Spotting station

Less plane spotting and more getting addicted to Apple Maps on a random afternoon šŸ¤£, but this airport outside of Moscow is a little interesting
 

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Used the early morning to snap a few airliner pics. The scale modeler/artwork designer in me loves detail shots so...
Three pairs of eyes fully focused as this 767-400 is about to touch down with the airframes nose directing to the rising sun
United 767-424ER N76062 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

The classic jetliner fan in me can't get used to the lines of modern airliners.
Air Baltic A220-300 YL-ABV by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
 
It's that time of the year when spotting is only fun in the first and last hour of the day. Way too much heat haze otherwise.
Arriving from CLT right after sunrise
Gulfstream G600 N151B by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Arriving from EWR is N76062 (again) with D-AIXT from PVG on the parallel
United 767-424ER N76062 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

With the sun rising too high resulting in way too much haze, it was time to quit my civil spotting session for this summer season...
United 787-8 N26902 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Back home, fun shot... that's what it looks like when a good g-load is pulled right through condensation level
3153 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
 
Phantom said:
The classic jetliner fan in me can't get used to the lines of modern airliners.
Air Baltic A220-300 YL-ABV by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
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BRO! :cool: I know what you mean, but this is an interesting impression to me. One of my younger avgeek friends says he doesn't like the old airliners because their engines are too tiny in proportion to the airframe! I don't share this impression, but it is interesting how our tastes are formed by what is contemporary to us. I actually happen to quite like the lines and overall posture of the A220, and especially the E2 series if you have seen that aircraft head-on. But I like previous generations of aircraft too. I grew up with the last decade of the L-1011 and that will always be my favorite.
 
LeoMuse747 said:
Wonderful prop discs in broad daylight. Very sharp result too!
Did you use an ND filter on your lens for this one? And may I ask for the EXIF? :)
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Thanks. The sun wasn't fully out most of the time allowing for slightly lower shutter speeds.
I had the NDs with me, but no time to get them on. Had my tele lens mounted but needed to change for the short lense when the crew decided to use the taxiway (the 130 is the max our taxiway can handle)
EXIF on this are 1/60s, f22, ISO100 at 63mm
The following is 1/250s at f11:
5504b by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
 
Phantom said:
Thanks. The sun wasn't fully out most of the time allowing for slightly lower shutter speeds.
I had the NDs with me, but no time to get them on. Had my tele lens mounted but needed to change for the short lense when the crew decided to use the taxiway (the 130 is the max our taxiway can handle)
EXIF on this are 1/60s, f22, ISO100 at 63mm
The following is 1/250s at f11:
5504b by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
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Great, thanks! :D
 
L1011TriStar said:
BRO! :cool: I know what you mean, but this is an interesting impression to me. One of my younger avgeek friends says he doesn't like the old airliners because their engines are too tiny in proportion to the airframe! I don't share this impression, but it is interesting how our tastes are formed by what is contemporary to us. I actually happen to quite like the lines and overall posture of the A220, and especially the E2 series if you have seen that aircraft head-on. But I like previous generations of aircraft too. I grew up with the last decade of the L-1011 and that will always be my favorite.
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Different tastes for sure.
Nothing beats the sight and sound of a 707 with its four (unhushed) JT3Ds idling and slowly spooling up to full thrust. And when it's got a skin that can tell stories, even better. This would be the ultimate airliner for me - I'd give a full year of FRA's movements for a single movement of this.
264 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Another head on shot of an awesome type that sadly is history...
USAF C-5A, 70-0451 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

And just another head on of an airframe that is still active today
210323_dabtl-f by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
 
Phantom said:
Different tastes for sure.
Nothing beats the sight and sound of a 707 with its four (unhushed) JT3Ds idling and slowly spooling up to full thrust. And when it's got a skin that can tell stories, even better. This would be the ultimate airliner for me - I'd give a full year of FRA's movements for a single movement of this.
264 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

Another head on shot of an awesome type that sadly is history...
USAF C-5A, 70-0451 by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr

And just another head on of an airframe that is still active today
210323_dabtl-f by Alexander Kern, auf Flickr
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Ah the KC-135... The jet our grandfathers, fathers and children now fly.
 
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