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- Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:51 am
- Forum: 2020 Photo competitions
- Topic: SPOTM December 2020 - Christmas lights
- Replies: 18
- Views: 19283
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:32 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: New edit from Heathrow 1971
- Replies: 32
- Views: 24553
Re: New edit from Heathrow 1971
Great set of photos, hope there's more to come.
- Wed Dec 09, 2020 8:15 pm
- Forum: 2020 Photo competitions
- Topic: Photo of the decade 2010-2019
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18389
Re: Photo of the decade 2010-2019
I'll throw this in to start it off, Yak at Sywell 18 April 2019
18 April 2019 Yak by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

- Sun Nov 08, 2020 9:57 pm
- Forum: Photo Competition Calendars
- Topic: SPOTM 2021 calendar
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6171
Re: SPOTM 2021 calendar
Nice selection, pity I haven't been out and active for years so will probably only manage 6 or 7 entries at best. Shame about December being 2021 photos of biz jets only as mine all date from the 1970s 

- Thu Oct 15, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: 2020 Photo competitions
- Topic: SPOTM October 2020 - Fokkers (clean or dirty)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 25142
Re: SPOTM October 2020 - Fokkers (clean or dirty)
Had a few to choose from but this is the sharpest (but I might change my mind :D ) As there's another TAT F27 entry I've changed my mind :) So on a very wet day at Kai Tak in 1976, Philipines Government (?) F27. Ok the photo is a bit grotty but it's different... https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/5...
- Thu Sep 17, 2020 2:08 pm
- Forum: 2020 Photo competitions
- Topic: SPOTM September 2020 , British registered and operated Boeing 747s
- Replies: 16
- Views: 17042
Re: SPOTM September 2020 , British registered and operated Boeing 747s
I'll kick this off with one you've all seen before, unvotable but it helps the numbers of entries
G-AWNH at LHR 1977/8
LHR BA 747 GAWNH by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

G-AWNH at LHR 1977/8

- Wed Aug 26, 2020 12:28 pm
- Forum: Themed photo topics
- Topic: British Airways B.747s - let's remember them here
- Replies: 19
- Views: 27846
Re: British Airways B.747s - let's remember them here
And here's the grainy ones
Kai Tak 1976.
BA 747 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
BA 747 2 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr



- Mon Aug 10, 2020 8:26 am
- Forum: 2020 Photo competitions
- Topic: SPOTM August 2020 - Douglas commercial aircraft
- Replies: 16
- Views: 19153
Re: SPOTM August 2020 - Douglas commercial aircraft
Change of mind. Slightly better quality, but only just, and a bit more exotic. Air Siam DC10 "Thailand's First DC10", Kai Tak 1976/7.
Air Siam DC10 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

- Fri Aug 07, 2020 1:14 pm
- Forum: Themed photo topics
- Topic: British Airways B.747s - let's remember them here
- Replies: 19
- Views: 27846
Re: British Airways B.747s - let's remember them here
Apart from a couple of grainy distant shots at Kai Tak I can only offer this - G-AWNH at LHR 1977/8.
LHR BA 747 GAWNH by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

- Wed Jul 08, 2020 7:07 pm
- Forum: 2020 Photo competitions
- Topic: SPOTM July 2020 - any Boeing 737 series aircraft including Boeing BBJs
- Replies: 22
- Views: 31506
Re: SPOTM July 2020 - any Boeing 737 series aircraft including Boeing BBJs
I'll kick this off. Royal Brunei B737 coming in at Kai Tak, 1976. Apologies (as usual) for the quality.
Brunei 737 5 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

- Fri Jun 12, 2020 7:03 pm
- Forum: Nostalgia and Wrecks & Relics
- Topic: In and out of Kai Tak 1976
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2822
In and out of Kai Tak 1976
(in)famous for its over the roof tops approach and departure Kai Tak's single runway ran from the buildings of Kowloon out into the harbour, The harbour approach/departure was a lot less demanding :D Just to give you a flavour of those far off days, now Kai Tak has gone, here's a few photos from tho...
- Tue Jun 09, 2020 6:49 pm
- Forum: 2020 Photo competitions
- Topic: SPOTM June 2020 - Beech biz props
- Replies: 18
- Views: 18141
Re: SPOTM June 2020 - Beech biz props
So I had a rummage and found this. Beech King Air 65-E90 (1974) N35KA at Kai Tak in 1976. This registration is now on a Bonanza.
N35KA 02 by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

- Wed Apr 15, 2020 7:06 pm
- Forum: 2020 Photo competitions
- Topic: SPOTM April 2020 - Aircraft registered in the Benelux countries
- Replies: 21
- Views: 22485
Re: SPOTM April 2020 - Aircraft registered in the Benelux countries
I'll kick this off with an old b&w shot of OO-SDN coming in to land at LHR, 1977/8. Had a few others, in colour at Kai Tak, to choose from but this looked the sharpest.
Sabena 737 OO-SDN by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

- Sun Feb 23, 2020 12:59 pm
- Forum: Themed photo topics
- Topic: Cargo carriers
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2580
Cargo carriers
A few cargo carriers from the past: Kai Tak 1976; Air France 707, Alitalia DC8, British Airways 707, Cargolux DC8, Flying Tigers 747, Flying Tigers DC8, Japan Air Lines DC8, Lufthansa 707, Northwest Orient 747, Philipines Aerotransport L100 LHR 1977/8; Seaboard World 747, Guppy (unidentified - far s...
- Fri Feb 21, 2020 7:32 pm
- Forum: Themed photo topics
- Topic: Canadair CL44
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4425
Canadair CL44
All taken at Kai Tak in 1976, Haven't cropped the photos too much as I thought you might like to see the old Kai Tak. Cargolux, Tradewinds, Transmeridian Air Cargo (2 colour schemes) Transmeridian Hong Kong, Transvalair. Hope you like these as much as I do. :D Apologies but my records of exact dates...
- Wed Oct 16, 2019 6:03 pm
- Forum: 2019 Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM October 2019 - British holiday airlines of the past
- Replies: 21
- Views: 27599
Re: SPOTM October 2019 - British holiday airlines of the past
Unable to offer much (as usual) but I'll throw this one in. Line up of Dan Air Comets at Gatwick 1977 or 1978.
Dan Air line up by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

- Wed Oct 02, 2019 5:53 pm
- Forum: Photo Competition Calendars
- Topic: SPOTM 2019 Calendar
- Replies: 3
- Views: 999
Re: SPOTM 2019 Calendar
Apologies for my ignorance but Octobers theme 'holiday' airlines is perplexing me. While I have enjoyed seeing airliners over many years I am a complete novice as to which have only operated 'holiday' flights as opposed to standard scheduled services to holiday destinations. Any chance of a list of ...
- Mon Sep 16, 2019 4:42 pm
- Forum: 2019 Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM September 2019 - A dose of the Pitts
- Replies: 12
- Views: 11523
Re: SPOTM September 2019 - A dose of the Pitts
Well, as usual to make up the numbers, one from the archives. Rothmans Team Pitts (S2A?) G-SOLO at Sywell, possibly 1981. Not sure why there was somebody upside down in the cockpit... (before you ask the silver wingtips on the left belong to Rapide G-AIDL) https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/4874431...
- Thu Sep 12, 2019 7:57 pm
- Forum: Airshows/Events
- Topic: LAA Sywell 31-8-2019
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5877
Re: LAA Sywell 31-8-2019
I used to go to the PFA rallys. Popped over on the Friday thinking I'd have coffee and some cake in the Pilots Mess café - a public area - only to find it was closed off. They wanted £12 for a 3 day pass when I only wanted to go for a coffee. That sort of money is beyond me on my pension, the coffee...
- Mon Aug 12, 2019 6:04 pm
- Forum: 2019 Photo Competitions
- Topic: SPOTM August 2019 - Smoke or Vapour
- Replies: 14
- Views: 16800
Re: SPOTM August 2019 - Smoke or Vapour
I'll kick this month off with a rather grainy shot taken at LHR in 1977. Strangely enough with all my airliner photos hardly any of them are 'dirty' !
BA Trident by Ian Pursey, on Flickr
