Stansted 30-8-2016

[andygolfer]

an afternoon / evening visit to Stansted on Tuesday, mainly for the PlusUltra A.340 operating the Cobalt service from / to Cyprus. The Korean global Express was a nice surprise as it wasn't on any of the lists, otherwise it was mainly regulars but in rather nice light as the evening drew in (soon be autumn).

this was the first arrival and the light was quite harsh at that time (around 16.15) totally different to the time we left around 19.00
G-LWSA BD.700 Global Express, Stansted 30-8-2016 5432 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

M-MSGG BD.600 challenger, Stansted 30-8-2016 5447 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the Korean touching down (it was using a Korean callsign)...
HL8238 Bombardier Global Express BD.700, Stansted 30-8-2016 5549 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

some regulars..
G-TAWG B.737 Thomson, Stansted 30-8-2016 5515 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

cropped a bit tight to get the fence out of the pic - one tiny bit remaining I'm afraid
G-TCDA A.321 Thomas Cook, Stansted 30-8-2016 5533 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N890FD B.777F FedEx, Stansted 30-8-2016 5628 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N575FE MD.11F FedEx, Stansted 30-8-2016 5470 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N575FE MD.11F FedEx, Stansted 30-8-2016 5725 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A7-AFJ A.330F Qatar Cargo, Stansted 30-8-2016 5507 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

even the Ryanair 737s started to look nice in the evening light..
EI-EML B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 30-8-2016 5649 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a couple of the PlusUltra A.340, we needn't have rushed over for the 4.30ish departure time, it wa sover 2 hours late leaving but at least the harsh light had gone by then
EC-MFB A.340 PlusUltra, Stansted 30-8-2016 5674 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

EC-MFB A.340 PlusUltra, Stansted 30-8-2016 5688 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

then we had a look northside before going home and got the timing wrong, 2 biz arrivals and one departure while we drove round, missed 2 completely and this was the best I could manage of the other arrival, a rather smart Challenger
M-CLAB Bombardier BD-300, Stansted 30-8-2016 5758 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

a few more in this month's FlickR album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 1121390081

thanks for looking C&C welcome
Andy

[talldan76]

Nice set Andy.

Some interesting frames coming through as well.

Dan

[retro11]

Yeah look forward to the Autumn light some nice touchdown shots there Andy , never been there maybe one for the bucket list for 2017

[mach one]

some nice shots andy, after my first visit on monday morning when the sun was a problem it shows that a visit later in the day is the way to go

[PorkScratching]

Well done for catching the Plus Ultra A340, especially in that lovely light.

[andygolfer]

some nice shots andy, after my first visit on monday morning when the sun was a problem it shows that a visit later in the day is the way to go

the north side is only really good from about 3pm onwards, before that you really need to be out on the approaches to get the light behind you

I'll try to pm you a map

Andy

[mach one]

some nice shots andy, after my first visit on monday morning when the sun was a problem it shows that a visit later in the day is the way to go

the north side is only really good from about 3pm onwards, before that you really need to be out on the approaches to get the light behind you

I'll try to pm you a map

Andy

I was struggling a bit as i knew about parking at Belmer road and the mounds but that was it

I did ask a few guys further up from the mound if there was anywhere to go to get the sun behind you but they were doing numbers so didn't know any of the photo spots on the other side, when i spoke to a few people taking pictures from the mound the more interesting stuff like the montenegro the qatar cargo and the sun country had gone out so didn't fancy a move for endless ryanair and easyjet,s

[andygolfer]

you should have received an e-mail from me by now
andy

[mach one]

you should have received an e-mail from me by now
andy

got it Thanks

[pig hunter]

definition needs improvin' in the first few

a bit soft

maybe the vicious heat in England...almost 26......

best

cm

[andygolfer]

definition needs improvin' in the first few

a bit soft

maybe the vicious heat in England...almost 26......

best

cm

nearly 30 actually and lots of heat haze coming off the runway made the touch down shots a bit awkward until the light went down a bit. I was quite happy with them considering that my gear is strictly mid range compared to yours but my wife has my budget to consider

I did sharpen them best I could and pointed out that some were harsh light which made them a bit contrasty (which I thought was more of an issue with them) but thanks for the useful feedback anyway

KR
Andy