2021 - Returning To The Skies

Hello every, and you're very welcome to my last post of 2021. Personally, it's been an amazing year for me in aviation. As you can see from my stats above, with the help from myFlightradar24, 11 flights over nearly 4,300 miles and over 16 hours in the air... Not a bad tally at all considering Covid-19 is still far from over. Behind these figures are two new airports visited, being Kerry (KIR) and Donegal (CFN), two new airlines travelled on being Amapola and Air France, and two new aircraft types being the Airbus A380 and Fokker 50. 

To kick off the milestones of this year, the top one has to be getting the chance to fly on the British Airways Airbus A380 from Frankfurt (FRA) to London Heathrow (LHR). I'm sure the whole aviation world were fearful that they'd never get to fly on this great bird again when Air France and Lufthansa announced that they'd be retiring their A380 fleets with immediate affect. Then, out of the blue, BA announced that they were bring back the mighty whale, starting with intra-European flights for the month of November. I was so fortunate to fly on this a day before my birthday, what a birthday to remember. Below are some pictures from this flight and a full trip report will be posted in the New Year, so make sure you keep an eye out for it.

Another milestone in my eyes was getting the chance to fly on a Fokker 50. If you've seen my previous post, you'll know that the Swedish airline Amapola fly the Fokker from Donegal (CFN) to Dublin (DUB).  I had the privilege of flying on SE-MFY, a prime example of the fine aircraft that is the Fokker 50. It was certainly a flight that I'll never forgot, and I hope I'll get to fly on one again soon. 

A planespotting milestone for any avgeek is to get to see the Antonov AN225 in person, and after a 2 and a half hour drive to Shannon airport (SNN), this became real for me. I got the opportunity to see this mighty cargo aircraft land, take a look below... What an opportunity!

It was a great year for planespotting in general for me. I was able to return to my favourite airport, Frankfurt (FRA), for a day of spotting and I also finally managed to make it to Myrtle Avenue in London. Below are just a selection of photos taken, rest assured there are many more to come.

I'd like to you all for reading my posts this year, I have so much more content to share from 2021 and have a massive trip coming up later in 2022 so be sure to keep an eye here or on my Instagram.

​Until next time, take care.  Daniel- TheRegHunter.