Soggy Stansted, 01-12-2018

[andygolfer]

it wasn't half wet! one or two breaks in the deluge but only short ones. The planewatch puddles returned after sunshine last month and not surprisingly there were only a few of us there today.

The only good thing was that the rain left a very wet runway and what do you get with a wet runway - lots of spray! so I tried my best to use the conditions to my advantage. Here we go, I'll start with the irregulars and then finish with the regulars where I practiced rain pics......

VP-CTS Gulfstream G.650 Stansted 01-12-2018 0152 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

5N-FGY Falcon 7X, Stansted 01-12-2018 0461 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N211HS Gulfstream G.650 Stansted 01-12-2018 9813 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

VQ-BTC B.737 Pobeda, Stansted 01-12-2018 0300 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

OE-LOD A.320 Laudamotion, Stansted 01-12-2018 9776 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

vapourising in front of my eyes!
N850GT B.747-8F Panalpina Stansted 01-12-2018 0042a by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

EI-DCM B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 01-12-2018 0345 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the belly lights on the older 737s made for some interesting lighting in the spray
EI-DCM B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 01-12-2018 0359 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

EI-ENL B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 01-12-2018 0003 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and the strobes were quite effective too...
EI-DCM B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 01-12-2018 0375 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

this one really braked hard to use the first turn off and in doing so created masses of the wet stuff!
EI-FRS B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 01-12-2018 9861 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and finally, dare I say - it almost looks christmassy! now there's an idea for POTM December 2020 - christmas lights, photos with aircraft and lights, their own or airport lights - I must make note of that!
EI-FRS B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 01-12-2018 9884 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

there's quite a few more in my flickr album - is it me or is flickr slow today? https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 220617645/

thanks for looking , C&C welcome

andy

[Mike]

That's a great set in the awful conditions, but please don't mention the C word until the 1st day of C (which is the 25th)!

[andygolfer]

That's a great set in the awful conditions, but please don't mention the C word until the 1st day of C (which is the 25th)!

sorry Mike, I'll change it to Xmas

[PorkScratching]

Well braved Andy, and you've made the most of it. Shame the wx was so dire for those tasty biz movements.

[andygolfer]

Well braved Andy, and you've made the most of it. Shame the wx was so dire for those tasty biz movements.

thanks Nick - your mince pie was very nice!

[Paultojo]

Excellent results in those rather testing conditions

[PorkScratching]

thanks Nick - your mince pie was very nice!

Serves me right for being a wuss.

[Cessna954]

There was a time when bizjets were sleak and arrow like, but now they seem quite middle aged - chubby around the middle. I guess that's where they get the exceptional long range from.

A great set of pictures and worth braving the elements for, the variety at Stansted makes it worth while.

Neil