The Spotter's Journal

N° 16 – November 2007

CSA Airbus A321 1 After a long absence, Czech Airlines was back for a charter flight on 20.10 (arrival) SAS replacements 1 and 21.10 (departure). The flight from Munich (OK7162) on Saturday and back First An-124 for this Season 1 (OK7163) on Sunday was operated by an Airbus A321-200, OK-CEC.

Sunday afternoon traffic 2 Commemoration Day 2

RAF Eurofighters 3

LX-LGI in new colours 3 Luxair Open Day 3

Luxembourg Movements 4 Seen at ELLX 5 © DECKER Antoine

Further SAS replacements

As the SAS Dash fleet was still grounded, other aircrafts replace the daily afternoon flight to Copenhagen. On 1st October SAS arrived with an MD-83 (LN-ROS) and on 2nd October an ATR 72 from Danish Air Transport (OY-RUB) took over the flight.

First Antonov An-124 for this season IceJet VIP Dornier

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Jace GORCZYNSKI © Jace© GORCZYNSKI

In October usually the Cargo Season starts, the first This modified (extended range) Dornier 328-300, TF-NPA, flying th Antonov An-124 (Volga-Dnepr, RA-82045) for this season for IceJet arrived on 5 October 2007. This VIP Dornier has a

arrived on 30th September. luxurious interior with eight club seats and six regular places.

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07.10.2007 – A busy Sunday afternoon at Luxembourg Airport

Sunday afternoon a lot of different airlines were present at Luxembourg Airport. Departing in the early afternoon was an all white Icelandair Boeing 757-200 (TF-FII), followed by an Airbus A330-200 of Cyprus Airways (5B-DBT), and SAS McDonnell Douglas MD-87 (OY-KHU). In the late afternoon then arrived an OzJet Boeing 737-200 (G-GPFI), which is ex. Luxair LX-LGN, and finally Welcome Air operated a flight with their Dornier Do-328 (OE-LJR). © MORO Mike © MORO Mike © MORO Mike © MORO Mike © MORO Mike © MORO Mike

Commemoration Day at Weiswampach with RAF Eurofighters

On 6th October 2007, the 25th Anniversary of the Royal Air Forces Association Luxembourg Branch has been celebrated. This anniversary was held at the Lancaster Memorial in Weiswampach. The memorial has been placed next to the crash site where 2 Lancaster Bombers (Avro 683 Lancaster, right photo) were shot down in the night of 12/13 August 1944. 13 soldiers died that night. The memorial is placed at the Belgian-Luxemburgish border between Weiswampach (L) and Ouren (B). A British flag marks the crash site of www.lancaster.lu the first Lancaster.

For the anniversary 2 Royal Air Force Eurofighters Typhoons (ZJ916 & ZJ809) came to Luxemburg to perform a low pass over the memorial. Unfortunately one of the aircrafts had a technical failure (ZJ809) after landing at Luxembourg Airport and was unable to perform the flight. On Saturday morning, after a powerful take off at Luxembourg Airport, ZJ816 performed a low pass at 10:30 local over Weiswampach. The Jets remained in Luxembourg until Monday 8th before returning to © SCHNICHEHelmut LS their British RAF Base. ZJ916 departing from ELLX mond mond y

y y © BINDERRa © BINDERRa © VAN BREDA Coert Coert BREDA © VAN © BINDERRa Powerful takeoff Lancaster Memorial at Weiswampach ZJ916 passing over Weiswampach

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RAF Eurofighter with technical problems Next Embraer with new colors

© KRIER Jérôme © KRIER Jérôme Pete © BAKEMA As already mentioned one of the RAF Eurofighters, the On 22nd October 2007 this Luxair Embraer arrived in new two-seated ZJ809, had a technical problem and had to colours. LX-LGI, ERJ-145, is the third one to get the new remain at Luxembourg Airport. The aircraft only left on design. More Embraer should follow in the next month 16th October which allowed Jérôme to get a close-up of and the first Boeing is due at the beginning of 2008. the Jet.

20th October 2007: Luxair Open Day & Dash Q400 flight (by MORO Mike)

On 20th October 2007 Luxair organized an Open Day to present the different branches of the Luxair Company. A big tent was installed at the Parking G next to the runway 06. Inside, Luxair Cargo, Luxair Tours and Luxair Catering had PR stands. A Boeing 737 engine was shown and for visitors the most interesting was the complete Boeing 737 simulator. (Photos on the right)

In addition a de-icing truck, a push back truck and other equipment used by Luxair and Luxair Cargo were exhibited outside the tent. (Photos below)

Luxair also offered the possibility to take a sightseeing tour over Luxembourg with one of their Dash Q400. 5 flights were organized during the afternoon for 25€ which was quite an acceptable price. After taking the shuttle to the Terminal B and passing the security check we boarded Luxair LX-LGC for a 30 minute flight. After departure we flew over Echternach, Mersch, Vianden, Diekirch, Esch-Sur-Sûre, and then south over Capellen and Pétange back over the City.

Lining up on Runway 06 LX-LGC Cockpit Final on runway 06

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20 th October 2007: Luxair Open Day & Dash Q400 flight (by MORO Mike)

Luxembourg Airport Terminals:

Terminal B Terminal A New Terminal (under construction)

Finally some photos taken during the flight:

Lake Of Esch-Sur-Sûre Capellen / Olm IKEA (Arlon-Sterpenich)

Approach over Hollerich Luxembourg City Kirchberg

Luxembourg's Logbook: Passenger and Cargo Visitors (Part 1)

01.10.2007 LN-ROS Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) McDonnell Douglas MD-82 02.10.2007 OY-RUB Danish Air Transport (DAT) ATR 72-202 04.10.2007 HB-IPU Swiss International Airlines Airbus A319-100 05.10.2007 EI-DTX Transaero Airlines Boeing 737-5Q8 LN-RMR Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) McDonnell Douglas MD-82 TF-NPA IceJet Dornier Do-328-300 Jet YL-SKY Private Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 ZJ809 Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon T.1 ZJ916 Royal Air Force (RAF) Eurofighter Typhoon F.2 06.10.2007 A7-ABX Qatar Airways Cargo Airbus A300-600 07.10.2007 4X-AXL El Al Israel Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-200F 5B-DBT Cyprus Airways Airbus A330-200 G-GPFI OzJet Boeing 737-200(Adv) OY-KHU Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) McDonnell Douglas MD-87 TF-FII Icelandair Boeing 757-200 VP-BIJ Air Bridge Cargo Boeing 747-200 09.10.2007 N607GC Gemini Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30(F) P4-NVB Private Embraer ERJ-135 Legacy 600

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Luxembourg's Logbook: Passenger and Cargo Visitors (Part 2)

10.10.2007 D-IROL Business Wings Dornier Do-228-100 LN-RMO Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) McDonnell Douglas MD-81 N400GX Private Bombardier BD-700-1A10 Global Express N500DE Luxair / Champion Air Embraer ERJ-145 N703CK Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 13.10.2007 G-MKDA MK Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-200F 14.10.2007 N512MC Atlas Air Boeing 747-200 15.10.2007 D-AKUE Challenge Air Canadair CL-600-2B16 Challenger 601-3R I-BPAE Blue Panorama Airlines Piaggio P-180 Avanti LX-ZAV Global Jet Luxembourg Bombardier CL-600-2B16 Challenger 604 MM62174 Air Force – Italy Airbus A319-115X(CJ) N602GC Gemini Air Cargo McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30(F) N589FE FedEx McDonnell Douglas MD-11(F) OH-WIP JetFlite Dassault Falcon 20F-5 OY-CKE Air Alsie Cessna 650 Citation VII VP-BPA Transaero Airlines Boeing 737-500 YR-BEA Romavia British Aerospace BAe 146-200 16.10.2007 OO-CBA Cargo B Airlines Boeing 747-200F CS-TPH PGA Portugalia Airlines Embraer ERJ-145 SE-RDG Viking Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-83 TF-ARM Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-200 XA-MKI Private Gulfstream G-V 18.10.2007 B-2425 China Cargo Airlines Boeing 747-400 EC-JGN Gestair Gulfstream G200 LX-KEV CAE Aviation Britten-Norman BN-2T Turbo Islander S5-BAJ Linxair Cessna 525 CitationJet YR-BGA Tarom Airlines Boeing 737-300 20.10.2007 EC-KEP GIRjet Boeing 747-200 LX-PCV Cargolux Boeing 747-400 OK-CEC Czech Airlines (CSA) Airbus A321-200 TS-IMQ Tunisair Airbus A319-100 UN-11017 ATMA Antonov An-12 22.10.2007 B-538 Air Force – Denmark Lockheed C-130 Hercules LX-LGI Luxair Embraer ERJ-145 N709CK Kalitta Air Boeing 747-100 24.10.2007 HB-IJL Swiss International Airlines Airbus A320-200 27.10.2007 G-MKEA MK Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-200 OE-IKB AviaJet McDonnell Douglas MD-83 28.10.2007 TF-ARM Air Atlanta Icelandic Boeing 747-200 UR-CAJ Meridian Antonov An-12 VP-BXC Tesis Cargo Boeing 747-200 30.10.2007 G-MKBA MK Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-200 HB-JIF Iceland Express (Hello) McDonnell Douglas MD-90 UR-DWG Aero-Charter Airlines Antonov An-12 31.10.2007 G-MKGA MK Airlines Cargo Boeing 747-200

Seen at Luxembourg Airport (Part 1)

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Seen at Luxembourg Airport (Part 2)

hael p © MORO Mike Ra © KONINCKX GIRjet, EC-KEP, Boeing 747-200 Cargolux, LX-PCV, Boeing 747-400 © MOUSEL Tom © MOUSEL Danish Air Force, B-538, Lockheed C-130 Hercules

Editor: Mike Moro E-mail: [email protected] http://aviation.mikemoro.com

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