BRU 11/01/07: Japanese 747

Atlantis · Post by **Atlantis** » 07 Jan 2007, 19:48

Mr Shinzo Abe, Japanese Prime Minister will meet Belgian, EU and NATO officials.

Days of visit: 11 and 12 Januari.

Bounder · Post by **Bounder** » 07 Jan 2007, 20:07

You are saying we can expect a JASDF 744 at bru these days? Or what carrier is flying pax from there?

website-info · Post by **website-info** » 07 Jan 2007, 20:44

yes

20-1101 B744 should arrive 1100lt from Berlin 11Jan and depart 1500lt to Paris, in addition a JAL B744 is flying as back up (as the 2nd JASDF is on mx right now)

Rgds
T

Post by **Bruspotter** » 07 Jan 2007, 20:50

Hello

Great plane that JASDF B747-400. Must be great to see.

Unfortunatly it is ALWAYS at a school/working day and ALWAYS during the morning or noon when you CAN'T possibly go.

Best regards: Yannick

Sparrow · Post by **Sparrow** » 07 Jan 2007, 21:09

website-info wrote:20-1101 B744 should arrive 1100lt from Berlin 11Jan and depart 1500lt to Paris,...

Do you mean that he leaves BRU at 15.00lt on friday 12th as Atlantis said?
And will it standing at Abelag or at the old satellite?

Kind regards
Bavo

website-info · Post by **website-info** » 08 Jan 2007, 07:15

yes I mean that it (they) will depart 1500lt /12Jan, but no idea where they will park 1 or 2 B744's

T

elnombre · Post by **elnombre** » 08 Jan 2007, 17:03

Last time they were here they parked at Melsbroek.
El

Bounder · Post by **Bounder** » 08 Jan 2007, 19:09

elnombre wrote:Last time they were here they parked at Melsbroek.
El

So if they do the same, I think they will land on 25R as I presume 20 kts SW wind isn't a problem for these runways.

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 09 Jan 2007, 19:55

I asked on Scramble (in a topic regarding the visit of Mr. Abe to several european cities) if the reg of the JAL 744 accompanying 20-1101 was known already, and got this info :

"I wonder where this info comes from, but...
the JAL 744 is just a substitute a/c and will only fly in case of mechanical troubles. The JAL 744 is still in Japan and will not fly unless really neccesary.

Because we don't expect troubles on our well maintained 20-1101, don't expect the JAL to come. This standby a/c will carry a JL88xx flightnumer in case it's needs to fly."

So my question : is there any flightplan filed already for the JAL 744 ? Or is it just a wild guess and are the given eta/etd not yet confirmed ?

Thanks in advance, Robin Bamps.

Skystef · Post by **Skystef** » 09 Jan 2007, 21:27

Robin_Bamps wrote:I asked on Scramble (in a topic regarding the visit of Mr. Abe to several european cities) if the reg of the JAL 744 accompanying 20-1101 was known already, and got this info :

"I wonder where this info comes from, but...
the JAL 744 is just a substitute a/c and will only fly in case of mechanical troubles. The JAL 744 is still in Japan and will not fly unless really neccesary.

Because we don't expect troubles on our well maintained 20-1101, don't expect the JAL to come. This standby a/c will carry a JL88xx flightnumer in case it's needs to fly."

So my question : is there any flightplan filed already for the JAL 744 ? Or is it just a wild guess and are the given eta/etd not yet confirmed ?

The final answer is quite simple: the JAL 744 doesn't come.

Tristar1011 · Post by **Tristar1011** » 10 Jan 2007, 09:18

Robin_Bamps wrote:So my question : is there any flightplan filed already for the JAL 744 ? Or is it just a wild guess and are the given eta/etd not yet confirmed ?

Robin,

a flightplan usually gets filed a couple of hours before departure. For (V)VIP aircraft this can be even later.

Tristar1011

Post by **speedbird1** » 11 Jan 2007, 10:23

20-1101 currently heading to Brussels, looks like an on time arrival. HEX 87C000.

Emirates

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 11 Jan 2007, 12:17

Landed at 25R at 10:53LT in downpour and windgusts up to 44 knots :

How I hate global warming...

Regards, Robin Bamps.

Sparrow · Post by **Sparrow** » 11 Jan 2007, 12:49

Nice picture Robin of a nice plane, dispite of the very bad weather.

Where is 20-1101 standing?

Kind regards
Bavo

Robin_Bamps · Post by **Robin_Bamps** » 11 Jan 2007, 13:00

Sparrow wrote:Nice picture Robin of a nice plane, dispite of the very bad weather.

Thanks Bavo

Picture isn't good but what do you want in that kind of weather... And better this than nothing at all (there were about 10 spotters present including myself).

Sparrow wrote:Where is 20-1101 standing?

Àt Melsbroek.

Regards, Robin Bamps.

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 11 Jan 2007, 18:40

here are a couple of shots i could make, despite the horrible weather

rain, clouds and mist : all you need to get bad pictures

i hope to stop at work early tomorrow, perhaps i could catch the departure in a bit better weather

rut-her · Post by **rut-her** » 11 Jan 2007, 19:49

Thats really brave of you Robin and Vonsmalhausen, to go out spotting with your expensive equipment in stormy weather like this.

Nice pics both of you, despite the weather

FANFLYER · Post by **FANFLYER** » 12 Jan 2007, 15:19

Goodafternoon,
Plane just left EBBR.
I wonder how many pax onboard as plane was already very high when it overflew my workplace.
Paris, be prepared !
Greetz, Karl

Vonsmalhausen · Post by **Vonsmalhausen** » 12 Jan 2007, 17:07

here are a couple of today, on departure.
weather was as dark as yesterday

but this time without the rain

2 other visitors that i could catch are :

NATO B-707

and Dutch AF C-130

it's only the first Dutch Hercules that i see outside Holland

B737229 · Post by **B737229** » 12 Jan 2007, 17:19

Vonsmalhausen wrote: it's only the first Dutch Hercules that i see outside Holland

actually a dutch C130 was based for more then 1 year at melsbroek, during end of the 90s