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The first jet plane iv`e heard take off in a long time has just gone from Manchester Airport. Not sure but another has just landed, could be the same plane.

My mistake there was 2 planes landing, not sure where they came from (looked like a purple sunflower on the tail)!

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Thats one seriously quick flight!

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I know i`m a :dunce:

Only heard the first one and it sounded like a take off, then 2 minutes later i saw another plane come past the window going in to land.
Wen`t outside and a neighbour said he`d just seen another land before the one i saw which must have been the one i heard.....(now my head hurts :))

Bloody noisy nuisance things, as soon as everyone is back in place they should be banned :p:

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A friend of my brother in-laws is stuck in Florida they had been there 2 weeks before A/C were grounded.

He's ben told that the earliest flight he can get is the 6th May, by then he'll have been out there close to 5 weeks.

As there is nowt he can do he's speending it exploring more of florida.

In one respect he's lucky as he's self employed, and his business partner is trying his best to keep the business afloat.

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thanks Big

Love the link, though I feel a bit of a fool, I was wondering what the red plane was...lol..must pay attention to what i click on :)

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I cant take credit for this witty tweet it belongs to http://twitter.com/andylockran

Radarvirtuel back online bit more info than flightradar24.com

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Sun "Reader"
Oh bless.

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Just been announced on Skynews and BBC news that all UK airports will begin a " Phased Re-Opening " from 22.00 tonight.! :D

http://news.sky.com/skynews/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

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It makes you laugh, why can't people understand the airlines were told to ground their aircraft.

Best of all to leave UK airspace they would have to fly through it, some people are idiots.

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well it was a sun reader :D

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Great news :)

Hopefully you'll all have your loved ones home soon and i just *might* get to go on my holiday next week ;)

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The authorities did the right thing in closing UK airspace until they were sure. If they closed them again in a few hours i would`nt mind because it`s for the passengers safety and that HAS to be paramount.:)

As much as i want my girls home so badly, i also want them to be safe, first and foremost.

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& where might you be off to SB? Anywhere warm?


Bloke I work with who was supposed to fly to Oz last Friday has been re-scheduled to fly this Thursday.



I hear the government is going to increase the short\medium & long haul flight taxes by 50% for the next 6 months to regain the revenue lost over the past 6 days ;):erm::rolleyes::D

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I certainly hope so - i'm off to Barcelona for 5 days :)

I can well believe flights are going to shoot up in price because i was looking just last night and noticed return flights to Turkey I was keeping an eye on for October have risen by over £50 :erm:

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Just had the good news, Mr Tink's flight has been rescheduled for tomorrow night, to come back from Germany. :):):):):):):):):):):):D