SPOTM June 2017, Wheels (or floats) off the ground

[andygolfer]

This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for June 2017 and the subject is 'wheels off the ground', so in flight rather than on the ground''

The subject of your entry should be a photo of one or more civil registered aircaft in flight rather than on the ground, no part of the aircraft should be in contact with the ground please although wheels need not be fully retracted - that allows fixed undercarriage aircraft to be included. The aircraft subject(s) must be registered as a civilian operated aircraft (or retired as such) when the photograph was taken.
That's another very broad subject so hopefully we will get lots of entries.

Photography Competition Rules :-

1. Only one entry per user, unless posting on behalf of another person who is unable to do so themselves (children for example). If this is the case, please state so on your entry..

2. The photo may have been taken on any date, it does not have to be taken in the month of the competition

3. The image can be photo-shopped to some extent, levels changes, cropping, sharpening etc. are all acceptable. The photograph must retain it’s initial subject though, don’t make it something it’s not. HDR images are not acceptable. If you are unsure, please PM a moderator.

4. The competition will remain open until 23.59 (UK time) on the 1st July 2017, to enable anyone with a last minute entry some breathing space.

5. Voting will be conducted by a poll open to all the membership shortly after the closure of the competition.

6. The decision of the moderating team is final.

7. All images must be posted in line with the usual CA posting rules (size etc.), please read them if you're not sure how to post.

8. The rules may be subject to change, and these will be posted on this thread.

9. Please also embed the images and not links to images, if you're not sure how to do it then shout up and someone will sort it out. It is permissible to change your entry before the closing date.

10. Do not comment on other member's photos.

11. A brief description of where and when the image was taken would be nice too.

If you have any questions please PM me

Good luck everyone.
Andrew

[BringBackEGDG]

Air Seychelles Boeing 707-324C S7-4HM performing a low fly-past at RAF St Mawgan 9th August 1989.
1989-08-09-004FN S7-4HM by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

[waghorn41]

Well lots to choose from in the archives but I decided to settle for this 'oddity'
Argosy of ABC departing Heathrow c1977/8

[F6MAN]

Hawker Hunter F58 J-4021 (G-HHAC).

IMG_9809 by F6MAN, on Flickr

Display departure Sat July 16th RIAT 2005

Canon 300D. 1/800sec, f7.1, ISO200.

Regards

PeteW

[acw367]

Those above are going low, so I am going high. We were at 35,000ft on the way to the USA on a Continental Airlines 777, slowly overtaking this Airbus A330-223 D-ALPG Air Berlin. 1000' above us over the Mid Atlantic on 5 September 2011

D-ALPG Air Berlin over Atlantic 5 September 2011 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy
ACW367

[beaker1971]

Here is my one

A7-BDB by Mark Phillips, on Flickr

Mark

[Mike s]

Dawn arrivals by Mike stanners, on Flickr
Jet Airways B777-35RER VT-JEQ Landing runway 27L with a BA B747 Landing runway 27R in the back ground LHR 22.5.16

[Tally-ho]

EasyJet Airbus A319 (G-EZBX) leaving Stansted.

easyJet, Stansted by Marius Bekker, on Flickr

[Wallie]

My contribution for this month.
A NCA B747 cargo taking off in the early morning from the Polderbaan at Schiphol Airport ( EHAM )

[stevep22]

Rotating Saudi from AMS from me:

TC-ACF by Stephen Procter, on Flickr

[niallsaviation]

VH-XFG by Niall Moran, on Flickr
2 Virgins Depart Sydney on Sept 9th 2016

[mbo570]

OE-IAE3mbo by Mario Borg Olivier, on Flickr
OE-IAE rocketing off Runway 13 in evening light (Malta)

[EGNH1909]

I-DIRB 'Citta Di Siracusa' Boeing 727-200 of Alitalia departing 09R at Heathrow in late afternoon sun on 29 July 1978.
AS473B by Peter Rowe, on Flickr

Good Luck everyone
Pete

[andygolfer]

just realised I haven't done my entry for this month's SPOTM yet! (have you?). I decided to go with this - one of my favourites from 2016 taken at Stansted on a cold frosty morning in December last year, made getting up early and braving the roads worthwhile, not to mention many trips to try to find the ideal location for a banking shot. Qantas B.747 VH-OEF banking nicely as it departed at the start of it's long journey back to Oz....

VH-OEF B.747-400ER Stansted 29-12-2016 4724 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

let's see lots more entries please and good luck everybody

Andy

[PorkScratching]

My entry is of this Sbach 300 at the 2014 Waddington airshow:


XtremeAir Sbach 300 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

[TheMightyOz]

How about skids off the ground? Airlander go around at Cardington, 10/05/17.



Cheers,
Oz

[talldan76]

My entry for this month - good luck everyone!


N607FE by Dan Elms, on Flickr

Cheers
Dan

[KenR]

First attempt at Flickr and Monthly Competition
Turkmenistan Airlines B737-82k/W landing 27L LHR

EZ-A017 by Ken Ramsey, on Flickr

Regards

Ken

[Paultojo]

G-WATR by Paul Harvey, on Flickr

Paul

[LondonEye]

Something different. A Zlin Z-50 suspended in the Prague Technical Museum, back in 2003.
Pete.


Zlin Z-50LS OK-IRF Prague