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a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 1:03 am
by james143611
Spent the weekend at Schiphol for the Aviation fair on the Sunday. Took the early morning KLM flight on Saturday from Bristol to Amsterdam on PH-EZZ. Then spent the day spotting/photting at Schiphol. Spent the first half on the viewing deck until about 1500, then went to check in at the Ibis, warmed up for a bit then went to viewing area by McDonalds as 09 was being used for takeoff's.

it was absolutely freezing! 17kt winds did not help at all, at times it was so blowly it was very hard to keep the camera still. So I hope you like these shots! :lol:

Here are some from the viewing deck (the first one is on the apron). I shall post the others from runway 09 on this thread soon.

ImageKLM PH-EXT - Embraer ERJ-175 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageTransavia PH-HSI - Boeing B737-800 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageEasyjet G-EZIP - Airbus A319 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageEAT Leipzig D-AEAI - Airbus A300 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageAir France F-GTAE - Airbus A321 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageEasyjet OE-IVA - Airbus A320 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageXiamen B-1567 - Boeing B787 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageXiamen Air B-1567 - Boeing B787 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageKLM PH-AKF A330-300 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageKLM PH-BFT - Boeing B747-400 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageKLM PH-BFT - Boeing B747-400 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageChina Airlines B-18906 - Airbus A350 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageSurinam PZ-TCR - Airbus A340-300 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageKLM PH-BHN - Boeing B787 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageEmirates A6-EFN - Boeing B777F by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImagePegasus TC-NBE - Airbus A320 Neo by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageTUI Fly G-VYGM - Airbus A330 Voyager by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageAmerican Airlines N173AN - Boeing B757 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageAir Explore OM-JEX - Boeing B737-800 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageUkraine International UR-PSC - Boeing B737-800 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageEgyptair SU-GEJ -Boeing B737-800 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageAir France F-GKXI - Airbus A319 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageKLM PH-BHN - Boeing B787 by James Underwood, on Flickr

ImageEasyjet G-UZHD - Airbus A320 Neo by James Underwood, on Flickr


C&C Welcome


Thanks for looking!

James.

Re: a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 7:44 pm
by niallsaviation
AMS a great spot which I love ..great shots..thanks for posting

Re: a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 2:12 am
by james143611

Re: a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 8:57 am
by andygolfer
I prefer the first set to the second James, mainly because of the angles - I'm not a great fan of 'belly' shots and some of the second batch are too much from below for me but that just a personal thing.

If I have to pick a favourite it's the head on KLM 747 with the A.330 (or is it T7, hard to tell) behind it, a well taken opportunity for a good combination in one photo.

I have to admire you for staying out in the cold that long, I think by the time I got to the hotel it would have taken something really special to drag me out in the cold again but I suppose you had traveled a long way to be there.

thanks for taking the time to post them
Andy

Re: a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 10:23 pm
by james143611
Thank you for you input Andy, most appreciated

I should know shouldn't I as I took the shot, but I'm not 100% sure what is behind the 747, it looks slanted like a A330 but I'm going to say 777 because of the big engine :???:

Problem with 09 take offs is that they are high at that point, I agree, I have taken shots on the summers morning before and you can get some nice rotation angles, but when facing the sun you are stuck with underneath or backside shots. I must admit I took a few of those as I thought it would be handy as reference shot's for my 1/144 model kits :lol: :lol:

I don't know how I managed to even last up to that Aeroflot take off to be honest, by then I had watery eyes! It was then I had a look on FR24, and if anything regular was taking off I'd call it a day, so I did and thawed out in McDonalds, which was just as well as stuff stopped using 09 (probably a time restriction kicked in).

If it wasn't so cold I'd have probably gone over to the biz jet park for a shot of the Embraer E190-E2 PR-ZGQ (Prototype #4) that was parked there, went for this record shot (which is massively cropped!!) instead

ImageEmbraer PR-ZGQ - Embraer E190-E2 by James Underwood, on Flickr

I'll get some uploaded from the Sunday from the Van der Valk Schiphol hotel

Re: a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 10:13 am
by PorkScratching
That looks like an E-Jet E-2 prototype. The engines have much bigger fans than on the original E-Jets, which may be what's causing the confusion. You can see the large diameter engines and the same colour scheme on this shot I took at Farnborough in 2016:

Image
Embraer E190-E2 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

Re: a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 6:13 pm
by james143611
Confusion? It was indeed an E2, as I mentioned above my picture:
of the Embraer E190-E2 PR-ZGQ (Prototype #4) that was parked there
:P ;)

Re: a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 6:25 pm
by steviecii
I should know shouldn't I as I took the shot, but I'm not 100% sure what is behind the 747, it looks slanted like a A330 but I'm going to say 777 because of the big engine :???:
It's defintely a B777, and I think you'll find it's PH-BVC (777-306ER) :)

Re: a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 9:45 pm
by PorkScratching
james143611 wrote:Confusion? It was indeed an E2, as I mentioned above my picture:
Apologies, I clearly didn't read your post correctly, and I mixed up the shot of the E2 with the discussion about the A330/777.

Re: a FREEZING Amsterdam Schiphol 24-02-2018

Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2018 5:03 pm
by james143611
Ahh I see! Yes so that is an E2 and that was a 777 :lol: :lol:

I prefer your shot of the Embraer, very nice picture that :thumbs: