SPOTM December 2014 - Cargo airliners

[andygolfer]

This is the final SPOTM for 2014 and the subject is 'Cargo airliners' The subject can be any civilian registered airliner active or retired which is exclusively used for carrying freight or mail of any type a the time the photo was taken, it may not be an aircraft that takes a bit of freight as well as passengers or as some aircraft do, fly passengers during the day and do mail flights at night (e.g. Jet2 B737s). If in doubt please ask. Please note the extended closing date for this month only for the benefit of those who are sleeping off new year celebrations on the 1st!

Photography Competition Rules :-

1. Only one entry per user, unless posting on behalf of another person who is unable to do so themselves (children for example). If this is the case, please state so on your entry..

2. The photo may have been taken on any date, it does not have to be taken in the month of the competition

3. The image can be photo-shopped to some extent, levels changes, cropping, sharpening etc. are all acceptable. The photograph must retain it’s initial subject though, don’t make it something it’s not, (cutting and pasting the moon into the shot, for example !). HDR images are not acceptable. If you are unsure, please PM a moderator.

4. The competition will remain open until 23.59 on the 2nd January 2015, to enable anyone with a last minute entry some breathing space (and to sober-up).

5. Voting will be conducted by a poll open to all the membership shortly after the closure of the competition.

6. The decision of the moderating team is final.

7. All images must be posted in line with the usual CA posting rules (size etc.), please read them if you're not sure how to post.

8. The rules may be subject to change, and these will be posted on this thread.

9. Please also embed the images and not links to images, if you're not sure how to do it then shout up and someone will sort it out. It is permissible to change your entry before the closing date.

10. Do not comment on other member's photos.

11. A brief description of where and when the image was taken would be nice too.

Good luck everyone.

[Mike s]

LZ-CGP ,EDI 1.10.14 by Mike stanners, on Flickr

[Bob UK]

UR-CKC by zeek_xvs1100

[Paultojo]

F-GUOC 777 Air France Cargo at Dublin by Paul J Harvey 750k views cheers, on Flickr

Try this one

[talldan76]

I'm going with this one of Fed Ex 777 N859FD.

Taken at Stansted on October 23rd last year in some nice light...




Cheers
Dan

[Mike]

Cathay Pacific Cargo 747 B-KAE arrives at a soggy Manchester 17/09/11

[Radleigh]

LZ-ABR seen in the Expendables scheme at Birmingham.

LZ-ABR-09_10 by Totallyrad.co.uk, on Flickr

[andygolfer]

here's mine for the December SPOTM,

Silkway's B767 4K-SW808 arriving at Stansted back in August 2012, first afternoon out with my then 1 day old Canon EOS600

0035 B767 Silkway 4K-SW808c by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

good luck everybody

[niallsaviation]

Im Going To try A Different Kind Of Photo Than Everyone Else

OO-THC by niallsaviation, on Flickr

OO-THC Emirates Sky Cargo
Operating UAE 4997 @F/L37975 over Portlaoise @1400 11/10/2013

[DeltaCharlieKilo]

I'll try this one. China Airlines Cargo B744F, B18720, on approach to Penang International Airport, 17 April 2014.

Boeing 747-409F, B18720. by Janner88, on Flickr

Good luck all.

[Wallie]

My "heavy" for this month.
B747 Thai Cargo departing at Frankfurt Airport.
Happy Holidays to all.

[Baltimore]

My offering:
STN - Boeing 747-87UF (British Airways World Cargo c/o Global Supply Systems) G-GSSD by jamfran, on Flickr

[AlanP]

Dept EMA on 3/10/06

em 036 copy by Alan Parker68, on Flickr

[retro11]

Smoke on , AN12 UR-BXK RWY16 departure Aberdeen October 2013

ANTONOV AN-12B by Donald Douglas, on Flickr

[flat cap]

An-26 Exin SP-FDT by flat cap, on Flickr

An26 SP-FDT at Manchester last June.

[culpano]

Taken at Manchester Airport on 29th July 2012.

[jamieP]

Martinair Cargo McDonnell Douglas MD-11F PH-MCW taking off at 1055 with a flight to Amsterdam (4) by JP4488, on Flickr

[noryport]

IL76TD-90 of Azerbaijan Cargo/Silk Way, at Lakenheath..01/Oct/2013

IMG_3757 by jaycee1962, on Flickr

[ROBINLANCS]

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I'm hoping I've done this correctly, as its my first posting of a photo (with the kind help of Andy's excellent instructions - thanks very much):

UR-82060 An225 Mira arriving to runway 23R at Manchester. Seen over the lighting gantries, and dwarfing the houses on Ringway Road in the background, it arrived to pick up a load of drilling equipment.


EDIT - I've reloaded this for Rob after copying it to my folders as his link isn't working.
Rob, I've sent you a PM which might help you sort it out properly as this is a smaller image than your original, have a go to see if you can get it to work please.
Note -if anyone knows what is wrong with the link (I think it might be that he hasn't selected BBC code) please post responses in the photography Q & A thread re uploading from flickR rather than here, MTIA.

x DSC_0015r1 by ROBSATFLICKS, on Flickr

(now replaced with the full size version)

Cheers

Rob Skinkis

[DaveSheffield]

Go on then, here's my attempt but all are ridiculously impressive! Shot at Southend this year.

EC-GFK Flightline Fairchild Swearingen SA-226 AT Merlin 4 of Flightline by djwilliams1990, on Flickr