Civilian Aviation

I made the trip from mid wales up to manchester for some southside action, i arrived at 6.15am and headed up to mobberley first off

this was the first movement on the new runway



first couple of hours was all easyjet,Ryanair and the usual manchester regulars





after about three hours I moved down to the south side bank near the old holiday inn and as i arrived i caught my first easyjet in the new livery



As i arrived on the bank i got chatting to a guy from Belfast, and it was our very own Paultojo the CA mod, as the morning went on the sun came out an made for some very nicely lit shots











What a great day, and it was good to spend some time chatting with Paul, Enjoy the rest of your trip mate

mach one ! Very nice set ! and you met paultojo ! really like the Emirates 777 turning photo ....

Keith

nice pics, I should have put out an 'all airports warning' to look out for Paul, he's on a grand tour for the next few days. I'm meeting up with him on Tuesday

keithnewsome wrote:mach one ! Very nice set ! and you met paultojo ! really like the Emirates 777 turning photo ....

Keith

Thanks Keith, The Emirates triple is one of the many nice shots that i took with my new toy, the canon 70-200 2.8 L series, it was its first trip out shooting aviation

andygolfer wrote:nice pics, I should have put out an 'all airports warning' to look out for Paul, he's on a grand tour for the next few days. I'm meeting up with him on Tuesday

he certainly is on a grand tour, he was heading to yeovilton tonight, and you never know i may bump into him again during my five days at RIAT

where you meeting on tuesday lakenheath/mildenhall?

yes but not sure which yet, got to call Paul to see where he is which will depend on what's happening at either.

Tidy, have a great day wherever you end up and i hope the weather is kind to you

just looking at a few others from yesterday and noticed that Thompsons have a 787 dream liner with my name on it





machone photos, on Flickr

one more from manchester

Lufthansa A320-200 D-AIZH departing Manchester at 7.00am on friday the 10th july

Wow!!

Ace shots! I too love the Emirates 777 shot, and the Jet2 757, though that's sort of biased by my favorite type, for modern ones that fly anyway.

I've yet to do Manchester!

james143611 wrote:Wow!!

Ace shots! I too love the Emirates 777 shot, and the Jet2 757, though that's sort of biased by my favorite type, for modern ones that fly anyway.

I've yet to do Manchester!

Thanks mate

if you can get up to manchester there are some very good places to go on the south side of the airport the jet two, easy jet, and brussels were taken from a footpath that runs the whole length of the second runway and in most places you are above the fence so can get good unobstructed shots, the line up shots were taken after a move to the south side mound, it has been about a year since i have been to this location and they have fitted the new higher security fence topped with razor wire so you cant get shots of the full aircraft when they are lined up and waiting for clearance without catching a big chunk of razor wire in the shot as well, also in this spot the trees and bushes are starting to get up a bit and you have to dodge them as well

but for line up shots it is the best

that is an example of the razorwire and the foreground clutter that i was on about, yes you could do something with it in photoshop but that is not my thing and i have limited skills when using photoshop

Very nice set of images, well worth the early start in my eyes!!

re the last image, to me the fence and razor wire doesn't really detract from the main subject of the image - yes it would be better without it being there, but it doesn't take you eye off the plane!

Plus, I think more airports will be going that route after the debacle at Heathrow earlier this week with the protestors cutting the fence and shutting the runway down...

Dan

Great set Neil and smashing to spend time chatting , had a good trip just a bit of editing to do 19000 images taken

Paul

Paultojo wrote:Great set Neil and smashing to spend time chatting , had a good trip just a bit of editing to do 19000 images taken

Paul

Cheers Paul, it was good to meet you, I enjoyed the day

I thought it was 1900 shots until i did a double take that is some serious snapping, looks like you will be busy for a while