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SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2022 6:31 am
by andygolfer
This is the SPOTM (Special Photo Of The Month) competition for October 2022 celebrating a very significant anniversary from 1972, The Airbus A300 first flew on 28th October, the first Airbus airliner and first twin engine wide body , to make it a bit easier the subject will be any Airbus wide body airliner.

The subject of your entry should be a photo of one or more civilian registered wide body Airbus airliner. It can be active, retired, preserved or just abandoned. If it is a former military aircraft it must have a civilian registration at the time the photo was taken.

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 7th November 2022 - please note the extended closing date to enable anyone with a last minute photo plenty of time to prepare their entry.

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

6. 'Rule 6...' There's no rule 6, Bruce'

7. The decision of the moderating team is final.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

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

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

If you have any questions please PM me
Andy

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2022 7:55 am
by waghorn41
Airbus A300B4-103, OO-TEG, of TEA at Kai Tak in 1976.
ImageTEA Airbus OO-TEG by Ian Pursey, on Flickr

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2022 11:44 pm
by acw367
A6-EVD Airbus A380-842 Emirates Airline Heathrow 5 January 2022

ImageA6-EVD Heathrow 5 January 2022 by ACW367, on Flickr

Enjoy ACW367

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2022 9:34 am
by LondonEye
A330XL Beluga at Fairford this year.
Pete.

ImageA330XL Airbus F-WBXL 9 Fairford

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2022 2:01 pm
by Mike s
Emirates A380- 861 Landing runway 09L from DXB
ImageA6-EOH LHR 2.7.19 by Mike stanners, on Flickr

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Tue Oct 25, 2022 7:48 pm
by tomcat14
Emirates A380 A6-EDU landing at London Heathrow on 25 June 2015.

ImageIMG_9230a by wokinghampaul, on Flickr


https://www.flickr.com/photos/wokinghampaul

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2022 12:48 pm
by andygolfer
here's mine, 9M-MNA A380 of Malaysian Airlines banking away from Heathrow on 8th August 2018, sadly a sight we don't see any more.

Image9M-MNA A380 Malaysian Airlines Heathrow 08-08-2018 1255 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

good luck everybosy

andy

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 2:11 pm
by BringBackEGDG
Airbus A330-343 VQ-BQZ of Aeroflot landing Tenerife-Sur 4th January 2020. Wonder if and when we see these back at Heathrow?

Image2020-01-04-067FD VQ-BQZ by Stephen Rendle, on Flickr

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Fri Oct 28, 2022 10:43 am
by Rainton20
Virgin A340-600 G-VWEB departing Heathrow in March 2019.

ImageG-VWEB A340-642 by Ian Tate, on Flickr

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Sat Oct 29, 2022 10:52 am
by PorkScratching
A350-941 being flown in spirited style at the 2016 Farnborough airshow:

Image
Airbus A350-941 by Nick Challoner, on Flickr

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 2:11 pm
by niallsaviation
ImageTC-ACE by Niall Moran, on Flickr

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2022 9:14 pm
by EGNH1909
G-VGBR Virgin Atlantic Airbus A330 with an early morning arrival on runway 05R at Manchester on 7 June 2018.
ImageG-VGBR by Peter Rowe, on Flickr
Best Wishes.
Pete.

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2022 9:39 am
by Polehill
OO-ABA A340-313 Air Belgium LHR on August 27, 2019

ImageOO-ABA A340-313 Air Belgium LHR by Michael Rourke, on Flickr

Good luck everyone.

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2022 7:38 pm
by Paultojo
ImageG-XLEF A380 British Airways at Shannon by Paul Harvey, on Flickr

Crew training at Shannon last November

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2022 12:54 pm
by Mike
Oh no, not another of Mike's St Maarten photos!............................ :lol:

F-GLZU A340 of Air France about to depart SXM in July 2008

Image

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 8:24 pm
by Paul Zietsman
My entry, taken at Birmingham in November 2018.

Image463A3417 Emirates A380 Birmingham 2018 by Paul Zietsman, on Flickr

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2022 11:55 pm
by wiggy
I'll go with an IFly A330 at Antalya September 2014.

ImageIfly Airlines A330-300 by Denis Noonan, on Flickr

Denis.

Re: SPOTM October 2022, any wide body Airbus

Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2022 10:07 pm
by andygolfer
entries are now closed for this competition, the voting poll is now open here: viewtopic.php?f=110&t=44967
thanks to everybody who has entered
Andy