Civilian Aviation

another trip to Stansted this afternoon to catch the 2nd of the 4 Lufthansa flights which are bringing polo ponies from Argentina this month as well as the KLM Cargo 747 (same load), the light was much better this time so I hoped to improve on last week's efforts. Additionally the Silkway B747-8F was visiting so quite a selection by Stansted's standards. Taken from the 'radar mast' mound this time, the fire school one was looking overloaded! I like this one when they are landing on 22 but prefer the other for 04 so I was quite happy to stand on this one today or rather on my ladder on this one! Had the bonus of a red kite as well but my pic of it wasn't worthy of posting. On with the pics.....

the 747 (PH-CKA) departed soon after I arrived
0624 PH-CKA B747F KLM by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

0634 PH-CKA B747F KLM by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

and the Lufthansa MD.11 (D-ALCM) arrived in nice light this week
0687 D-ALCM MD.11F Lufthansa by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

0712 D-ALCM MD.11F Lufthansa by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

and another MD.11F , FedEx N601FE on the regular service:
0753 N601FE MD11 FedEx by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

0756 N601FE MD11 FedEx by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

and the Silkway 747-8F as it departed, I missed the best angle as when I changed to my smaller lens on my other camera mid take off run , I found I'd locked the lens position and it was well past by the time I realised the problem and unlocked it, stupid elementary error!
0829 VQ-BVC B747-8F silkway by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

close up of the front end
0828 VQ-BVC B747-8F silkway by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

Swiss RJ HB-IYY arriving:
0661 HB-IYY BAe146 Swiss by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

and another regular, Germanwings A319
0682 D-AGWA A319 Germanwings by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

a Ryanair 737 (EI-DYT) with additional artwork on the nose:
0780 EI-DYT B737 Ryanair , beach balls by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

Titan have modified their scheme a bit, here it is on 737 G-ZAPZ, looks rather nice...
0734 G-ZAPZ B737 Titan new scheme by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

and a few biz jet movements:
0810CS-DXP CE.560 by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

0797 N70EW GLEX by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

0771 N360LA GLEX by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

and just because I like it, one more of the Lufthansa MD.11
0699 D-ALCM MD.11F Lufthansa by sickbag_andy, on Flickr

hope you like them, C & C welcome as always
Andy

Nice set Andy...

Dan

That is a cracking set Andy

P

Superb 'beach balls' nose shot ! mmmmm !

Keith

thanks guys, just wish I had managed one with a decent angle of N360LA without the light poles sticking out the roof but I mistimed the shots and had background rubbish in every one. By now I should know the right lines at STN but I got that one a bit wrong With that and leaving the lens in the locked position on the Silkway shots Ididn't quite have the perfect day

hello Andy title was slightly off putting, I know junior Norwich spotter Bradley was there but Andy,Stansted and Sun,all in an Andy post not heard of recently but some great captures,myself and some of the boys looking to pop down on Sunday for the afternoon. Hope might see you then regards Kevin.

tink_norfolk wrote:hello Andy title was slightly off putting, I know junior Norwich spotter Bradley was there but Andy,Stansted and Sun,all in an Andy post not heard of recently but some great captures,myself and some of the boys looking to pop down on Sunday for the afternoon. Hope might see you then regards Kevin.

Hi Kevin, sorry the headline surprised you, it didn't last long though - colder today and even a few spots of rain a little while back! Hoping I can make it on Sunday for the Centurion 747, just hope it is on time. See you then if it all works out.
Andy