Northern Ireland Aviation Enthusiast's Forum
General Aviation Discussion => Spotting Trips => Topic started by: breney on May 23, 2015, 08:11:59 PM
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Anybody thinking of going on this trip and thinking of flying from Belfast?
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Bit more information required :)
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Sorry, thought people would have seen it on bookface!!
Enthusiast’s Group Visit – Private Technical Tour of Concorde & RAF Nimrod with Airport Terminal Tour – Manchester Airport – Thursday 18th June
Airliner Experience is pleased to announce permission has been granted for an Enthusiast's Group Visit to Manchester Airport for a Private Technical Tour of Concorde & RAF Nimrod along with Airport Terminal Tour.
With this special permission the group of Enthusiast's will arrive at Manchester Airport and taken on a one hour Terminal Tour by our guide before attending the Runway Visitors Park to begin our very own private Technical Tour of Concorde & Nimrod lasting two and a half hours punctuated by arrival and departure of Emirates A380. During our visit to the other attractions at the Runway Visitors Park which include Trident, Avro RJX & DC-10, ‘spotting’ of scheduled aircraft movements will occur which may include Virgin Atlantic B747 Singapore B777 & Thomson B787.....with Information Session and Q&A’s.........Places Strictly Limited...........Register your interest at airliner-experience@live.com
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Thanks for posting this up Breney - yep there are still a few of us who've resisted the FB urge ;D
Maybe I'm missing it in the blurb, but any idea how much they're charging for the whole experience?
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Thanks for posting this up Breney - yep there are still a few of us who've resisted the FB urge ;D
Maybe I'm missing it in the blurb, but any idea how much they're charging for the whole experience?
I'm guessing you have to make your own way to MAN and that any charge from Airliner-Experience is just for the guided tour. A quick check last night showed a same-day return trip to MAN with Flybe would be approx £100.
Correct me if I'm wrong but aren't the Nimrod and Concorde open to the public already?
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It works out at about £50 for the tour (take the exchange rate). There's a ryanair flight at 9.99 euro over, and sure, if you changed carrier there you could probably get a flight home for 20 or so. Would mean flying from Dublin though. I looked last night and easy jet seemed to have some cheap flights from BFS.
From what I can gather the interior of the aircraft isn't open to public, only to groups like this, but I may be wrong
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Both the Nimrod and Concorde are open to the public but it is only so many days in the year. I visited the Runway Visitor park last year on my way to RIAT and got the tour of Concorde and the Nimrod. I think it cost around £30 for the combined tour.
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I'm debating wether it's worth going, or organise to go myself (or organise a group) and go over later in the year. It's awkward being on a Thursday, it would be better going later in the summer