Malta Airport

[noryport]

A few photos from some sunny days in lovely Malta.Take a look at the Belgium registered Thomson/Jetair 737 and see how close a bird strike could have been...

[Saracen]

Cannot see any Photos

[noryport]

Thanks for letting me know Saracen.
Maybe this is why no one has commented,,
I wonder if you can see them now?....cheers anyway.

[Paultojo]

Nice set

[noryport]

Hi Paultojo,

Thank-you for nice comment.
You certainly have some sparklers on your
Jet Photos site.I might think about
looking into joining that.cheers....

[Saracen]

Thats much better am loving that Egyptair express scheme

[Marcus G]

Nice set indeed, and plenty of different angles.......

Yes, that strike is as near as that bird wants to be without being ingested......

Kind regards.

Marcus.

[noryport]

Good to hear your kind comments Saracen and Marcus.
I'll try and find one more of the Egyptair Emb 170.

[noryport]

One more for the site.BTW nice avatar "S"

[Paultojo]

Hi Paultojo,

Thank-you for nice comment.
You certainly have some sparklers on your
Jet Photos site.I might think about
looking into joining that.cheers....

Cheers buddy, did you enjoy the "Planka" just back from Malta really good spot

[noryport]

Hi paultojo....Do you mean the gantry for viewing?.
If so yes it is a brilliant spot to view things from and wish
more airports could have them built for the spotting fraternity.

I,m showing my age now and wondering also do you mean Chinook
when you say "planka".If you do I have to say I arrived on the Sunday at about 4pm
and missed the show as we were the 737 kept on hold while the show was going on .

Anyway I'm sure it's 1 of the 2 but again I'd go back there in an instance for the
photo opportunities.

All the best mate..JB

[noryport]

just a last couple from Malta.
These just highlight the gantry and the good work the Kirkop council do.
As can be seen they help the spotters and even post info on a noticeboard.
I live near Norwich airport and for our council to do the same thing would be unheard of.
Even more to the point such countries as North Korea who have now opened there doors to spotters
my own place seems to discourage this hobby.

If one certain person gets their wish in our area and KLM shut down and move the only thing the
security guards will be watching will be their future as the scrapman will be the last workers on this
airport just like in the Coltishall saga.. Anyway who knows a move to a more tolerant Country/society may be the answer..

[Paultojo]

[quote="noryport"]Hi paultojo....Do you mean the gantry for viewing?.
If so yes it is a brilliant spot to view things from and wish
more airports could have them built for the spotting fraternity.

The locals have christen the viewing platform the "Planka"

Cheers
Paul

[noryport]

Thanks for that snippet of news on the locals name for the gantry..

Best Regards..JB (I think a few round this way know me by that same name you highlighted )"Planka"