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SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicles.

We run two monthly photo competitions , the Photo Of The Month (POTM) competition and the Specialist Photo Of The Month (SPOTM) which had a different topic every month.
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SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicles.

Post by andygolfer » Mon Apr 10, 2017 5:56 pm

This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for April 2017 and the subject is 'aircraft with airfield/airport vehicles'

The subject of your entry should be a photo of one or more civil registered aircaft which also has any type of airport/airfield vehicle in the photo - this can include fire trucks (anybody got a water salute?), towing vehicles or other servicing vehicles. it does not have to be specifically designed for airfield work but must be used for serving aircraft in some way. The aircraft subject(s) must be registered as a civilian operated aircraft (or retired as such) when the photograph was taken. That's about as broad as I can make it for you.

Photography Competition Rules :-

1. Only one entry per user, unless posting on behalf of another person who is unable to do so themselves (children for example). If this is the case, please state so on your entry..

2. The photo may have been taken on any date, it does not have to be taken in the month of the competition

3. The image can be photo-shopped to some extent, levels changes, cropping, sharpening etc. are all acceptable. The photograph must retain it’s initial subject though, don’t make it something it’s not. HDR images are not acceptable. If you are unsure, please PM a moderator.

4. The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 1st May 2017, to enable anyone with a last minute entry some breathing space.

5. Voting will be conducted by a poll open to all the membership shortly after the closure of the competition.

6. The decision of the moderating team is final.

7. All images must be posted in line with the usual CA posting rules (size etc.), please read them if you're not sure how to post.

8. The rules may be subject to change, and these will be posted on this thread.

9. Please also embed the images and not links to images, if you're not sure how to do it then shout up and someone will sort it out. It is permissible to change your entry before the closing date.

10. Do not comment on other member's photos.

11. A brief description of where and when the image was taken would be nice too.

If you have any questions please PM me

Good luck everyone.
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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by pagodaswan » Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:13 pm

OK...first time at this, apologies if I have got it wrong

This is my favourite airport, Brussels Zaventem, on a decidedly horrible day, April 29th 2014. Sleeting & windy & freezing cold, I was waiting for my Brussels Airlines flight back to Manchester and took this in a hurry on my extremely basic digtal camera. The Qatari 787 Dreamliner caught my eye, first one I had seen relatively up close so snapped a picture of it before it left just as my flight was called for boarding so I was not able to get the registration unfortunately. There are a few service vehicles and other airliners there too including Austrian Dash 8 just completed baggage loading and the tug used to get the Qatari 787 off the gate

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by TheMightyOz » Tue Apr 11, 2017 12:18 pm

Luton Airport ops truck challenges easyJet A320 to a drag race!
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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by waghorn41 » Tue Apr 11, 2017 1:24 pm

I'll go with this one :)

In the twilight years of empire the world weary vehicles of the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company attend to the dawn of a new age of air travel. Concorde demonstrator F-BTSC at (RAF) Kai Tak, 1976.

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by talldan76 » Tue Apr 11, 2017 4:44 pm

A7-HHH being chased by one of the Stansted Fire appliances following a landing at Stansted in September 2013.

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by EGNH1909 » Tue Apr 11, 2017 7:35 pm

This one is from back in 1984 from an August bank holiday trip to Manchester Airport (Saturday 25 August 1984).
G-AVMY (BAC 1-11 BA) had just landed, and was taxiing in when it stopped suddenly and was surrounded by the fire vehicles. A quick inspection by the fire crews, and it continued to its stand. Never did find out the reason for this.
Just over a year later (12 November 1985) this same aircraft suffered a collapse of the right main landing gear at Kastrup (Copenhagen) airport in Denmark, while taxiing to the runway for a scheduled flight to Manchester.

ImageAS1225 by Peter Rowe,
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Good Luck everyone
Best Wishes
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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by keithnewsome » Tue Apr 11, 2017 8:24 pm

My attempt ... Photo taken from the control tower at Milan/Malpensa July 2012 showing Blue Panoroma Boeing 767 EI-CZH surrounded by smaller baggage handling equipment larger pallet handling equipment and fuel transfer rig below port wing ....

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Post by Mike s » Wed Apr 12, 2017 3:46 pm

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Post by acw367 » Wed Apr 12, 2017 10:38 pm

F-BMKS Sud SE210 Caravelle 10B3 Super B
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Bristol Lulsgate 4 May 1992
With a cute little airstairs tug
note the tail airstairs are also open.

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by F6MAN » Thu Apr 13, 2017 10:14 am

Tenders welcome the inaugural commercial A380 flight at Manchester

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by mbo570 » Thu Apr 13, 2017 3:52 pm

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Submitting this from 2015 of Medavia 9H-AFI being towed to the hangar

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by willmurray » Sun Apr 16, 2017 3:54 pm

KLM 737 Turnaround at Amsterdam.
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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by Paultojo » Mon Apr 17, 2017 7:39 am

ImageConcord out of Belfast for the last time by Paul Harvey, on Flickr

Concord out of Belfast for the last time with all the ground trucks lined up on taxiway Bravo watching :cool:
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Post by LondonEye » Tue Apr 18, 2017 3:54 pm

A DHC2 Beaver, Whistler Air towed by custom truck. Taken at Vancouver South back in 2015.
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Post by Wallie » Tue Apr 18, 2017 4:21 pm

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by andygolfer » Mon Apr 24, 2017 8:31 pm

I've been trying to decide what to go with this month, several to choose from and picked this in the end, Stearman N43YP being towed out of a hangar at North Weald in April 2016

Image4393 N43YP Stearman North Weald 14-4-2016 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

good luck everybody and lots of entries please

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by Bat 21 » Tue Apr 25, 2017 9:40 am

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by hairrig » Wed Apr 26, 2017 3:52 pm

Dimonim Air Twin Otter PK-HVN at Sultan Babullah Airport, Ternate 10 March 2016

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by niallsaviation » Fri Apr 28, 2017 9:02 pm

ImageTF-FIA by Niall Moran, on Flickr

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Re: SPOTM April 2017, Aircraft with airfield support vehicle

Post by yunglee » Sat Apr 29, 2017 4:36 pm

IL-62 on stand at Doncaster, November 2016, with tow truck and Swissport service vehicle.

ImageIL62 on stand by Lee Adcock, on Flickr

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