This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for December 2023, the subject is ‘Christmas Stars' The subject of your entry should be a photo of any civilian registered aircraft with STAR or a word connected with stars (such as constellation or astra) in it's name or if it's an airliner...

voting in now open here: viewtopic.php?f=110&t=48985

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Andy

This is the voting poll for the November 2023 SPOTM competition, the subject was remembering Concorde, 20 years retired Thank you to everybody who entered, we have 13 excellent entries to choose from The poll is open to all registered members but you must be signed in to vote. Please submit your THR...

I spent a couple of hours at Stansted this morning, making the most of the sunny weather, here are some of my results.. some cargo flights departing..... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53384918429_970f1dff5f_h.jpg HL7420 B747-F Asiana Cargo Stansted 08-12-2023 1869 by Andrew Goldsmith , on Flic...

tasty Denis, especially the 747.
thanks for posting them
Andy

here's my entry from my collection taken at Heathrow on 15th November, 747s are getting scarce so I chose this one, TC-ACM almost scraping the rooftops as it landed on 27L https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53338213307_839c240195_h.jpg TC-ACM ACT Airlines Heathrow 15-11-2023 8502 by Andrew Goldsmit...

A week of contrasts for me , after my Wednesday at Heathrow in mainly sunshine (https://www.civilianaviation.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=169&t=48813) I went to the Aerozone for planewatch on Saturday in rather dire weather and took ver few photos, here are some of the few: we did get some nice moist...

just a dismal 3 entries this month so I'm only posting the winning entry which is acw367 with his Me.262 replica, D-IMTT 501244 Texas Aircraft Factory Me 262B-1a Schwalbe replica RIAT Fairford 16 July 2023 - well done. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/53060275078_cfe5aa62b8_h.jpg D-IMTT 501244 RI...

voting has ended and this month's winner is acw367with his Me.262 replica -well done. the other two entries tied for second place.

As there was only 3 entries and one vote per person I will only post the winner in the Hall of Fame
Andy

here's mine, from Filton in 2017 when I visited the Bristol Aerospace museum where G-BOAF is impressively displayed with a rolling A-V show on the fuselage, definitely worth a visit and what an aircraft... https://live.staticflickr.com/4584/24446144248_01e48ec8a5_h.jpg G-BOAF Concorde, British Aiirw...

I spent last Wednesday at Heathrow in cold but mostly sunny conditions with wintry light. Itt clouded up around midday but not for long so had a good six hour spell, here's a selection of my photos.... first pic of the day and the pigeons din't seem worried about the jet noise... https://live.static...

My first civil registered aircraft that I photographed this month, two of the Top Aces civilian fighter jets were in action acting as targets for the Lakenheath F-35s and I'd decided on a day at the 'heath and struck lucky. firstly the A-4 Skyhawk, C-FGZT: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5332770...

This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for November 2023, the subject is ‘Concorde' November 2023 will (incredibly) be 20 years since the final Concorde flight so this month's subject is any Concorde photo , inside or outside Photography Competition Rules :- 1. Only one entry per...

This is the voting poll for the October 2023 SPOTM competition, the subject was any civil registered aircraftdisplaying at a 2023 airshow Thank you to the two other people who submitted entries - we had just 3 entries so somewhat disappointing :( The poll is open to all registered members but you mu...

competition entries now closed, I will post the poll shortly (shouldn't take me long unfortunately)

EDIT: here's the link to the poll: viewtopic.php?f=110&t=48708
Andy

A reminder that you have 3 days and a bit left before the entries close.
Andy

very nice and great to see you posting again - welcome back!
Andy

STRATOCRUISER wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 30, 2023 8:18 am

May I please respectfully alert you to the fact that KAF343 is indeed Kuwaiti and not Indian

of course, that's the perils of copying and pasting! three C-17s at Stansted was a bit to much to cope with
thanks
Andy

As the clocks changed in the early hours of this morning you need to change your time zone as per the instructions below: Just a reminder for UK members to amend their time zone as the clocks have gone back 1 hour today. 1. Click on your name at the top right of screen. 2. Click on 'User control pan...

As the Stansted google group (STNAE) was blocked by Google after suspected banned material (which has happened to several google groups recently and appears to be a false alert) the co-owners (which includes myself) have decided that in the interests of reliability we should move the group to a new ...