Stansted sunrise, a triple double! 28-9-2015

[andygolfer]

I made a dawn trip to Stansted this morning to drop off my daughter and grandson for their return flight to Italy and decided to hang around for the 2 cargo flights which were arriving soon after 7 am, both 777s, one of China Southern and the other of Qatar, the China Southern was a few minutes too early for the best light but the Qatar arrived 15 minutes later at the ideal moment for sideways morning sunlight....

first a couple of the China Southern B2042, (looks like it could do with a bath!)...
6287 B2042 B777 China Southern, Stansted 28-9-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

6293 B2042 B777 China Southern, Stansted 28-9-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and the Qatar, A7-BFE:
6327 A7-BFE B777 Qatar Cargo, Stansted 28-9-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a bit of dampness around the trailing edge..
6349 A7-BFE B777 Qatar Cargo 28-9-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

also I noticed I had captured another aircraft in this pic, just imagine the sensationalist press headline if they saw this one - 'near miss at Stansted as inbound airliners avoid one another by just a few feet and almost leads to catastrophic mid air collision'
6335 A7-BFE B777 Qatar Cargo 28-9-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

finally this was the inbound aircraft from Bologna which my daughter & grandson flew out on Ryanair, 737 EI-EFK, as I type they are about 10000ft and 10 minutes from landing at BLQ
6362 EI-EFK B737 Ryanair, Stansted 28-9-2015 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr
even a ryanair 737 can look nice in the right light!

hope they brighten your Monday morning, C&C welcome
Andrew

[youth]

superb Andy many thanks for posting!

[MikeG23]

Love the early morning sunrise effect,, very nice.

Mike

[talldan76]

Nice shots Andy.

Lovely golden light on them!

Dan

[tink_norfolk]

Some lovely early morning light on them cargo luggers.
Well done there.