It was never going to be the most exciting of months at Newcastle, and mundane March provided only a little of interest. But at least the days are getting longer and warmer and the summer season will soon be with us. So it was time to dust off the camera and head out into the cold to photograph some...

Taken in September 1984 at Houston Hobby, PeoplExpress 727 N517PE.

N517PE 727-232 (Adv) PEOPLExpress by Ian Tate, on Flickr

My attempt for this month. Cessna 195 N3877V at Clear Lake, California in September 2009.

N3877V Cessna 195 by Ian Tate, on Flickr

Here's my effort for the start of this new year. G-EZFJ at Newcastle in November 2013.

G-EZFJ A319 by Ian Tate, on Flickr

Here's my effort for this month. CH-54B N715HT lifts off from Chico just after sunset.

Goodyear GZ-20A Blimp N10A and traffic incident below - Los Angeles, April 2012.

Here's my effort, Cessna 172 N7593X at Chico in September 2009.



Good luck to everyone who's entered this month.

Definitely grounded! TF-ARF at Marana - originally BA's G-BDXL.

... well, three actually. Not the best of months for bright weather. Firstly BH Air's half-schemed LZ-BHF on the 2nd with roughly painted out Eritrean Airlines titles. http://i1083.photobucket.com/albums/j394/Tailpipe/IMG_8799R_LZ-BHF_II.jpg Then another grey day saw this visitor on the 22nd - looki...

FlyBe Dash 8 G-JEDV. Newcastle December 2008.

Oh yes. How dopey of me! Do you want to just remove the post?

One from earlier this summer and quite long-range so a bit grainy, a USAF KC-135R crossing the trail of another KC-135 a couple of minutes ahead of it.

Newcastle 29th September.

Yes, DU-140 did turn up. I took a bad photo of it - wasn't paying attention as it flew towards me!

Nice to see a 747 at Newcastle once again. A bit of a Dubai Air Wing influx today with this 747 (A6-HRM), a Gulf 4 (A6-HHH) and a pair of AW139s (DU-140 & DU-141). It's a shame it wasn't brighter for longer on its landing roll. Where I stood only managed a brief moment of sunshine. http://i1083.phot...

Like so many others, I called in to see Newcastle's first Dreamliner visit today - quite a crowd at the 25 threshold for its arrival.