A Splendid Day at Shannon

Shanair

Friday May 14th was a splendid day at Shannon where in nice weather several interesting aircraft were to be seen. (Photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanair/). In the morning Miami Air's B737-8Q8 N734MA made a fuel stop and then a lunch time Mayfair Aviation's 62 year old De Havilland DH104 Dove 8 G-OPLC arrived on a charter. Delivered to the RAF in 1948 it was civilianised in 1986 and is still earning ts keep. It has a luxurious interior making for very nice relaxed way to travel. The afternoon saw the first visit of Air Contractors passenger configured B737-31S EI-STA in the colours of subsidiary Europe Airpost. It was doing the first weekly charter to/from Dubrovnik. The evening saw the arrival of Kalitta Air B747-246B (F) N700CK making a nice landing in crosswind conditions. Two movements from Shannon Aerospace were the ex-Olympic B737-4Q8 EI-ELP doing a test flight in the colours of its next operator UTair Ukraine - really nice scheme. This airline is a subsidiary of Russia's UTair and currently operates a pair of ATR42's. Danish carrier Jettime's B737-33A OY-JTA departed for home following two weeks maintenance. Then a really nice one - a Bombardier CRJ200 XT-ABG on delivery to Air Burkina in full colours. Aircraft registered in Burkina Faso are kind of rare in Ireland - in fact the last one I remember seeing was an executive Boeing 727 in Cork being used by Michael Jackson many years ago.

Davidth88

That Dove /Devon is just lovely !!