Stansted 01-04-2017, an unfoolish way to spend a morning!

[andygolfer]

I was at Stansted on Saturday for the monthly planewatch meet up at the Aerozone. Despite the failure of the rumoured An.22 to arrive (not sure what happened to it or where the rumour started ) there was a good selection of aircraft for us and the weather got better as the morning progressed until the heat haze (I'd almost forgotten what heat haze was) started to become a problem at least on the more distant shots. Here's a fairly extensive selction of my photos.....

firstly I went out on the approach to get some pics of the Cargolux 747 in sunlight:
LX-OCV B.747-400F Cargolux, Stansted 01-04-2017 1645c by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

then onto the Aerozone mound by which time the cloud had moved in
some of the north side visitors:
D-AFAB Bombadier CL.604, Stansted 01-04-2017 1718 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

TC-SPL Bombadier CL.300, Stansted 01-04-2017 1705 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

OE-IOL Emb.135 Legacy, Stansted 01-04-2017 1701 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the military fans call this a C.37, to me it looks very much like a Gulfstream 4:
10108 C.37, Gulfstream 4 USAF, Stansted 01-04-2017 1688 a by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
(the transit van had a nice personalised number plate as well **11 BBJ !)

and there was a B.757 military equivalent (C.32) a few pans away too
80002 B.757, C.32 USAF, Stansted 01-04-2017 1725 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a few biz departed
G-NIAB Beech 200 King Air, Stansted 01-04-2017 2409 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N360LA Bombadier BD-700, Stansted 01-04-2017 2453 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N604LP Bombadier CL.604, Stansted 01-04-2017 1829 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

this was quite a big biz type, well government really:
A6-DLM A.320 Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight, Stansted 01-04-2017 1939 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A6-DLM A.320 Abu Dhabi Amiri Flight, Stansted 01-04-2017 1946 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

this B.737 BBJ 9M-III owned by the Sultan of Johor was the best of the biz arrivals:
9M-III B.737 BBJ Sultan of Johor, Stansted 01-04-2017 2347 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a seamless transition from biz to airliners!
Ryanair B.737 & GLX in a line, Stansted 01-04-2017 2417 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the Saudia cargo flight was a nice surprise
TC-ACF B.747-400F Saudia Cargo, Stansted 01-04-2017 2137 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and I tried this one of it in mono, (apart from the tail it was virtually black and white anyway)
TC-ACF B.747-400F Saudia Cargo, Stansted 01-04-2017 2163 mono by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

another more regular cargo flight:
B-2071 B.777F China Southern, Stansted 01-04-2017 1894 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

these two Turkish airlines continue their battle for supremacy of the Istanbul - Stansted route
TC-ATH A.321 AtlasGlobal, Stansted 01-04-2017 2255 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

TC-IZK B.737 Pegasus, Stansted 01-04-2017 2437 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
(Pegasus are occasionally using A.320 NEOs now but sadly not last saturday)

BA Cityflyer are still operating at weekends during the LCY curfew:
G-LCYO Emb.190 British Airways CityFlyer, Stansted 01-04-2017 2212 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the Air Moldova arrived just before our curfew was imposed for another month:
ER-AXV A.320 Air Moldova, Stansted 01-04-2017 2586 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

ER-AXV A.320 Air Moldova, Stansted 01-04-2017 2599 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Jet2 started operations from Stansted on Thursday, just these 2 aircraft are based at present:
G-JZHW B.737 Jet2, Stansted 01-04-2017 2690 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-JZHU B.737 Jet2, Stansted 01-04-2017 2023 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

but they also used this Titan B.757
G-ZAPX B.757 Titan, Stansted 01-04-2017 2561 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

hope they are of interest, there are lots more in my Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 978536984/

C&C welcome

Andrew

[PorkScratching]

Great selection Andy, and good to see you again of course. The landing Cargolux shot was worth arriving early for.

[tb2]

Hi Andy,

Did anyone put a log together?
I called in briefly on Saturday morning and a biz escaped id.
It was parked at a bad angle and the only bits I got were N.8..M

Cheers

Trevor

[andygolfer]

Hi Andy,

Did anyone put a log together?
I called in briefly on Saturday morning and a biz escaped id.
It was parked at a bad angle and the only bits I got were N.8..M

Cheers

Trevor

Hi Trev, can you give me an idea of where it was parked and the type please. I can look through my pics to see if I can i.d it, if not I may find a log on Stansted Yahoo group.

thanks

Andy

[andygolfer]

Trevor, I've just been through all my pics (I usually do a quick sweep to get a record of everything that I can) and found a challenger 300 N801PH was parked over the north side near the trees (probably around stand 512 area north of the titan hangar) it has a red tail, It's not exactly the reg you quoted but could your 'M' be an 'H' ?

I also found a log on the yahoo group and as well as the above, a global 5000 N 878HL was recorded - that was the only ohter one starting N8** but L could hardly be mistaken for M (no info on where that was parked I'm afraid

HTH

Andy

[tb2]

Ta very much Andy,

It was a Global, N878HL fits the bill perfectly!

I had logged N801PH already.

Trevor

[andygolfer]

Ta very much Andy,

It was a Global, N878HL fits the bill perfectly!

I had logged N801PH already.

Trevor

pleased to help, Trevor.

If you aren't already a member of the Stansted yahoo group then it's handy if you are a regular visitor / spotter as there are lists on there most days as people drop in for a quick look round : https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/stansted/info it's also handy for advance info on movements

Andy

[niallsaviation]

That Cargolux Shot is great