Saturday 24 November 2012

200th Post!

For the 200th Post I thought that I would do something special.... So here it is....

A collection of my favorite Photographs and Videos. And the 5 most viewed posts of all time. 

The 5 Most popular posts of all time in ascending order 

5) G-VINE enters service

Airbus A330-300 G-VINE which was previously leased to Ryan International as N771RD has re-entered service on the LGW-MCO VS49 route and then routed back to the UK on the VS76 MCO-MAN. This is the third A330-300 to be based at LGW/MAN which takes their current fleet of the aircraft up to 6 with 2 leased out and 2 on order which will make it up to 10 when they all return/be delivered.

4) G-VFOX Positions to Dublin

Virgin Atlantic A340-600 G-VFOX positioned to Dublin as VS821P for its end of lease maintenance after arriving into LHR as VS12 from Boston. The aircraft had been scheduled to be withdrawn before the start of the winter timetable.

3) Thai A380 Delivered

Thai Airways of Thailand have received their first Airbus A380 on the 27th September 2012. The aircraft is registered HS-TUA and will make its first passenger service in early October and it will be on the Bangkok to Hong Kong route.
(Was the most viewed post for a short time)

Thai Airways
A380-800
HS-TUA
Courtesy of Teerawut Wongdee

To see more of Teerawut Wongdee's pictures click the link below
http://www.planespotters.net/Member/Teerawut_W./photo.search


2) First Virgin Atlantic A330 Service from Heathrow

On the 29th of January 2012 Virgin Atlantic operated their first commercial A330-300 service from Heathrow! G-VKSS arrived from Gatwick and was prepared for its flight to Nairobi. When it arrived back at Heathrow the next day it was unloaded and perpared for its return flight to Gatwick. On its return it carried on its normal services from Gatwick to Orlando. 
Virgin Atlantic now use A330's daily to New York JFK, Boston, Washington and Mumbai.
(PlaneMadBlog's first post)


Virgin Atlantic
A330-300
G-VKSS
Courtesy of Hector A Rivera-SJU Aviation Photography
To see more of Hector A Rivera-SJU Aviation Photography photo's click the link below

1) Virgin Atlantic for On-Board Wi-Fi

British Flag carrier Virgin Atlantic have announced that they will be trying out the onboard wi-fi system next year. The service will be provided by ARINC and will be on 3 of their Airbus A330-300's.


PlaneMadBlog started off as a news blog. Throughout the first month or so I introduced another blog (PlaneMadPictures) This is where I would post pictures from my visits to airports. I later then intergrated PlaneMadPictures into PlaneMadBlog so that visitors would not have to go to a separate blog to see the pictures. Here are a collection of pictures from Heathrow and Manchester.




Virgin Atlantic
A340-600
G-VEIL
Virgin Atlantic
A330-300
G-VNYC
EasyJet
A319
G-EZBN
Virgin Atlantic
B747-400
G-VXLG
Virgin Atlantic
B747-400
G-VXLG

British Airways
B747-400
G-CIVC
British Airways
A319
G-EUOE
British Airways
A319
G-DBCD
Thomson Airways
B767-300ER
G-OBYG
Antonov
AN-124
UR-82072 
Emirates
B777-300
A6-EMR
Emirates
B777-300
A6-EMR
DHL
A300-600
D-AEAS

Qatar Airways
A330-300
A7-ACB













From the 2nd August 2012 I have had a Video Camera which has allowed me to Expand PlaneMadBlog even further. Here are some of my video Compilations that I have produced from London Heathrow and Manchester.


Heavies at Manchester. 9th August 2012.


Virgin Atlantic at London Heathrow. 2nd August 2012 



Heavies at London Heathrow 4th August
Ex BMI A319's. 2nd August 2012


Here are a few of my other videos for you to enjoy :)

Antonov 124 Departing Manchester 9th August


G-EUPC The FireFly at London Heathrow 15th September.


A6-EFE at London Heathrow 15th August
(The First Emirates Sky Cargo service to Heathrow)

These are not all of my videos. If you would like to see more of my videos please click the YouTube Icon at the top left of the page. 


Thank you for viewing this 200th Post and PlaneMadBlog! 

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