Civilian Aviation

Here we go again another month another year, i had given thought to stopping this monthly photo digest which i have done for a couple of years now but in the words of the late Magnus Magnusson " I've Started So I'll Finish" well 2017 anyhow, thanks in advance for looking and we will see what this year brings for EGPD ... good old Dyce

AW139 G-SNSA arriving in from Humberside 02/01/2017

CHC AGUSTA AW-139 by RETRO 11, on Flickr

BENAIR LET 410 OY-BPI

BENAIR LET 410 by RETRO 11, on Flickr

EMB 135 LEGACY G-WIRG on the fog bound East Apron

EMBRAER 135 LEGACY by RETRO 11, on Flickr

Boeing 737-800 G-TAWL on its way to sunny Tenerife from a sunny Aberdeen

THOMSON BOEING 737-800 by RETRO 11, on Flickr

CRJ 900 D-ACNL

LUFTHANSA CRJ-900 by RETRO 11, on Flickr

PA-31 NAVAJO G-FCSL

PA-31 NAVAJO by RETRO 11, on Flickr

LEARJET 45 LX-ONE

LEARJET 45 by RETRO 11, on Flickr

C-130 ZH882 ( Quick 1/2 hour stop for fuel)

C-130 HERCULES by RETRO 11, on Flickr

KLM 737 PH-BGI coming to a stop in a wet Aberdeen

WET RUNWAY by RETRO 11, on Flickr

Hi Retro,I too have been posting as a monthly theme rather than individual posts don't seem to get much feed back as to what people prefer,see you had PH-BGI KLM B.737 she's now in AirLivery hangar at Norwich getting her new coat of paint,but a smashing selection of captures a lot of which we have had visit Norwich recently.regards Kevin.

retro11 wrote:Here we go again another month another year, i had given thought to stopping this monthly photo digest

That would be a shame, I always enjoy looking at them. There's usually some interesting visitors, and they are quality shots (e.g. the C-130 above).

Keep it up Donald. I for one look forward to seeing what's been going on up there.
Pete.

retro11 wrote:Here we go again another month another year, i had given thought to stopping this monthly photo digest which i have done for a couple of years now but in the words of the late Magnus Magnusson " I've Started So I'll Finish" well 2017 anyhow, thanks in advance for looking and we will see what this year brings for EGPD ... good old Dyce

I always enjoy your monthly reviews Donald although I did try it once with Stansted and found adding as the month went on was a bit messy so I reverted to the PAYG (Post as you go) method but when you do it all as one post that is a bit tidier than how I did it. I found mine a bit awkward to follow through when there were photos then comments and then more photos and associated comments.

Peter / Kevin - re your comment , you do it the way I tried and as I said I find the comments and photos ongoing less tidy AND it's easy to miss an update (Donald's way with one post at the end of the month is certainly tidier in my view). You also have the added complication that there are usually 3 of you posting from Norwich often with the same aircraft and your updates might be getting missed sometimes (I've done that before now) or maybe not as prominent as a new post.

HTH

andy

I hope this year isn't the last you'll be posting, Donald; I always look forward to seeing your shots as they're always of top quality and an interesting and varied selection. You deserve a medal for continuing the postings through the winter; all the more so as the spots for photography around Dyce seem to be decreasing because of construction projects. On that subject: do you know who the new hangar next to The Mound is going to be used by?

All-white Binter Canarias ATR-72 F-WWEZ/1378(?) over on the east side tonight (2/2). Still bloody cold and windy out there!

Keep up the good work, DD.

M

Hi Retro,
please keep posting. I enjoy seeing what is happening at other airfields to my norm. You get some interesting visitors.
I am sure that there are others like me - who may not comment on every post, but still appreciate the contributions that others make.
You get some good shots.
Cheers
Pete.

Cheers for the feed back it will be December before we know it LOL, in reply to Mustangs question re the new hangar by the mound @ the Falck nutec carpark is being built for Gama Aviation here are 2 photos of it from Sept and Nov of last year its position COULD have been a lot worse...

THE NEW GAMA hangar (SEPTEMBER) by RETRO 11, on Flickr

THE NEW GAMA hangar (NOVEMBER) by RETRO 11, on Flickr

Thanks for the info re. the new hangar - so if it's Gama Avn, that will likely mean the SAS helo(s) and Super King Airs will operate from this part of the airfield. Like you say, the position could have been worse; still get a pretty decent view from the mound. Pity about the new fence down the 'back road' blocking port-side approach shots for Rwy 34 - the light always looked good on those shots.

All the best,
M

Great photo's Donald and brings back many happy memories of my time working at ABZ.