Civilian Aviation

A few from Stansted around lunchtime today - a new location that I'd walked about a mile each way to a couple of times before but never spent time taking pics from. Unfortunately this time a security man didn't like me being there and asked me to leave - why have a sign on a fence saying 'unauthorised access prohibited' when you can't even be at the fence to see what the sign says anyway, my suggestion that the prohibition started at the fence wasn't accepted!
As it was the taxiway pics close to the fence were fine but there was so much concrete between my location and the runway that the heat haze made photos actually on the runway useless - I was hoping for some touchdowns. Anyway that's immaterial now as I was told that Belmer road is the only permissible spotting location so that'a another nail in Stansted's coffin.

some pics:
touch down on Stansted's new grass runway...
G-EZTR A.320 easyJet, Stansted 10-04-2019 7202 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

some on the taxiway -not bad while it lasted!
EI-DAJ B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 10-04-2019 9112 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

G-EZWB A.320 easyJet, Stansted 10-04-2019 9130 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

EI-EKW B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 10-04-2019 9199 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

TC-JDO A.330F Turkish Cargo, Stansted 10-04-2019 9154 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

TC-JDO A.330F Turkish Cargo, Stansted 10-04-2019 9167 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and Ryanairs lining up to await their turn to go
EI-DHV B.737 Ryanair, Stansted 10-04-2019 9227 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and now some landings....
OE-INL Gulfstream 5, Stansted 10-04-2019 7244 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

A6-EQH B.777 Emirates, Stansted 10-04-2019 7314 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

not a heavy landing - the runway surface was a bit hidden...
A6-GGP B.747-400F Stansted 10-04-2019 9245 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

N434EE Emb. Legacy, Stansted 10-04-2019 7361 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a couple as i walked back to my car
G-JZBA B.737 Jet2, Stansted 10-04-2019 7391 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

M-LWSA BD.700, Stansted 10-04-2019 7396 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

there we are , never to be repeated
C&C welcome and there are a few more in my Flickr album
Andy (P.O.O.S.)

What a shame, because as a spot for taxi shots it is clearly fantastic, looking at your shots above. The haze ruins the landing shots, except for the last one where I think it works to really enhance the picture.

I think I can guess what P.O.O.S. stands for!

PorkScratching wrote: ↑

Thu Apr 11, 2019 1:04 pm

What a shame, because as a spot for taxi shots it is clearly fantastic, looking at your shots above. The haze ruins the landing shots, except for the last one where I think it works to really enhance the picture.

I think I can guess what P.O.O.S. stands for!

It is a shame, that was my first time there when they have been using 04 and for taxying shots it is the best I've found at Stansted.

P.O.O.S.! - I'm sure you can!

thats a real shame Andy, as you say that looks like it could be the best spot at Stansted
Its getting really hard to do any sort of spotting/photos there now isnt it?
Jon

Like those Andy, real pity the fun police put an end to that spot