Little and Large parked at Oxford on 01/01/2025 https://i.postimg.cc/LstVbSVw/PXL-20250101-140224934-MP.jpg Please read the rules - to qualify for the competition the photo must be posted elsewhere (current civilian photography in this case) on the board. The photo must have been taken in the quali...

Little and Large parked at Oxford on 01/01/2025 https://i.postimg.cc/LstVbSVw/PXL-20250101-140224934-MP.jpg Please read the rules - to qualify for the competition the photo must be posted elsewhere (current civilian photography in this case) on the board. The photo must have been taken in the quali...

an old one from me! Tristar EI-COL of Aer Turas at Southend in late August 1998. It arrived for post lease storage on 21st August and still holds the record for being the largest aircraft to land at Southend. Sadly it never took off again and was scrapped at the airport in March 1999. https://live.s...

It took me until June to see a barn owl in 2024, I saw my first on 3rd Jan this year and got some decent pics of it on the 24th, here's a few... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54288405586_51f241c84b_h.jpg barn owl 24-01-2025 8480-T by Andrew Goldsmith , on Flickr https://live.staticflickr.com/6...

I attended the monthly Planewatch meet on the 15th in what were cold and dull conditions and it was generally quiet. Here's a selection... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54339092291_d2103e98dd_h.jpg 9H-JPC Emb.135 Legacy Stansted 15-02-2025 9609 by Andrew Goldsmith , on Flickr https://live.stat...

Very nice Paul, been a while since I saw an An.12
Andy

voting has ended in this competition and we have 4 joint winners, in alphabetical order they are: Andygolfer: Jet Pitts G-JPIT taken at the Little Gransden airshow on 25th August https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53963664563_ac2a10a6a9_h.jpg G-JPIT Pitts S-2 special Lt. Gransden 25-08-2024 1013-T ...

voting has ended in this competition and we have 4 joint winners, in alphabetical order they are: Andygolfer: Jet Pitts G-JPIT taken at the Little Gransden airshow on 25th August EGNH1909: N263SG Atlas Air Boeing 747 departing runway 23L at Manchester on 5 August 2024 Gloria Finis: G-SOKO - A rare t...

This month's subject is any airliner registered in Ireland (i.e. EI-***) lots of leasing companies use EI- prefixes so there should be plenty of choice for this one. Please note that all entries must be civil registered at the time of the photo but may be preserved, inactive or withdrawn from use. T...

This is the voting poll for the January 2025 SPOTM competition, the subject is any aircraft photographed in 2024 which has not previously won one of our 2024 competitions. The rules for the competition are available here: viewtopic.php?f=237&t=51350 Voting will run for 7 days There are 10 entries th...

entries are now closed for this competition, thank you to everybody who entered.

the voting poll is now open here: viewtopic.php?f=110&t=51947

Andy

this is my entry, taken at the Little Gransden airshow on 25th August: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53963664563_ac2a10a6a9_h.jpg G-JPIT Pitts S-2 special Lt. Gransden 25-08-2024 1013-T by Andrew Goldsmith , on Flickr Good luck everybody and lets start off 2025 with lots of entries please Andy

This month's subject is any photo taken in 2024 which has not WON either POTM or SPOTM - sadly some competitions were poorly supported so we didn't list 1st 2nd and 3rd, so unlike previous years only photos placed 1st are excluded. Please note that all entries must be civil registered at the time of...

these are the winners of the December 2024 SPOTM for which the subject was and aircraft with a registration containing at least two letters of the word XMAS The winner was LondonEye with this photo of G-XMAS PA-32RT at Shoreham in the early Eighties. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54192549047_f...

voting is now complete and this month's winner is LondonEye who received 6 votes plus one extra for using all four letters of XMAS so a total of 7 Two entrants , DeltaCharlieKilo and Wiggy received 5 votes and andygolfer received 4 plus one extra for using all four letters so we have a three way tie...

This is the voting poll for the December 2024 SPOTM competition, the subject is XMAS: a photo of an aircraft with at least two of the four letters X,M,A & S anywhere in the registration - There is a bonus point for an entry withwith all 4 letters in the registration . all photo subjects must be civi...

entries are now closed and the voting poll is open here: viewtopic.php?f=110&t=51704

thanks to everybody who entered
Andy

thanks Ian, like you I wish I could turn the clock back and re-visit with my current photo gear. There are so many I should have photographed but didn't.
Andy

thanks Ian. they were rocking around a bit - my daughter said the landing was bumpy
Andy

Probably my last aircraft photos of 2024, taken at Stansted on Sunday 22nd whilst waiting for my daughter and family to arrive. There were strong gusting cross winds up to 40mph which made for interesting angles at the 22 (landing) end. There were also some heavy touchdowns with plenty of tyre smoke...