Donuts on the mound 2: Planes, Donuts and Sun – An afternoon on the mound at Dublin Airport
In this donut filled adventure
- Continuing a new tradition
- Off to Birmingham Airport
- Aer Lingus EI263 Birmingham Airport to Dublin T2
- And there were planes. And Donuts
- Back to Dublin Airport
- Aer Lingus Regional EI6276 Dublin Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Back to the trains
- It’s Still About community
Arriving at the south gates, I met with a couple of other people who also came in from Birmingham to watch planes. With us all together, we headed for the bus connection to arrivals and transfers
Exiting and heading to the South Gates.
Entering the South Gates
A short ride around the back of terminals, we were dropped off near a gate for arrivals. Following the signs, we cleared the ePassport gates (and those machines are odd ones – they eat the passport for a minute to scan, then return it),we were in the public area.
American Airlines Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner at the T2 main stands.
With some people wanting to meet someone coming in on a BA flight, I went to catch up with the people picking me up.
And off we went for a drive to the location, and back again to pick up some more people.
Eventually, we reached our home for the day – The mound.
With us all in position, it was time to be #avgeeks for the day, and watch planes. And take pictures of them.
As usual, mine are with the Canon 6D with 100-400mm F4.5-5.6L Series Lens. Only minor corrections (as well as for sensor dust).
So lets get to the planes. Because planes.
Finnair Airbus A319
Air Canada Airbus A330-300 in Star Alliance house colours.
Aer Lingus A330-300 and a British Airways Airbus A319
Aurigny ATR72-500
Aer Lingus Airbus A330
Delta Airbus A330-300
And were there donuts? Oh Yes. These were delivered by OffBeat Donuts (if anything Dublin has a thriving donut scene as far as I can tell)
How to keep #avgeeks happy – donuts.
There’s a lot in there!!!
My donut – A Ferrero Rocher style donut.
And yes, it has a Ferrero Rocher in the middle. These would be suitable for the Ambassadors reception. If you don’t get the reference, I refer you to this classic 80s advert.
WIth a sign of good taste in me, as well as catching up with people, it was back to the hard task of watching planes.
KLM CityHopper Embraer E-190 and Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-900ER
Air Canada Rouge Boeing 767-300 (sans Winglets)
United Airlines Boeing 757-200
Air France Cargo Boeing 777F
Eastern Airways Saab 2000
Hainan Airlines Airbus A330-300 heading back to China.
American Airlines Airbus A330-200
One of the many Ryanair Boeing 737-800 fleet.
Aer Lingus ATR72-600
Air Transat Airbus A330-200
Delta Air Lines Boeing 767-400ER
It seems there was a little drama on the runway, with a plane not vacating the runway in time, meaning the Delta Boeing 767-400ER was queued on the runway. As such, the incoming Boeing 777-300ER had to do a go-around
Emirates Boeing 777-300ER
With traffic going around, other planes slipped in when the Delta 767 departed.
Aer Lingus A330-200
Cathay Pacific Airbus A350-900
Eventually, the Emirates Boeing 777-300ER made it, on the second time of asking.
Emirates Boeing 777-300ER – Year of Zayed
WOW Air Airbus A321
Iberia Express Airbus A321
Ryanair Boeing 737-800
United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER preparing to depart.
Air Canada Airbus A330-300
There was some more drama in the air, with the United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER returning to Dublin, with a very smokey APU.
Hello again.
LuxAir Boeing 737-800
Ernest A320 and Aer Lingus A330. What? Your airline isn’t called Ernest… why not???
Aer Lingus A320 (classic – the one I flew in on) and an Air Transat Airbus A330-200
Etihad Airbus A330-200
Emirates Boeing 777-300ER “Year of Zayed” departing Dublin.
Of course, there was another go-around – with a Ryanair Boeing 737-800 doing the honours this time.
With a rather smokey engine, the United Airlines Boeing 777-200ER made a second attempt at departing for the USA.
That’s on top of the APU which was fixed.
Norwegian Air Shuttle Boeing 737 MAX 8
One of these planes is not the like the other. One of these planes just doesn’t belong.
With events like this, the emphasis is watching planes, but to also connect and turn virtual connections into real ones, be it to share tips,
Even TravelPeep enjoyed soaking up the sun.
Didn’t you know planning world domination is very hard work?
Events like this take a lot of organisation, as well as friendships to work – and I thank those who organised another great fly in day.
Alas, with a 17:55 departure, my time was limited – and it was time to bid farewell to my friends.
Next: Back to Dublin Airport
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Excellent report Kevin
Just had a nice read