Civilian Aviation

For a change the monthly Planewatch meet at the Aerozone featured partially sunny weather for a change. A good variety of aircraft obliged and I had my first chance to use my Sigma 150-600 at this venue , I was rather pleased especially with the more distant shots, here are some of them

starting with the airliners:
LX-TCV B.747-400F Cargolux Stansted 04-03-2017 8637 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

LX-TCV B.747-400F Cargolux Stansted 04-03-2017 8653 cropped by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-TCDX A.321 Thomas Cookt Stansted 04-03-2017 8627 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

UR-AJA A.320 AtlasGlobalt Stansted 04-03-2017 9006 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

UR-AJA A.320 AtlasGlobalt Stansted 04-03-2017 8995 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

OE-LDA A.319 Austrian Stansted 04-03-2017 8671 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

B-2027 B.777F China Southern Cargo Stansted 04-03-2017 8738 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

B-2027 B.777F China Southern Cargo Stansted 04-03-2017 8749 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-FDZB B.737 TUI Stansted 04-03-2017 9083 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Ryanair's EI-DCL in the half special scheme
EI-DCL B.737 Ryanair Stansted 04-03-2017 9041 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and several newish Ryanair 737s made an appearance, this one is EI-FTW
EI-FTW B.737 Ryanair Stansted 04-03-2017 8801 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

some biz:
N343AR Gulfstream G.5 Stansted 04-03-2017 8937 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N128GV Gulfstream 5 Stansted 04-03-2017 8605 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

love this scheme on N737M
N737M B.737 BBJ Stansted 04-03-2017 8703 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N737M B.737 BBJ Stansted 04-03-2017 8719 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-MRLX Gulfstream G.550 Stansted 04-03-2017 8918 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N700HA Gulfstream G.5 Stansted 04-03-2017 8810 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and there were two Nigerian Government aircraft present, B737 5N-FGT arrived while Gulfstream 5 5N-FGW had been present for a few days (the 737 also carries a military serial 001 and both are titled Nigerian Air Force)...
5N-FGT B.737 Stansted, 04-03-2017 8838 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

5N-FGT - 001 B.737 Stansted 04-03-2017 8864 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

the two together - rare chance to get that shot in the UK!
5N-FGT - 001 B.737 & 5N-FGW Gulfstream G.5 Stansted 04-03-2017 8900 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

5N-FGW Gulfstream G.550 Stansted 04-03-2017 8620 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and here's another of 5N-FGW under the lights on Thursday night:
5N-FGW Gulfstream G.550 Stansted 02-03-2017 1740 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

lots more in my flickR album here:https://www.flickr.com/photos/125470545 ... 1056406735

C&C welcome, thanks for looking

Andy

Nice set - I particularly like the Nigerian Air Force shots.

James

A great account of yesterday's action Andy! We definitely had some interesting and good-looking aircraft around - obviously the Nigerians, but also the BBJ N737M too.

Lovely set there Andy, nice one

Wish I could get to STN a lot more often, but distance doesn't allow. My friend Chris was there yesterday too - just joined the scheme, and it was his first visit so knowing what a jammy so-and-so he is he was probably responsible for the dry weather yesterday

Looks like you're enjoying the new lens too

Thea

TheaLove wrote:Lovely set there Andy, nice one

Wish I could get to STN a lot more often, but distance doesn't allow. My friend Chris was there yesterday too - just joined the scheme, and it was his first visit so knowing what a jammy so-and-so he is he was probably responsible for the dry weather yesterday

Looks like you're enjoying the new lens too

Thea

many thanks , I wonder if I spoke to Chris? re the weather being dry - tell him to come more often!

Nick - thanks for the comment, N737M was a super scheme, I took lots so plenty of pics to choose from. Was nice to have a bit of sun for a change but wind got cold - can't have it perfect!

Nice set Andy, looks like the new lens is paying dividends...

Bob UK wrote:Nice set Andy, looks like the new lens is paying dividends...

thanks Bob
i'm really enjoying it, amazing how many more subjects are within range and it's sharp right up to 600mm

Excellent set