)We were booked on SN2177, the mid afternoon departure from Brussels to Manchester. We caught the train from Brugge and changed in Brussels Zuid for the Airport train (one of those horrid sh*tty AM80 things
)We checked in on arrival, and were given seats in row 14 - seats A and C, which meant an Avro aircraft, as this type has no 'B' seat! After check in we went for something to eat in Brussels Cafe (better than Gloptips.)
I was pleased to be able to do some spotting from the departure area in B terminal, and bagged some aircraft for the first time.
Belgian airline tails (the ARJ nearest to the camera is the one we flew home on.)
The Futura "half livery" Boeing 737. Why is the tail like this, instead of painting with the livery of Futura? This half-Sobelair example looks bad. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the tail fin!
A CRJ of Lufthansa Regional is pushed back.
After three missed attempts I managed to finally bag the Singapore Airlines Cargo 747!
A Boeing 737 with winglets, of TUI.
The wingletted 737 and an ordinary 737 of TUI wait to leave. The LH CRJ is being prepared for its departure, as is a CRJ of Tyrolean.
We were to board our aircraft at gate B09.
OO-DWA, an Avro RJ100, parked at gate B09.
We boarded in good time, and were greeted on boarding by the purser Nadia, whilst another stewardess stood at the back. We settled into our seats at 14:30 Belgian time.
The "Connect" magazine was distributed before taxi.
I had a back engine view, which I love on the Avro!
The view from seat 14A.
The flight was around 75% full, which was okay I suppose.
The cabin interior.
We were pushed back at 14:44. The two flight attendants carried out the safety demonstration, which was hard to see from where I was sitting, as the stewardess stood right at the front of the cabin, and the dividing curtain was hanging down, obscuring the view. I am sure that on my first SNBA flight, the steward was standing more or less in the middle of the cabin for the safety briefing, certainly he was not too far from where I sat on that occasion, and it was easier to see. We were told that the flight would last one hour, but some announcements were difficult to hear owing to a toddler at the back of the aircraft who kept screaming.
We taxied out to runway 25R.
Flaps down!
We began our take off run at 14:58 34 seconds, after a Boeing 747 of Asiana cargo and another Avro RJ of SNBA had left. At 14:59 7 seconds we lifted off from Belgian soil and climbed to a mixed sky - some cloud and some clear.
Belgium just after take off.
We were soon above cloud, and that is how it stayed for the rest of the flight
The snacks were soon distributed, with a choice of either apple crumble tart or vegetables with dip and sour cream and chive flavoured pretzels. I chose the apple pie and VC10 had the vegetables. Both snacks were pleasant, and nicer than what we had previously experienced.
The apple crumble cake.
The vegetables and pretzels.
We flew over London, and descended towards MAN. There was some turbulence on descent. The Neuhaus chocolates were handed out, and at 15:03 the landing gear lowered. At 15:05 39 seconds we touched down smoothly in Manchester. I was not happy to be back, but in six weeks I shall be off again, and once again I will wear my Luchtzak tee shirt with pride as I board an SNBA aircraft (which is something like celeb spotting with all the crew photos you see in the albums, I've already recognised some from our flights in March and our flights in September in there!)
This flight was on the 16th September, not the 12th 
Corrected!