Stansted 10-10-2016 from the western end

[andygolfer]

The weather forecast looked good and the skies at Rayne were almost clear so I made a short journey to Stansted this afternoon expecting some pleasant evening light..................WRONG!!!!!!! the cloud moved in almost as soon as I got there so the expected light didn't happen but I struggled on anyway. got a few on the northside first then onto the mound near the Hilton for 04 arrivals and departures, here are some of them..........

first some heavy cargo carriers....

A7-AFI A.330F Qatar Airways Cargo, Stansted 12-10-2016 1601 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N606FE MD.11F FedEx, Stansted 12-10-2016 1640 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

PH-MPS B747 Martinair, Stansted 12-10-2016 1669 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

PH-MPS B747 Martinair, Stansted 12-10-2016 1707 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

some northside biz.....
N222NF Ce.525, Stansted 12-10-2016 1563 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N617JN BD-700 Global Express, Stansted 12-10-2016 1567 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and some biz from the 04 end....
small biz...
CS-PHH Embraer Phenom 300, Stansted 12-10-2016 1635 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

M-JSMN BD-700 Global Express, Stansted 12-10-2016 1581 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

9H-MMM BD-700 Global Express, Stansted 12-10-2016 1625 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

larger biz....
N834BA B.737 BBJ, Stansted 12-10-2016 1727 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

humungous biz...... B.747-8 BBJ A7-HBJ parked on the compass ramp:
A7-HBJ B747-8 BBJ, Stansted 12-10-2016 1574 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

biz mix...
N834BA B.737 BBJ, Stansted 12-10-2016 1733 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a Qatari convention .......
Qatari convention A7-AFI A.330F & A7-HBJ B.747-8 BBJ, Stansted 12-10-2016 1610 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

there are a few more in my flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 249899356/

C&C welcome, thanks for looking

andy

[250canam]

Great shots thanks for posting. The 747-8 is one heck of a biz-jet!
One question for you - perhaps it's me being unobservant (and we dont get any A330's into Humberside!) but dont recall seeing the bubble round the nosewheel of the Qatar A330F before. Is that a feature of the freighter version?

[andygolfer]

Great shots thanks for posting. The 747-8 is one heck of a biz-jet!
One question for you - perhaps it's me being unobservant (and we dont get any A330's into Humberside!) but dont recall seeing the bubble round the nosewheel of the Qatar A330F before. Is that a feature of the freighter version?

All the Qatar aircraft have the nosewheel bubble and I assumed it's a freighter only modification. I hadn't looked into it before but just did some googling and found this: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... ar-211629/ which confirms it is to simplify loading on the 330F.
so we have both learnt something this morning!!!

thanks for the comment

andy

[250canam]

Thanks for the explanation Andy. All makes sense now!