Civilian Aviation

Spent a long weekend at Antalya from Saturday 20th to Monday 22nd September. Excellent weekend with temperatures in the low 30's and lots of interesting Russian/CIS movements. Here are some of the highlights

Ikar Airlines B757-200 (Pegas Touristik c/s) by Wiggy66, on Flickr

UTair Ukraine B737-800 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Royal flight B757-200 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Transaero B747-400 "Flight of Hope" by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Russian Federal Customs Service Tu-134A by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Saravia Yak-42D by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Windrose Aviation A320 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Azerbaijan Airlines B757-200 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Sunday Airlines B757-200 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Metrojet A320 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Nordwind Airlines B767-300 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Ifly Airlines A330-300 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Love that Ifly colourscheme and nice to see a Tu-134 still flying outside Russia. Great spot, would thoroughly recommend it.

Denis.

Lovely set Denis that TU-134 is a great catch, and i agree the I Fly scheme is a belter.

thanks for posting
Cheers Paul

Super set the 134 is a great catch

Great set, love the 757's the Aberbaijan best for me

Great set Denis. I love Antalya. We only managed 2 half days there in 2013 but saw loads of great stuff. We never managed to get a vantage point on the ground and I am interested how you got the approach shots with mountain in background. We ended up between two greenhouses on 36C approach. We went up a derelict building at one point and quickly scarpered when the security were stood outside their watchtower pointing to us ! A challenging airport with high rewards.

OMG!!!! That 134 is something else!!

Stunning set pal!

Fantastic to see the Tu-134! Yak-42 isn't bad either.

Many thanks all for the kind comments.

Culpano

culpano wrote: We never managed to get a vantage point on the ground and I am interested how you got the approach shots with mountain in background.

The ground shots are taken immediately outside the right hand side of Terminal 2 which looks out on 18L/36R. This is good in the afternoons when the sun is behind you in this position. I spent both afternoons here on Saturday and Sunday and was observed but untroubled by security staff. The Ifly A330 is taken airside from the terminal as I waited for my (thankfully delayed) TCX flight back to Gatwick on Monday.

The approach shots with the mountains in the background are quite probably taken from that same derelict building you mentioned yourself. This is at the side of the airport near the threshold of 36R and is as you mentioned abeam from one of the airport's watchtowers. Thankfully while I was there the watchtower was unoccupied but I did use the location sparingly i.e. only when something good was coming.

The other shots were taken amongst the greenhouses on the 36C approach, much to the amusement/bewilderment of some of the locals.

Denis.

Superb shots. As mentioned by others the ground shots (particularly the 134) are fantastic. A location high on my hit list!

Another thumbs up for that Crusty shot.

Great set, hardly recognised any of those airlines - Sunday Airlines, who on earth are they?

Niall

Cheers for this info Denis.

Have finally caught up with processing the rest of my Antalya shots during the holiday break. Here are some more highlights of the trip. Hope you enjoy.

Smart Lynx Estonia A320 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Andaloujet B737-800 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Condor B757-300 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Edelweiss Air A320 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Jettime Finland B737-700 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Talwind Airlines B737-400 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Thomas Cook Airlines B767-300 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Corendon Airlines "Kids & Co" B737-300 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Onur Air A321 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Niki A320 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Detur (Corendon Airlines) B737-800 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Smart Wings B737-800 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Free Bird Airlines A320 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Sunday Airlines B757-200 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

SunExpress B737-800 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Ural Airlines A321 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Atlasjet A320 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Germania A321 Alltours Clrs by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Condor A321 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Primera Air Scandinavia B737-800 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Saravia Yak-42D by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Corendon Airlines "Kids & Co" B737-300 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Orenair B737-800 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Donavia A319 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Ifly B757-200 by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Germania A319 "See you in Kassel" by Wiggy66, on Flickr

Some nice sunny shots to brighten up an otherwise grim Boxing day!

Denis.

Great shots, I want to go there !

lovely selection and very interesting as I'm going there in September, must check the runway alignment to see it if's near my hotle

thanks for posting them

andygolfer wrote: must check the runway alignment to see it if's near my hotle

Can we have that in English?

HOTEL - will I be under the flightpath

(effects of too much drink clear to see!)

andygolfer wrote:HOTEL - will I be under the flightpath

(effects of too much drink clear to see!)

and watching FR24 the aircraft are about 4 miles out to sea and turn onto base leg opposite our hotel when they are landing from the south, I don't expect to get any photos

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and watching FR24 the aircraft are about 4 miles out to sea and turn onto base leg opposite our hotel when they are landing from the south, I don't expect to get any photos [/quote]

Yes the aircraft are too high for decent photos coming over the beach by the hotels. Car hire is reasonable however (circa £20 a day) and well worth the money for getting to the various vantage points nearer in on the approach. Also bear in mind that they change the runway direction daily (anytime from 1100 onwards) and so if you stay at the beach you will probably be seeing (even higher) departures for most of the day!

Denis.

Thanks Denis, will bear that in mind if I can persuade the wife to allow me a day out, don't think she will be very interested in the aircraft