Majorca Holiday Part one - Gatwick Airport and flying to Majorca
Sunday, 28. June 2009, 16:28:37
On Saturday 13th June i went on the 8:30am train to Gatwick Airport and it was really exciting because iam going on holiday to Majorca yay! 
The weather was sunny and cloudy and no rain which was good. Here is Foxy enjoying the train ride up to Gatwick.
I arrived at Gatwick around 10am and went to my usual spotting place and met someone i knew who spots reguarly too and we chatted and took photos of planes. Here are a few of them.
easyJet A319.
Foxy enjoying the planes!
I saw a Butterfly by the ditch too! Think its a Tortoiseshell.
Flybe Dash 8.
Emirates 777-300.
After the Emirates plane landed i made my way to North Terminal check in to wait for my family to arrive and chatted to my Brother and his girlfriend and when we were all together we joined the long check in queue and got through security and went to a whetherspoons to have a quick lunch before going to the departure gate.
I took a few photos of the airside activities too while we waited.
Interesting 737 and easyJet A319.
BA 737.
Gatwick Tower.
Video of airside.
After lunch, we made our way to gate 109 which was the new satellite terminal which is accessed by a tall bridge that goes over a live taxiway which was cool, i took many photos, using my Fuji for this as we had to hurry so i didnt change between cameras too much.
Mum walking along the bridge, its a 2000ft long one!
You can get cool shots from up here!
We made it to gate 109 and i took a photo of our plane, an easyJet A319 registered G-EZBC - one of 227 in the fleet!
Our plane at stand 109.
Boarding information.
I got onto the plane ahead of my family to get a window seat, well you just got to havent you!
My boarding pass.
I sat down in my window seat over the wing and took a photo of the safety card.
Foxy enjoying his flight!
Foxy on easyJet video.
We pushed back on time and i took a few photos of other planes at the stands, mostly easyJet!
Video of taxiing to the runway 26L.
View from my seat.
Holding for takeoff, i see my spotting friend just forward of the Flybe Dash 8, hes wearing a bright yellow reflective jacket, nice to see things from the other way!
Video of taking off from 26L.
It was a great takeoff and was funny to hear the kid behind me going *we are landing" as we left the ground! I took a few more photos as we climbed out, we flew over Bognor but it was cloudy so couldnt see much.
Bye bye England! leaving south coast far behind!
View behind my seat.
Me on the plane at 39,000ft.
Another cabin shot looking towards the front of the plane.
Video of Foxy enjoying the flight.
I took this shot of the winglet with my Canon, bit tricky with the long lens lol!
The flight was nearly 2 hours long and there was a storm over the Pyrenees so we had to dodge that and continue towards Barcelona and turn left and descend towards Majorca, how exciting!
It was nice to see clear blue sky again near the Balearics, our plane does a nice descending left turn.
Yay here is Majorca.
On finals for Palma's 06L runway.
Video of landing at Palma and taxiing to the gate.
I took some more photos on the way to the gate and saw another easyJet A319.
Iberworld A330.
Interesting BAE 146.
Parking next to a Jet2 757.
It was a great flight and we all enjoyed it. As we were getting off, the pilot allowed me to take a photo of the Cockpit!
That was nice of him and i said thanks and we went to arrivals and got our luggage and went on a bus to the hire car area.
Then we got the 2 cars and drove to our Villa called Cas Tallador near Porto Petro, 5 kms from Cala'Dor just before nightfall.
When we got all unpacked, we all went for a refreshing night time dip in the pool! It was nice to do that after flying and then we had the welcome pack dinner provided for us which was good and yummy.
Yay! we are in majorca! hope you enjoyed Part 1, more to come in Part 2 later on.
Rest of Part 1 photos here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21967655@N08/sets/72157620677606426/
Hope you enjoyed that!
The weather was sunny and cloudy and no rain which was good. Here is Foxy enjoying the train ride up to Gatwick.I arrived at Gatwick around 10am and went to my usual spotting place and met someone i knew who spots reguarly too and we chatted and took photos of planes. Here are a few of them.
easyJet A319.
Foxy enjoying the planes!
I saw a Butterfly by the ditch too! Think its a Tortoiseshell.
Flybe Dash 8.
Emirates 777-300.
After the Emirates plane landed i made my way to North Terminal check in to wait for my family to arrive and chatted to my Brother and his girlfriend and when we were all together we joined the long check in queue and got through security and went to a whetherspoons to have a quick lunch before going to the departure gate.
I took a few photos of the airside activities too while we waited.
Interesting 737 and easyJet A319.
BA 737.
Gatwick Tower.
Video of airside.
After lunch, we made our way to gate 109 which was the new satellite terminal which is accessed by a tall bridge that goes over a live taxiway which was cool, i took many photos, using my Fuji for this as we had to hurry so i didnt change between cameras too much.
Mum walking along the bridge, its a 2000ft long one!
You can get cool shots from up here!
We made it to gate 109 and i took a photo of our plane, an easyJet A319 registered G-EZBC - one of 227 in the fleet!
Our plane at stand 109.
Boarding information.
I got onto the plane ahead of my family to get a window seat, well you just got to havent you!
My boarding pass.
I sat down in my window seat over the wing and took a photo of the safety card.
Foxy enjoying his flight!
Foxy on easyJet video.
We pushed back on time and i took a few photos of other planes at the stands, mostly easyJet!
Video of taxiing to the runway 26L.
View from my seat.
Holding for takeoff, i see my spotting friend just forward of the Flybe Dash 8, hes wearing a bright yellow reflective jacket, nice to see things from the other way!
Video of taking off from 26L.
It was a great takeoff and was funny to hear the kid behind me going *we are landing" as we left the ground!
I took a few more photos as we climbed out, we flew over Bognor but it was cloudy so couldnt see much.Bye bye England! leaving south coast far behind!
View behind my seat.
Me on the plane at 39,000ft.
Another cabin shot looking towards the front of the plane.
Video of Foxy enjoying the flight.
I took this shot of the winglet with my Canon, bit tricky with the long lens lol!
The flight was nearly 2 hours long and there was a storm over the Pyrenees so we had to dodge that and continue towards Barcelona and turn left and descend towards Majorca, how exciting!
It was nice to see clear blue sky again near the Balearics, our plane does a nice descending left turn.
Yay here is Majorca.
On finals for Palma's 06L runway.
Video of landing at Palma and taxiing to the gate.
I took some more photos on the way to the gate and saw another easyJet A319.
Iberworld A330.
Interesting BAE 146.
Parking next to a Jet2 757.
It was a great flight and we all enjoyed it. As we were getting off, the pilot allowed me to take a photo of the Cockpit!
That was nice of him and i said thanks and we went to arrivals and got our luggage and went on a bus to the hire car area.
Then we got the 2 cars and drove to our Villa called Cas Tallador near Porto Petro, 5 kms from Cala'Dor just before nightfall.When we got all unpacked, we all went for a refreshing night time dip in the pool! It was nice to do that after flying and then we had the welcome pack dinner provided for us which was good and yummy.
Yay! we are in majorca! hope you enjoyed Part 1, more to come in Part 2 later on.
Rest of Part 1 photos here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21967655@N08/sets/72157620677606426/
Hope you enjoyed that!
thats about the last time i saw brilliant blue skies such as the day i went here. Here are a selection of my best from today. 
WIDGETIZE