With due credit to the photographer:-
Question - why are both pilots wearing head torches? The Bell 429 is about to land at the London Heliport.
G-ODSA B429 at EGLW by Joseph Pringle, on Flickr
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- Fri Dec 22, 2023 6:45 am
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Head torches
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2919
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:36 am
- Forum: General Chat Area
- Topic: increasing number of adverts on facebook???
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1978
Re: increasing number of adverts on facebook???
Definitely an increase in unwanted 'Suggested for you' adverts and propaganda. If algorithms were supposedly the way your interests were determined, then 50% of what I see is non-algorithm - plain rubbish really. Sometimes posts by my friends are way down the scroll and often a day or two after they...
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 5:23 am
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Squirrel ogling a Sky Guardian
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1695
Re: Squirrel ogling a Sky Guardian
Thank you for the positive reception and kind comments guys!
- Sat Sep 04, 2021 10:02 am
- Forum: Current Civilian Photography
- Topic: Squirrel ogling a Sky Guardian
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1695
Squirrel ogling a Sky Guardian
A couple of hours next to a Lincolnshire B-road was well rewarded whilst watching a heliborne photoshoot of the MQ-9B Sky Guardian (N190TC) conducted by an Airbus Helicopters AS355 Squirrel (G-NETR). Three passes were made over the Waddington area, allowing for ample pictures of a rare event. Right ...
- Wed Sep 01, 2021 3:45 pm
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM August 2021 Any UK civil registered helicopter, autogyro or other rotary winged type
- Replies: 19
- Views: 16621
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:44 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: August 2021 photo of the month competition
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3754
Re: August 2021 photo of the month competition
Air Ambulance G-RSCU (Agusta A109E Power) about to land at the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance facility opposite RAF Waddington - Friday 13 August 2021 at 15:27. Original post:- https://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=188&t=33706&p=122634#p122634 https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5138...
- Sun Aug 15, 2021 10:35 am
- Forum: Themed photo topics
- Topic: Emergency Medical Services 'Air Ambulance'
- Replies: 5
- Views: 8232
Re: Emergency Medical Services 'Air Ambulance'
Air Ambulance G-RSCU (Agusta A109E Power) about to land at the Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance facility opposite RAF Waddington. Picture taken from the carpark at the WAVE just before The Reds performed a practice display over Waddington. Friday 13 August 2021 at 15:27. https://live.staticflickr.com/655...
- Sat Jul 24, 2021 4:23 pm
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM July 2021 - aircraft based on a former Soviet bloc design
- Replies: 17
- Views: 11884
Re: SPOTM July 2021 - aircraft based on a former Soviet bloc design
Antonov An-24V (LZ-ANL) last in service with Balkan (Bulgarian Airlines) and withdrawn from service in 1999. Initially delivered new to Interflug, former East Germany, in 1966. Picture taken in 2014 outside Burgas airport, Bulgaria, where it forms part of the Bulgarian Aviation Expo. Preservation ha...
- Sat Jul 24, 2021 7:22 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM July 2021 - closing date error
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1272
Re: SPOTM July 2021 - aircraft based on a former Soviet bloc design
@andygolfer I refer to the date of closure for entries as per point 4 of the Rules, see below; should it read 7th August? "The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 7th July 2021 ... " excellent - at least we have one person reading the rules , many thanks!!! So that's only 3 el...
- Sat Jul 24, 2021 6:28 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM July 2021 - closing date error
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1272
SPOTM July 2021 - closing date error
@andygolfer
I refer to the date of closure for entries as per point 4 of the Rules, see below; should it read 7th August?
"The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 7th July 2021 ... "
I refer to the date of closure for entries as per point 4 of the Rules, see below; should it read 7th August?
"The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 7th July 2021 ... "
- Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:20 pm
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM November 2020 , vintage jets (civilian registered ex. Military aircraft)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8706
Re: SPOTM November 2020 , vintage jets (civilian registered ex. Military aircraft)
A former RAF Gloster Meteor NF.11 (Night Fighter variant) taxiing to be parked. Built in 1952 and photographed at Coventry Airport in May 2015. Civilian Reg G-LOSM former military Reg WM167. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/49788326592_0ca84a94c9_b.jpg Gloster Meteor by Marius Bekker , on Flickr
- Thu Oct 15, 2020 7:49 pm
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM October 2020 - Fokkers (clean or dirty)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 13312
Re: SPOTM October 2020 - Fokkers (clean or dirty)
Fokker 100 from Austrian Airlines (OE-LVC) about to land at Nice Cote d'Azur airport in France. Austrian Airlines have now retired the type. The picture was taken from the banks of the Var river next to the beach at Cagnes-sur-Mer, west of Nice. Paddle board surfers in the water, mostly sunny skies ...
- Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:27 pm
- Forum: General Chat Area
- Topic: Coronavirus pandemic and how is it affecting you?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14255
Re: Coronavirus pandemic and how is it affecting you?
Update on the above:- A major backlash by members of the public has resulted in a massive U-turn by parliamentary authorities. Bars and drinking hideaways within the Palace of Westminster (Houses of Parliament) will now also close at 10pm, as is the case with bars and pubs for ordinary citizens. Wha...
- Mon Sep 28, 2020 8:48 am
- Forum: General Chat Area
- Topic: Coronavirus pandemic and how is it affecting you?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 14255
Re: Coronavirus pandemic and how is it affecting you?
Clearly we're not in this together.
"Parliament’s bars exempt from 10pm coronavirus curfew". (The Times 28 Sept)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/parl ... eYNPZ5VBQ4
"Parliament’s bars exempt from 10pm coronavirus curfew". (The Times 28 Sept)
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/parl ... eYNPZ5VBQ4
- Tue Aug 18, 2020 6:34 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM August 2020 - Douglas commercial aircraft
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10805
Re: SPOTM August 2020 - Douglas commercial aircraft
Departing Stansted, the last built MD-11F delivered to Lufthansa Cargo in 2001, D-ALCN. Taken midday March 2016.
Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F by Marius Bekker, on Flickr
Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F by Marius Bekker, on Flickr
- Wed Jul 22, 2020 2:34 pm
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM July 2020 - any Boeing 737 series aircraft including Boeing BBJs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 17885
- Sat Jul 18, 2020 2:00 pm
- Forum: General Chat Area
- Topic: Big Jet TV - good or bad?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16194
Big Jet TV - good or bad?
Real time aviation streaming (livestream shows says the Facebook page) has arrived. Some hate it some love it, however, the entrepreneurial spirit of the human kind is alive and well. Today the man and his van is live from LHR, with 1,000+ viewers at any given time. He already boasts 180,000 followe...
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 12:37 pm
- Forum: General Chat Area
- Topic: Civilian Aviation forum not accessible
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2176
Re: Civilian Aviation forum not accessible
Nice to be back, and thank you. Social media may well be our cushion of comfort during the weeks and months ahead.
- Wed Mar 18, 2020 11:16 am
- Forum: General Chat Area
- Topic: Civilian Aviation forum not accessible
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2176
Civilian Aviation forum not accessible
There is life!
After a few days of non-access to this Forum you are back. Trusting licence and other issues have been sorted?
After a few days of non-access to this Forum you are back. Trusting licence and other issues have been sorted?
- Sun May 06, 2018 7:26 am
- Forum: Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM May 2018 -aircraft registered in the African continent
- Replies: 22
- Views: 16006
Re: SPOTM May 2018 -aircraft registered in the African conti
Seen at Stellenbosch Airfield near Cape Town, one of the 'Working on Fire' Bell UH-1 Iroquois helicopters. Fixed wing and helicopters used in fire fighting are often based here during the dry summer months at short readiness, to protect vineyards and property adjacent to the mountainous surroundings...