Civilian Aviation

I arrived just before Jumb O'clock at Stansted today
Here are some pics of 2 747s that landed one after the other just before midday ( Cargolux LX-RCV followed by Panalpina's N850GT) plus a few others taken at the 22 end to try some different angles, slowly getting the hang of the new lens!

LX-RCV B.747-400F Cargolux, Stansted 16-02-2017 7273c by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

LX-RCV B.747-400F Cargolux, Stansted 16-02-2017 7299 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Luxembourgish tyre smoke....
LX-RCV B.747-400F Cargolux tyre smoke, Stansted 16-02-2017 7313 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N850GT B.747-8F Panalpina, Stansted 16-02-2017 7330 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N850GT B.747-8F Panalpina, Stansted 16-02-2017 7344 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N850GT B.747-8F Panalpina, Stansted 16-02-2017 7350 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and now for some American smoke - predictably far more of it , I tried this in B&W
N850GT B.747-8F Panalpina tyre smoke, Stansted 16-02-2017 7359c mono by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a few others, starting with the China Southern B.777.....
B-2028 B.777F China Southern, Stansted 16-02-2017 7487 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

B-2028 B.777F China Southern, Stansted 16-02-2017 7496 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

B-2028 B.777F China Southern, Stansted 16-02-2017 7498 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

head on Ryanair
EI-DHC B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 16-02-2017 7526 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and finally one from the garden of the Three Horseshoes pub at Molehill Green
TC-ATT A.320 AtlasGlobal, Stansted 16-02-2017 7369 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

hope there aren't too many of the same subjects but I was trying a variety of angles for a change
C&C welcome
Andy

Loving those close-ups

Very nice indeed Andy - a huge improvement over your old lens.

Mike wrote:Very nice indeed Andy - a huge improvement over your old lens.

Thanks guys, i'm surprised how much better it is. I thought I'd see some improvement at 350mm plus but not as much as this.

I do have trouble holding it steady at times though, it's a bit heavier than the 100-400 and for what I was doing today I couldn't really use a monopod. My arm muscles are getting a good work though so can only be doing me some good.

Really looking good Andy