Al's airliner photo thread.

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Did you visit Airplane Models SG?

It was unfortunately closed for the duration of my stay, but I did visit the store in Orchard Plaza. Very pricey, but they do have some ridiculously valuable models...

 

[Jazajia]

It was unfortunately closed for the duration of my stay, but I did visit the store in Orchard Plaza. Very pricey, but they do have some ridiculously valuable models...

I was lucky to catch Airplane Models SG on a Saturday. I also went to The Orchard Store, yeah...

 

[Phantom]

Today, exactly two years ago I photographed An-124 RA-82046 at NUE while taxiing for take off for the short re-positioning flight to LEJ.
I couldn't imagine that this would be the airframe's last flight as only hours later Russia attacked the Ukraine and this airframe got grounded at LEJ where she still sits to this day.
230222_ra82046 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Edit: it might be just my computer, but I cannot get the image to display (too large?)
Here's a smaller copy...
220222_ra82046_1600 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

 

[pons399]

Went a couple hours earlier and caught some decent foreign traffic, plus an aircraft I've got very fond memories of.

EY856 (A6-BLH)


LH712 (D-ABVU)


CX410 (B-HNV)


KE901 (HL7636)

 

[Phantom]

Two pics of the queen of the skies for today.
D-ABTL doing training approaches at IGS
210323_dabtl3-1600 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
210323_dabtl-r1920 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

 

[Jazajia]

Two pics of the queen of the skies for today.
D-ABTL doing training approaches at IGS
210323_dabtl3-1600 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
210323_dabtl-r1920 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

This is a stunning capture. Well done!

 

[pons399]

Finally snapped a good pic of HL7428, last 744 pax in the country. It'll be retired at the end of this month.


HL8250 was brand new when I flew on it, now it's over a decade old. Time flies!


Cathay 359s usually land on the other runway, so I was lucky to have grabbed this shot.

 

[Phantom]

Found the time to take the cam out with me once again. First stop: MUC.
Early morning with some fog - should be perfect conditions for panning, but not when shooting in between two lines of barbwire...
Seen here arriving from Tbilisi is Lufthansa's livery "freak" A321neo D-AIEE.
Even though it was painted in late 2019, EE sports the infamous 2018's tail logo. None of its sisters do.
200324_daiee by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

9V-SMH got stranded the day before due to technical and is seen here getting ready for the ferry home as SQ9327
200324_9vsmh by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

As soon as the sun rises higher heat haze turns photographs into crap and I moved on - spotting at today's big modern airports isn't my cup of tea anyways.
One last one is D-AIAS on the way to Tenerife. How many lines and stripes do you count?
200324_daias by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Lunch break at IGS waiting for a special flight from Vigo to arrive.
But first two of the choppers coming in from their pre-delivery test/training/acceptance routine with Airbus Helicopters.
First is one of the two H145M for Cyprus, D-HBKZ, to become "19-56".
200324_1959_dhbkz by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Was expecting this beauty to come in lower so got the wrong lens on for this H145, D-HBKY, to be delivered to Garuda Mongolia as JU-6999
200324_ju6999_dhbky by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Finally the expected Metroliner of Flightline, EC-GJM arrived from Vigo and it was time for me to move on for a longer break...
200324_ecgjm by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

...before visiting my "homebase" - late/night flight was scheduled. A single take off there thrills me more than a full day at MUC to be honest.
200324_3 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

 

[Jazajia]

Found the time to take the cam out with me once again. First stop: MUC.
Early morning with some fog - should be perfect conditions for panning, but not when shooting in between two lines of barbwire...
Seen here arriving from Tbilisi is Lufthansa's livery "freak" A321neo D-AIEE.
Even though it was painted in late 2019, EE sports the infamous 2018's tail logo. None of its sisters do.
200324_daiee by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

9V-SMH got stranded the day before due to technical and is seen here getting ready for the ferry home as SQ9327
200324_9vsmh by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

As soon as the sun rises higher heat haze turns photographs into crap and I moved on - spotting at today's big modern airports isn't my cup of tea anyways.
One last one is D-AIAS on the way to Tenerife. How many lines and stripes do you count?
200324_daias by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Lunch break at IGS waiting for a special flight from Vigo to arrive.
But first two of the choppers coming in from their pre-delivery test/training/acceptance routine with Airbus Helicopters.
First is one of the two H145M for Cyprus, D-HBKZ, to become "19-56".
200324_1959_dhbkz by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Was expecting this beauty to come in lower so got the wrong lens on for this H145, D-HBKY, to be delivered to Garuda Mongolia as JU-6999
200324_ju6999_dhbky by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Finally the expected Metroliner of Flightline, EC-GJM arrived from Vigo and it was time for me to move on for a longer break...
200324_ecgjm by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

...before visiting my "homebase" - late/night flight was scheduled. A single take off there thrills me more than a full day at MUC to be honest.
200324_3 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Good stuff Alex, makes me wan to go out spotting again. Coincidentally a friend reached out to me to see if I was up for a trip to IAH tomorrow. Not a chance, mom is out of the house for the weekend so I'm on double duty.

 

[pons399]

Runway direction was inverted for a few hours, so I managed to grab some decent takeoff shots... Starting with one of this UPS 748F.


CX453 is normally operated by a 333, so it was a pleasant surprise to see a 359 PIP instead.


There are two 767s still in service with OZ. This one's a freighter, while the other is for pax.


Finally caught HL7783 wearing the ever-classy Skyteam livery.


Almost missed the bus for my first Eva Air pic, but it was well worth the effort.


Turkish 77W from Istanbul. Heavy traffic at ICN pretty much dries up after this flight lands.


A unicorn in this day and age: FedEx MD-11. Panning shots from this angle are tough to nail because the plane has just started accelerating, but this didn't turn out too bad.


Wrapping things up with the Queen, looking shiny with a fresh coat of paint.

 

[Jazajia]

NASA's DC-8-72 N817NA Flying Research Lab is retiring. I had a bunch of photos of it stored away so took the opportunity to put something together:

https://www.yankeevictor400.com/post/up-close-and-personal-with-nasa-s-flying-science-laboratory-dc-8-72-n817na

 

[pons399]

A "special" pic, despite the horrible focusing: UA806 diverted back to ICN, and I caught it just as it landed.



Plane was towed away and the flight was canceled, those poor sods...


I moved to another spot and saw this blank 744,


as well as an AC 789.


Qatar 35K in the Oneworld c/s.


Wrapped things up with the last ever pax 747.

 

[Alzyerpal]

Been a long time since I added anything here, been taking a hiatus from the aviation hobby to concentrate on other things, but here's a selection of GLA action from 2024 so far. Including in January the retirement flight of Loganair's Saab 340 fleet, pictured here with me on the back row. The other pics are taken by me.

 

[Alzyerpal]

And some more...

 

[Phantom]

Am I the only one having massive issues with page/image loading times on MAF?

Just in case the post gets through, here's a bit of backlight on this Lovehansa A320-271N, D-AINY, taken this week.
Lufthansa A320-271N D-AINY by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

 

[Phantom]

Hmm, seems like that worked. Another one, this time A321-271NX D-AIEP
Lufthansa A321-271NX D-AIEP by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

And R2-D2 leaving in the last minute of the day. JA873A
ANA 787-9 JA873A by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

 

[Phantom]

I can't help it, but a single fly past on full burners kicks me more than a full day of airliners at FRA.
Back "home", our pilot having his last practice run before heading to this weekend's Air Tattoo. Sorry, only had the 400mm on as I was there for the sound in first place.

160724_3094b by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
160724_3094 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

 

[Phantom]

Am I the only one having massive issues with page/image loading times on MAF?

The question still stands. Anyone else?

Just in case pictures load on your devices, here are some of yesterday. Three airports in one day...
Breakfast at MUC
346 ops will soon move to FRA, so I was glad to catch one. D-AIHF on finals runway 08L with Thai A350 HS-THP lowering gears on the 08R approach.
060824_daihf_HSTHP by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
And just one random Babybus. D-AILW touching down on 08L after the short hop from STR
060824_dailw by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

A short lunch break at IGS for the Beluga to Finkenwerder, this time an "old" ST, F-GSTD
060824_fgstd by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

The rest of the day was spent "dahoam". Another two rounds of display excercising were scheduled. Usually, Tranche 1 airframes are used for practicing, but this day we finally got the Tiger dispatched for the flights.
Morning run with some nice condensation (sadly not the best angle to get a good shot)
060824_3106b_1600 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
2nd run in the afternoon
060824_3106a by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
Well done, Noble!
060824_3106b by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

 

[Alzyerpal]

Images all loading fine for me and quickly too. Great shots, love the Eurofighter.

 

[pons399]

Images load fine for me as well.

Today I went for KE's 78X, butchered that shot, and caught quite a few "new" stuff. Many airlines have shaken up their lineups these past few months.