very interesting Jez, I haven't seen any pics for there for a while.
thanks for posting
Andy
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- Mon Jul 14, 2025 8:03 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Hawarden 24 May 2025
- Replies: 1
- Views: 41
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 4:37 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Turweston 06-07-2025, some black & white photography
- Replies: 1
- Views: 48
Turweston 06-07-2025, some black & white photography
I've often found that with the right subject and right conditions, black and white photography can give some nice results so with some stormy skies around I decided to try editing some of my Turweston photos in black and white, here are some of the results and there are several more in my flickr alb...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 3:49 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Turweston helicopters (British Grand Prix) 06-07-2025
- Replies: 0
- Views: 39
Turweston helicopters (British Grand Prix) 06-07-2025
A super (if sometimes wet!) day at Turweston watching the helicopter shuttles to and from Silverstone, almost 70 helicopters logged (and photographed) so a great turn out. Here's a selection of my many photos.... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54653889366_fb6e9045d2_h.jpg G-FXCT Sikorsky S.92A ...
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 12:53 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Earls Colne 12-07-2025
- Replies: 2
- Views: 71
Re: Earls Colne 12-07-2025
I did indeed Ian, thanks for spotting it.I will correct it now
Andy
Andy
- Mon Jul 14, 2025 11:24 am
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Earls Colne 12-07-2025
- Replies: 2
- Views: 71
Earls Colne 12-07-2025
Some photos from Earls Colne on Saturday afternoon when my brother had his 70th birthday flight in the Anglian flight Centre's Stearman, that completed the pair as he flew in the Harvard for his 65th birthday! It was hot so couldn't photograph at distance due to the heat haze but here are some that ...
- Wed Jul 09, 2025 6:07 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM June 2025 (U.S. registered aircraft Voting Poll
- Replies: 0
- Views: 359
SPOTM June 2025 (U.S. registered aircraft Voting Poll
This is the voting poll for the June2025 SPOTM competition, the subject is any U.S. registered aircraft The rules for the competition are available here: https://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=237&t=51350 Voting will run for 7 days There are 10 entries this month so you are allowed...
- Tue Jul 08, 2025 12:40 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Budapest - Long Weekend June - Freight traffic
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1084
Re: Budapest - Long Weekend June - Freight traffic
bl**dy superb Denis, I bet you couldn't wait to get home
What a lovely set and what an airport.
The spotter mounds should be recommended as compulsory at every airport.
I'm sure really did enjoy it and thanks for posting these,
Andy

The spotter mounds should be recommended as compulsory at every airport.
I'm sure really did enjoy it and thanks for posting these,
Andy
- Sat Jul 05, 2025 6:26 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: Photo competition closing dates (June2025 comps)
- Replies: 0
- Views: 258
Photo competition closing dates (June2025 comps)
May I please remind you (because I nearly forgot to enter POTM
) that entries for both June competitions end at 23.59 om Monday 7th July.
We are low one entries particularly for Photo of the Mont (POTM) so please enter if you have n eligible photo
thanks
Andy

We are low one entries particularly for Photo of the Mont (POTM) so please enter if you have n eligible photo
thanks
Andy
- Sat Jul 05, 2025 6:16 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: June 2025 photo of the month competition
- Replies: 4
- Views: 905
Re: June 2025 photo of the month competition
I nearly forgot! here's mine from Stansted on 21st June, a black & white rendition of UAE Amiri flight's B747 A6-HRM lining up for it's departure to Dubai https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54607701832_3c9a5451e1_h.jpg A6-HRM B747 UAE Government Stansted 21-06-2025 0283 by Andrew Goldsmith , on Fli...
- Sat Jun 28, 2025 12:26 pm
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: an afternoon / evening with foxes 24-06-2025
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1293
Re: an afternoon / evening with foxes 24-06-2025
Simply stunning Andy. Those are some of the best fox photographs I have seen - well done and many thanks for posting. Not at all jealous :D Is this the one near Rayleigh? Must try and get there at some point if it is. Thanks Ian (and Pete), that's the one: https://www.thefoxhideexperence.co.uk/abou...
- Fri Jun 27, 2025 2:41 pm
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM June 2025 - Any US civil registered aircraft, airworthy, grounded or preserved
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2786
Re: SPOTM June 2025 - Any US civil registered aircraft, airworthy, grounded or preserved
I'll go with this one, FedEx MD-11F N599FE touching down at Stansted in May 2015 in the very last of the evening light...
N599FE MD11 FedEx Stansted 20-5-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
Good luck everybody
Andy

Good luck everybody
Andy
- Thu Jun 26, 2025 7:26 pm
- Forum: General Photography
- Topic: an afternoon / evening with foxes 24-06-2025
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1293
an afternoon / evening with foxes 24-06-2025
My wife treated me to an afternoon at a private nature reserve where they have hides for watching foxes which are fed daily. They soon appeared and got to within about 10 metres of us at times. Here are some of my photos... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54615851641_e2b722f83e_h.jpg fox 24-06-2...
- Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:29 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Stansted 21-06-2025 incl Emirates B777 in Real Madrid livery
- Replies: 0
- Views: 565
Stansted 21-06-2025 incl Emirates B777 in Real Madrid livery
a few from a hot Saturday evening at Stansted last Saturday, min reason for the visit was to 'get' this Real Madrid liveried Emirates B777 but it was pleasanatly busy with a few other bits as well during the hour and a half or so that I was there... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54607700062_78...
- Mon Jun 23, 2025 4:13 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: 'Pan Am' B757 at Stansted today (23-06-2025)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 383
Re: 'Pan Am' B757 at Stansted today (23-06-2025)
and here are three more from today (23-06-2025) - i was only there an hour https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54608954644_aae35f9a6b_h.jpg TC-RDJ A321 Pegasus Stansted 23-06-2025 1173 by Andrew Goldsmith , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54609063890_f651627fb9_h.jpg LX-TCV B747F Cargo...
- Mon Jun 23, 2025 3:04 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Wormingford (Essex & Suffolk gliding club) 14-06-2025
- Replies: 1
- Views: 419
Wormingford (Essex & Suffolk gliding club) 14-06-2025
I watched the Kings Birthday flypast from Marks Tey weekend before last (all military aircraft so not posted here) and afterwards went to Wormingford for a short visit, here are a few of my photos from there: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54598844684_d23105aaff_h.jpg G-AZPC Slingsby T.61 Wormi...
- Mon Jun 23, 2025 2:32 pm
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: 'Pan Am' B757 at Stansted today (23-06-2025)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 383
'Pan Am' B757 at Stansted today (23-06-2025)
This Icelandair B757 with Pan Am logos arrived at Stansted around midday today as part of a very expensive heritage tour of Europe (a mere $55k per person), it's due out at 10.40 on Wednesday when it heads to Shannon. It's fitted out with just 50 seats! https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5460886223...
- Fri Jun 20, 2025 7:22 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: May 2025 SPOTM, aircraft under maintenance - the winners
- Replies: 0
- Views: 490
May 2025 SPOTM, aircraft under maintenance - the winners
voting is complete and this moth's winner is acw367 with his photo of G-BRVE Beech D17S Staggerwing of The Fighter Collection at Duxford 20 September 2015 https://live.staticflickr.com/5727/22682124969_0bf635b683_h.jpg G-BRVE Duxford 20 September 2015 by ACW367 , on Flickr these two were joint runne...
- Fri Jun 20, 2025 7:15 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM May 2025 Aircraft under maintenance voting poll
- Replies: 1
- Views: 574
Re: SPOTM May 2025 Aircraft under maintenance voting poll
voting is complete and this moth's winner is acw367 with his photo of G-BRVE Beech D17S Staggerwing of The Fighter Collection at Duxford 20 September 2015 ColinKeightly and EGNH1909 were joint runners up well done to all three, thanks to everybody who supported the competition I have posted the winn...
- Sun Jun 15, 2025 7:04 am
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: A bimble around with the DH Moth Club.
- Replies: 2
- Views: 670
Re: A bimble around with the DH Moth Club.
Super set Jayson and what a great day out.
Great photography and thanks for posting
Andy
Great photography and thanks for posting
Andy
- Thu Jun 12, 2025 5:29 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: Westland helicopter museum, ~Weston-super-Mare 22-05-2025
- Replies: 1
- Views: 493
Westland helicopter museum, ~Weston-super-Mare 22-05-2025
I popped in here for an hour or so during my recent trip to the west country. A very nice interesting museum with a good mixture of civil and military helicopters, here's a selection of the civil ones... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54567163561_3272101214_h.jpg D-HZYR MBB Bo.105M The Helicopt...