.

Further dates are

1 December...

Pope Benedict XVI arrives in Scotland

16th September 2010, 19:42 CET, UK - Scotland, 2116 views

Pope Benedict XVI arrived at Edinburgh Airport today on a 4 day visit of the UK. His flight, served by Alitalia A320 aircraft EI-EIB nicknamed "Shepherd...

Sikorski S-38 stops in several European cities on its World Tour

30th August 2010, 20:52 CET, UK - Scotland, 3557 views

The only flying example of Sikorski S-38, registration N28V, was spotted in Inverness and Augsburg on its 18-days long journey from Minneapolis to Berlin. ...

Big Ant visits Manchester

23rd August 2010, 08:09 CET, UK - England, 1228 views

Antonov An-124, UR-82009 arriving at Manchester airport as 'ADB1616' from Ahmedabad (India) on a freight charter.

Photo from APs...

Nile Air A320 Heathrow visit

17th August 2010, 09:53 CET, UK - England, 2264 views

This extremely nice and rare A320 of Nile Air, is seen arriving on 27L, substituting for the usual CRJ of Libyan Arab. Nile Air received its AOC in November...

Manchester International gets two rare visitors

16th August 2010, 19:44 CET, UK - England, 2174 views

Manchester International has recently seen it`s fair share of rare visitors, A-P member Charles022 managed to photograph two of these recent visitors.

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Vintage Beechcraft 18S N223CM visited Edinburgh

13th August 2010, 23:04 CET, UK - Scotland, 2001 views

A rare old Beechcraft 18S was seen in Edinburgh on 12th of August 2010. It arrived in the evening from Wick and departed on the next day.

The...

Qatar C-17 Globemaster II visits Manchester

12th August 2010, 13:24 CET, UK - England, 1821 views

Picture from member Charles022 of the first visit of a Qatar C-17 to Manchester and possibly to England.

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